Global alumina production 2021

In 2021, the total production of alumina across the globe amounted to some 141.5 million metric tons, up from approximately 135.7 million metric tons one year earlier. Alumina is the most commonly occurring of the aluminum oxides, and is refined to produce aluminum.

Production of alumina worldwide from 2010 to 2021 (in 1,000 metric tons)

Characteristic	Production in thousand metric tons
2021	141,465.2
2020	135,744
2019	132,433.3
2018	131,121.2
2017	128,161.4
2016	119,950.1
2015	118,210.6
2014	105,437.1
2013	101,137.6
2012	94,743.7
2011	95,607
2010	83,680.3

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June 2022

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2010 to 2021

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