Uranium mine production worldwide 2022, by country

Kazakhstan is the largest uranium producer in the world, with a production volume of 21,227 metric tons in 2022.

Uranium producing countries

In 2022, the global production volume of uranium stood at nearly 48,900 metric tons. Kazakhstan accounted for nearly 43 percent of the overall global uranium production that year. Kazakhstan’s uranium mine production has exceeded 21,000 metric tons annually since 2012, with the exception of 2020 when it dropped to 19,477 metric tons. Canada followed in second place in 2022, with a uranium production volume of 7,351 metric tons. By comparison, the United States produced just 75 metric tons of uranium that year. However, the country has seen a considerable decrease in its uranium production figures in recent years compared to the U.S. uranium mine production in 2014, which amounted to 1,919 metric tons.

Kazatomprom: the world’s largest uranium producer

Kazatomprom, Kazakhstan's national uranium operator, manages the export and import of uranium, its compounds, nuclear power plant fuel, and specialized equipment and technologies. It is the world's largest uranium producing company, with Kazatomprom’s uranium production volume having amounted to nearly 11,400 metric tons in 2022. Kazatomprom reported a revenue of over one trillion Kazakhstani tenge in 2022.