In January 2025, the global crude steel production of 69 countries/regions included in the worldsteel statistics was 151.4 million tons, a decrease of 4.4% year-on-year.
In January 2025, Africa’s crude steel production was 1.9 million tonnes, a decrease of 3.5% year-on-year; Asia and Oceania’s crude steel production was 112.3 million tonnes, a decrease of 4.5% year-on-year; the EU (27 countries) crude steel production was 10.3 million tonnes, a decrease of 3.3% year-on-year; the crude steel production of other European countries was 3.5 million tonnes, a decrease of 6.8% year-on-year; the crude steel production of the Middle East was 4.2 million tonnes, a decrease of 15.3% year-on-year; the crude steel production of North America was 9 million tonnes, a decrease of 0.5% year-on-year; the crude steel production of Russia and other CIS countries + Ukraine was 7 million tonnes, an increase of 1.4% year-on-year; the crude steel production of South America was 3.2 million tonnes, a decrease of 9.8% year-on-year.
Top 10 countries in crude steel production
In January 2025, China’s estimated crude steel output is 81.91 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 5.6%; India’s crude steel output is 13.6 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 6.8%; Japan’s crude steel output is 6.8 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 6.6%; the United States’ crude steel output is 6.6 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 1.2%; Russia’s estimated crude steel output is 6 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 0.6%; South Korea’s crude steel output is 5.2 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 8.8%; Turkey’s crude steel output is 3.2 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 1.4%; Germany’s estimated crude steel output is 2.8 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 8.8%; Brazil’s estimated crude steel output is 2.6 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 4.5%; Iran’s crude steel output is 2.2 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 24.1%.
