Ukraine in the world ranking of metallurgical production in 2021

According to Worldsteel, in 2021, metallurgical enterprises of the countries of the world produced 1,429.54 million tons of pig iron, of which 1,326.85 million tons were smelted by the blast-furnace method and 102.69 million tons by the direct renewal method. This is 1.18% higher than the figure of 1412.91 million tons in January-December 2020.

The first place belongs to the People's Republic of China, whose metallurgists smelted 868.57 million tons of pig iron in January-December 2021, which is 4.30% lower than the same period in 2020 (907.60 million tons). The share of Chinese pig iron in world production for 12 months of 2021 is 60.8%.

Ukraine produced 21.17 million tons of pig iron, which is 3.6% more compared to January-December 2020 and ranks 10th among 38 pig iron producing countries.

World steel production for 12 months of 2021 is 1911.95 million tons, which is 3.82% higher than the figure of 1841.59 million tons in 2020.

The leader here is also the People's Republic of China, which produced 1,032.79 million tons, which is 3.00% lower than in January-December 2020 (1,064.73 million tons). The share of China in world steel production is 54.0%.

Turkey produced 40.36 million tons or 112.7% compared to January-December 2020 and rose from 8th to 7th place, displacing Germany with a production of 40.07 million tons or 112.3% compared to by January-December 2020 to the 8th position.

Ukraine produced 21.37 million tons of steel or 103.6% compared to January-December 2020 and ranks 14th among 64 steel-producing countries.