Global crude steel production in April 2025

In April 2025, global crude steel productionfor the 69 countries/regions included in the worldSteel statistics was 155.7 million tonnes, a decrease of 0.3% year-on-year.

Crude steel production in various regions

In April 2025, Africa's crude steel production was 1.9 million tons, up 6.3% year-on-year; Asia and Oceania's crude steel productionwas 115 million tons, up 0.1% year-on-year; the EU (27 countries) crude Steel Production was 11.1 million tons, down 2.6% year-on-year; other European countries' crude steel production was 3.4 million tons, down 0.5% year-on-year; the Middle East's crude steel production was 5.2 million tons, up 2.2% year-on-year; North America's crude steel production was 9 million tons, up 0.2% year-on-year; Russia and other CIS countries + Ukraine's crude steel production was 6.9 million tons, down 4.4% year-on-year; South America's crude steel production was 3.3 million tons, down 2.4% year-on-year.

The data submitted by the above 69 countries/regions accounted for approximately 98% of the global crude steel production in 2024. Countries and regions included in the table:

Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Africa, Tunisia
Asia and Oceania: Australia, China, India, Japan, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
European Union (27 countries): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Other European countries: Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Turkey, United Kingdom
Middle East: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen
North America: Canada, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, United States
Russia and other CIS countries + Ukraine: Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine
South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

Top ten countries in crude steel production

In April 2025, China's crude steel production was 86.02 million tons, the same as the previous year; India's crude steel production was 12.9 million tons, an increase of 5.6% year-on-year; Japan's crude steel production was 6.6 million tons, a decrease of 6.4% year-on-year; the United States' crude steel production was 6.6 million tons, a decrease of 0.3% year-on-year; Russia's estimated crude steel production was 5.8 million tons, a decrease of 5.1% year-on-year; South Korea's crude steel production was 5 million tons, a decrease of 2.5% year-on-year; Turkey's crude steel production was 3 million tons, an increase of 7.0% year-on-year; Germany's crude steel production was 3 million tons, a decrease of 10.1% year-on-year; Brazil's crude steel production was 2.6 million tons, a decrease of 3.1% year-on-year; Iran's crude steel production was 3.3 million tons, an increase of 4.6% year-on-year.