Uranium production figures, 1998-2006
(May 2007)
| Country or area |
Production (tU) |
% change |
| 1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2005-06 |
| Argentina |
7 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Armenia |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
| Australia |
4885 |
5979 |
7609 |
7756 |
6854 |
7572 |
8982 |
9516 |
7593 |
-20 |
| Belgium |
15 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Brazil |
0 |
0 |
50 |
58 |
270 |
310 |
300 |
110 |
190 |
+73 |
| Bulgaria |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Canada |
10 924 |
8214 |
10 590 |
12 520 |
11 604 |
10 457 |
11 597 |
11 628 |
9862 |
-15 |
| China ^ |
500 |
500 |
500 |
655 |
730 |
750 |
750 |
750 |
750 |
0 |
| Czech Rep |
610 |
612 |
507 |
456 |
465 |
452 |
412 |
408 |
359 |
-12 |
| Finland |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
| France |
508 |
439 |
320 |
195 |
20 |
9 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
| Gabon |
731 |
294 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Germany |
40* |
33* |
28* |
27* |
212* |
150* |
150* |
77* |
50* |
-35 |
| Hungary |
10* |
10* |
10* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| India^ |
200 |
200 |
200 |
230 |
230 |
230 |
230 |
230 |
230 |
0 |
| Japan |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
| Kazakhstan |
1074 |
1367 |
1740 |
2050 |
2800 |
3300 |
3719 |
4357 |
5279 |
+21 |
| Korea, S |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
| Lithuania |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
| Mexico |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
| Namibia |
2762 |
2689 |
2714 |
2239 |
2333 |
2036 |
3038 |
3147 |
3077 |
-2 |
| Netherlands |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
| Niger |
3731 |
2918 |
2900 |
2920 |
3075 |
3143 |
3282 |
3093 |
3434 |
+11 |
| Pakistan^ |
23 |
23 |
23 |
46 |
38 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
0 |
| Portugal |
19 |
10 |
10 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Romania^ |
100 |
100 |
50 |
85 |
90 |
90 |
90 |
90 |
90 |
0 |
| Russia^ |
2000 |
2000 |
2500 |
2500 |
2900 |
3150 |
3200 |
3431 |
3400 |
-1 |
| Slovakia |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
| Slovenia |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
| South Africa |
962 |
981 |
878 |
873 |
824 |
758 |
755 |
674 |
534 |
-20 |
| Spain |
255 |
255 |
251 |
30* |
37* |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Sweden |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
| Switzerland |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
| UK |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
na |
| Ukraine^ |
500 |
500 |
500 |
750 |
800 |
800 |
800 |
800 |
800 |
0 |
| USA |
1872 |
1807 |
1456 |
1011 |
883 |
779 |
878 |
1039 |
1692 |
+63 |
| Uzbekistan |
2000 |
2130 |
2350 |
1962 |
1860 |
1589 |
2016 |
2300 |
2270 |
-1 |
| Total |
33 728 |
31 065 |
35 186 |
36 366 |
36 027 |
35 622 |
40 251 |
41 702 |
39 655 |
-5 |
Legend |
| na |
not applicable |
| .. |
not yet available |
| * |
from decommissioning |
| ^ |
UI/WNA estimate |
|
NB: The figures in this table are liable to change as new data becomes available.