Mining of metal ores

China has the highest Mining of metal ores (2024) of any country, at 670,000 employees. It is followed by Russia (208,456) and Brazil (103,182).

Mining of metal ores — 68 countries (employees)
1	China	670,000
2	Russia	208,456
3	Brazil	103,182
4	Australia	101,000
5	Kazakhstan	82,125
6	Iran	60,938
7	United States of America	50,118
8	Ukraine	43,807
9	Ghana	32,718
10	Mexico	29,904
11	Turkey	26,510
12	Mongolia	24,710
13	Philippines	24,667
14	Tanzania	13,914
15	Rwanda	12,445
16	Ecuador	12,192
17	Egypt	10,289
18	Serbia	10,000
19	Armenia	8,934
20	Uzbekistan	8,801
21	Georgia	8,385
22	Saudi Arabia	6,982
23	Vietnam	6,732
24	Malaysia	6,730
25	Albania	6,569
26	Sweden	6,367
27	Bulgaria	6,164
28	Dominican Rep.	5,024
29	Kyrgyzstan	4,541
30	Zimbabwe	3,963
31	Fiji	2,696
32	Bosnia and Herz.	2,511
33	Myanmar	2,453
34	North Macedonia	2,246
35	Finland	2,200
36	Spain	2,179
37	Portugal	2,019
38	Bangladesh	2,000
39	New Zealand	1,550
40	Romania	1,504
41	Greece	1,411
42	Ireland	1,280
43	Norway	519
44	France	444
45	South Korea	262
46	Montenegro	243
47	Germany	76
48	Algeria	55
49	Costa Rica	40
50	Togo	21
51	Switzerland	11
52	Nepal	10
53	Belarus	0
54	Belgium	0
55	Croatia	0
56	Cyprus	0
57	Denmark	0
58	Estonia	0
59	Hungary	0
60	Iceland	0
61	Italy	0
62	Latvia	0
63	Lithuania	0
64	Luxembourg	0
65	Malta	0
66	Netherlands	0
67	Moldova	0
68	Slovenia	0

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