List of countries by uranium reserves

Uranium reserves are reserves of recoverable uranium, regardless of isotope, based on a set market price. The list given here is based on Uranium 2016: Resources, Production and Demand, a joint report by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and the International Atomic Energy Agency.[1]

World uranium reserves in 2010

Figures are given in metric tonnes. The reserves figures denote identified resources as of 1 January 2015, consisting of reasonably assured resources (RAR) plus inferred resources recoverable at a cost range of below US$260/kg U. The list also includes cumulative historical production figures.

The amount of ultimately recoverable uranium depends strongly on what one would be willing to pay for it. Uranium is a widely distributed metal with large low-grade deposits that are not currently considered profitable. As of 2015 646,900 tonnes of reserves are recoverable at US$40 per kilogram of uranium, while 7,641,600 tonnes of reserves are recoverable at $260 per kilogram.[1] Moreover, much of Canada, Greenland, Siberia and Antarctica are currently unexplored due to permafrost and may hold substantial undiscovered reserves. When and if reserves from such remote locations will become profitable remains to be seen.

Country	Reserves as of 2015 (tonnes)	Historical Production to 2014
Algeria	19,500	0
Argentina	19,600	2,582
Australia	1,780,800	194,646
Belgium	0	686
Botswana	73,500	0
Brazil	276,800	4,172
Bulgaria	0	16,364
Canada	703,600	483,957
Central African Republic	32,000	0
Chad	2,400	0
Chile	1,500	0
China	366,000	39,849[2][3]
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,700	25,600[2]
Czech Republic	119,300	111,765[2]
Egypt	1,900	0
Finland	1,200	30
France	0	76,006
Gabon	5,800	25,403
Germany	7,000	219,686
Greece	7,000	0
Greenland	228,000	0
Hungary	13,500	21,067
India	129,000	11,398[2][4]
Indonesia	78,000	0
Iran	3,900	0
Italy	6,100	0
Japan	6,600	84
Jordan	47,700	0
Kazakhstan	941,600	244,707
Madagascar	0	785
Malawi	14,300	4,217
Mali	13,000	0
Mauritania	23,800	0
Mexico	3,400	49
Mongolia	141,500	535
Namibia	463,000	120,418
Niger	411,300	132,017
Pakistan	0	1,439[2]
Peru	33,400	0
Poland	0	650
Portugal	7,000	3,720
Romania	6,600	18,899[2]
Russia	395,200	158,844
Slovakia	15,500	211
Slovenia	9,200	382
Somalia	7,600	0
South Africa	449,300	159,510
Spain	33,900	8,028
Sweden	9,600	200
Tanzania	58,100	0
Turkey	6,600	0
Ukraine	220,700	129,804
United States	138,200	373,075
Uzbekistan	130,100	127,591[2]
Vietnam	3,900	0
Zambia	24,600	86
Zimbabwe	1,400	0
Total	7,641,600	2,818,415

Notes: Historical production for the Czech Republic includes 102,241 tonnes of uranium produced in former Czechoslovakia from 1946 through the end of 1992. Historical production for Germany includes 213,380 tonnes produced in the German Democratic Republic from 1946 through the end of 1992. Historical production for the Soviet Union includes the former Soviet Socialist Republics of Estonia, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, but excludes Kazakhstan and Ukraine. Historical production for the Russian Federation and Uzbekistan is since 1992 only.

See also

• List of countries by uranium production
• Uranium mining by country

References

1. Uranium 2016: Resources, Production and Demand (PDF). OECD Publishing. 2016. doi:10.1787/uranium-2016-en. ISBN 978-92-64-26844-9.
2. estimate
3. https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profiles/countries-a-f/china-nuclear-fuel-cycle.aspx
4. https://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/cnpp2019/countryprofiles/India/India.htm