Uranium Production Figures, 2012-2021
(Updated July 2022)
Production from mines (tonnes U)
| Country |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
| Kazakhstan |
21,317 |
22,451 |
23,127 |
23,607 |
24,689 |
23,321 |
21,705 |
22,808 |
19,477 |
21,819 |
| Namibia |
4495 |
4323 |
3255 |
2993 |
3654 |
4224 |
5525 |
5476 |
5413 |
5753 |
| Canada |
8999 |
9331 |
9124 |
13,325 |
14,039 |
13,116 |
7001 |
6938 |
3885 |
4693 |
| Australia |
6991 |
6350 |
5001 |
5654 |
6315 |
5882 |
6517 |
6613 |
6203 |
4192 |
| Uzbekistan (est.) |
2400 |
2400 |
2400 |
2385 |
3325 |
3400 |
3450 |
3500 |
3500 |
3500 |
| Russia |
2872 |
3135 |
2990 |
3055 |
3004 |
2917 |
2904 |
2911 |
2846 |
2635 |
| Niger |
4667 |
4518 |
4057 |
4116 |
3479 |
3449 |
2911 |
2983 |
2991 |
2248 |
| China (est.) |
1500 |
1500 |
1500 |
1616 |
1616 |
1692 |
1885 |
1885 |
1885 |
1885 |
| India (est.) |
385 |
385 |
285 |
385 |
385 |
421 |
423 |
308 |
400 |
615 |
| Ukraine |
960 |
922 |
926 |
1200 |
808 |
707 |
790 |
800 |
744 |
455 |
| South Africa (est.) |
465 |
531 |
573 |
393 |
490 |
308 |
346 |
346 |
250 |
385 |
| Iran (est.) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
38 |
0 |
40 |
71 |
71 |
71 |
71 |
| Pakistan (est.) |
45 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
45 |
| Brazil |
326 |
192 |
55 |
40 |
44 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
29 |
| USA |
1596 |
1792 |
1919 |
1256 |
1125 |
940 |
582 |
58 |
6 |
8 |
| Czech Republic |
228 |
215 |
193 |
155 |
138 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Romania |
90 |
77 |
77 |
77 |
50 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| France |
3 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Germany |
50 |
27 |
33 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Malawi |
1101 |
1132 |
369 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Total world |
58,493 |
59,331 |
56,041 |
60,304 |
63,207 |
60,514 |
54,154 |
54,742 |
47,731 |
48,332 |
| tonnes U3O8 |
68,974 |
69,966 |
66,087 |
71,113 |
74,357 |
71,361 |
63,861 |
64,554 |
56,287 |
56,995 |
| % of world demand |
94% |
91% |
85% |
98% |
96% |
93% |
80% |
81% |
74% |
77% |
* Data from the World Nuclear Association. NB: the figures in this table are liable to change as new data becomes available. Totals may not sum exactly due to rounding.