List of countries by iron-ore exports
The following is a list of countries by iron ore exports. Data is for 2012 & 2016, in millions of United States dollars, as reported by The Observatory of Economic Complexity. Currently the top twenty countries are listed.
| # | Country | Value in 2012 | Value in 2016 |
| 1 | Australia | 54,397 | 38,101 |
| 2 | Brazil | 32,738 | 14,110 |
| 3 | South Africa | 5,580 | 4,189 |
| 4 | Canada | 4,569 | 2,656 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 3,170 | 1,929 |
| 6 | Sweden | 3,076 | 1,664 |
| 7 | India | 3,212 | 1,047 |
| 8 | Mauritania | 1,583 | 983 |
| 9 | Russia | 2,813 | 920 |
| 10 | Chile | 1,389 | 832 |
| 11 | Iran | 1,499 | 711 |
| 12 | United States | 1,534 | 560 |
| 13 | Oman | 547 | 484 |
| 14 | Malaysia | 516 | 475 |
| 15 | Kazakhstan | 2,362 | 385 |
| 16 | Peru | 889 | 368 |
| 17 | Bahrain | 273 | 363 |
| 18 | Venezuela | 730 | 302 |
| 19 | Mongolia | 514 | 235 |
| 20 | Sierra Leone | 376 | 142 |
