Lead Production by Country (Metric tons, lead content)

Product
Alumina
Aluminum, Primary
Ammonia
Antimony
Arsenic Trioxide
Asbestos
Barite
Bauxite
Bentonite
Beryl
Bismuth
Boron Minerals
Bromine
Cadmium
Celestite
Chromite
Cobalt
Copper
Crude Iodine
Diatomite
Feldspar
Ferrochromium
Ferromanganese And Silicomanganese
Fluorspar
Fuller's Earth
Gold
Graphite
Gypsum
Hydraulic Cement
Indium
Industrial Sand And Gravel (Silica)
Iron Ore
Kaolin
Lead
Lithium Minerals And Brine
Magnesite
Magnesium
Marketable Potash
Mercury
Mica
Molybdenum
Monazite Concentrate
Natural Iron Oxide Pigments
Niobium And Tantalum
Peat
Perlite
Pig Iron
Platinum-Group Metals
Pumice And Related Materials
Quicklime And Hydrated Lime, Including Dead-Burned Dolomite
Rare Earths
Raw Steel
Rhenium
Salt
Selenium
Silver
Soda Ash
Synthetic Diamond
Talc And Pyrophyllite
Tellurium
Tin
Tungsten
Vanadium
Vermiculite
Wollastonite
Zinc
Zirconium Mineral Concentrates
Graph
Production
Unit of Measure
RankCountryWorld Mine Production Of Lead In Concentrate, By Country (Metric tons, lead content)
1China1,410,0001410000
2Australia641,000641000
3United States444,000444000
4Peru329,154329154
5Mexico120,000120000
6India77,50077500
7Canada75,13575135
8Sweden62,10062100
9Poland59,90059900
10Ireland54,10054100
11Russian Federation50,00050000
12Morocco44,80044800
13South Africa41,85741857
14Kazakhstan40,20040200
15Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of32,00032000
16Iran, Islamic Republic Of25,00025000
17Brazil24,57424574
18Bolivia22,79822798
19Turkey20,00020000
20Viet Nam19,20019200
21Argentina17,04517045
22Bulgaria15,00015000
23Greece15,00015000
24Korea, Democratic People's Republic Of13,00013000
25Namibia10,54310543
26Honduras10,21510215
27Algeria5,0005000
28Bosnia and Herzegovina4,0004000
29Myanmar2,0002000
30Chile1,3051305
31Romania1,0001000
32Serbia1,0001000
33Tajikistan800800
34Italy800800
35United Kingdom500500
36Georgia400400
37Guatemala363363
38Korea, Republic Of1212

Source: United States Geological Survey (USGS) Minerals Resources Program

Note: Check source table for details and footnotes

Year of Estimate: 2007