Indonesia now mines two-thirds of the world's nickel
Nickel mine production by country, thousand tonnes of nickel content, 2025 estimate vs 2024.
Indonesia mined about 2,600 of the world's 3,900 thousand tonnes in 2025 (USGS estimate).
Indonesia added more nickel in one year than Australia, Brazil and the US mine combined.
Indonesia now out-mines the No. 2 producer, the Philippines (270k t), almost ten to one.
the numbers
| Mine output (k t) | 2024 (k t) | World share (%) | 2024 share (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 2,600 | 2,310 | 66.7 | 62.3 |
| Philippines | 270 | 354 | 6.9 | 9.5 |
| Russia | 200 | 205 | 5.1 | 5.5 |
| Canada | 140 | 125 | 3.6 | 3.4 |
| New Caledonia | 140 | 116 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
| China | 120 | 115 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| Brazil | 70 | 68 | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| Australia | 45 | 98 | 1.2 | 2.6 |
| United States | 10 | 7 | 0.3 | 0.2 |
| Other countries | 290 | 308 | 7.4 | 8.3 |
source notes & method
2025 values are USGS estimates; 2024 China value estimated; Canada 2024 revised. Shares derived by progrss from the USGS rounded world totals (3,900 kt in 2025, 3,710 kt in 2024). Prior edition (MCS 2025) shows Indonesia at 2,030 of 3,750 kt in 2023 (~54%). A ~2015 baseline from MCS 2017 could not be retrieved, so the compare year is 2024.
Published 24 Sep 2026
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