World Steel Association: December 2025 crude steel production Down 0.3% in Commodity News 27/01/2026 Crude steel production by region Africa produced 1.9 Mt in December 2025, down 0.3% on December 2024. Asia and Oceania produced 99.7 Mt, down 6.3%. The EU (27) produced 9.9 Mt, up 3.9%. Europe, Other produced 3.8 Mt, up 13.8%. The Middle East produced 5.3 Mt, up 13.9%. North America produced 9.0 Mt, down 0.4%. Russia & other CIS + Ukraine produced 6.9 Mt, down 2.7%. South America produced 3.2 Mt, up 1.2%. The 70 countries included in this table accounted for approximately 98% of total world crude steel production in 2024. Regions and countries covered by the table: Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Africa, Tunisia Asia and Oceania: Australia, China, India, Japan, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan (China), Thailand, Viet Nam European Union (27): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden Europe, Other: Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Türkiye, United Kingdom Middle East: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen North America: Canada, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, United States Russia & other CIS + Ukraine: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela Top 10 steel-producing countries China produced 68.2 Mt in December 2025, down 10.3% on December 2024. India produced 14.8 Mt, up 10.1%. The United States produced 6.9 Mt, up 3.6%. Japan produced 6.6 Mt, down 4.8%. Russia is estimated to have produced 5.8 Mt, down 4.4%. South Korea produced 5.2 Mt, down 2.4%. Türkiye produced 3.5 Mt, up 18.5%. Iran is estimated to have produced 3.0 Mt, up 16.2%. Germany produced 2.7 Mt, down 0.2%. Brazil produced 2.6 Mt, down 1.9%. 2025 global crude steel production totals Total world crude steel production was 1,849.4 Mt in 2025. Please see the Steel Data Viewer for the complete listing of annual production totals by country. Source: World Steel Association 2026-01-27 hellenicshippingnews... window.___gcfg = {lang: 'en-US'}; (function(w, d, s) { function go(){ var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0], load = function(url, id) { if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;} js = d.createElement(s); js.src = url; js.id = id; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }; load('//connect.facebook.net/en/all.js#xfbml=1', 'fbjssdk'); load('https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js', 'gplus1js'); load('//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js', 'tweetjs'); } if (w.addEventListener) { w.addEventListener("load", go, false); } else if (w.attachEvent) { w.attachEvent("onload",go); } }(window, document, 'script')); tweet Share