plate 094 · 2024 data
Kazakhstan mines more uranium than Canada and Namibia combined
Uranium mined by country, tonnes of uranium, 2024 vs 2015.
The energy switch
- 1. China now uses more electricity per person than the EU
- 2. Solar now makes more of Brazil's power than fossil fuels
- 3. Rooftop solar now outsizes coal on Australia's main grid
- 4. Volcanic heat makes nearly 45% of the power Kenya generates
- 5. France swung from power importer to record exporter
- 6. Over a quarter of China's new heavy trucks are electric
- 7. More than two in three cars Nepal imports are electric
- 8. The US now ships a quarter of the world's LNG
- 9. Kazakhstan mines more uranium than Canada and Namibia combined
- 10. Indonesia now mines two-thirds of the world's nickel
- 11. India had 27 million ACs for 1.3 billion people
- 12. Sun and wind now beat fossil fuels in Chile
- 13. Two in three rickshaws sold in India are electric
- 14. Argentina mined 60% more lithium in just one year
- 15. Ethiopia added over a third of Africa's new renewable power
- 16. Only 16 countries are building new coal power plants
- 17. Egypt's sun and wind now outproduce its Nile dams
- 18. The price of lithium fell 86% in three years
- 19. Pakistan now gets more power from solar than from coal
- 20. Oil now makes less than a third of Saudi power
- 21. The Philippines is building more solar than it already runs
- 22. Nine in ten Indonesians now cook with clean fuels
- 23. Rwanda spread electricity faster than any country since 2014
38.6%
Kazakhstan mined 23,270 of the world's 60,213 tonnes of uranium in 2024.
2.5×
Namibia's output rose from 2,993 t in 2015 to 7,333 t, overtaking Australia for third.
−77%
Niger fell from 4,116 t to 962 t; the US mined just 260 t.
the numbers & method
| Tonnes mined (t) | 2015 (grey bar) (t) | Share of world (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | 23,270 | 23,607 | 38.6 |
| Canada | 14,309 | 13,325 | 23.8 |
| Namibia | 7,333 | 2,993 | 12.2 |
| Australia | 4,598 | 5,654 | 7.6 |
| Uzbekistan (est.) | 4,000 | 2,385 | 6.6 |
| Russia | 2,738 | 3,055 | 4.5 |
| China (est.) | 1,600 | 1,616 | 2.7 |
| Niger | 962 | 4,116 | 1.6 |
| India (est.) | 500 | 385 | 0.8 |
| Ukraine (est.) | 288 | 1,200 | 0.5 |
| United States | 260 | 1,256 | 0.4 |
Claim types Fact · Estimate
Tonnes of uranium (tU) from mines. Shares are derived (country ÷ world total, 60,213 tU in 2024; 60,342 tU in 2015). WNA marks Uzbekistan, China, India, South Africa and Ukraine as estimates. Canada + Namibia = 21,642 tU (derived). WNA notes totals may not sum due to rounding.
Published 3 Nov 2026
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