Poland
Every USGS world production table for 2025 that names Poland: its share of each world total, its rank and its reserves.
Poland’s share of each world total, 2025
- Rhenium3rd of 812%
- Peat8th of 125.2%
- Silver6th of 145%
- CopperRefinery production · 10th of 171.9%
- Copper13th of 141.8%
- Cadmium12th of 161.7%
- Selenium9th of 161.7%
- Helium and rare gases6th of 71.6%
- Salt15th of 231.5%
- Industrial sand and gravel13th of 201.4%
- Sulfur15th of 171.3%
- Nitrogen (ammonia)18th of 221.1%
- Limehydrated and quicklime · 17th of 220.3%
Poland’s largest world share was in rhenium: 12% in 2025. It ranked third of 8 listed producers of rhenium. It supplied 20% of U.S. imports of rhenium (ammonium perrhenate) in 2021–24. Its salt output rose 21% from 2024 to 2025.
Production listings
ranks among countries with published figures
| Commodity | Measure | 2025 | Unit | Rank | Change on 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cadmium | Refinery production | 400 | metric tons | 12th of 16 | +4.7% |
| Copper | Mine production | 410 | thousand metric tons, copper content | 13th of 14 | +2.5% |
| Copper | Refinery production | 560 | thousand metric tons, copper content | 10th of 17 | −4.9% |
| Helium and rare gases | Helium production | 3 | million cubic meters | 6th of 7 | 0% |
| Industrial sand and gravel | Mine production | 5,900 | thousand metric tons | 13th of 20 | 0% |
| Lime | Lime production, hydrated and quicklime | 1,300 | thousand metric tons | 17th of 22 | +0.8% |
| Nitrogen (ammonia) | Ammonia plant production (nitrogen content) | 1,700 | thousand metric tons, nitrogen content | 18th of 22 | 0% |
| Peat | Mine production | 890 | thousand metric tons | 8th of 12 | +0.5% |
| Rhenium | Mine production | 10,000 | kilograms, rhenium content | 3rd of 8 | +6.4% |
| Salt | Production | 4,100 | thousand metric tons | 15th of 23 | +21% |
| Selenium | Refinery production | 67 | metric tons, selenium content | 9th of 16 | −1.5% |
| Silver | Mine production | 1,300 | metric tons, silver content | 6th of 14 | −1.5% |
| Sulfur | Production, all forms | 1,100 | thousand metric tons, sulfur content | 15th of 17 | +10% |
Reserves
3 reserve figures published for Poland
| Commodity | Measure | Reserves | Unit | Rank | World share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helium and rare gases | Helium reserves | 24 | million cubic meters | 5th of 5 | – |
| Silver | Reserves | 59,000 | metric tons | 5th of 12 | 9.7% |
| Copper | Reserves | 33,000 | thousand metric tons | 9th of 14 | 3.4% |
Supplier to the United States
share of U.S. imports, 2021–24
- RheniumAmmonium perrhenate20%
- SeleniumSelenium11%
- Pumice and pumiciteall imports3%
Similar producer profiles
most shared commodities, relative to both lists
- United States12 commodities in common
- Canada11 commodities in common
- Russia11 commodities in common
- China11 commodities in common
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, world production and reserves tables. How ranks and shares are worked out.