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Which Country Produces the Most Pig Iron?

Pig Iron Production (kt), 2015

Metals & Mining | February 22, 2018

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Based on a comparison of 52 countries in 2015, China ranked the highest in pig iron production with 691,415 kt followed by Japan and India. On the other end of the scale was Paraguay with 71.0 kt, Peru with 72.0 kt and Norway with 100 kt.

Data for more countries are available at Pig Iron Production indicator page.

Pig Iron Production	Unit	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Brazil	kt															25,135	30,898	33,416	32,448	31,552
China	kt															552,835	597,333	640,509	663,544	711,499
France	kt															8,104	10,137	9,698	9,532	10,276
Germany	kt															20,104	28,560	27,943	27,046	26,678
India	kt															61,677	64,987	65,594	68,037	68,252
Iran	kt															10,760	10,532	12,670	13,725	16,465
Japan	kt															66,943	82,283	81,028	81,405	83,849
Mexico	kt															8,065	10,075	10,463	10,198	11,011
Russia	kt															43,900	48,200	48,200	50,500	50,000
South Korea	kt															27,475	35,065	42,213	41,718	41,045
Taiwan	kt															7,939	9,358	12,940	11,784	13,300
Turkey	kt															6,913	16,362	14,877	18,289	19,548
USA	kt															19,018	26,843	30,233	32,062	30,381
Ukraine	kt															25,683	27,366	28,878	28,487	29,089
United Kingdom	kt															7,671	7,233	6,625	7,183	9,471