| m | 1890 | 1900 | 1910 | 1913 | 1920 | 1930 | 1938 |
| United States | 9.3 | 10.3 | 26.5 | 31.8 | 42.3 | 41.3 | 28.8 |
| Britain | 8.0 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 7.7 | 9.2 | 7.4 | 10.5 |
| Germany | 4.1 | 6.3 | 13.6 | 17.6 | 7.6 | 11.3 | 23.2 |
| France | 1.9 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 2.7 | 9.4 | 6.1 |
| Austria-Hungary | 0.97 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 2.6 | - | - | - |
| Russia | 0.95 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 4.8 | 0.16 | 5.7 | 18.0 |
| Japan | 0.02 | - | 0.16 | 0.25 | 0.84 | 2.3 | 7.0 |
| Italy | 0.01 | 0.11 | 0.73 | 0.93 | 0.73 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
Notes:
(1) In millions of tons; pig-iron production for 1890, steel thereafter.
Source: Paul Kennedy, The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers.