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Gallium in numbers

Gallium (Ga) drawn as one poster: 900 t of world refinery production in 2025, China the largest producer, 8 critical mineral lists. Scroll to draw it, then download it as SVG or PNG.

PROSPECTOR TRAILS · INFOGRAPHIC · DATA YEAR 2025GalliumGaTechnology metal · symbol GaGallium is used in semiconductors (gallium nitride and gallium arsenide) for power electronics,radar, LEDs and 5G. It is recovered as a by-product of alumina refining.WORLD REFINERY PRODUCTION 2025900 tGa (primary production). USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries.TOP PRODUCER: CHINA99%900 t of the world total in 2025.CRITICAL MINERAL LISTS8Current government critical or strategic lists naminggallium, across 7 jurisdictions.TOP 3 PRODUCERS101%US NET IMPORT RELIANCE 2025100%PRICE 2025580 $/kgTOP PRODUCERS 2025Where gallium comes fromChina900 t100%Russia6.0 t0.7%Japan3.0 t0.3%Refinery production, Ga (primary production). Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, estimates.Primary output was about 900 t (900,000 kg) in 2025, almost all in China, with small amounts fromRussia and Japan. Production capacity exists at many alumina refineries worldwide but is mostly idleoutside China.1973–2021A century of gallium production0.00 t125 t250 t375 t500 t197319801987199420002007201420212021: 434 t1973: 16 tWorld production, USGS column 'World production'. Source: USGS Data Series 140, historical statistics.PRODUCING COUNTRIES3 countries reported gallium output in 2025Filled countries produce it; brighter is larger. Outline map simplified from Natural Earth.TRADE FLOWS 2024Biggest gallium trade routesChina → South Korea$93 mSingapore → China$60 mChina → United States$53 mBrazil → China$44 mOther Asia → Japan$41 mHS 811292: Unwrought Ga/Ge/In/Hf/Nb/Re/V and powders (basket HS 8112.92). World trade $856 m in 2024. Source: CEPII BACI(HS22).POLICYOn the critical listsUnited States (USGS): critical 2025European Union: strategic 2024United Kingdom (BGS): critical 2024Australia: critical 2024Canada: critical 2024United States (DOE): critical 2023India: critical 2023South Korea: critical 2023EXPORT CONTROLSChina: licensing requirement from 2023. Source: OECD export restrictions inventory and government notices, asrecorded in our data.prospectortrails.comSources: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, CEPII BACI, IEA (CC BY 4.0), World Bank,government lists. Figures rounded.PROSPECTOR TRAILSOpen data, drawn in numbers
Gallium infographic: world production, top producers, a century of output, producing countries on a map, trade routes, critical lists. Data year 2025.

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World refinery production, 2025
900 t (Ga (primary production)) USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
Largest producer
China, 900 t (99% of world) USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
Top three producers' share
101% USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
Critical mineral lists
8 current lists in 7 jurisdictions (Australia, Canada, European Union, United Kingdom, India, South Korea, United States) government critical mineral lists
US net import reliance, 2025
100% USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
Price, 2025
580 $/kg (Price, average unit value of imports, dollars per kilogram) USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
World production, 1973
16 t (USGS historical series, as reported) USGS Data Series 140 (historical statistics)
World production, 2021 (historical series)
434 t USGS Data Series 140 (historical statistics)
Largest trade flow, 2024
China → South Korea, $93 m (HS 811292, Unwrought Ga/Ge/In/Hf/Nb/Re/V and powders); world trade $856 m CEPII BACI trade database
Export controls
China (licensing requirement)

Sources

USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026 · USGS Data Series 140 (historical statistics) · CEPII BACI trade database · government critical mineral lists. Figures are rounded; country names follow our atlas.

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