List of countries by iron-ore exports

The following is a list of countries by iron ore exports. Data is for 2012, 2016 and 2023, in millions of United States dollars, as reported by The Observatory of Economic Complexity and the International Trade Centre. Currently the top twenty countries (as of 2023) are listed.

* indicates "Natural resources of COUNTRY or TERRITORY" links.

Country	2012	2016	2023 [1]	In millions of tons (2023)
Australia	54,397	38,101	91,049	901,352
Brazil *	32,738	14,110	30,593	378,139
Canada *	4,569	2,656	6,630	58,250
South Africa *	5,580	4,189	6,540	59,556
India *	3,212	1,047	3,607	43,850
Sweden *	3,076	1,664	3,234	...
China *			2,626	21,417
Bahrain *	273	363	1,831	13,816
Ukraine *	3,170	1,929	1,767	17,753
Peru *	889	368	1,681	19,177
Chile *	1,389	832	1,662	16,071
Mauritania *	1,583	983	1,412	14,471
Iran *	1,499	711	1,291	10,062
Russia *	2,813	920	1,221	10,654
United States	1,534	560	1,115	11,130
Malaysia *	516	475	1,101	20,367
Oman *	547	484	1,001	6,745
Sierra Leone	376	142	885	9,363
Kazakhstan *	2,362	385	791	11,713
Mongolia *	514	235	444	5,713

See also

• List of iron mines
• List of countries by iron ore production

References

1. "Trade Map - List of exporters for the selected product in 2023 (Iron ores and concentrates, incl. roasted iron pyrites)". www.trademap.org. Retrieved 2024-08-17.

Sources

• atlas.media.mit.edu - Observatory of Economic complexity - Countries that export Iron Ore (2012)
• atlas.media.mit.edu - Observatory of Economic complexity - Countries that export Iron Ore (2016)