In 2005, seventeen countries produced concentrated uranium oxides, with Canada (27.9% of world production) and Australia (22.8%) being the largest producers and Kazakhstan (10.5%), Russia (8.0%), Namibia (7.5%), Niger (7.4%), Uzbekistan (5.5%), the United States (2.5%), Argentina (2.1%), Ukraine (1.9%) and China (1.7%) also producing significant amounts. Kazakhstan continues to increase production and may have become the world's largest producer of uranium by 2009 with an expected production of 12,826 tonnes, compared to Canada with 11,100 t and Australia with 9,430 t. In the late 1960s, UN geologists also discovered major uranium deposits and other rare mineral reserves in Somalia. The find was the largest of its kind, with industry experts estimating the deposits at over 25% of the world's then known uranium reserves of 800,000 tons.
What country produced 5.5% of the world's concentrated uranium oxide in 2005?
Uzbekistan
In 2005, seventeen countries produced concentrated uranium oxides, with Canada (27.9% of world production) and Australia (22.8%) being the largest producers and Kazakhstan (10.5%), Russia (8.0%), Namibia (7.5%), Niger (7.4%), Uzbekistan (5.5%), the United States (2.5%), Argentina (2.1%), Ukraine (1.9%) and China (1.7%) also producing significant amounts.
In two thousand five, seventeen countries produced concentrated uranium oxides, with Canada (twenty-seven point nine percent of world production) and Australia (twenty-two point eight percent) being the largest producers and Kazakhstan (ten point five percent), Russia (eight point zero percent), Namibia (seven point five percent), Niger (seven point four percent), Uzbekistan (five point five percent), the United States (two point five percent), Argentina (two point one percent), Ukraine (one point nine percent) and China (one point seven percent) also producing significant amounts.
What country produced five point five percent of the world's concentrated uranium oxide in two thousand five?