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Uranium Production Figures, 2013-2022

(Updated August 2023)

Production from mines (tonnes U)

Country 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Kazakhstan 22,451 23,127 23,607 24,689 23,321 21,705 22,808 19,477 21,819 21,227
Canada 9331 9124 13,325 14,039 13,116 7001 6938 3885 4693 7351
Namibia 4323 3255 2993 3654 4224 5525 5476 5413 5753 5613
Australia 6350 5001 5654 6315 5882 6517 6613 6203 4192 4553
Uzbekistan (est.) 2400 2400 2385 3325 3400 3450 3500 3500 3520 3300
Russia 3135 2990 3055 3004 2917 2904 2911 2846 2635 2508
Niger 4518 4057 4116 3479 3449 2911 2983 2991 2248 2020
China (est.) 1500 1500 1616 1616 1692 1885 1885 1885 1600 1700
India (est.) 385 285 385 385 421 423 308 400 600 600
South Africa (est.) 531 573 393 490 308 346 346 250 192 200
Ukraine 922 926 1200 808 707 790 800 744 455 100
USA 1792 1919 1256 1125 940 582 58 6 8 75
Pakistan (est.) 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45 45
Brazil 192 55 40 44 0 0 0 15 29 43
Iran (est.) 0 0 38 0 40 71 71 71 21 20
Czech Republic 215 193 155 138 0 0 0 0 0 0
Romania 77 77 77 50 0 0 0 0 0 0
France 5 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germany 27 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Malawi 1132 369 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total world 59,331 56,041 60,304 63,207 60,514 54,154 54,742 47,731 47,808 49,355
tonnes U3O8 69,966 66,087 71,113 74,357 71,361 63,861 64,554 56,287 56,377 58,201
% of world demand 91% 85% 98% 96% 93% 80% 81% 74% 76% 74%

* 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.

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