Global Production and Sales Revenue Data for Several Chemicals

Table 1 presents a ranking of 37 chemicals on the basis of estimated 2019 global production of these chemicals in metric ton quantities. 

table 1  ranking of global production - highly used chemicals	average 2019 global production in million metric tons	average 2019 global revenues in billions of US dollars
sulfuric acid	272.5	$                    10
phosphorus	240	$                    20
oxygen	220	$                    22
urea	200	$                    49
ammonia	175	$                    53
ethylene	160	$                  104
calcium carbonate	132.5	$                    20
propylene	120	$                    93
ethanol	102.5	$                    98
methanol	92.5	$                    30
chlorine	80	$                    15
sulfur	77.5	$                      7
sodium hydroxide	72.5	$                    36
hydrogen	60	$                  150
nitric acid	59	$                    22
sodium carbonate	58	$                    12
nitrogen	53	$                    16
phosphoric acid	50	$                    35
benzene	45	$                    38
ethylene oxide	29	$                    34
ethylene glycol	27	$                    45
methyl tertiary-butyl ether	19.5	$                    15
acetic acid	15.5	$                      9
butadiene	14	$                      7
phenol	13	$                    14
formaldehyde	12	$                      2
acetone	7.5	$                      5
titanium dioxide	5.5	$                    14
hydrogen peroxide	5	$                      4
hydrogen chloride	4	$                      1
fluorine	2.9	$                      4
hydrogen fluoride	2	$                      3
argon	0.7	$                      0
bromine	0.65	$                      3
xenon	0.0515	$                   0.2
iodine	0.03	$                      1
helium	0.03	$                      1
total	2,428.4	$                  993

 Also presented in the table are estimated 2019 sales revenues for these chemicals.  The table includes many of the most-used industrial chemicals.   Based on the estimates in table 1, these chemicals represent about 2.4 billion metric tons of global chemical production in 2019. 

Table 2 ranks the 37 chemicals by estimated 2019 global sales revenues.  These chemicals account for approximately 1 trillion global sales revenues in US dollars, based on the data in the table. 

table 2  global sales revenues ranking for highly used chemicals	average 2019 global production in million metric tons	average 2019 global revenues in billions of US dollars
hydrogen	60	$                     150
ethylene	160	$                     104
ethanol	102.5	$                       98
propylene	120	$                       93
ammonia	175	$                       53
urea	200	$                       49
ethylene glycol	27	$                       45
benzene	45	$                       38
sodium hydroxide	72.5	$                       36
phosphoric acid	50	$                       35
ethylene oxide	29	$                       34
methanol	92.5	$                       30
nitric acid	59	$                       22
oxygen	220	$                       22
phosphorus	240	$                       20
calcium carbonate	132.5	$                       20
nitrogen	53	$                       16
chlorine	80	$                       15
methyl tertiary-butyl ether	19.5	$                       15
phenol	13	$                       14
titanium dioxide	5.5	$                       14
sodium carbonate	58	$                       12
sulfuric acid	272.5	$                       10
acetic acid	15.5	$                         9
butadiene	14	$                         7
sulfur	77.5	$                         7
acetone	7.5	$                         5
fluorine	2.9	$                         4
hydrogen peroxide	5	$                         4
bromine	0.65	$                         3
hydrogen fluoride	2	$                         3
formaldehyde	12	$                         2
helium	0.028	$                         1
hydrogen chloride	4	$                         1
iodine	0.03	$                         1
argon	0.7	$                      0.4
xenon	0.0515	$                      0.2
totals	2,428.4	$                 992.7

Data in these tables come from my previous blogs (over the past several months) on the individual chemicals, in which I provided uses and estimated prices, production amounts, and revenues for the chemicals.   The data need to be recognized as estimates, an average of a range of likely production and sales amounts.  The estimates are based on data I found on the Internet in marketing reports, vendor pricing, and other website sources. 

This work has been intended to get a feel for relative use and sales values of prominent industrial chemicals.   In a follow-up blog to this one, I plan to compute the per capital global use of these chemicals in 2019 and per capital uses for future estimated global populations.