Turkey
Every USGS world production table for 2025 that names Turkey: its share of each world total, its rank and its reserves.
Turkey’s share of each world total, 2025
- Pumice and pumicite1st of 1648%
- Perlite2nd of 1430%
- Chromium2nd of 718%
- Feldspar and nepheline syenite2nd of 1317%
- ClaysBentonite mine production · 3rd of 1112%
- Soda ash2nd of 58.5%
- Magnesium compounds4th of 127.6%
- Gypsum6th of 196.2%
- Diatomite5th of 145.9%
- Natural zeolites8th of 134.5%
- Talc and pyrophyllite5th of 144.3%
- Clays8th of 104%
- Industrial sand and gravel4th of 203.3%
- Salt8th of 233.1%
- Barite7th of 103%
- Antimony6th of 152.7%
- Natural mica9th of 102.7%
- Cement4th of 142.3%
- Vermiculite8th of 112.2%
- Iron and steel8th of 111.9%
- Lead9th of 121.6%
- Magnesium metal5th of 71.4%
- Selenium13th of 161.1%
- Bauxite and alumina11th of 130.9%
- Lime9th of 220.9%
- Iron and steelPig iron production · 10th of 110.8%
- ClaysFuller’s earth mine production · 7th of 70.7%
- Iron ore15th of 170.7%
- Iron oreMine production (iron content) · 14th of 170.7%
- Cobalt11th of 120.6%
- Phosphate rock20th of 240.5%
- Bauxite and aluminaAlumina refinery production · 19th of 190.2%
- Natural graphite12th of 180.1%
- Boronrefined borates · no world rank–
Turkey was the world’s largest producer of pumice and pumicite in 2025, by USGS figures. That included 48% of world pumice and pumicite. It supplied 93% of U.S. imports of feldspar and nepheline syenite (feldspar) in 2021–24. USGS lists Turkey separately in 29 commodity tables, the eighth highest count of the 114 countries named.
Production listings
ranks among countries with published figures
| Commodity | Measure | 2025 | Unit | Rank | Change on 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antimony | Mine production | 3,000 | metric tons, antimony content | 6th of 15 | 0% |
| Barite | Mine production | 260 | thousand metric tons | 7th of 10 | −0.4% |
| Bauxite and alumina | Alumina refinery production | 310 | thousand metric dry tons | 19th of 19 | +3.3% |
| Bauxite and alumina | Bauxite mine production | 3,800 | thousand metric dry tons | 11th of 13 | +3.8% |
| Boron | Production, all forms, refined borates | 1,500 | thousand metric tons | – | −17% |
| Cement | Cement production | 89,000 | thousand metric tons | 4th of 14 | +4.7% |
| Chromium | Mine production (chromite, gross weight) | 9,000 | thousand metric tons | 2nd of 7 | −3.2% |
| Clays | Bentonite mine production | 2,500 | thousand metric tons | 3rd of 11 | −1.2% |
| Clays | Fuller’s earth mine production | 30 | thousand metric tons | 7th of 7 | +15% |
| Clays | Kaolin mine production | 2,000 | thousand metric tons | 8th of 10 | 0% |
| Cobalt | Mine production | 1,900 | metric tons, cobalt content | 11th of 12 | −14% |
| Diatomite | Mine production | 150 | thousand metric tons | 5th of 14 | 0% |
| Feldspar and nepheline syenite | Mine production | 5,300 | thousand metric tons | 2nd of 13 | +0.5% |
| Gypsum | Mine production | 10,000 | thousand metric tons | 6th of 19 | 0% |
| Industrial sand and gravel | Mine production | 14,000 | thousand metric tons | 4th of 20 | +2.2% |
| Iron and steel | Pig iron production | 10 | million metric tons | 10th of 11 | 0% |
| Iron and steel | Raw steel production | 37 | million metric tons | 8th of 11 | 0% |
| Iron ore | Mine production (usable ore) | 18,000 | thousand metric tons, usable ore | 15th of 17 | +5.9% |
| Iron ore | Mine production (iron content) | 11,000 | thousand metric tons, usable ore | 14th of 17 | 0% |
| Lead | Mine production | 70 | thousand metric tons, lead content | 9th of 12 | +6.1% |
| Lime | Lime production | 4,000 | thousand metric tons | 9th of 22 | 0% |
