List of countries by copper production explained

This is a list of countries by mined copper production.

Copper ore can be exported to be smelted so that a nation's smelter production of copper can differ greatly from its mined production. See: List of countries by copper smelter production.

2023

2023

Rank	Country/region	Production (thousand tons of)^[1]
-		21,550
1		5,000
2		2,600
3		2,500
4		1,700
5		1,100
6		910
7		840
8		810
9		760
10		750
11		600
12		480
13		400
-	Other countries	3,100

2020

2020

Rank	Country/region	Production (thousand tons of)^[2]
-		16,890
1		5,700
2		2,200
3		1,700
4		1,300
5		1,200
6		870
7		850
8		830
9		690
10		580
11		570
12		400
-	Other countries	3300

2017

2017

Rank	Country/region	Production (thousand tons of)^[3] ^[4]
-		19,939
1		5,503
2		3,462
3	China	1,656
4		1,260
5		1,094
6		859
7		797
8		742
9		705
10		622
11		620
12		605
13		540
14		419
15		384
16		314
17		204
18		153

2015

2015

Rank	Country/region	Production (thousand tons)
-		19,100
1		5,760
2		1,710
3		1,700
4		1,372
5		1,020
6		971
7		732
8		712
9		697
10		594
	Other Countries	3,800

1907

1907

Rank	Country/region	Production (thousand tons)^[5]
-	Worldwide	723
1		399
2		61
3		50
4		50
5		42
6		27
7		21
8		15

See also

• List of copper mines
• List of copper production by company

Further reading

• http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/mcs/

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024-01-31 . Copper . U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries . 65.
2. Web site: 2021-01-29 . Copper . U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries . 53.
3. News: Top Copper Production by Country. Kay. Amanda. 15 February 2018. Copper Investing News. 29 June 2018.
4. Web site: World Mining Data - Data Section.
5. Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th ed. (1910), vol. 7, p. 109 - Copper. Production.—