Saudi Arabia
Every USGS world production table for 2025 that names Saudi Arabia: its share of each world total, its rank and its reserves.
Saudi Arabia’s share of each world total, 2025
- Sulfur4th of 178.6%
- Pumice and pumicite4th of 164.9%
- Phosphate rock6th of 244%
- Nitrogen (ammonia)6th of 223.2%
- Titanium metal and titanium dioxide5th of 63.2%
- Gypsum15th of 192.4%
- Feldspar and nepheline syenite9th of 132.1%
- Cement11th of 141.4%
- Bauxite and aluminaAlumina refinery production · 7th of 191.3%
- Bauxite and alumina8th of 131.3%
- Salt20th of 230.9%
- Industrial sand and gravel20th of 200.5%
Saudi Arabia’s largest world share was in sulfur: 8.6% in 2025. It supplied 13% of U.S. imports of titanium metal and titanium dioxide (sponge metal) in 2021–24. USGS lists Saudi Arabia separately in 11 of its 75 world production tables.
Production listings
ranks among countries with published figures
| Commodity | Measure | 2025 | Unit | Rank | Change on 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite and alumina | Alumina refinery production | 1,900 | thousand metric dry tons | 7th of 19 | +1.6% |
| Bauxite and alumina | Bauxite mine production | 5,700 | thousand metric dry tons | 8th of 13 | +3.6% |
| Cement | Cement production | 54,000 | thousand metric tons | 11th of 14 | +5.9% |
| Feldspar and nepheline syenite | Mine production | 650 | thousand metric tons | 9th of 13 | 0% |
| Gypsum | Mine production | 3,800 | thousand metric tons | 15th of 19 | 0% |
| Industrial sand and gravel | Mine production | 2,100 | thousand metric tons | 20th of 20 | 0% |
| Nitrogen (ammonia) | Ammonia plant production (nitrogen content) | 5,200 | thousand metric tons, nitrogen content | 6th of 22 | 0% |
| Phosphate rock | Mine production | 10,000 | thousand metric tons, marketable phosphate rock | 6th of 24 | 0% |
| Pumice and pumicite | Mine production | 980 | thousand metric tons | 4th of 16 | 0% |
| Salt | Production | 2,400 | thousand metric tons | 20th of 23 | 0% |
| Sulfur | Production, all forms | 7,200 | thousand metric tons, sulfur content | 4th of 17 | 0% |
| Titanium metal and titanium dioxide | Titanium sponge production | 12,000 | metric tons | 5th of 6 | −14% |
Reserves
2 reserve figures published for Saudi Arabia
| Commodity | Measure | Reserves | Unit | Rank | World share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phosphate rock | Reserves | 1,000,000 | thousand metric tons | 9th of 24 | 1.4% |
| Bauxite and alumina | Bauxite reserves | 180,000 | thousand metric dry tons | 10th of 13 | 0.6% |
Supplier to the United States
share of U.S. imports, 2021–24
- Titanium metal and titanium dioxideSponge metal13%
Similar producer profiles
most shared commodities, relative to both lists
- India10 commodities in common
- Russia10 commodities in common
- United States10 commodities in common
- China10 commodities in common
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, world production and reserves tables. How ranks and shares are worked out.