List of countries by uranium production
This contains lists of countries by uranium production. The first two lists are compiled by the World Nuclear Association, and measures uranium production by tonnes mined. The last list is compiled by TradeTech, a consulting company which specializes in the nuclear fuel market.
World Nuclear Association (2021)
Rank | Country/Region | Uranium production (2021) (tonnes U)[1] | Percentage of World Production (2021) |
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World | 48,332 | 100.00% | |
1 | Kazakhstan | 21,819 | 45.14% |
2 | Namibia | 5,753 | 11.90% |
3 | Canada | 4,693 | 9.1% |
4 | Australia | 4,192 | 8.67% |
5 | Uzbekistan | 3,500 (est.) | 7.24% |
6 | Russia | 2,635 | 5.45% |
7 | Niger | 2,248 | 4.65% |
8 | China | 1,885 (est.) | 3.90% |
9 | India | 615 (est.) | 1.27% |
10 | Ukraine | 455 | 0.94% |
11 | South Africa | 385 (est.) | 0.80% |
12 | Iran | 71 (est.) | 0.15% |
13 | Pakistan | 45 (est.) | 0.09% |
14 | Brazil | 29 | 0.06% |
15 | United States | 8 | 0.02% |
16 | Czech Republic | 0 | < 0.01% |
17 | Romania | 0 | < 0.01% |
18 | France | 0 | < 0.01% |
19 | Germany | 0 | < 0.01% |
20 | Malawi | 0 | < 0.01% |
World Nuclear Association (2018)
Rank | Country/Region | Uranium production (2018) (tonnes U)[2] | Percentage of World Production (2018) |
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World | 53,498 | 100.00% | |
1 | Kazakhstan | 21,705 | 40.57% |
2 | Canada | 7,001 | 13.09% |
3 | Australia | 6,517 | 12.18% |
4 | Namibia | 5,525 | 10.33% |
5 | Niger | 2,911 | 5.44% |
6 | Russia | 2,904 | 5.43% |
7 | Uzbekistan | 2,404[3] | 4.49% |
8 | China | 1,885[3] | 3.52% |
9 | Ukraine | 1,180[3] | 2.21% |
10 | United States | 582 | 1.09% |
11 | India | 308[3] | 0.79% [4] |
12 | South Africa | 346 | 0.65% |
13 | Iran | 71[3] | 0.13% |
14 | Pakistan | 45[3] | 0.08% |
15 | Czech Republic | 0 | < 0.01% |
16 | Romania | 0[3] | < 0.01% |
17 | Brazil | 0[3] | < 0.01% |
18 | France | 0 | < 0.01% |
19 | Germany | 0 | < 0.01% |
20 | Malawi | 0 | < 0.01% |
TradeTech (2011)
Rank | Country/Region | Uranium Production (2011) (thousands pounds U3O8)[5] | Percentage of World Production (2011) |
---|---|---|---|
World | 139,075 | 100.00% | |
1 | Kazakhstan | 50,568 | 36.36% |
2 | Canada | 23,775 | 17.10% |
3 | Australia | 15,555 | 11.18% |
4 | Niger | 11,312 | 8.13% |
5 | Namibia | 8,470 | 6.09% |
6 | Russia | 7,781 | 5.59% |
7 | Uzbekistan | 6,499 | 4.67% |
8 | United States | 3,996 | 2.87% |
9 | Ukraine | 2,314 | 1.66% |
10 | China | 2,301 | 1.65% |
11 | Malawi | 2,199 | 1.58% |
12 | South Africa | 1,513 | 1.09% |
13 | India | 1,040 | 0.75% |
14 | Brazil | 689 | 0.50% |
15 | Czech Republic | 595 | 0.43% |
16 | Romania | 200 | 0.14% |
17 | Pakistan | 117 | 0.08% |
18 | Germany | 52 | 0.04% |
19 | France | 16 | 0.01% |
See also
- List of countries by uranium reserves
- Uranium mining by country
- Uranium mining in France
- List of uranium projects
References
- ^ "World Uranium Mining - World Nuclear Association". www.world-nuclear.org. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
- ^ "World Uranium Mining". World Nuclear Association. Archived from the original on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
- ^ a b c d e f g h estimate
- ^ "World Uranium Mining - World Nuclear Association".
- ^ "World Uranium Production & Requirements". TradeTech. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
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