Australia has the highest Mining of metal ores (2024) of any country, at 141.2 US$ billion. It is followed by China (107.4) and Iran (59.7).
| 1 | Australia | 141.2 |
| 2 | China | 107.4 |
| 3 | Iran | 59.7 |
| 4 | Brazil | 46.0 |
| 5 | Peru | 41.6 |
| 6 | India | 28.4 |
| 7 | Indonesia | 26.4 |
| 8 | Russia | 22.3 |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 16.5 |
| 10 | Mexico | 12.1 |
| 11 | Ghana | 6.4 |
| 12 | Turkey | 5.6 |
| 13 | Mongolia | 4.3 |
| 14 | Egypt | 4.0 |
| 15 | Botswana | 3.8 |
| 16 | Colombia | 3.3 |
| 17 | Philippines | 2.9 |
| 18 | Ukraine | 2.5 |
| 19 | Ecuador | 2.4 |
| 20 | Sweden | 2.3 |
| 21 | Tanzania | 1.9 |
| 22 | Namibia | 1.6 |
| 23 | Finland | 1.5 |
| 24 | Saudi Arabia | 1.5 |
| 25 | Bulgaria | 1.4 |
| 26 | Senegal | 1.3 |
| 27 | Spain | 1.3 |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 1.2 |
| 29 | Armenia | 1.1 |
| 30 | Ireland | 0.8 |
| 31 | Malaysia | 0.8 |
| 32 | Portugal | 0.7 |
| 33 | Serbia | 0.5 |
| 34 | Vietnam | 0.5 |
| 35 | Zimbabwe | 0.5 |
| 36 | Albania | 0.4 |
| 37 | Georgia | 0.4 |
| 38 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.4 |
| 39 | North Macedonia | 0.3 |
| 40 | Greece | 0.2 |
| 41 | Norway | 0.2 |
| 42 | Bosnia and Herz. | 0.1 |
| 43 | Fiji | 0.1 |
| 44 | France | 0.1 |
| 45 | Kenya | 0.1 |
| 46 | South Korea | 0.1 |
| 47 | Romania | 0.1 |
| 48 | Belarus | 0.0 |
| 49 | Belgium | 0.0 |
| 50 | Croatia | 0.0 |
| 51 | Cyprus | 0.0 |
| 52 | Denmark | 0.0 |
| 53 | Estonia | 0.0 |
| 54 | Germany | 0.0 |
| 55 | Hungary | 0.0 |
| 56 | Iceland | 0.0 |
| 57 | Italy | 0.0 |
| 58 | Latvia | 0.0 |
| 59 | Lithuania | 0.0 |
| 60 | Luxembourg | 0.0 |
| 61 | Malta | 0.0 |
| 62 | Montenegro | 0.0 |
| 63 | Netherlands | 0.0 |
| 64 | Moldova | 0.0 |
| 65 | Slovenia | 0.0 |
| 66 | Switzerland | 0.0 |
| 67 | United Kingdom | 0.0 |
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