Global crude steel production in March 2025 increased by 2.9% year-on-year

April 23, 2025 | Brussels, Belgium

In March 2025, crude Steel Production for the 69 countries/regions included in worldsteel statistics was 166.1 million tonnes, up 2.9% year-on-year.

Global crude steel production in March 2025

In March 2025, crude steel production for the 69 countries/regions included in worldsteel statistics was 166.1 million tonnes, up 2.9% year-on-year.

Crude steel production in various regions
In March 2025, Africa produced 1.9 million tons of crude steel, up 0.6% year-on-year; Asia and Oceania produced 123.6 million tons of crude steel, up 3.9% year-on-year;

the EU (27 countries) produced 11.7 million tons of crude steel, up 0.2% year-on-year; other European countries produced 3.6 million tons of crude steel, down 7.2% year-on-year;

the Middle East produced 5.3 million tons of crude steel, up 1.9% year-on-year; North America produced 9.2 million tons of crude steel, up 1.4% year-on-year;

Russia and other CIS countries + Ukraine produced 7.1 million tons of crude steel, down 3.5% year-on-year; South America produced 3.7 million tons of crude steel, up 6.5% year-on-year.

The data submitted by the above 69 countries/regions account for 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

EU (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 March 2025,

China's crude steel output was 92.84 million tons, up 4.6% year-on-year;

India's crude steel output was 13.8 million tons, up 7.0% year-on-year;

Japan's crude steel output was 7.2 million tons, up 0.2% year-on-year;

The United States' crude steel output was 6.7 million tons, down 1.5% year-on-year;

Russia's estimated crude steel output was 6.2 million tons, down 3.2% year-on-year;

South Korea's crude steel output was 5 million tons, down 5.3% year-on-year;

Turkey's crude steel output was 3.1 million tons, down 2.8% year-on-year;

Germany's estimated crude steel output was 3.1 million tons, down 11.7% year-on-year;

Brazil's crude steel output was 2.9 million tons, up 6.6% year-on-year;

Iran's crude steel output was 3.3 million tons, up 3.7% year-on-year.