According to data from the UNEP's Global Material Flows Database, the world's biggest mining nations are China, followed by India and the USA.

The UNEP's Global Material Flows Database states that as of 2023, China was the largest global extractor of domestic materials. 34.2 billion tons of materials, including biomass, fossil fuels, metal ores, and non-metallic minerals, were extracted throughout the nation. Compared to the next two biggest extractors, India (8.03 billion tonnes) and th...