Crude Steel statistic archive 2005
Total world crude steel production in 2005 was 1,129.4 million metric tons (mmt).
The top three steel-producing countries were:
- China - 349.4 mmt
- Japan - 112.5 mmt
- USA - 93.9 mmt
Production evolution for 2005
Monthly statistics
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
| Austria | 646 | 566 | 643 | 621 | 622 | 553 | 590 | 541 | 608 | 554 | 560 | 528 | 7,031 |
| Belgium | 1,062 | 941 | 938 | 959 | 837 | 769 | 789 | 730 | 822 | 880 | 879 | 812 | 10,420 |
| Bulgaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,969 |
| Czech Republic | 587 | 519 | 575 | 555 | 492 | 437 | 459 | 460 | 506 | 494 | 604 | 501 | 6,189 |
| Finland | 447 | 403 | 454 | 429 | 430 | 386 | 318 | 357 | 320 | 379 | 405 | 411 | 4,739 |
| France | 1,836 | 1,611 | 1,666 | 1,725 | 1,705 | 1,608 | 1,568 | 1,235 | 1,553 | 1,736 | 1,624 | 1,612 | 19,481 |
| Germany | 3,968 | 3,677 | 4,004 | 3,908 | 3,685 | 3,654 | 3,488 | 3,318 | 3,620 | 4,070 | 3,595 | 3,536 | 44,524 |
| Greece | 209 | 182 | 212 | 155 | 212 | 213 | 181 | 48 | 245 | 232 | 224 | 153 | 2,266 |
| Hungary | 155 | 140 | 159 | 172 | 181 | 135 | 152 | 148 | 166 | 196 | 176 | 179 | 1,958 |
| Italy | 2,492 | 2,486 | 2,652 | 2,530 | 2,556 | 2,475 | 2,517 | 1,535 | 2,485 | 2,787 | 2,615 | 2,220 | 29,350 |
| Latvia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 688 |
| Luxembourg | 131 | 117 | 172 | 153 | 171 | 156 | 232 | 130 | 235 | 247 | 248 | 204 | 2,194 |
| Netherlands | 648 | 539 | 635 | 585 | 545 | 508 | 535 | 600 | 532 | 598 | 572 | 621 | 6,919 |
| Poland | 820 | 752 | 676 | 710 | 667 | 640 | 589 | 658 | 711 | 799 | 805 | 616 | 8,336 |
| Portugal | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,400 |
| Romania | 567 | 510 | 564 | 551 | 500 | 490 | 505 | 500 | 495 | 529 | 567 | 457 | 6,280 |
| Slovakia | 405 | 380 | 419 | 391 | 402 | 383 | 301 | 302 | 307 | 391 | 384 | 421 | 4,485 |
| Slovenia | 46 | 47 | 56 | 57 | 48 | 48 | 44 | 39 | 47 | 54 | 50 | 48 | 583 |
| Spain | 1,524 | 1,408 | 1,625 | 1,644 | 1,640 | 1,593 | 1,217 | 1,366 | 1,573 | 1,645 | 1,465 | 1,205 | 17,826 |
| Sweden | 552 | 476 | 516 | 502 | 532 | 494 | 333 | 410 | 485 | 459 | 467 | 497 | 5,723 |
| United Kingdom | 1,138 | 1,011 | 1,108 | 1,245 | 1,270 | 1,041 | 1,070 | 1,057 | 1,028 | 1,091 | 1,097 | 1,138 | 13,239 |
| Other E.U. (25) | 166 | 150 | 166 | 161 | 166 | 160 | 166 | 166 | 161 | 166 | 160 | 165 | - |
| Total - European Union (25) | 16,834 | 15,405 | 16,675 | 16,502 | 16,159 | 15,252 | 14,549 | 13,100 | 15,404 | 16,779 | 15,928 | 14,867 | 187,213 |
| Total - European Union (15) | 14,774 | 13,525 | 14,745 | 14,571 | 14,323 | 13,564 | 12,958 | 11,447 | 13,622 | 14,797 | 13,864 | 13,056 | 165,112 |
| Albania | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 180 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 289 |
| Croatia | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 73 |
| Macedonia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 310 |
| Norway | 60 | 57 | 53 | 65 | 54 | 67 | 22 | 66 | 65 | 69 | 65 | 58 | 705 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 106 | 85 | 97 | 100 | 78 | 99 | 81 | 110 | 141 | 142 | 125 | 122 | 1,292 |
| Switzerland | 98 | 89 | 98 | 95 | 98 | 95 | 98 | 98 | 95 | 98 | 95 | 98 | 1,158 |
| Turkey | 1,646 | 1,566 | 1,755 | 1,734 | 1,769 | 1,727 | 1,749 | 1,850 | 1,775 | 1,818 | 1,713 | 1,862 | 20,965 |
