Top Steel Producing Countries (World & EMEA)

In this article you will find a list of the top 20 crude steel (blooms, billets, slabs or plates) producers by country in the World (Table 1) and in EMEA (Table 2). These lists include ranking, country and produced tonnage in 2021.

If you would like to see a list of the Top 50 crude steel producers by company, click HERE

Top Steel producing countries 2021 Table 1, Tonnage is expressed in million tonnes (Mt)
RANK Country TONNAGE 2021
1 China 1032,8
2 India 118,1
3 Japan 96,3
4 USA 86
5 Russia 76
6 South Korea 70,6
7 Turkey 40,4
8 Germany 40,1
9 Brazil 36
10 Iran 28,5
11 Italy 24,4
12 Vietnam 23,6
13 Taiwan, China 23,3
14 Ukraine 21,4
15 Mexico 18,4
16 Spain 14
17 France 13,9
18 Canada 12,8
19 Indonesia 12,5
20 Egypt 10,3
World 1950,5
SOURCE: World Steel Association | worldsteel.org

Top Steel producing countries EMEA 2021 Table 2, Tonnage is expressed in million tonnes (Mt)
RANK Country TONNAGE 2021
1 Turkey 40,4
2 Germany 40,1
3 Iran 28,5
4 Italy 24,4
5 Ukraine 21,4
6 Spain 14
7 France 13,9
8 Egypt 10,3
9 Saudi Arabia 8,7
10 Poland 8,4
11 Austria 7,9
12 UK 7,4
13 Belgium 7
14 Netherlands 6,6
15 South Africa 5
16 Slovakia 4,9
17 Czechia 4,8
18 Sweden 4,7
19 Finland 4,3
20 Algeria 4
World 1950,5
SOURCE: World Steel Association | worldsteel.org

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