What we count
The mass of crude steel produced worldwide before further rolling and processing.
Crude steel produced this year
How many tonnes of crude steel the world has produced this year, what the measure means and how worldsteel compiles it.
Continuously calculated
WORLDRelated numbers in context
2,358,082,192cement produced this year
2,423,239,726roundwood removals this year
262,491,781paper and paperboard produced this year
What lies behind this number
The mass of crude steel produced worldwide before further rolling and processing.
How the source derives it
The World Steel Association aggregates monthly and annual reports from countries covering most global production.
What one number cannot show
The figure measures mass, not economic value, steel grade or the carbon footprint of production.
Source value
The calculation uses the annual value published by World Steel Association 2025 for 2025. It is the latest value published by this source.
How the value is used: The running number shows the share corresponding to time elapsed since the start of the year.
Annual value1,849,400,000tonnes
- Period
- 2025
- Status
- published
- Primary data source
- World Steel Association 2025
How the number is calculated
We distribute the latest published annual value evenly across the elapsed share of the calendar year.
Formula used
V(t) = Vyear × elapsed share of the yearAnnual reference value1,849,400,0002025 · tonnes
Average per day5,063,485even annual distribution
Calculation interval0.1 sContinuously calculated
Source value
World Steel Association 2025 reports the latest published value used by the calculation for 2025.
Elapsed share
We calculate the share corresponding to time elapsed since the start of the year. The counter restarts at the beginning of the next calendar year.
Smooth display
The result is recalculated on screen every 0.1 seconds.
Where the data comes from
The source value comes from World Steel Association 2025 and refers to 2025. We use it because it is the latest value published by this source. The World Steel Association aggregates monthly and annual reports from countries covering most global production.
Latest published and verified source value
- Publisher
- World Steel Association 2025
- Data period
- 2025
- Verified
- 12 August 2026
- Coverage
- Worldwide
- Use
- Even time-based calculation