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  "meta": {
    "key": "aluminium_production",
    "title": "World Aluminium Production",
    "unit": "tonnes",
    "category": "Economy",
    "source": "USGS Historical Statistics (DS140) + Mineral Commodity Summaries",
    "sourceUrl": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/national-minerals-information-center/aluminum-statistics-and-information",
    "verified": "2026-10-04",
    "url": "https://exponentialtracker.com/curve/aluminium_production",
    "csv": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/aluminium_production.csv",
    "json": "https://exponentialtracker.com/data/aluminium_production.json",
    "retrievedFrom": "Compiled by Exponential Tracker and re-derived from the source named above. Rebuilt on every deploy, so re-fetch rather than trusting a saved copy to be current.",
    "rights": "The underlying data belongs to USGS Historical Statistics (DS140) + Mineral Commodity Summaries. This compilation may be reused with attribution to Exponential Tracker. No licence is claimed or implied over the source data.",
    "citation": "Exponential Tracker, \"World Aluminium Production\", exponentialtracker.com/curve/aluminium_production, data verified 2026-10-04. Underlying source: USGS Historical Statistics (DS140) + Mineral Commodity Summaries."
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      "year": 1904,
      "value": 10000
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      "year": 1905,
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      "year": 1906,
      "value": 17000
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      "year": 1907,
      "value": 22000
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      "year": 1908,
      "value": 17000
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      "year": 1909,
      "value": 30000
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    {
      "year": 1910,
      "value": 45000
    },
    {
      "year": 1911,
      "value": 46000
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      "year": 1912,
      "value": 58000
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    {
      "year": 1913,
      "value": 65000
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      "year": 1914,
      "value": 69000
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      "year": 1915,
      "value": 78000
    },
    {
      "year": 1916,
      "value": 106000
    },
    {
      "year": 1917,
      "value": 123000
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    {
      "year": 1918,
      "value": 128000
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    {
      "year": 1919,
      "value": 121000
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      "year": 1920,
      "value": 125000
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      "year": 1921,
      "value": 70000
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    {
      "year": 1922,
      "value": 87000
    },
    {
      "year": 1923,
      "value": 141000
    },
    {
      "year": 1924,
      "value": 168000
    },
    {
      "year": 1925,
      "value": 178000
    },
    {
      "year": 1926,
      "value": 195000
    },
    {
      "year": 1927,
      "value": 220000
    },
    {
      "year": 1928,
      "value": 258000
    },
    {
      "year": 1929,
      "value": 280000
    },
    {
      "year": 1930,
      "value": 272000
    },
    {
      "year": 1931,
      "value": 220000
    },
    {
      "year": 1932,
      "value": 153000
    },
    {
      "year": 1933,
      "value": 142000
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      "year": 1934,
      "value": 170000
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      "year": 1935,
      "value": 259000
    },
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      "year": 1936,
      "value": 360000
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      "year": 1937,
      "value": 482000
    },
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      "year": 1938,
      "value": 579000
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      "year": 1939,
      "value": 720000
    },
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      "year": 1940,
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      "year": 1941,
      "value": 1040000
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    {
      "year": 1942,
      "value": 1400000
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    {
      "year": 1943,
      "value": 1950000,
      "label": "Wartime high: 1.95 Mt"
    },
    {
      "year": 1944,
      "value": 1690000
    },
    {
      "year": 1945,
      "value": 870000
    },
    {
      "year": 1946,
      "value": 790000
    },
    {
      "year": 1947,
      "value": 1080000
    },
    {
      "year": 1948,
      "value": 1270000
    },
    {
      "year": 1949,
      "value": 1310000
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      "year": 1950,
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      "year": 1951,
      "value": 1800000
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    {
      "year": 1952,
      "value": 2060000
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      "year": 1953,
      "value": 2470000
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      "year": 1954,
      "value": 2810000
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      "year": 1955,
      "value": 3140000
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      "year": 1956,
      "value": 3370000
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    {
      "year": 1957,
      "value": 3370000
    },
    {
      "year": 1958,
      "value": 3510000
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    {
      "year": 1959,
      "value": 4060000
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    {
      "year": 1960,
      "value": 4490000
    },
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      "year": 1961,
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      "year": 1962,
      "value": 5060000
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      "year": 1963,
      "value": 5320000
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    {
      "year": 1964,
      "value": 5940000
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      "value": 6310000
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      "value": 6880000
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      "year": 1967,
      "value": 7570000
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      "year": 1968,
      "value": 8020000
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      "year": 1969,
      "value": 8970000
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      "year": 1970,
      "value": 9650000
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      "year": 1971,
      "value": 10300000
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      "year": 1972,
      "value": 11000000
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    {
      "year": 1973,
      "value": 12100000
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    {
      "year": 1974,
      "value": 13200000
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    {
      "year": 1975,
      "value": 12100000
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    {
      "year": 1976,
      "value": 12600000
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    {
      "year": 1977,
      "value": 13800000
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    {
      "year": 1978,
      "value": 14100000
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    {
      "year": 1979,
      "value": 14600000
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    {
      "year": 1980,
      "value": 15400000
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      "year": 1981,
      "value": 15100000
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      "year": 1982,
      "value": 13400000
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    {
      "year": 1983,
      "value": 13900000
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    {
      "year": 1984,
      "value": 15700000
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    {
      "year": 1985,
      "value": 15400000
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      "year": 1986,
      "value": 15400000
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      "year": 1987,
      "value": 16500000
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    {
      "year": 1988,
      "value": 18500000
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    {
      "year": 1989,
      "value": 19000000
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    {
      "year": 1990,
      "value": 19300000
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    {
      "year": 1991,
      "value": 19700000
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    {
      "year": 1992,
      "value": 19500000
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    {
      "year": 1993,
      "value": 19800000
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    {
      "year": 1994,
      "value": 19200000
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    {
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      "value": 19700000
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      "year": 1996,
      "value": 20800000
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      "year": 1997,
      "value": 21700000
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      "value": 22600000
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      "value": 23600000
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      "value": 24300000
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      "value": 24300000
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      "value": 26100000
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      "year": 2003,
      "value": 28000000
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      "year": 2004,
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      "year": 2005,
      "value": 31900000
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    {
      "year": 2006,
      "value": 33900000
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      "year": 2007,
      "value": 37900000
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      "year": 2008,
      "value": 39700000
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    {
      "year": 2009,
      "value": 37200000
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      "year": 2010,
      "value": 41800000
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      "year": 2011,
      "value": 46800000
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    {
      "year": 2012,
      "value": 49300000
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    {
      "year": 2013,
      "value": 52200000
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    {
      "year": 2014,
      "value": 54100000
    },
    {
      "year": 2015,
      "value": 57800000
    },
    {
      "year": 2016,
      "value": 59400000
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      "year": 2017,
      "value": 59400000
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    {
      "year": 2018,
      "value": 63300000
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    {
      "year": 2019,
      "value": 62600000
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    {
      "year": 2020,
      "value": 65000000
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    {
      "year": 2021,
      "value": 67500000
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    {
      "year": 2022,
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    {
      "year": 2023,
      "value": 70000000
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    {
      "year": 2024,
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    {
      "year": 2025,
      "value": 74000000,
      "label": "2025: USGS estimate"
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}