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Geology is not evenly distributed

Countries

No country chose where its orebodies are. Which materials a country produces, and how large a share of the world it holds, is one of the strongest constraints on modern industrial policy.

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Counted from the country rows of the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026. A country is listed once it appears in any world production or reserve table.

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CountryRegion Materials producedMines in atlas Plants in atlasExport controls
China Asia66 38 1
United States North America63 53
Russia Europe55 21 1
India Asia37
Canada North America34 41
Australia Oceania32 93
Brazil South America31 1
Türkiye Asia30
Mexico North America23
Kazakhstan Asia22
South Africa Africa22 21 1
Iran Asia20
Germany Europe18
Japan Asia18
Spain Europe17 1
South Korea Asia16 1
Peru South America15 1
Chile South America13 5
Indonesia Asia13 21 1
France Europe12 1
Poland Europe12
Saudi Arabia Asia12
Uzbekistan Asia12
Vietnam Asia12 1
Bolivia South America9
Pakistan Asia8
Argentina South America7 1
Bulgaria Europe7
Democratic Republic of the Congo Africa7 4 1
Madagascar Africa7
Malaysia Asia7 1 1
Zimbabwe Africa7 1
Finland Europe6
Greece Europe6
Italy Europe6
Norway Europe6
Sweden Europe6
Ukraine Europe6
Algeria Africa5
Jordan Asia5
Laos Asia5 1
Morocco Africa5 1 1
Mozambique Africa5
Nigeria Africa5
Rwanda Africa5
Belgium Europe4
Egypt Africa4
Israel Asia4
Netherlands Europe4 1
Philippines Asia4
Senegal Africa4
Tajikistan Asia4 1
Thailand Asia4 1
Armenia Asia3 1
Austria Europe3
Belarus Europe3
Botswana Africa3 1 1
Ethiopia Africa3
Ghana Africa3
Jamaica North America3
Myanmar (Burma) Asia3
North Korea Asia3
Qatar Asia3
Sierra Leone Africa3
Slovakia Europe3
Tanzania Africa3 1
United Arab Emirates Asia3
United Kingdom Europe3 1
Angola Africa2 1
Cuba North America2
Czechia Europe2
Georgia Asia2
Guatemala North America2
Guinea Africa2
Hungary Europe2
Iceland Europe2
Kenya Africa2
Kyrgyzstan Asia2 1
Mongolia Asia2 1
New Zealand Oceania2
Oman Asia2
Portugal Europe2
Turkmenistan Asia2
Uganda Africa2
Afghanistan Asia1
Azerbaijan Asia1
Bahrain Asia1
Bhutan Asia1
Burundi Africa1
Cameroon Africa1
Cyprus Europe1
Denmark Europe1 1
Ecuador South America1
Estonia Europe1 1
Gabon Africa1 1
Ireland Europe1
Kuwait Asia1
Latvia Europe1
Lesotho Africa1
Lithuania Europe1
Mali Africa1 1
Mauritania Africa1
Namibia Africa1 1
New Caledonia Oceania1
Papua New Guinea Oceania1
Serbia Europe1
Sri Lanka Asia1
Syria Asia1
Togo Africa1
Trinidad and Tobago North America1
Tunisia Africa1
Zambia Africa1
Greenland North America0
Venezuela South America0 1

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