Mineral Commodities

Pakistan

Every USGS world production table for 2025 that names Pakistan: its share of each world total, its rank and its reserves.

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Pakistan’s share of each world total, 2025

Pakistan’s largest world share was in talc and pyrophyllite: 2.9% in 2025. It supplied 52% of U.S. imports of talc and pyrophyllite in 2021–24. It ranked third of 7 listed producers of iron oxide pigments. USGS lists Pakistan separately in 8 of its 75 world production tables.

Production listings

ranks among countries with published figures

Pakistan in the USGS world tables, 2025 (estimates). Units differ by commodity and are never compared across rows.
CommodityMeasure2025UnitRankChange on 2024
AntimonyMine production260metric tons, antimony content11th of 150%
BariteMine production100thousand metric tons10th of 10+6.4%
FluorsparMine production50thousand metric tons10th of 12−17%
Industrial garnetMine production1,900metric tons6th of 60%
Iron oxide pigmentsMine production, ocher80,000metric tons3rd of 7+1.3%
Nitrogen (ammonia)Ammonia plant production (nitrogen content)3,800thousand metric tons, nitrogen content9th of 220%
SaltProduction3,100thousand metric tons17th of 230%
Talc and pyrophylliteMine production, steatite200thousand metric tons9th of 14−9.5%

Reserves

1 reserve figure published for Pakistan

CommodityMeasureReservesUnitRankWorld share
AntimonyReserves26,000metric tons12th of 13–

Supplier to the United States

share of U.S. imports, 2021–24

Similar producer profiles

most shared commodities, relative to both lists

Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, world production and reserves tables. How ranks and shares are worked out.