China made 52% of the world's steel in 2025, and 10% less than in 2020
World output fell 2% over the same years, from 1,879 to 1,849 Mt. India's grew 1.6 times, to 165 Mt, making it second.
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Every second tonne of the world's steel is made in China, though China makes less than five years ago. India grows fastest of the large producers but makes five to six times less than China.
Bars: crude steel production in 2025, million tonnes; rest of the world = world total minus the five countries.
- China: Crude steel production million tonnes a year
2020: 1,064.7
World Steel Association: World Steel in Figures and Short Range Outlook
- China: Crude steel production million tonnes a year
2025: 960.8
World Steel Association: World Steel in Figures and Short Range Outlook
- World: Crude steel production million tonnes a year
2020: 1,879.4
World Steel Association: World Steel in Figures and Short Range Outlook
- World: Crude steel production million tonnes a year
2025: 1,848.9
World Steel Association: World Steel in Figures and Short Range Outlook
- India: Crude steel production million tonnes a year
2020: 100.3
World Steel Association: World Steel in Figures and Short Range Outlook
- India: Crude steel production million tonnes a year
2025: 164.9
World Steel Association: World Steel in Figures and Short Range Outlook
World Steel Association, World Steel in Figures: the major producers table; each year comes from the latest edition that has it. Changes: 2025 against 2020.
Crude steel is output before rolling, without steel made from imported semi-finished products. The association revises past years in new editions; Macroscope publishes only the 20 largest producers and the world, with attribution; full tables are on the association's site.
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