Top 100 Countries by Bauxite Mine Production (2025) — Ranking, Concentration, and Aluminium Linkages
Bauxite mine production and aluminium raw-material supply
This ranking compares countries by bauxite mine production, measured as crude ore in million metric tons (Mt). The dataset is World Mining Data 2025; the production year used for the ranking is 2023, the latest year shown for this indicator in that edition.
Bauxite is the main upstream raw material for alumina refining and aluminium smelting. The table therefore identifies where mined ore supply is concentrated. It does not rank countries by refined alumina, aluminium metal, exports, reserves, per-capita output or downstream industrial value.
The source table contains 30 producing country entries for 2023. The page presents that full producer list rather than expanding the title or table to a Top 100.
123.07 Mt of bauxite mine output in the 2023 production year.
The ranking covers all listed producing countries for this indicator.
Sum of the country entries used for shares and concentration metrics.
Guinea, Australia and China dominate the mined bauxite supply base.
What the upper part of the ranking shows
The leading tier is exceptionally concentrated. Guinea and Australia together produce more than half of the listed total, and China adds another large block of supply. Brazil and India complete a top five that accounts for 87.75% of the country total used here.
The geography is broad but uneven. West Africa, Oceania, East Asia, South America and South Asia all appear in the top five. The shared pattern is not only bauxite geology; large-scale output also depends on mines, rail or road links, port access, capital investment and long-term relationships with alumina refineries.
After India, country volumes fall quickly. Indonesia, Russia, Jamaica, Saudi Arabia, Kazakhstan, Vietnam and Türkiye remain relevant for regional sourcing and buyer diversification, but none approaches the scale of the three largest producers.
Top 10 countries by bauxite mine production
The top ten countries account for 96.25% of the listed 2023 total. The fourth column shows each country’s share of the 390.90 Mt country total used in this page, making the scale gap between the leaders and the lower ranks easier to read.
| Rank | Country | Production | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guinea | 123.07 Mt | 31.48% |
| 2 | Australia | 99.06 Mt | 25.34% |
| 3 | China | 65.52 Mt | 16.76% |
| 4 | Brazil | 32.03 Mt | 8.19% |
| 5 | India | 23.36 Mt | 5.98% |
| 6 | Indonesia | 9.890 Mt | 2.53% |
| 7 | Russia | 6.868 Mt | 1.76% |
| 8 | Jamaica | 5.988 Mt | 1.53% |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 5.90 Mt | 1.51% |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 4.56 Mt | 1.17% |
Unit: Mt = million metric tons of crude bauxite ore. Shares are calculated from the 30-country total of 390.90 Mt.
Chart: leading producers on a linear Mt scale
The bar chart shows the first ten countries on the same scale. The visual gap after China is important: Brazil and India are major producers, but the supply structure is still anchored by Guinea, Australia and China.
Methodology
The ranking uses country-level bauxite mine production from World Mining Data 2025. The publication edition is 2025, while the production year used in the table is 2023. The indicator is crude bauxite ore output in million metric tons.
How is the indicator calculated?
Countries are ordered from highest to lowest bauxite mine output. No composite score, per-capita adjustment or reserve weighting is applied.
Why use the 2023 production year?
It is the latest production year available for this bauxite indicator in World Mining Data 2025, so it is used as the cleanest snapshot for the 2025 edition.
How are values processed?
Country entries are summed to calculate the 390.90 Mt total used for shares. Larger producers are shown to two or three decimals; very small producers keep extra decimals where rounding would erase visible differences.
What are the limits?
Mining datasets can combine official country reporting, estimates and revisions. Crude ore output is not directly comparable with contained alumina, refined alumina, aluminium metal output, exports, reserves or mine-level costs.
Concentration metrics are calculated from the 30 country entries in the source table. Top 1, Top 3, Top 5 and Top 10 shares use the 390.90 Mt total. HHI is calculated by squaring country shares and summing them on the standard 0–10,000 scale.
Full ranking: 30 bauxite-producing countries
The table includes every country entry available for this bauxite indicator in World Mining Data 2025. The ranking is not extended beyond 30 rows because the underlying source table does not provide a 100-country producer list for 2023.
