List of countries by uranium production

This is a list of countries by uranium production in 2015.

RankCountry/RegionUranium production (2015)
(tonnes U)[1]
Uranium Production (2011)
(thousands pounds U3O8)[2]
Percentage of
World Production (2015)
 World60,496139,513100
1Kazakhstan Kazakhstan23,80046,28439.3
2Canada Canada13,32525,43422.0
3Australia Australia5,65415,3399.3
4Niger Niger4,11610,9146.8
5Russia Russia3,0551,5165.0
6Namibia Namibia2,99311,6894.9
7Uzbekistan Uzbekistan2,385[3]6,2393.9
8China China1,616[3]2,1502.7
9United States United States1,2564,3162.1
10Ukraine Ukraine1,200[3]2,2102.0
11South Africa South Africa3932,2100.6
12India India385[3]1,0400.6
13Czech Republic Czech Republic1556600.3
14Romania Romania77[3]2000.1
15Pakistan Pakistan45[3]1170.1
16Brazil Brazil40[3]3850.1

See also

References

  1. "World Uranium Mining". World Nuclear Association. Retrieved 2017-01-29.
  2. "World Uranium Production & Requirements". TradeTech. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 estimate
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