Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: iron ore (current US$) by country

Countries reporting
57
Highest
66,275 current US$
Australia
Lowest
0.0016 current US$
Japan
Median
36.74 current US$
Years covered
26
1995–2020
Data points
1,098

What the numbers show

Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: iron ore (current US$) is currently reported for 57 countries. The highest value is 66,275 current US$ in Australia; the lowest is 0.0016 current US$ in Japan.

The median across all reporting countries is 36.74 current US$, and the mean is 1,767 current US$.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 34 fell. The largest increase was in Lao People's Democratic Republic (up 1,709.3%), and the largest decrease in Ecuador (down 98.2%).

Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: iron ore: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Australia 66,275 current US$ 2020 up 25.4% volatile
2 Kazakhstan 5,002 current US$ 2020 up 23.5% volatile
3 Mongolia 4,371 current US$ 2020 up 149.1% volatile
4 Mauritania 3,251 current US$ 2020 down 63.9% volatile
5 Brazil 2,983 current US$ 2020 down 30.7% volatile
6 Ukraine 2,809 current US$ 2020 down 19.0% volatile
7 Sweden 2,486 current US$ 2020 down 56.7% volatile
8 Canada 1,850 current US$ 2020 down 19.0% volatile
9 Liberia 1,800 current US$ 2020 up 285.3% volatile
10 Russian Federation 1,442 current US$ 2020 down 12.1% volatile
11 New Zealand 1,227 current US$ 2020 up 47.8% volatile
12 Chile 972.22 current US$ 2020 down 32.3% volatile
13 Iran, Islamic Republic of 875.19 current US$ 2020 up 4.8% volatile
14 Sierra Leone 865.83 current US$ 2020 up 1,319.2% volatile
15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 681.08 current US$ 2020 down 19.9% volatile
16 South Africa 630.64 current US$ 2020 down 58.3% volatile
17 Austria 479.93 current US$ 2020 down 18.8% volatile
18 Norway 456.35 current US$ 2020 down 62.3% volatile
19 Peru 377.18 current US$ 2020 down 53.0% volatile
20 Türkiye 292.51 current US$ 2020 up 63.9% volatile
21 Malaysia 252.52 current US$ 2020 up 37.7% volatile
22 India 219.62 current US$ 2020 down 40.2% volatile
23 Lao People's Democratic Republic 216.03 current US$ 2020 up 1,709.3% volatile
24 China 197.91 current US$ 2020 down 56.3% volatile
25 Slovakia 187.52 current US$ 2008 up 587.8% volatile
26 Greece 160.36 current US$ 2017 down 42.4% volatile
27 United States of America 133.53 current US$ 2020 down 59.9% volatile
28 Viet Nam 84.61 current US$ 2020 up 35.4% volatile
29 Tunisia 36.74 current US$ 2020 up 18.5% volatile
30 Mexico 24.79 current US$ 2020 down 90.4% volatile
31 Indonesia 20.79 current US$ 2020 down 17.7% volatile
32 Colombia 17.85 current US$ 2020 up 339.6% volatile
33 Togo 8.31 current US$ 2020 down 51.5% volatile
34 Egypt 8.08 current US$ 2020 down 71.1% volatile
35 Mali 6.35 current US$ 2014 volatile
36 Germany 6.23 current US$ 2014 up 385.6% volatile
37 Pakistan 5.16 current US$ 2020 down 17.2% volatile
38 Korea 4.8 current US$ 2017 down 36.1% volatile
39 Kenya 3.06 current US$ 2012 volatile
40 Bulgaria 2.77 current US$ 2004 down 69.7% falling
41 North Macedonia 2.38 current US$ 2006 up 141.8% rising
42 Morocco 2.11 current US$ 2020 down 17.1% volatile
43 Portugal 1.49 current US$ 2014 up 291.6% volatile
44 Azerbaijan 1.45 current US$ 2016 up 30.0% volatile
45 Uruguay 1.25 current US$ 2020 down 60.3% volatile
46 France 1.23 current US$ 1999 falling
47 Romania 0.7448 current US$ 2007 down 43.7% volatile
48 Zimbabwe 0.6821 current US$ 2008 down 30.7% volatile
49 Philippines 0.5983 current US$ 2020 down 81.1% volatile
50 Thailand 0.3931 current US$ 2020 down 85.9% volatile
51 Malawi 0.2097 current US$ 2020 rising
52 Uganda 0.0614 current US$ 2020 down 78.1% volatile
53 Guatemala 0.0175 current US$ 2014 down 74.5% volatile
54 Ecuador 0.0158 current US$ 2014 down 98.2% volatile
55 Nigeria 0.0112 current US$ 2020 down 93.0% volatile
56 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.0043 current US$ 2004 up 672.5% volatile
57 Japan 0.0016 current US$ 2004 down 62.7% volatile

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Indicator
Nonrenewable natural capital per capita, metals and minerals: iron ore (current US$)
Unit
current US$
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
57 places, 1,098 data points, 1995–2020
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