Peru
Every USGS world production table for 2025 that names Peru: its share of each world total, its rank and its reserves.
Peru’s share of each world total, 2025
- Arsenic1st of 549%
- Molybdenum4th of 1515%
- Silver2nd of 1414%
- Copper3rd of 1412%
- Zinc2nd of 1012%
- Tin3rd of 1411%
- Lead3rd of 126.4%
- Diatomite9th of 143.9%
- Gold10th of 133.3%
- Cadmium8th of 162.6%
- Phosphate rock9th of 241.9%
- CopperRefinery production · 15th of 171.2%
- Selenium11th of 161.2%
- Iron oreMine production (iron content) · 12th of 170.9%
- Iron ore13th of 170.8%
- Boroncrude borates · no world rank–
- Kyanite and related mineralsandalusite · no world rank–
Peru was the world’s largest producer of arsenic in 2025, by USGS figures. That included 49% of world arsenic. It supplied >99% of U.S. imports of phosphate rock in 2021–24. It ranked second of 14 listed producers of silver, second of 10 listed producers of zinc, and third of 14 listed producers of copper.
Production listings
ranks among countries with published figures
| Commodity | Measure | 2025 | Unit | Rank | Change on 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenic | Production (arsenic trioxide, gross weight) | 30,000 | metric tons, gross weight | 1st of 5 | −3.2% |
| Boron | Production, all forms, crude borates | 220 | thousand metric tons | – | +16% |
| Cadmium | Refinery production | 600 | metric tons | 8th of 16 | −9.6% |
| Copper | Mine production | 2,700 | thousand metric tons, copper content | 3rd of 14 | −1.5% |
| Copper | Refinery production | 340 | thousand metric tons, copper content | 15th of 17 | −12% |
| Diatomite | Mine production | 99 | thousand metric tons | 9th of 14 | 0% |
| Gold | Mine production | 110 | metric tons, gold content | 10th of 13 | +1.9% |
| Iron ore | Mine production (usable ore) | 21,000 | thousand metric tons, usable ore | 13th of 17 | +6.1% |
| Iron ore | Mine production (iron content) | 14,000 | thousand metric tons, usable ore | 12th of 17 | +5.3% |
| Kyanite and related minerals | Mine production, andalusite | 40,000 | metric tons | – | 0% |
| Lead | Mine production | 290 | thousand metric tons, lead content | 3rd of 12 | −0.3% |
| Molybdenum | Mine production | 39,000 | metric tons, molybdenum content | 4th of 15 | −6.9% |
| Phosphate rock | Mine production | 4,800 | thousand metric tons, marketable phosphate rock | 9th of 24 | 0% |
| Selenium | Refinery production | 48 | metric tons, selenium content | 11th of 16 | −9.4% |
| Silver | Mine production | 3,600 | metric tons, silver content | 2nd of 14 | +2.6% |
| Tin | Mine production | 33,000 | metric tons, tin content | 3rd of 14 | +2.2% |
| Zinc | Mine production | 1,500 | thousand metric tons, zinc content | 2nd of 10 | +18% |
Reserves
11 reserve figures published for Peru
| Commodity | Measure | Reserves | Unit | Rank | World share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | Reserves | 110,000 | metric tons | 1st of 12 | 18% |
| Copper | Reserves | 85,000 | thousand metric tons | 3rd of 14 | 8.7% |
| Zinc | Reserves | 18,000 | thousand metric tons | 4th of 9 | 7.5% |
| Lead | Reserves | 5,000 | thousand metric tons | 5th of 11 | 5.3% |
| Molybdenum | Reserves | 1,000 | thousand metric tons | 5th of 15 | 5.7% |
| Tin | Reserves | 150,000 | metric tons | 8th of 10 | – |
| Gold | Reserves | 2,200 | metric tons | 10th of 13 | 3.3% |
| Iron ore | Reserves (iron content) | 1,000 | million metric tons | 12th of 17 | 1.1% |
| Iron ore | Reserves (crude ore) | 1,800 | million metric tons | 13th of 17 | 0.9% |
| Phosphate rock | Reserves | 210,000 | thousand metric tons | 16th of 24 | 0.3% |
| Boron | Reserves | 4,000 | thousand metric tons | – | – |
Supplier to the United States
share of U.S. imports, 2021–24
- Phosphate rockall imports>99%
- ZincOres and concentrates50%
- TinRefined tin31%
- Kyanite and related mineralsall imports24%
- Cadmiumall imports6%
Similar producer profiles
most shared commodities, relative to both lists
- China15 commodities in common
- Russia14 commodities in common
- United States13 commodities in common
- Mexico11 commodities in common
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, world production and reserves tables. How ranks and shares are worked out.