25 January 2024 | Brussels, Belgium
Crude steel production in the 71 countries included in Worldsteel's statistics was 135.7 million tonnes in December 2023, down 5.3% from the previous year.
Global crude steel production in December 2023
Crude steel production by region
In December 2023, Africa's crude steel production was 1.9 million tons, an increase of 17.7%. Crude steel production in Asia and Oceania was 96.4 million tons, down 9.7% year-on-year; Crude steel production in the EU (27 countries) was 9.1 million tonnes, up 2.7% year-on-year; Crude steel production in other European countries was 3.9 million tons, an increase of 19.4%. Crude steel production in the Middle East was 4.9 million tons, an increase of 9.6%. North American crude steel production was 9.3 million tons, an increase of 5.3%. Crude steel production in Russia and other CIS countries + Ukraine was 7.1 million tons, an increase of 11.8%. Crude steel production in South America was 3.2 million tonnes, down 3.2% year-on-year.
Table 1: Crude steel production by region
The above regions include data submitted by 71 steel-producing countries, which account for 98% of global crude steel production in 2022.
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, Hungary, 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: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine
South America: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
Top 10 countries in crude steel production
In December 2023,
China's crude steel production was 67.44 million tons, down 14.9 percent year-on-year;
India's crude steel production was 12.1 million tonnes, up 9.5% year-on-year;
Japan's crude steel production was 7 million tons, up 1.1% year-on-year;
Crude steel production in the United States was 6.8 million tons, an increase of 7.6%.
Russia's crude steel production is expected to be 6 million tons, an increase of 4.3%.
South Korea's crude steel production was 5.4 million tons, up 2.7% year-on-year;
Crude steel production in Germany was 2.6 million tonnes, down 2.3% year-on-year;
Turkey's crude steel production was 3.2 million tons, up 21.2% year-on-year;
Brazil's crude steel production was 2.5 million tonnes, up 0.9% year-on-year;
Iran's crude steel production was 2.9 million tons, up 12.1% year on year.
Table 2: Top 10 countries by crude steel production
e - Estimated value. The ranking is based on cumulative crude steel production for the year.
Annual global crude steel production in 2023
The annual global crude steel production in 2023 is 1,888.2 million tons. For complete statistics on annual crude Steel production by major steelproducing countries, please visit Steel Data Viewer-worldsteel.org.
Table 3: Global crude steel production for the whole year 2010
e - Annual estimates using incomplete data or non-Worldsteel channel data.* World production in this table includes estimates for some countries that only report annual data to Worldsteel.
