United Arab Emirates
Every USGS world production table for 2025 that names the United Arab Emirates: its share of each world total, its rank and its reserves.
The United Arab Emirates’s share of each world total, 2025
- Sulfur5th of 177.5%
- Aluminum5th of 123.6%
- Bauxite and aluminaAlumina refinery production · 6th of 191.5%
The United Arab Emirates’ largest world share was in sulfur: 7.5% in 2025. It supplied 8% of U.S. imports of aluminum in 2021–24. USGS lists the United Arab Emirates separately in 3 of its 75 world production tables.
Production listings
ranks among countries with published figures
| Commodity | Measure | 2025 | Unit | Rank | Change on 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aluminum | Smelter production | 2,700 | thousand metric tons | 5th of 12 | +0.4% |
| Bauxite and alumina | Alumina refinery production | 2,300 | thousand metric dry tons | 6th of 19 | −9.4% |
| Sulfur | Production, all forms | 6,300 | thousand metric tons, sulfur content | 5th of 17 | 0% |
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.