List of countries by uranium production

World uranium output in 2005.

This is a list of countries by uranium production in 2014.

Rank Country/Region Uranium production (2014)
(tonnes U)[1]
Uranium Production (2011)
(thousands pounds U3O8)[2]
Percentage of
World Production (2014)
 World 56,217 139,513
1 Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 23,127 46,284 41.1
2 Canada Canada 9,134 25,434 16.2
3 Australia Australia 5,001 15,339 8.9
4 Niger Niger 4,057 10,914 7.2
5 Namibia Namibia 3,255 11,689 5.8
6 Russia Russia 2,990 1,516 5.3
7 Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 2,400 6,239 4.3
8 United States United States 1,919 4,316 3.4
9 China China 1,500 2,150 2.7
10 Ukraine Ukraine 926 2,210 1.6
11 South Africa South Africa 573 2,210 1.0
12 India India 385 1,040 0.7
13 Malawi Malawi 369 1,742 0.7
14 Brazil Brazil 231 385 0.4
15 Czech Republic Czech Republic 193 660 0.3
16 Romania Romania 77 2000.1
17 Pakistan Pakistan 45 1170.1
18  Germany 33 52 0.1
19 France France 3 18 0.0

See also

References

  1. "World Uranium Mining". World Nuclear Association. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
  2. "World Uranium Production & Requirements". TradeTech. Retrieved 2016-03-20.
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