Uranium Production Figures, 2010-2019
(Updated May 2020)
Production from mines (tonnes U)
| Country |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
| Kazakhstan |
17,803 |
19,451 |
21,317 |
22,451 |
23,127 |
23,607 |
24,586 |
23,321 |
21,705 |
22,808 |
| Canada |
9783 |
9145 |
8999 |
9331 |
9134 |
13,325 |
14,039 |
13,116 |
7001 |
6938 |
| Australia |
5900 |
5983 |
6991 |
6350 |
5001 |
5654 |
6315 |
5882 |
6517 |
6613 |
| Namibia |
4496 |
3258 |
4495 |
4323 |
3255 |
2993 |
3654 |
4224 |
5525 |
5476 |
| Niger |
4198 |
4351 |
4667 |
4518 |
4057 |
4116 |
3479 |
3449 |
2911 |
2983 |
| Russia |
3562 |
2993 |
2872 |
3135 |
2990 |
3055 |
3004 |
2917 |
2904 |
2911 |
| Uzbekistan (est.) |
2400 |
2500 |
2400 |
2400 |
2400 |
2385 |
2404 |
2404 |
2404 |
2404 |
| China (est.) |
827 |
885 |
1500 |
1500 |
1500 |
1616 |
1616 |
1885 |
1885 |
1885 |
| Ukraine |
850 |
890 |
960 |
922 |
926 |
1200 |
1005 |
550 |
1180 |
801 |
| USA |
1660 |
1537 |
1596 |
1792 |
1919 |
1256 |
1125 |
940 |
582 |
67 |
| India (est.) |
400 |
400 |
385 |
385 |
385 |
385 |
385 |
421 |
423 |
308 |
| South Africa (est.) |
583 |
582 |
465 |
531 |
573 |
393 |
490 |
308 |
346 |
346 |
| Iran (est.) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
38 |
0 |
40 |
71 |
71 |
| Pakistan (est.) |
45 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
| Czech Republic |
254 |
229 |
228 |
215 |
193 |
155 |
138 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Romania |
77 |
77 |
90 |
77 |
77 |
77 |
50 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Brazil |
148 |
265 |
326 |
192 |
55 |
40 |
44 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| France |
7 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Germany |
8 |
51 |
50 |
27 |
33 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Malawi |
670 |
846 |
1101 |
1132 |
369 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total world |
53,671 |
53,493 |
58,493 |
59,331 |
56,041 |
60,304 |
62,379 |
59,462 |
53,498 |
53,656 |
| tonnes U3O8 |
63,291 |
63,082 |
68,974 |
69,966 |
66,087 |
71,113 |
73,560 |
70,120 |
63,087 |
63,273 |
| % of world demand |
84% |
87% |
94% |
91% |
85% |
98% |
96% |
93% |
80% |
79% |