Commodity Origins

What does Mongolia produce and export?

Mongolia ranks in the top ten producers of 3 commodities: fluorspar (#2, 15% of world output in 2025), molybdenum (#8, 1.6% of world output in 2025), coal (#9, 1.2% of world output in 2025). It is a top-ten exporter of coal (#5, 4.6% of world export value in 2024), fluorspar (#7, 1.9% of world export value in 2024), copper (#9, 3.1% of world export value in 2024), tungsten (#9, 2.6% of world export value in 2024), molybdenum (#10, 1.6% of world export value in 2024).

Where mongolia is produced, 2025World map shaded by share of mongolia production in 2025. Darkest: Mongolia 100%. 1 producing countries shown.Fiji: no reported productionTanzania: no reported productionWestern Sahara: no reported productionCanada: no reported productionUnited States: no reported productionKazakhstan: no reported productionUzbekistan: no reported productionPapua New Guinea: no reported productionIndonesia: no reported productionArgentina: no reported productionChile: no reported productionDR Congo: no reported productionSomalia: no reported productionKenya: no reported productionSudan: no reported productionChad: no reported productionHaiti: no reported productionDominican Republic: no reported productionRussia: no reported productionBahamas: no reported productionFalkland Isds (Malvinas): no reported productionNorway: no reported productionGreenland: no reported productionFr. South Antarctic Terr.: no reported productionTimor-Leste: no reported productionSouth Africa: no reported productionLesotho: no reported productionMexico: no reported productionUruguay: no reported productionBrazil: no reported productionBolivia: no reported productionPeru: no reported productionColombia: no reported productionPanama: no reported productionCosta Rica: no reported productionNicaragua: no reported productionHonduras: no reported productionEl Salvador: no reported productionGuatemala: no reported productionBelize: no reported productionVenezuela: no reported productionGuyana: no reported productionSuriname: no reported productionFrance: no reported productionEcuador: no reported productionPuerto Rico: no reported productionJamaica: no reported productionCuba: no reported productionZimbabwe: no reported productionBotswana: no reported productionNamibia: no reported productionSenegal: no reported productionMali: no reported productionMauritania: no reported productionBenin: no reported productionNiger: no reported productionNigeria: no reported productionCameroon: no reported productionTogo: no reported productionGhana: no reported productionIvory Coast: no reported productionGuinea: no reported productionGuinea-Bissau: no reported productionLiberia: no reported productionSierra Leone: no reported productionBurkina Faso: no reported productionCentral African Republic: no reported productionRepublic of the Congo: no reported productionGabon: no reported productionEquatorial Guinea: no reported productionZambia: no reported productionMalawi: no reported productionMozambique: no reported productionEswatini: no reported productionAngola: no reported productionBurundi: no reported productionIsrael: no reported productionLebanon: no reported productionMadagascar: no reported productionPalestine: no reported productionGambia: no reported productionTunisia: no reported productionAlgeria: no reported productionJordan: no reported productionUnited Arab Emirates: no reported productionQatar: no reported productionKuwait: no reported productionIraq: no reported productionOman: no reported productionVanuatu: no reported productionCambodia: no reported productionThailand: no reported productionLaos: no reported productionMyanmar: no reported productionVietnam: no reported productionNorth Korea: no reported productionSouth Korea: no reported productionMongolia: 100% (1)India: no reported productionBangladesh: no reported productionBhutan: no reported productionNepal: no reported productionPakistan: no reported productionAfghanistan: no reported productionTajikistan: no reported productionKyrgyzstan: no reported productionTurkmenistan: no reported productionIran: no reported productionSyria: no reported productionArmenia: no reported productionSweden: no reported productionBelarus: no reported productionUkraine: no reported productionPoland: no reported productionAustria: no reported productionHungary: no reported productionMoldova: no reported productionRomania: no reported productionLithuania: no reported productionLatvia: no reported productionEstonia: no reported productionGermany: no reported productionBulgaria: no reported productionGreece: no reported productionTurkey: no reported productionAlbania: no reported productionCroatia: no reported productionSwitzerland: no reported productionLuxembourg: no reported productionBelgium: no reported productionNetherlands: no reported productionPortugal: no reported productionSpain: no reported productionIreland: no reported productionNew Caledonia: no reported productionSolomon Islands: no reported productionNew Zealand: no reported productionAustralia: no reported productionSri Lanka: no reported productionChina: no reported productionTaiwan: no reported productionItaly: no reported productionDenmark: no reported productionUnited Kingdom: no reported productionIceland: no reported productionAzerbaijan: no reported productionGeorgia: no reported productionPhilippines: no reported productionMalaysia: no reported productionBrunei: no reported productionSlovenia: no reported productionFinland: no reported productionSlovakia: no reported productionCzechia: no reported productionEritrea: no reported productionJapan: no reported productionParaguay: no reported productionYemen: no reported productionSaudi Arabia: no reported productionAntarcticaN. CyprusCyprus: no reported productionMorocco: no reported productionEgypt: no reported productionLibya: no reported productionEthiopia: no reported productionDjibouti: no reported productionSomalilandUganda: no reported productionRwanda: no reported productionBosnia and Herzegovina: no reported productionNorth Macedonia: no reported productionSerbia: no reported productionMontenegro: no reported productionKosovoTrinidad and Tobago: no reported productionSouth Sudan: no reported production<0.5%0.5–1%1–2.5%2.5–5%5–10%10–20%≥20%
Share of world production, 2025. Countries with no reported production are unshaded.

