List of countries by iron-ore exports

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.

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

Country	2012	2016	2023	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

• 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)