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 (2022)

Rank Country/Region Uranium production (2022) (tonnes U)[1] Percentage of World Production (2022)
World 49,355 100.00%
1 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 21,227 43.01%
2 Canada Canada 7,351 14.89%
3 Namibia Namibia 5,613 11.37%
4 Australia Australia 4,553 9.22%
5 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 3,300 (est.) 6.69%
6 Russia Russia 2,508 5.08%
7 Niger Niger 2,020 4.09%
8 China China 1,700 (est.) 3.44%
9 India India 600 (est.) 1.22%
10 South Africa South Africa 200 (est.) 0.40%
11 Ukraine Ukraine 100 0.20%
12 United States United States 75 0.15%
13 Pakistan Pakistan 45 (est.) 0.09%
14 Brazil Brazil 43 0.09%
15 Iran Iran 20 (est.) 0.04%

World Nuclear Association (2018)

Rank Country/Region Uranium production (2018) (tonnes U)[2] Percentage of World Production (2018)
 World 53,498 100.00%
1 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 21,705 40.57%
2 Canada Canada 7,001 13.09%
3 Australia Australia 6,517 12.18%
4 Namibia Namibia 5,525 10.33%
5 Niger Niger 2,911 5.44%
6 Russia Russia 2,904 5.43%
7 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 2,404[3] 4.49%
8 China China 1,885[3] 3.52%
9 Ukraine Ukraine 1,180[3] 2.21%
10 United States United States 582 1.09%
11 India India 308[3] 0.79% [4]
12 South Africa South Africa 346 0.65%
13 Iran Iran 71[3] 0.13%
14 Pakistan Pakistan 45[3] 0.08%
15 Czech Republic Czech Republic 0 < 0.01%
16 Romania Romania 0[3] < 0.01%
17 Brazil Brazil 0[3] < 0.01%
18 France France 0 < 0.01%
19  Germany 0 < 0.01%
20 Malawi 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 Kazakhstan 50,568 36.36%
2 Canada Canada 23,775 17.10%
3 Australia Australia 15,555 11.18%
4 Niger Niger 11,312 8.13%
5 Namibia Namibia 8,470 6.09%
6 Russia Russia 7,781 5.59%
7 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 6,499 4.67%
8 United States United States 3,996 2.87%
9 Ukraine Ukraine 2,314 1.66%
10 China China 2,301 1.65%
11 Malawi Malawi 2,199 1.58%
12 South Africa South Africa 1,513 1.09%
13 India India 1,040 0.75%
14 Brazil Brazil 689 0.50%
15 Czech Republic Czech Republic 595 0.43%
16 Romania Romania 200 0.14%
17 Pakistan Pakistan 117 0.08%
18  Germany 52 0.04%
19 France France 16 0.01%


See also

References

  1. ^ "World Uranium Mining - World Nuclear Association". www.world-nuclear.org. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  2. ^ "World Uranium Mining". World Nuclear Association. Archived from the original on 2018-12-26. Retrieved 2020-04-08.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h estimate
  4. ^ "World Uranium Mining - World Nuclear Association".
  5. ^ "World Uranium Production & Requirements". TradeTech. Retrieved 2020-04-08.