What does Mongolia produce?

Commodities where Mongolia is a top-ten producer
CommodityWorld rankShare of worldProductionYearSource
Fluorspar Metals215%1.5 million t2025USGS MCS
Molybdenum Metals81.6%4,200 t2025USGS MCS
Coal Energy91.2%106 million tonnes2025Energy Institute

What does Mongolia export?

Top 5 Mongolia commodity exports, 2024Bar chart of top 5 Mongolia commodity exports in 2024: Coal 4.6%, Copper 3.1%, Molybdenum 1.6%, Fluorspar 1.9%, Tungsten 2.6%; rest of world 86%.CoalCoal: 4.6%, $8.3 billion4.6%CopperCopper: 3.1%, $3.3 billion3.1%MolybdenumMolybdenum: 1.6%, $130.5 million1.6%FluorsparFluorspar: 1.9%, $10.1 million1.9%TungstenTungsten: 2.6%, $7 million2.6%Rest of worldRest of world: 86%, $086%
Mongolia's largest commodity exports by value. Each bar's share is that commodity's share of world trade in it, not its share of Mongolia's own exports — the two are unrelated and shown so a bar near 100% marks a commodity Mongolia dominates globally rather than one it merely exports a lot of.
Top 5 Mongolia commodity exports in 2024
RankCommodityExport value (US$)Share of world
1Coal$8.3 billion4.6%
2Copper$3.3 billion3.1%
3Molybdenum$130.5 million1.6%
4Fluorspar$10.1 million1.9%
5Tungsten$7 million2.6%
Rest of world$086%

Mongolia's own tracked-export mix

Unlike the chart above, this treemap sizes each commodity by its share of Mongolia's own $12.3 billion of tracked exports, not by world trade. Coal alone is 67% of it. See the full export dependency report for how Mongolia compares with other countries.

Mongolia's tracked export mix by commodityCoal: 67.2%; Copper: 27.0%; Iron ore: 4.1%; Molybdenum: 1.1%; Canola: 0.3%; Other tracked commodities: 0.2%.Coal: 67.2%Coal67.2%Copper: 27.0%Copper27.0%Iron ore: 4.1%Iron ore4.1%Molybdenum: 1.1%Canola: 0.3%Other tracked commodities: 0.2%
Commodities where Mongolia is a top-ten exporter
CommodityWorld rankShare of world exportsExport valueYear
Coal54.6%$8.3 billion2024
Fluorspar71.9%$10.1 million2024
Copper93.1%$3.3 billion2024
Tungsten92.6%$7 million2024
Molybdenum101.6%$130.5 million2024

Sources: FAOSTAT (crops and livestock), USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (minerals), Energy Institute Statistical Review (energy) for production; CEPII BACI for trade. Ranks count only the commodities on this site.

Mongolia commodity by commodity

One page for each commodity where Mongolia is a top-five producer or exporter with at least 3% of the world total.

Mongolia in the pattern reports

What the cross-commodity reports under Patterns say about Mongolia, computed from the same data as this page.

What Mongolia uses

Mongolia had about 3.4 million people and a food supply of 3,031 kilocalories per person a day in FAO's 2023 food balance sheets. Its eight largest supplies among the commodities tracked there:

Largest domestic supplies of tracked commodities in Mongolia, 2023
CommodityDomestic supplyShare of worldkg per personSelf-sufficiencyImported
Milk941 thousand tonnes0.1%187 (#40 of 142)88%12%
Wheat669 thousand tonnes0.1%98 (#51 of 143)59%48%
Lamb263 thousand tonnes1.5%69 (#1 of 143)100%<0.1%
Potatoes186 thousand tonnes<0.1%46 (#54 of 143)96%4.3%
Beef150 thousand tonnes0.2%33 (#5 of 142)106%<0.1%
Sugar93 thousand tonnes0.1%10 (#121 of 143)<0.1%100%
Rice79 thousand tonnes<0.1%23 (#69 of 141)<0.1%100%
Oats38 thousand tonnes0.2%5.3 (#5 of 143)50%50%

FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets. Per-person rank counts countries of at least 1 million people. See consumption and self-sufficiency.

How long Mongolia's own reserves would last

USGS national reserve figures, rounded. A short national figure usually reflects how little has been proved up, not when mining stops. See country reserve life.

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Data updated 22 October 2026.

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