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Manganese · Country-wise

Manganese by Country: Two African Countries Lead Mining

South Africa and Gabon together mine nearly two-thirds of the world's manganese, reflecting the same sedimentary deposits that built their reserves.

Simple World MapAuthor: Al MacDonald Editor: Fritz Lekschas License: CC BY-SA 3.0 ID: ISO 3166-1 or "_[a-zA-Z]" if an ISO code is not available
Lower shareHigher share
South Africa and Gabon's combined share exceeds every other country on this map combined.
South Africa
7600 kt
Gabon
5000 kt
Ghana
2000 kt
Australia
1600 kt
Brazil
800 kt
India
790 kt
China
700 kt
Mine production by country, 2024. Reserves follow a similar pattern: Australia 580 Mt, South Africa 550 Mt, Brazil 300 Mt, China 260 Mt, Gabon 61 Mt, well ahead of the remaining producers.

Reserves and production do not fully agree

Australia holds the single largest reserve estimate despite mining less than a quarter of what South Africa does, a smaller version of the reserve-production mismatch covered more dramatically on lithium’s country page. This points to real headroom for Australian output to grow relative to its current, comparatively modest production share.

Sources: production and reserve figures reference this project’s own verified production data (USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2025).