Iron ore production by country in thousand metric tons. Dark red (more than 100,000): Brazil, Russia. Orange to light orange (1 to 100,000): North America, South Africa, Mongolia, Algeria, and Pakistan. Very light orange (0 to 0.9): Most of Africa, Greenland.
Class | Rank | Thousand metric tons | Lightning Frequency | <0.1 flashes/km²/year | 0.1 flashes/km²/year | 0.2 flashes/km²/year | 0.4 flashes/km²/year | 0.6 flashes/km²/year | 0.8 flashes/km²/year | 1 flash/km²/year | 2 flashes/km²/year | 4 flashes/km²/year | 6 flashes/km²/year | 8 flashes/km²/year | 10 flashes/km²/year | 20 flashes/km²/year | 30 flashes/km²/year | No data | Arid and low water use | Low (<10%) | Low-medium (10-20%) | Medium-high (20-40%) | High (40-80%) | Extremely high (>80%) | |
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| 24.4% | 16.4% | 8.63% | 6.27% | 9.50% | 4.67% | 3.58% | 14.1% | 25.7% | 10.1% | 11.3% | 14.8% | 42.6% | 30.6% | 47.1% | 0.654% | 3.65% | 47.2% | 4.86% | 6.22% | 9.97% | 14.9% | ||||
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