The following is a list of countries by iron ore exports. Data is for 2012, 2016 & 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.
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| Country | 2012 | 2016 | 2023[1] | in millions of tons (2023) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 54,397 | 38,101 | 91,049 | 901,352 | ||
| 32,738 | 14,110 | 30,593 | 378,139 | ||
| 4,569 | 2,656 | 6,630 | 58,250 | ||
| 5,580 | 4,189 | 6,540 | 59,556 | ||
| 3,212 | 1,047 | 3,607 | 43,850 | ||
| 3,076 | 1,664 | 3,234 | ... | ||
| 2,626 | 21,417 | ||||
| 273 | 363 | 1,831 | 13,816 | ||
| 3,170 | 1,929 | 1,767 | 17,753 | ||
| 889 | 368 | 1,681 | 19,177 | ||
| 1,389 | 832 | 1,662 | 16,071 | ||
| 1,583 | 983 | 1,412 | 14,471 | ||
| 1,499 | 711 | 1,291 | 10,062 | ||
| 2,813 | 920 | 1,221 | 10,654 | ||
| 1,534 | 560 | 1,115 | 11,130 | ||
| 516 | 475 | 1,101 | 20,367 | ||
| 547 | 484 | 1,001 | 6,745 | ||
| 376 | 142 | 885 | 9,363 | ||
| 2,362 | 385 | 791 | 11,713 | ||
| 514 | 235 | 444 | 5,713 |