The Zhitong Finance App learned that according to data released by the World Steel Association, the world's crude steel production in the 70 countries/regions included in the World Steel Association statistics in September 2026 was 142.4 million tons, a decrease of 0.2% over the previous year.
In September 2026, crude steel production in Africa was 2.2 million tons, up 10.6% year on year; crude steel production in Asia and Oceania was 104 million tons, up 0.7% year on year; European Union (27 countries) crude steel production was 10.1 million tons, down 5.0% year on year; crude steel production in other European countries was 3.6 million tons, down 1.4% year on year; crude steel production in the Middle East was 3.6 million tons, down 20.4% year on year; crude steel production in Russia and other CIS countries+Ukraine was 6.1 million tons, down 1.9 percent year on year %; South American crude steel production was 3.5 million tons, up 0.2% year on year.
Table 1: Crude steel production by region
According to the data submitted by the 70 countries/regions mentioned above, production in 2025 accounts for 98% of global crude steel production.
Countries and regions included in the table:
Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Africa, Tunisia
Asia and Oceania: Australia, China, India, Japan, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
EU (27 countries): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden
Other European countries: Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Turkey, United Kingdom
Middle East: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen
North America: Canada, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, United States
Russia and other CIS countries+Ukraine: Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela
Top ten countries for crude steel production
In September 2026, China's crude steel production was 73.59 million tons, an increase of 0.1% over the previous year;
India's crude steel production was 13.9 million tons, up 1.9% year on year;
The estimated crude steel production in the US is 7.2 million tons, an increase of 4.3% over the previous year;
Japan's crude steel production was 6.3 million tons, down 0.6% year on year;
Russia's crude steel production is estimated at 5.5 million tons, an increase of 6.2% over the previous year;
Korea's crude steel production was 5.2 million tons, up 3.6% year on year;
Turkey's crude steel production was 3.2 million tons, up 0.8% year on year;
Germany's crude steel production was 2.6 million tons, a year-on-year decrease of 13.0%;
Brazil's crude steel production was 2.8 million tons, down 0.8% year on year;
Vietnam's crude steel production was 2.6 million tons, up 29.1% year on year.
Table 2: Top Ten Countries for Crude Steel Production
e - estimated value. The ranking is based on cumulative crude steel production this year.