In the first nine months, global steel output fell by 0.7% year-on-year

Global steel production in September 2026 fell by 0.2% year-on-year – to 142.4 million tonnes. This is shown by the World Steel Association’s global ranking of steel-producing countries.

Compared with the previous month, the figure fell by 1.2%.

According to World Steel, the top ten steel-producing countries in September were:

• China — 73.6 million tonnes (+0.1% year-on-year);

• India — 13.9 million tonnes (+1.9%);

• USA — 7.2 million tonnes (+4.3%);

• Japan — 6.3 million tonnes (-0.6%);

• Russia — 5.5 million tonnes (+6.2%);

• South Korea — 5.2 million tonnes (+3.6%);

• Turkey — 3.2 million tonnes (+0.8%);

• Brazil — 2.8 million tonnes (-0.8%);

• Vietnam — 2.6 million tonnes (+29.1%);

• Germany — 2.6 million tonnes (-13%).

In the first nine months of 2026, global steel output reached 1.37 billion tonnes, which is 0.7% less than in the same period of 2025. 

In 2025 global steel production fell by 2% year-on-year to 1.8 billion tonnes.  China reduced output by 4.4% year-on-year (960.8 million tonnes), India increased it by 10.4% year-on-year (164.9 million tonnes), and the US by 3.1% year-on-year (82 million tonnes).