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Pig iron production in selected European countries from 1900 to 1945 (in thousands of metric tons)

Characteristic	Germany	Soviet Union	United Kingdom	France	Luxembourg	Belgium
1945	-	8,803	7,221	1,177	317	735
1944	13,369	-	6,845	2,893	1,348	719
1943	15,972	-	7,302	4,921	2,268	1,631
1942	15,332	-	7,850	3,838	1,692	1,269
1941	15,441	-	7,512	3,351	1,343	4,122
1940	13,955	14,902	8,337	3,683	1,059	1,790
1939	17,478	14,520	8,108	7,376	1,838	3,059
1938	18,045	14,650	6,869	6,012	1,551	2,426
1937	15,960	14,487	8,629	7,855	2,513	3,843
1936	15,302	14,400	7,845	6,230	1,987	3,161
1935	12,846	12,490	6,527	5,789	1,872	3,030
1934	8,717	10,430	6,065	6,151	1,955	2,953
1933	5,247	7,110	4,202	6,234	1,888	2,710
1932	3,932	6,161	3,631	5,537	1,960	2,749
1931	6,063	4,871	3,834	8,199	2,053	3,198
1930	9,695	4,964	6,291	10,035	2,473	3,365
1929	13,240	4,021	7,711	10,300	2,906	4,041
1928	11,804	3,282	6,716	9,981	2,770	3,857
1927	13,103	2,961	7,410	9,273	2,732	3,709
1926	9,644	2,203	2,497	9,432	2,559	3,368
1925	10,177	1,309	6,362	8,494	2,363	2,543
1924	7,812	670	7,424	7,693	2,157	2,844
1923	4,936	314	7,560	5,432	1,407	2,148
1922	9,396	180	4,981	5,229	1,679	1,613
1921	7,845	117	2,658	3,417	970	876
1920	7,044	116	8,164	3,434	693	1,116
1919	6,284	117	7,536	2,412	617	251
1918	10,680	597	9,253	1,293	1,267	-
1917	11,601	2,964	9,488	1,408	1,529	8
1916	11,327	3,804	9,062	1,311	1,951	128
1915	10,190	3,764	8,864	584	1,591	68
1914	12,481	4,137	9,067	2,736	1,827	1,454
1913	16,761	4,216	10,425	5,207	2,548	2,485
1912	15,600	4,203	8,891	4,939	2,252	2,301
1911	13,845	3,598	9,679	4,470	1,729	2,046
1910	13,111	3,047	10,173	4,038	1,683	1,852
1909	11,092	2,900	9,685	3,574	1,553	1,616
1908	10,505	2,827	9,202	3,401	1,300	1,270
1907	11,390	2,822	10,276	3,590	1,485	1,378
1906	10,833	2,722	10,347	3,314	1,460	1,363
1905	9,507	2,736	9,762	3,077	1,368	1,311
1904	8,860	2,975	8,834	2,974	1,198	1,283
1903	8,800	2,491	9,078	2,841	1,218	1,216
1902	7,450	2,601	8,818	2,405	1,080	1,069
1901	6,964	2,870	8,056	2,389	916	764
1900	7,550	2,937	9,104	2,714	971	1,019

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December 1981

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Europe

Survey time period

1900 to 1945

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Notes per country are as follows:
Germany: Includes figures from Alsace-Lorraine from 1900-1918. Includes figures from Eastern Upper Silesia from 1900-1922. Does not include figures from Saarland from 1921-1924.
Russia: Figures from 1900-1913 apply to the Russian Empire; figures from 1913-1940 apply to the 1923 borders; figures from 1940 onward apply to the post-WWII borders.
France: Figures from 1919-1945 include output from Alsace-Lorraine.

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In Europe during the early 20^th century, Germany was generally the country with the highest annual output of pig iron. The second-largest producer varied by decade; the United Kingdom held this position until the 1920s, when French output increased after its reclamation of Alsace-Lorraine from Germany after the First World War, whereas Russian output then grew significantly as it industrialized in the 1930s. Belgium and Luxembourg also had fairly high outputs for their size, and German industry became dependent on their output during both world wars after the UK established its naval blockade.

Output during the world wars differed, however, as there was an observable decrease in most countries during the First World War, whereas output remained much higher during the Second World War. The impact of many other major political and economic events is reflected in the output of pig iron in these countries, such as the Great Depression of the 1930s, or more regional events such as the Russian Revolution from 1917-1923 or German hyperinflation in 1923.