The ten biggest tin-mining countries ranked by estimated 2025 mine production in metric tons of tin content, from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, with one tie broken by 2024 output.
China is the world's largest tin miner, with an estimated 71,000 tonnes of tin mined in 2025. Indonesia is second at 61,000 tonnes and Peru third at 33,000 tonnes. The ranking uses USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) estimates of 2025 tin mine production, in metric tons of tin content, for the countries the chapter lists individually.
World tin mine production was an estimated 290,000 tonnes of tin content in 2025, compared with 294,000 tonnes in 2024 (both USGS rounded totals). China and Indonesia are the only countries in the U.S. Geological Survey table that mined more than 50,000 tonnes in 2025; no other country reached 35,000 tonnes. The United States appears in the table with zero production: according to USGS, tin has not been mined in the United States since 1993 or smelted there since 1989. USGS says identified U.S. tin resources, primarily in Alaska, were insignificant compared with those in the rest of the world.
China mined an estimated 71,000 tonnes of tin in 2025, level with its estimated 71,000 tonnes in 2024, and leads the USGS table. Its reserves of 1,200,000 tonnes are the second largest in the table.
Indonesia produced an estimated 61,000 tonnes in 2025, up from an estimated 55,000 tonnes in 2024, the largest absolute increase in the table. It holds the largest reserves of any country listed, 1,400,000 tonnes.
Peru produced an estimated 33,000 tonnes in 2025, up from 32,300 tonnes in 2024, and holds reserves of 150,000 tonnes. USGS lists Peru as the largest source of U.S. refined tin imports in 2021-24, at 31%.
Brazil produced an estimated 28,000 tonnes in 2025, up from 27,600 tonnes in 2024, a figure USGS significantly revised in this edition. Its reserves are 700,000 tonnes.
Congo (Kinshasa), the Democratic Republic of the Congo, mined an estimated 27,000 tonnes in 2025, up from an estimated 26,000 tonnes in 2024. Its reserves are 91,000 tonnes.
Bolivia's output fell to an estimated 15,000 tonnes in 2025 from 21,200 tonnes in 2024. It holds reserves of 400,000 tonnes and, per USGS, supplied 27% of U.S. refined tin imports in 2021-24.
Burma (Myanmar) mined an estimated 12,000 tonnes in 2025, down from an estimated 20,000 tonnes in 2024, the largest decline in the table in both absolute and percentage terms. It ties Australia on 2025 output and ranks ahead on its higher 2024 production. Its reserves are 700,000 tonnes.
Australia produced an estimated 12,000 tonnes in 2025, up from 11,300 tonnes in 2024, level with Burma but behind it on 2024 output. USGS puts its reserves at 570,000 tonnes, of which 220,000 tonnes were Joint Ore Reserves Committee-compliant or equivalent.
Vietnam mined an estimated 11,000 tonnes in 2025, the same as its estimated 11,000 tonnes in 2024, and holds reserves of 23,000 tonnes.
Malaysia produced an estimated 5,000 tonnes in 2025, down from 5,460 tonnes in 2024, a figure USGS significantly revised in this edition. USGS gives no reserve figure for Malaysia.
| # | Name | 2024 output (t) | Reserves (t) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 71000 | 1200000 |
| 2 | Indonesia | 55000 | 1400000 |
| 3 | Peru | 32300 | 150000 |
| 4 | Brazil | 27600 | 700000 |
| 5 | Congo (Kinshasa) | 26000 | 91000 |
| 6 | Bolivia | 21200 | 400000 |
| 7 | Burma | 20000 | 700000 |
| 8 | Australia | 11300 | 570000 |
| 9 | Vietnam | 11000 | 23000 |
| 10 | Malaysia | 5460 | Not available |
Ranked by estimated 2025 tin mine production in metric tons of tin content, from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 (February 2026) tin chapter, World Mine Production and Reserves table. The table's 2025 column is marked 'e' (estimated); the 2024 figures for Burma, China, Congo (Kinshasa), Indonesia, Nigeria, Rwanda and Vietnam are also marked 'e'. Only countries USGS lists individually are ranked (15, including the United States at zero); the table's 'Other countries' row (1,700 tonnes in 2025) is excluded. Country names follow the USGS table: Burma is Myanmar and Congo (Kinshasa) is the Democratic Republic of the Congo. One tie is broken by 2024 output from the same table: Burma and Australia both produced 12,000 tonnes in 2025, and Burma is placed ahead on its higher 2024 output (an estimated 20,000 tonnes vs 11,300). There is no tie at 10th: Malaysia (5,000 tonnes) is ahead of 11th-placed Rwanda (4,600 tonnes). USGS made significant revisions to 2024 production for Brazil, Burma, Laos, Malaysia, Nigeria and Vietnam based on company and Government reports, and revised reserves for Australia, Brazil, China, Congo (Kinshasa), Indonesia and Peru. Reserves are as published in the same table; USGS gives no reserve figure for Malaysia ('NA'). Year-on-year changes are simple differences between the table's 2024 and 2025 figures, some of which are estimates. The 2025 figures are marked by USGS as estimates.
China, with an estimated 71,000 tonnes of tin content in 2025 according to the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026. Indonesia (61,000 tonnes) and Peru (33,000 tonnes) follow.
USGS estimates world tin mine production at 290,000 tonnes of tin content in 2025, compared with 294,000 tonnes in 2024 (rounded totals). World reserves are more than 6,000,000 tonnes.
Indonesia, with 1,400,000 tonnes in the USGS table, followed by China (1,200,000 tonnes) and Brazil and Burma (700,000 tonnes each). USGS revised reserves for Australia, Brazil, China, Congo (Kinshasa), Indonesia and Peru in this edition.
No. USGS says tin has not been mined in the United States since 1993 or smelted there since 1989. In 2025, about 17,000 tons of tin from old and new scrap was estimated to have been recycled domestically.
Burma had the largest decline, from an estimated 20,000 tonnes in 2024 to 12,000 tonnes in 2025, followed by Bolivia (21,200 to 15,000 tonnes). Indonesia had the largest absolute increase, from an estimated 55,000 to 61,000 tonnes; Russia, which is outside the top 10, had the largest percentage increase, from 3,260 to 4,500 tonnes.
No. USGS marks the 2025 production figures as estimates ('e') in the February 2026 edition, and in that edition it made significant revisions to 2024 production for Brazil, Burma, Laos, Malaysia, Nigeria and Vietnam.