World
11.4→100.2
- Total change
- +778.9 %
- Annual growth (CAGR)
- +3.4 %
- Period
- 1960–2025
World: 11.4 (1960) → 100.2 (2025). Change of +778.9 % over 65 years. Compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of +3.4 % per year.
Iron ore
Annual average spot price of iron ore in US dollars per dry metric ton unit (dmtu) from the World Bank Pink Sheet.
100.2 USD/dmtuWorld · 2025
World Bank Commodity Markets (Pink Sheet)Published by source: 2026-09-02
Saved data version: retrieved 2026-09-15, ID 7ddc8ed7c4a0Warehouse version at build: v45
Data coverage
- World: 1960–2025; observations: 66; missing years: 0
Missing years are counted between the first and last observations. A missing value is not zero.
World
66 rows for World
Time range:
Year
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Period statistics
Calculated from the values shown in this view for the selected period. Statistics follow the active display mode.
Format:
| Year | Country | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | World | 100.2 USD/dmtu |
| 2024 | World | 109.4 USD/dmtu |
| 2023 | World | 120.6 USD/dmtu |
| 2022 | World | 121.3 USD/dmtu |
| 2021 | World | 161.7 USD/dmtu |
| 2020 | World | 108.9 USD/dmtu |
| 2019 | World | 93.8 USD/dmtu |
| 2018 | World | 69.8 USD/dmtu |
| 2017 | World | 71.8 USD/dmtu |
| 2016 | World | 58.4 USD/dmtu |
| 2015 | World | 55.9 USD/dmtu |
| 2014 | World | 97 USD/dmtu |
| 2013 | World | 135.4 USD/dmtu |
| 2012 | World | 128.5 USD/dmtu |
| 2011 | World | 167.8 USD/dmtu |
| 2010 | World | 145.9 USD/dmtu |
| 2009 | World | 80 USD/dmtu |
| 2008 | World | 156 USD/dmtu |
| 2007 | World | 123 USD/dmtu |
| 2006 | World | 69.3 USD/dmtu |
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Published by source
- 2026-09-02
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-15
- Indicator code in source
- IRON_ORE
- Unit of measure
- US$ per dmtu
- Data version
- v45
Cite
Longseries, “Iron ore”. World Bank Commodity Markets (Pink Sheet) (IRON_ORE), 1960–2025, World. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. Data version v45. Data SHA-256: 7ddc8ed7c4a0011070303e7620f62c3409c0925f29faeecc88419154af41c1d2. https://longseries.com/en/d/cmo-iron-ore/Embed chart
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Latest values
| Country | ||
|---|---|---|
| World | 2025 | 100.2 USD/dmtu100.2 USD/dmtu↓−9.2 USD/dmtu (−8.4%) |
About this series
Iron ore, cfr spot, US$ per dry metric ton unit. Pink Sheet.
Indicator definition
Column Iron ore, cfr spot. dmtu, not a tonne of steel.
How to read the data
A published unit. We do not convert it to steel.