| Rank | Country | Production | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guinea | 123.07 Mt | 31.48% |
| 2 | Australia | 99.06 Mt | 25.34% |
| 3 | China | 65.52 Mt | 16.76% |
| 4 | Brazil | 32.03 Mt | 8.19% |
| 5 | India | 23.36 Mt | 5.98% |
| 6 | Indonesia | 9.890 Mt | 2.53% |
| 7 | Russia | 6.868 Mt | 1.76% |
| 8 | Jamaica | 5.988 Mt | 1.53% |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 5.90 Mt | 1.51% |
| 10 | Kazakhstan | 4.56 Mt | 1.17% |
| 11 | Vietnam | 3.80 Mt | 0.97% |
| 12 | Türkiye | 2.93 Mt | 0.75% |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 1.35 Mt | 0.35% |
| 14 | Greece | 0.975 Mt | 0.25% |
| 15 | Ghana | 0.960 Mt | 0.25% |
| 16 | Venezuela | 0.900 Mt | 0.23% |
| 17 | Iran | 0.871 Mt | 0.22% |
| 18 | Malaysia | 0.577 Mt | 0.15% |
| 19 | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 0.548 Mt | 0.14% |
| 20 | Montenegro | 0.527 Mt | 0.13% |
| 21 | Guyana | 0.524 Mt | 0.13% |
| 22 | Laos | 0.275 Mt | 0.07% |
| 23 | France | 0.120 Mt | 0.03% |
| 24 | Côte d’Ivoire | 0.105 Mt | 0.03% |
| 25 | Tanzania | 0.0614 Mt | 0.02% |
| 26 | Pakistan | 0.0600 Mt | 0.02% |
| 27 | United States | 0.0482 Mt | 0.01% |
| 28 | Croatia | 0.0147 Mt | <0.01% |
| 29 | Mozambique | 0.0055 Mt | <0.01% |
| 30 | Colombia | 0.0028 Mt | <0.01% |
Source: World Mining Data 2025. Production year: 2023. Values refer to crude bauxite ore mine output and are displayed in million metric tons.
Insights from the production distribution
The upper tier is defined by three countries rather than by one monopolistic producer. Guinea is the largest source, but Australia and China are large enough to act as major counterweights. This is why the HHI is high but not extreme: the market is concentrated, yet not controlled by a single country.
Brazil and India form the second layer. Their combined output is significant for the aluminium chain, but the drop from China to Brazil and from India to Indonesia shows how quickly the distribution narrows after the top five.
The lower two thirds of the table form a long tail. Several countries produce less than 1 Mt, and the final entries are very small in global-volume terms. These producers may still matter locally through employment, domestic raw-material access or specific ore qualities, but they do not materially change the global tonnage balance.
| Metric | Value | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Country total used | 390.90 Mt | Sum of the 30 producing country entries in the table. |
| Number of producers | 30 | Full country coverage available for this bauxite indicator in the source edition. |
| Top 1 share | 31.48% | Guinea alone supplies nearly one third of the listed total. |
| Top 3 share | 73.58% | Guinea, Australia and China anchor the global supply structure. |
| Top 5 share | 87.75% | Most listed bauxite mine output is concentrated in five countries. |
| Top 10 share | 96.25% | The remaining 20 producers represent a small-volume tail. |
| HHI | ≈ 2,035 | A value near 2,000 signals a concentrated supply base, moderated by the presence of three large producers rather than one dominant source. |
What this means for readers
For commodity analysts, the ranking is a map of upstream supply exposure. When the first three producers account for nearly three quarters of listed mine output, disruptions in a limited number of mining corridors can affect freight patterns, refinery feedstock options and bargaining power in the aluminium chain.
For industrial readers, the table separates raw-material scale from downstream value capture. A country can mine a large amount of bauxite without being an equally large aluminium metal producer, because smelting depends on reliable low-cost electricity, capital-intensive plants, refining capacity and trade logistics.
For policymakers, the ranking helps distinguish between having a mineral resource base and turning that base into processing capacity, infrastructure, skilled jobs and industrial resilience. For import-dependent economies, the same figures highlight supplier concentration and the importance of transport-route security.
FAQ
Which country is the largest bauxite producer in this ranking?
Guinea ranks first with 123.07 Mt of bauxite mine production in the 2023 production year shown in World Mining Data 2025.
Why does the page use a 2025 edition if the production year is 2023?
The 2025 label refers to the source edition. The production values used here are from 2023 because that is the latest year shown for this bauxite indicator in World Mining Data 2025.
Does this ranking measure alumina or aluminium metal?
No. It measures crude bauxite ore mined by country. Alumina is the refined intermediate product, and aluminium metal is produced after smelting.
Why are only 30 countries listed?
The source table contains 30 producing country entries for this indicator in 2023. Adding more rows would imply producer coverage that the dataset does not provide.
Can a country mine bauxite without leading in aluminium production?
Yes. Mining and metal production depend on different assets. Bauxite mining depends on ore deposits, mines, bulk logistics and ports; aluminium smelting also requires alumina refining capacity and large amounts of competitively priced electricity.
What is the main limitation of this ranking?
It is a country-level production snapshot. It does not show reserves, ore grades, mine costs, ownership, export restrictions, contract exposure, refining capacity or smelter utilisation.
Sources
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World Mining Data 2025
Primary source for the country ranking, 2023 bauxite mine production values, unit basis and producer coverage. -
USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2025 — Bauxite and Alumina
Used for commodity context, bauxite/alumina terminology and aluminium value-chain background.