| Total - Other Europe | 2,482 | 2,310 | 2,570 | 2,549 | 2,505 | 2,486 | 2,465 | 2,632 | 2,579 | 2,662 | 2,573 | 2,603 | 24,972 |
| Azerbaijan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 330 |
| Byelorussia | 180 | 158 | 166 | 173 | 175 | 178 | 144 | 153 | 164 | 175 | 181 | 186 | 2,027 |
| Kazakhstan | 372 | 302 | 282 | 411 | 353 | 378 | 359 | 408 | 414 | 414 | 393 | 365 | 4,451 |
| Moldova | 84 | 74 | 86 | 91 | 87 | 98 | 89 | 92 | 86 | 89 | 72 | 68 | 1,016 |
| Russia | 5,621 | 4,890 | 5,672 | 5,693 | 5,731 | 5,144 | 5,401 | 5,479 | 5,433 | 5,700 | 5,623 | 5,880 | 66,146 |
| Ukraine | 3,378 | 2,986 | 3,464 | 3,301 | 3,178 | 2,827 | 2,903 | 3,098 | 3,232 | 3,524 | 3,334 | 3,516 | 38,641 |
| Uzbekistan | 45 | 41 | 45 | 57 | 68 | 71 | 63 | 55 | 43 | 43 | 35 | 29 | 595 |
| Total - C.I.S. (6) | 9,680 | 8,451 | 9,715 | 9,726 | 9,592 | 8,696 | 8,959 | 9,285 | 9,372 | 9,945 | 9,638 | 10,044 | 113,206 |
| Canada | 1,335 | 1,295 | 1,369 | 1,376 | 1,373 | 1,255 | 1,081 | 1,197 | 1,300 | 1,312 | 1,211 | 1,239 | 15,327 |
| Cuba | 22 | 26 | 22 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 24 | 30 | 245 |
| Dominican Republic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| El Salvador | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 48 |
| Guatemala | 22 | 20 | 17 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 18 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 207 |
| Mexico | 1,365 | 1,240 | 1,472 | 1,510 | 1,447 | 1,344 | 1,387 | 1,294 | 1,221 | 1,302 | 1,293 | 1,320 | 16,195 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 74 | 64 | 66 | 52 | 47 | 43 | 47 | 64 | 60 | 63 | 65 | 66 | 712 |
| United States | 8,276 | 7,637 | 8,190 | 7,945 | 7,750 | 7,110 | 7,163 | 7,556 | 7,767 | 8,193 | 7,828 | 7,801 | 94,897 |
| Total - North America | 11,099 | 10,288 | 11,141 | 10,931 | 10,661 | 9,790 | 9,712 | 10,154 | 10,391 | 10,893 | 10,430 | 10,481 | 127,631 |
| Argentina | 410 | 420 | 466 | 463 | 482 | 441 | 455 | 461 | 408 | 447 | 466 | 462 | 5,380 |
| Brazil | 2,588 | 2,590 | 2,760 | 2,757 | 2,742 | 2,489 | 2,490 | 2,638 | 2,589 | 2,676 | 2,635 | 2,656 | 31,610 |
| Chile | 137 | 128 | 138 | 140 | 138 | 132 | 126 | 130 | 113 | 90 | 122 | 142 | 1,537 |
| Colombia | 66 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 74 | 76 | 69 | 74 | 75 | 58 | 72 | 94 | 842 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 84 |
| Paraguay | 10 | 9 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 101 |
| Peru | 69 | 58 | 48 | 57 | 70 | 65 | 67 | 70 | 68 | 71 | 68 | 79 | 790 |
| Uruguay | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 64 |
| Venezuela | 344 | 385 | 317 | 454 | 422 | 442 | 442 | 372 | 431 | 454 | 439 | 409 | 4,910 |
| Total - South America | 3,637 | 3,667 | 3,819 | 3,959 | 3,951 | 3,666 | 3,671 | 3,764 | 3,703 | 3,816 | 3,822 | 3,860 | 45,316 |
| Algeria | 91 | 87 | 89 | 83 | 82 | 97 | 92 | 83 | 43 | 48 | 103 | 107 | 1,007 |
| D.R. Congo (former Zaire) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| Egypt | 432 | 407 | 466 | 478 | 515 | 484 | 470 | 475 | 479 | 470 | 431 | 497 | 5,603 |
| Ghana | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 |
| Kenya | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 |
| Libya | 98 | 103 | 108 | 110 | 109 | 130 | 110 | 108 | 108 | 105 | 82 | 84 | 1,255 |
