1. China
Production of lead in 2018 (in thousand metric tons): 2,100
Production of lead in 2019 (in thousand metric tons): 2,100
Easily topping the list of top 11 lead producing countries in the world is China. Even though Australia has twice the reserves that China has, China actually produces nearly 5 times more lead than Australia, and is comfortably the largest producer of lead in the world.
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