List of countries by iron ore production
This is a list of countries by iron ore production based on U.S. Geological Survey data.List
This is a list of countries by pig iron production.
| Rank | Country | 1980 | 2013 | 2015 |
| World | 506 | 1,168 | 1,180 | - |
| 1 |  China | 38 | 709 | 710 |
| 2 |  Japan | 87 | 84 | 84 |
| 3 |  India | 85 | 50 | 54 |
| 4 |  Russia | n/a | 50 | 51 |
| 5 |  South Korea | 5.6 | 41 | 47 |
| 6 |  Brazil | 13 | 26 | 30 |
| 7 |  Germany | 36 | 27 | 28 |
| 8 |  United States | 62 | 30 | 26 |
| 9 |  Ukraine | n/a | 29 | 25 |
| 10 |  United Kingdom | 6.2 | 9.4 | 9 |
| other countries | 246 | 91 | 101 | - |
