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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.

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

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

Rank	Country/Region	Uranium Production (2011) (thousands pounds U₃O₈)^[5]	Percentage of World Production (2011)
	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%

List_of_countries_by_uranium_production

List of countries by uranium production

World Nuclear Association (2021)

World Nuclear Association (2018)

TradeTech (2011)

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