Mineral Commodities

Silicon

World production, 2024–2025

On the U.S. 2025 critical minerals listUSGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026

Share of world silicon metal production, 2025 · world total 4.6 million metric tons

  • China 87%
  • Brazil 3.9%
  • Norway 2.8%
  • France 1.5%
  • Australia 1%
  • Russia 0.8%
  • Canada 0.7%
  • Iceland 0.3%
  • All other countries 2%

China accounted for 87% of world silicon metal production in 2025 (4 million metric tons of 4.6 million metric tons). World output fell 16% from 2024 to 2025, the steepest fall among the 72 commodities with world totals for both years. Only 3 of the 72 commodities with a world total had a larger single-country share. The three largest producers, China, Brazil, and Norway, together supplied 94%.

Producer log

16 countries listed separately

World production. Units: thousand metric tons, silicon content. 2025 figures are USGS estimates.
CountryFerrosilicon production 2024Ferrosilicon production 2025Change on 2024Silicon metal production 2024Silicon metal production 2025Share of world 2025Change on 2024
China3,1003,500+13%4,8004,00087%−17%
Brazil160170+6.2%1901803.9%−5.3%
Norway160150−6.2%1401302.8%−7.1%
France21210%90681.5%−24%
Australia0047471%0%
Russia4204200%59350.8%−41%
Canada23230%34340.7%0%
Iceland9072−20%28160.3%−43%
Germany0029130.3%−55%
South Africa3635−2.8%15100.2%−33%
Kazakhstan1201200%770.2%0%
Spain4140−2.4%64under 0.1%−33%
United Stateswithheldwithheldwithheldwithheld
Bhutan98980%00
India59590%00
Malaysia1201200%00
Other countries1204042461%
World total4,6005,000+8.7%5,5004,600100%−16%

The world total excludes U.S. output, which USGS withholds.

United States

supply, trade and import sources

less than 50%

Net import reliance (ferrosilicon, all grades) in 2025, as a percentage of apparent consumption.

2021<50
2022>50
2023>50
2024<50
2025<50

Import sources of ferrosilicon, 2021–24

  • Russia 30%
  • Brazil 16%
  • Canada 13%
  • Malaysia 11%
  • Other countries 30%

Uses named for it in the 2025 critical minerals list: metallurgy and semiconductor wafers.

United States, 2021–2025 (thousand metric tons, silicon content, unless the row says otherwise). W = withheld by USGS; NA = not available; 2025 estimated.
Item20212022202320242025
Production, ferrosilicon and silicon metalWWWWW
Imports for consumption: Ferrosilicon, all grades125175154126110
Imports for consumption: Silicon metal9711679117180
Exports: Ferrosilicon, all grades79542
Exports: Silicon metal5347424030
Consumption, apparent, ferrosilicon and silicon metalWWWWW
Stocks, producer, ferrosilicon and silicon metal, yearend111715WW
Net import reliance as a percentage of apparent consumption: Silicon metal<25<50<50<50>50
Net import reliance as a percentage of apparent consumption: Total<50<50<50<50>50
Open in the producer explorerWhich minerals depend most on one country Which mineral outputs grew or shrank in 2025

Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, Silicon chapter (PDF page 178). How to read these figures.