Zinc Production by Country (Metric tons, zinc content of concentrate and direct shipping ore, unless otherwise specified)

Product
Alumina
Aluminum, Primary
Ammonia
Antimony
Arsenic Trioxide
Asbestos
Barite
Bauxite
Bentonite
Beryl
Bismuth
Boron Minerals
Bromine
Cadmium
Celestite
Chromite
Cobalt
Copper
Crude Iodine
Diatomite
Feldspar
Ferrochromium
Ferromanganese And Silicomanganese
Fluorspar
Fuller's Earth
Gold
Graphite
Gypsum
Hydraulic Cement
Indium
Industrial Sand And Gravel (Silica)
Iron Ore
Kaolin
Lead
Lithium Minerals And Brine
Magnesite
Magnesium
Marketable Potash
Mercury
Mica
Molybdenum
Monazite Concentrate
Natural Iron Oxide Pigments
Niobium And Tantalum
Peat
Perlite
Pig Iron
Platinum-Group Metals
Pumice And Related Materials
Quicklime And Hydrated Lime, Including Dead-Burned Dolomite
Rare Earths
Raw Steel
Rhenium
Salt
Selenium
Silver
Soda Ash
Synthetic Diamond
Talc And Pyrophyllite
Tellurium
Tin
Tungsten
Vanadium
Vermiculite
Wollastonite
Zinc
Zirconium Mineral Concentrates
Graph
Production
Unit of Measure
RankCountryWorld Mine Production, By Country (Metric tons, zinc content of concentrate and direct shipping ore, unless otherwise specified)
1China4,900,0004900000
2Australia1,514,0001514000
3Peru1,280,9751280975
4India758,000758000
5United States738,000738000
6Mexico660,349660349
7Canada641,260641260
8Bolivia405,000405000
9Kazakhstan370,500370500
10Ireland337,500337500
11Russian Federation288,000288000
12Turkey206,000206000
13Brazil198,000198000
14Namibia194,380194380
15Sweden188,000188000
16Iran, Islamic Republic Of80,00080000
17Korea, Democratic People's Republic Of70,00070000
18Poland60,00060000
19Mongolia59,60059600
20Morocco58,00058000
21Finland51,46751467
22Argentina42,00042000
23Viet Nam38,00038000
24South Africa37,00037000
25Spain33,20033200
26Thailand31,00031000
27Portugal30,00630006
28Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of28,00028000
29Chile26,76226762
30Honduras26,00026000
31Uzbekistan25,00025000
32Greece20,00020000
33Philippines19,55919559
34Tajikistan18,00018000
35Saudi Arabia15,00015000
36Nigeria15,00015000
37Bulgaria12,11612116
38Pakistan12,00012000
39Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The10,57210572
40Armenia10,07510075
41Bosnia and Herzegovina7,0007000
42Myanmar7,0007000
43Lao People's Democratic Republic4,5004500
44Serbia1,0001000
45Korea, Republic Of750750

Source: United States Geological Survey (USGS) Minerals Resources Program

Note: Check source table for details and footnotes

Year of Estimate: 2012