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2025 estimated output / USGS 2026

Natural graphite

Annual mine output of natural graphite. Synthetic graphite is excluded, as are measures of battery-grade processing capacity or finished anode production.

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Mine production, natural graphite

metric tonnes of natural graphite / 2025
Natural graphite 2025 production by countryTab through country markers to hear quantities. Select a marker to reach its table row. Approximate country centres, not production sites. Circle area is proportional to output. All figures are also in the table below.China: 1,400,000 metric tonnes of natural graphiteMadagascar: 80,000 metric tonnes of natural graphiteTanzania: 75,000 metric tonnes of natural graphiteBrazil: 65,000 metric tonnes of natural graphiteMozambique: 60,000 metric tonnes of natural graphiteRussia: 25,000 metric tonnes of natural graphiteIndia: 17,000 metric tonnes of natural graphiteCanada: 8,000 metric tonnes of natural graphiteKorea, North: 8,000 metric tonnes of natural graphiteNorway: 6,600 metric tonnes of natural graphiteSri Lanka: 3,200 metric tonnes of natural graphiteTurkey: 2,200 metric tonnes of natural graphiteUkraine: 800 metric tonnes of natural graphiteMexico: 740 metric tonnes of natural graphiteKorea, Republic of: 500 metric tonnes of natural graphiteVietnam: 500 metric tonnes of natural graphiteAustria: 200 metric tonnes of natural graphiteGermany: 140 metric tonnes of natural graphite
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Approximate country centres, not mine or factory sites. Circle areas scale with output; very small markers have a minimum visible size. Natural Earth land outline, public domain. Country groupings without coordinates appear only in the table.

Natural graphite · Mine production, natural graphite · 2025 estimates
Country / reporting groupmetric tonnes of natural graphite
China1,400,000
Madagascar80,000
Tanzania75,000
Brazil65,000
Mozambique60,000
Russia25,000
India17,000
Canada8,000
Korea, North8,000
Norway6,600
Sri Lanka3,200
Turkey2,200
Ukraine800
Mexico740
Korea, Republic of500
Vietnam500
Austria200
Germany140
United States0
World total (rounded)1,800,000

Read the pattern.

China has the largest reported natural-graphite output. Madagascar, Tanzania, Brazil and Mozambique are the next largest named producers in this table. Different deposits yield different forms and qualities; mined graphite is not automatically battery-ready material. Comparing the mine figures with battery demand requires care because battery anodes can also use synthetic graphite, which is outside this dataset.

From country output to a real object

Natural graphite is mined and beneficiated. Battery applications require further shaping, purification and other processing; pencils and industrial products use different specifications. Synthetic graphite follows a manufactured route instead. Processing and assembly may take place far from the mine, and a product may mix graphite types. Country totals cannot identify an individual anode’s origin.

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