5 Largest Steel Producing Countries in the World

3. Japan

Total crude steel production in 2021 (in millions of tonnes): 96.3

Total crude steel production in 2020 (in millions of tonnes): 83.2

Japan’s biggest steel company is Nippon Steel Corporation, which is the fourth largest steel company in the world by production and integral in ensuring that Japan is counted among the largest steel producing countries in the world. Japan has registered the fourth-highest increase in steel production among the countries in our list.