Countries and territories ranked by nickel mine output; tonnes of nickel content, 2025.
Nickel mine production is ranked across countries and territories for 2025. Production is measured in tonnes of nickel content, and the separate aggregate remainder is excluded from the ranking but retained in the world total. Rank 1 is Indonesia at 2.6 million tonnes of nickel content, followed by the Philippines at 270,000 tonnes of nickel content. Rank 3 is Russia at 200,000 tonnes of nickel content, and the top two account for 73.6% of the rounded USGS world total.
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia | 2,600,000 | 2025 |
| 2 | Philippines | 270,000 | 2025 |
| 3 | Russia | 200,000 | 2025 |
| 4 | New Caledonia | 140,000 | 2025 |
| 5 | Canada | 140,000 | 2025 |
| 6 | China | 120,000 | 2025 |
| 7 | Brazil | 70,000 | 2025 |
| 8 | Australia | 45,000 | 2025 |
| 9 | United States | 10,000 | 2025 |
Source 1: Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026: Nickel
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Dataset/table: Nickel chapter — World Mine Production and Reserves
Units: metric tons, nickel content
Date checked: 2026-07-15
Evidence: Supports the 2025 mine-production values and world total for nickel.
Values are USGS 2025 estimates and may be rounded. The named producers may sum to less than 100% because the separate aggregate remainder is excluded from the ranking. Production is reported in tonnes of nickel content.
Producers are ranked using the 2025 world mine-production column in the relevant U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 chapter. Individually named producers with positive output are retained, while the separate aggregate remainder and nonreported entries are excluded from the ranking. Shares use the source-reported world total for the same commodity, year and unit.
Every producer uses the same USGS commodity chapter, 2025 production column, measurement basis and unit; no second source family is used to complete the ranking.
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