Chile
Every USGS world production table for 2025 that names Chile: its share of each world total, its rank and its reserves.
Chile’s share of each world total, 2025
- Iodine1st of 768%
- Rhenium1st of 837%
- Copper1st of 1423%
- Lithium3rd of 919%
- Molybdenum2nd of 1516%
- CopperRefinery production · 3rd of 175.9%
- Silver5th of 145.4%
- Salt7th of 233.3%
- Pumice and pumicite9th of 162.6%
- Sulfur13th of 171.7%
- Potash9th of 121.2%
- Iron oreMine production (iron content) · 13th of 170.8%
- Iron ore14th of 170.7%
- Natural zeolites13th of 13under 0.1%
- Boronulexite · no world rank–
Chile was the world’s largest producer of iodine, rhenium, and copper in 2025, by USGS figures. That included 68% of world iodine. It supplied 88% of U.S. imports of iodine in 2021–24. It ranked second of 15 listed producers of molybdenum and third of 9 listed producers of lithium.
Production listings
ranks among countries with published figures
| Commodity | Measure | 2025 | Unit | Rank | Change on 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boron | Production, all forms, ulexite | 300 | thousand metric tons | – | −36% |
| Copper | Mine production | 5,300 | thousand metric tons, copper content | 1st of 14 | −3.8% |
| Copper | Refinery production | 1,700 | thousand metric tons, copper content | 3rd of 17 | −12% |
| Iodine | Mine production | 23,000 | metric tons, elemental iodine | 1st of 7 | +4.5% |
| Iron ore | Mine production (usable ore) | 19,000 | thousand metric tons, usable ore | 14th of 17 | +5.6% |
| Iron ore | Mine production (iron content) | 12,000 | thousand metric tons, usable ore | 13th of 17 | +9.1% |
| Lithium | Mine production | 56,000 | metric tons, lithium content | 3rd of 9 | +14% |
| Molybdenum | Mine production | 42,000 | metric tons, molybdenum content | 2nd of 15 | +9.1% |
| Natural zeolites | Mine production | 240 | metric tons | 13th of 13 | −52% |
| Potash | Mine production (K2O equivalent) | 600 | thousand metric tons, K2O equivalent | 9th of 12 | +6.4% |
| Pumice and pumicite | Mine production | 530 | thousand metric tons | 9th of 16 | 0% |
| Rhenium | Mine production | 30,000 | kilograms, rhenium content | 1st of 8 | +3.4% |
| Salt | Production | 9,000 | thousand metric tons | 7th of 23 | +1.1% |
| Silver | Mine production | 1,400 | metric tons, silver content | 5th of 14 | +17% |
| Sulfur | Production, all forms | 1,400 | thousand metric tons, sulfur content | 13th of 17 | −6.7% |
Reserves
10 reserve figures published for Chile
| Commodity | Measure | Reserves | Unit | Rank | World share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper | Reserves | 180,000 | thousand metric tons | 1st of 14 | 18% |
| Lithium | Reserves | 9,200,000 | metric tons | 1st of 10 | 25% |
| Rhenium | Reserves | 1,300,000 | kilograms | 1st of 6 | – |
| Iodine | Reserves | 750,000 | metric tons | 2nd of 7 | – |
| Molybdenum | Reserves | 2,600 | thousand metric tons | 3rd of 15 | 15% |
| Silver | Reserves | 33,000 | metric tons | 7th of 12 | 5.4% |
| Potash | Reserves (K2O equivalent) | 100,000 | thousand metric tons | 8th of 10 | – |
| Iron ore | Reserves (crude ore) | 3,000 | million metric tons | 12th of 17 | 1.5% |
| Iron ore | Reserves (iron content) | 740 | million metric tons | 13th of 17 | 0.9% |
| Boron | Reserves | 35,000 | thousand metric tons | – | – |
Supplier to the United States
share of U.S. imports, 2021–24
Similar producer profiles
most shared commodities, relative to both lists
- United States13 commodities in common
- China11 commodities in common
- Russia10 commodities in common
- Canada8 commodities in common
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, world production and reserves tables. How ranks and shares are worked out.