List of countries by uranium production

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This contains lists of countries by uranium production. The first two lists are compiled by the World Nuclear Association, and measures uranium production by tonnes mined. The last list is compiled by TradeTech, a consulting company which specializes in the nuclear fuel market.

## Contents

* 1 World Nuclear Association (2021)
* 2 World Nuclear Association (2018)
* 3 TradeTech (2011)
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## World Nuclear Association (2021)

Rank  | Country/Region  | Uranium production (2021) (tonnes U)[1] | Percentage of World Production (2021)

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| World  | 48,332  | 100.00%
1  |  Kazakhstan  | 21,819  | 45.14%
2  |  Namibia  | 5,753  | 11.90%
3  |  Canada | 4,693  | 9.1%
4  |  Australia | 4,192  | 8.67%
5  |  Uzbekistan  | 3,500 (est.)  | 7.24%
6  |  Russia | 2,635  | 5.45%
7  |  Niger  | 2,248  | 4.65%
8  |  China  | 1,885 (est.)  | 3.90%
9  |  India | 615 (est.)  | 1.27%
10  |  Ukraine | 455  | 0.94%
11  |  South Africa | 385 (est.)  | 0.80%
12  |  Iran | 71 (est.)  | 0.15%
13  |  Pakistan | 45 (est.)  | 0.09%
14  |  Brazil | 29  | 0.06%
15  |  United States | 8  | 0.02%
16  |  Czech Republic | 0  | < 0.01%
17  |  Romania  | 0  | < 0.01%
18  |  France | 0  | < 0.01%
19  |  Germany  | 0  | < 0.01%
20  |  Malawi  | 0  | < 0.01%

## World Nuclear Association (2018)

Rank | Country/Region | Uranium production (2018) (tonnes U)[2] | Percentage of World Production (2018)

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|  World | 53,498 | 100.00%
1 |  Kazakhstan | 21,705 | 40.57%
2 |  Canada | 7,001 | 13.09%
3 |  Australia | 6,517 | 12.18%
4 |  Namibia | 5,525 | 10.33%
5 |  Niger | 2,911 | 5.44%
6 |  Russia | 2,904 | 5.43%
7 |  Uzbekistan | 2,404[3] | 4.49%
8 |  China | 1,885[3] | 3.52%
9 |  Ukraine | 1,180[3] | 2.21%
10 |  United States | 582 | 1.09%
11 |  India | 308[3] | 0.79% [4]
12 |  South Africa | 346 | 0.65%
13  |  Iran | 71[3] | 0.13%
14 |  Pakistan | 45[3] | 0.08%
15 |  Czech Republic | 0 | < 0.01%
16 |  Romania | 0[3] | < 0.01%
17 |  Brazil | 0[3] | < 0.01%
18 |  France | 0 | < 0.01%
19 |  Germany | 0 | < 0.01%
20 |  Malawi | 0 | < 0.01%

## TradeTech (2011)

Rank  | Country/Region  | Uranium Production (2011)

(thousands pounds U3O8)[5]

| Percentage of World Production (2011)

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| World  | 139,075  | 100.00%
1  |  Kazakhstan  | 50,568  | 36.36%
2  |  Canada | 23,775  | 17.10%
3  |  Australia | 15,555  | 11.18%
4  |  Niger  | 11,312  | 8.13%
5  |  Namibia  | 8,470  | 6.09%
6  |  Russia | 7,781  | 5.59%
7  |  Uzbekistan  | 6,499  | 4.67%
8  |  United States | 3,996  | 2.87%
9  |  Ukraine | 2,314  | 1.66%
10  |  China  | 2,301  | 1.65%
11  |  Malawi  | 2,199  | 1.58%
12  |  South Africa | 1,513  | 1.09%
13  |  India | 1,040  | 0.75%
14  |  Brazil | 689  | 0.50%
15  |  Czech Republic | 595  | 0.43%
16  |  Romania  | 200  | 0.14%
17  |  Pakistan | 117  | 0.08%
18  |  Germany  | 52  | 0.04%
19  |  France | 16  | 0.01%

## See also

* List of countries by uranium reserves
* Uranium mining by country
* List of uranium projects

## References

1. ↑ "World Uranium Mining - World Nuclear Association". https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/mining-of-uranium/world-uranium-mining-production.aspx.
2. ↑ "World Uranium Mining". World Nuclear Association. http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf23.html.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 estimate
4. ↑ "World Uranium Mining - World Nuclear Association". https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/nuclear-fuel-cycle/mining-of-uranium/world-uranium-mining-production.aspx.
5. ↑ "World Uranium Production & Requirements". TradeTech. http://www.uranium.info/world_uranium_production_and_requirements.php.

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