Steel demand vs Crude steel production growth
Steel demand (annual) and Crude steel production growth (monthly) worldwide. They are published at different intervals, so each is drawn on its own rather than matched period by period.
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Global. Steel demand is published as annual figures and crude steel production growth as monthly ones, so they are drawn on separate charts, and no period is matched between them. Read each on its own.
Steel demand
Unit: million tonnes · 2 observations
Forecast: dashed line, hollow markers, shaded band
Crude steel production growth
Unit: % · 4 observations
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| Period | Type | Value |
|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | Actual | -6.5% |
| May 2026 | Actual | -0.3% |
| June 2026 | Actual | 1.7% |
| July 2026 | Actual | -0.3% |
Shared periods
Side by side
No period lines up: steel demand is annual and crude steel production growth is monthly. A month and a year are not the same measurement window, so no row pairs them.
Provenance
Where these numbers come from
Steel demand
Total volume of steel demand for the specified region and period.
2 observations charted in Global · source organisations: worldsteel
Crude steel production growth
Year-over-year percentage change in crude steel production.
4 observations charted in Global · source organisations: worldsteel
Data published under CC BY 4.0. Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON
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