| Magnesium compounds | Magnesite mine production (gross weight) | 1,600 | thousand metric tons, magnesite gross weight | 4th of 12 | 0% |
| Magnesium metal | Primary smelter production | 15 | thousand metric tons | 5th of 7 | 0% |
| Natural graphite | Mine production | 2,200 | metric tons | 12th of 18 | −15% |
| Natural mica | Scrap and flake mica mine production | 9,500 | metric tons | 9th of 10 | −1.5% |
| Natural zeolites | Mine production | 58,000 | metric tons | 8th of 13 | +1.6% |
| Perlite | Mine production | 1,400 | thousand metric tons | 2nd of 14 | +2.9% |
| Phosphate rock | Mine production | 1,200 | thousand metric tons, marketable phosphate rock | 20th of 24 | −1.6% |
| Pumice and pumicite | Mine production | 9,700 | thousand metric tons | 1st of 16 | 0% |
| Salt | Production | 8,300 | thousand metric tons | 8th of 23 | −1.2% |
| Selenium | Refinery production | 43 | metric tons, selenium content | 13th of 16 | 0% |
| Soda ash | Natural soda ash mine production | 6,000 | thousand metric tons | 2nd of 5 | −1.6% |
| Talc and pyrophyllite | Mine production | 300 | thousand metric tons | 5th of 14 | −1.3% |
| Vermiculite | Mine production | 10 | thousand metric tons | 8th of 11 | −23% |
Reserves
20 reserve figures published for Turkey
| Commodity | Measure | Reserves | Unit | Rank | World share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feldspar and nepheline syenite | Reserves | 720,000 | thousand metric tons | 2nd of 7 | – |
| Soda ash | Natural soda ash reserves | 840,000 | thousand metric tons | 2nd of 5 | – |
| Natural mica | Scrap and flake mica reserves | 620,000 | metric tons | 3rd of 3 | – |
| Vermiculite | Reserves | 11,000 | thousand metric tons | 3rd of 6 | – |
| Diatomite | Reserves | 44,000 | thousand metric tons | 4th of 5 | – |
| Barite | Reserves | 34,000 | thousand metric tons | 5th of 6 | – |
| Chromium | Reserves (shipping-grade chromite ore) | 27,000 | thousand metric tons | 6th of 8 | – |
| Chromium | Reserves (Cr2O3 content) | 5,700 | thousand metric tons | 6th of 8 | – |
| Antimony | Reserves | 99,000 | metric tons | 7th of 13 | – |
| Magnesium compounds | Magnesite reserves (gross weight) | 110,000 | thousand metric tons | 7th of 12 | 1.4% |
| Talc and pyrophyllite | Reserves | 15,000 | thousand metric tons | 7th of 7 | – |
| Gypsum | Reserves | 200,000 | thousand metric tons | 8th of 9 | – |
| Natural graphite | Reserves | 6,900,000 | metric tons | 9th of 15 | 2.2% |
| Cobalt | Reserves | 91,000 | metric tons | 10th of 12 | 0.8% |
| Lead | Reserves | 1,600 | thousand metric tons | 10th of 11 | 1.7% |
| Bauxite and alumina | Bauxite reserves | 69,000 | thousand metric dry tons | 12th of 13 | 0.2% |
| Iron ore | Reserves (crude ore) | 150 | million metric tons | 17th of 17 | under 0.1% |
| Iron ore | Reserves (iron content) | 99 | million metric tons | 17th of 17 | 0.1% |
| Phosphate rock | Reserves | 71,000 | thousand metric tons | 18th of 24 | 0.1% |
| Boron | Reserves | 950,000 | thousand metric tons | – | – |
Supplier to the United States
share of U.S. imports, 2021–24
- Feldspar and nepheline syeniteFeldspar93%
- BoronAll forms90%
- Soda ashall imports89%
- Cementall imports32%
- Magnesium metalall imports31%
- ZincOres and concentrates18%
- Bauxite and aluminaBauxite16%
- Silverall imports5%
- Chromiumall imports3%
- Gypsumall imports3%
Similar producer profiles
most shared commodities, relative to both lists
- United States26 commodities in common
- China26 commodities in common
- Russia23 commodities in common
- India20 commodities in common
Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, world production and reserves tables. How ranks and shares are worked out.