| Mauritania | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
| Morocco | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 205 |
| Nigeria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 100 |
| South Africa | 801 | 761 | 840 | 828 | 844 | 761 | 790 | 770 | 811 | 811 | 719 | 758 | 9,494 |
| Tunisia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 115 |
| Uganda | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| Zimbabwe | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 107 |
| Total - Africa | 1,430 | 1,367 | 1,513 | 1,511 | 1,563 | 1,482 | 1,475 | 1,447 | 1,450 | 1,438 | 1,340 | 1,450 | 17,995 |
| Iran | 711 | 786 | 776 | 783 | 823 | 775 | 762 | 769 | 808 | 790 | 822 | 800 | 9,404 |
| Israel | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 300 |
| Jordan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 150 |
| Qatar | 87 | 81 | 89 | 89 | 94 | 91 | 95 | 85 | 91 | 86 | 93 | 76 | 1,057 |
| Saudi Arabia | 363 | 328 | 357 | 333 | 355 | 330 | 354 | 354 | 338 | 356 | 352 | 365 | 4,186 |
| Syria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 70 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 90 |
| Total - Middle East | 1,161 | 1,195 | 1,222 | 1,205 | 1,271 | 1,196 | 1,211 | 1,208 | 1,236 | 1,232 | 1,267 | 1,242 | 15,257 |
| China | 25,866 | 25,178 | 27,387 | 28,321 | 30,038 | 30,896 | 29,539 | 31,373 | 30,520 | 31,947 | 30,478 | 31,911 | 355,790 |
| India | 3,051 | 2,813 | 3,072 | 2,914 | 3,061 | 2,971 | 3,140 | 3,274 | 3,233 | 3,593 | 3,429 | 3,547 | 45,780 |
| Indonesia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3,675 |
| Japan | 9,519 | 8,654 | 9,590 | 9,476 | 10,034 | 9,454 | 9,429 | 9,232 | 9,171 | 9,683 | 9,143 | 9,087 | 112,471 |
| North Korea | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 300 |
| South Korea | 4,156 | 3,549 | 4,097 | 3,924 | 4,143 | 3,917 | 3,802 | 3,799 | 3,946 | 4,272 | 4,112 | 4,103 | 47,820 |
| Malaysia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5,296 |
| Mongolia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 35 |
| Myanmar | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 |
| Pakistan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 825 |
| Philippines | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 470 |
| Singapore | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 572 |
| Sri Lanka | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 |
| Taiwan, China | 1,726 | 1,439 | 1,693 | 1,625 | 1,607 | 1,575 | 1,514 | 1,508 | 1,393 | 1,531 | 1,462 | 1,495 | 18,942 |
| Thailand | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5,161 |
| Vietnam | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 890 |
| Total - Asia | 44,317 | 41,633 | 45,839 | 46,261 | 48,882 | 48,813 | 47,424 | 49,186 | 48,262 | 51,026 | 48,623 | 50,143 | 598,083 |
| Australia | 653 | 596 | 646 | 650 | 642 | 632 | 660 | 689 | 677 | 666 | 643 | 603 | 7,757 |
| New Zealand | 83 | 68 | 59 | 86 | 64 | 82 | 79 | 71 | 70 | 76 | 75 | 76 | 889 |
| Total - Oceania | 736 | 664 | 705 | 735 | 706 | 715 | 739 | 760 | 747 | 742 | 719 | 678 | 8,646 |
| Total Countries | 62 | 61 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 62 | - |
| Total | 91,377 | 84,980 | 93,198 | 93,381 | 95,290 | 92,095 | 90,205 | 91,536 | 93,144 | 98,534 | 94,340 | 95,368 | 1,146,686 |
