World natural stone exports 2024: USD 15.3 billion

In 2024 the world exported USD 15.3 billion of natural stone: 38.0 million tonnes of marble, granite, limestone, slate, sandstone and other stone, reported by 88 countries. It was a smaller year than 2023 (USD 17.3 billion, −11%), and the average unit value came out at about USD 400 per tonne.

• USD 15.3 bn

  exported in 2024

• 38.0 Mt

  of marble, granite, limestone and other stone

• 88

  reporting countries

• 81%

  of the value is worked stone

Three countries, half the market

• China4.04
• Italy2.31
• Türkiye1.95
• India1.70
• Brazil1.15
• Spain0.81

China, Italy and Türkiye together account for 54% of the value. China is still first by a wide margin, but its exports fell by a quarter between 2023 and 2024, while Italy, Türkiye and Brazil grew.

Worked stone, not blocks

Share of world export value, 2024

81%

Worked stone: slabs, tiles, monuments, paving (HS 6801–6803)

19%

Stone in the raw: blocks and slabs as quarried (HS 2514–2516)

About 81% of the value comes from worked products (HS 6801–6803: slabs, tiles, monuments, paving), and only 19% from stone in the raw (HS 2514–2516). In tonnes the picture is reversed: raw blocks are heavy and cheap per tonne, so they carry much of the volume and little of the value.

The question for a sales team

The world total matters less than what sits behind it: which buyers of your stone grew fastest, what they paid per tonne, and which countries you compete with in each market. The open World Stone Exports dashboard answers that country by country and code by code, from 2020; 2025 is still provisional while countries keep reporting.

Unit values (USD/t) are an indicator derived from value ÷ net weight, not a market price.