- Kazakhstan: US$1.1 billion (33.7% of natural uranium exports)
- Canada: $954.7 million (30.1%)
- Namibia: $535.5 million (16.9%)
- Niger: $252.1 million (8%)
- United States: $210.8 million (6.7%)
- France: $59.7 million (1.9%)
- United Kingdom: $33.4 million (1.06%)
- Ukraine: $33.0 million (1.04%)
- South Africa: $12.2 million (0.4%)
- Czech Republic: $3.1 million (0.1%)
- Germany: $2.2 million (0.069%)
- Iran: $2.1 million (0.067%)
- Netherlands: $165,000 (0.005%)
- Sweden: $43,000 (0.001%)
- Egypt: $28,000 (0.0009%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.9993% of global natural uranium exports in 2021.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing natural uranium exporters since 2020 were: Czech Republic (up 196,541%), France (up 7,587%) and South Africa (up 42.9%).
Those countries that posted declines in their export sales of natural uranium were led by: Netherlands (down -98.8%), Sweden (down -93.3%), Egypt (down -89.4%), Ukraine (down -58.9%) and Kazakhstan (down -37.5%).
Enriched Uranium Exports by Country
Below are the 15 countries that exported the highest dollar value worth of enriched uranium during 2021.
- Netherlands: US$827.2 million (29.1% of enriched uranium exports)
- Germany: $727.1 million (25.6%)
- France: $636.6 million (22.4%)
- Kazakhstan: $406.1 million (14.3%)
- United States: $130.5 million (4.6%)
- China: $64.1 million (2.3%)
- Niger: $44.6 million (1.6%)
- South Korea: $858,000 (0.03%)
- Japan: $350,000 (0.01%)
- Belgium: $238,000 (0.008%)
- Sweden: $149,000 (0.005%)
- Spain: $29,000 (0.001%)
- Malaysia: $10,000 (0.0004%)
- Czech Republic: $8,000 (0.0003%)
- United Kingdom: $4,000 (0.00014%)
By value, the listed 15 countries shipped 99.9999% of globally exported enriched uranium in 2021.
Among the above countries, the fastest-growing enriched uranium exporters since 2020 were: Kazakhstan (up 5,572%), Belgium (up 1,600%), Japan (up 414.7%) and the United Kingdom (up 33.3%).
Those countries that posted declines in their export sales of enriched uranium were: Spain (down -99.9%), mainland China (down -64.2%) and the United States of America (down -29.1%).