Malinga ndi World Steel Statistics mu 2022 yomwe idatulutsidwa posachedwa ndi World Steel Association, kutulutsa kwazitsulo padziko lonse lapansi mu 2021 kunali matani 1.951 biliyoni, kuwonjezeka kwa chaka ndi 3.8%. Mu 2021, kutulutsa kwazitsulo zakuda ku China kudafika matani 1.033 biliyoni, kutsika kwachaka ndi 3.0%, kutsika koyamba pachaka kuyambira 2016, ndipo kuchuluka kwazinthu padziko lonse lapansi kudatsika kuchokera 56,7% mu 2020 mpaka 52,9%.

Kuchokera pamalingaliro a njira yopangira, mu 2021, kutulutsa kwapadziko lonse kwa zitsulo zosinthira kunali 70.8% ndipo chitsulo cha ng'anjo yamagetsi chinali 28.9%, kutsika kwa 2.4% ndi kuwonjezeka kwa 2.6% motsatana poyerekeza ndi 2020. Chiyerekezo chapadziko lonse lapansi chopitilira muyeso mu 962029 chinali chofanana ndi 2021%

Mu 2021, kuchuluka kwa zinthu zachitsulo zapadziko lonse lapansi (zomaliza + zomaliza) zinali matani 459 miliyoni, ndikuwonjezeka kwa chaka ndi 13.1%. Voliyumu yotumiza kunja idafikira 25.2% ya zomwe zidatulutsidwa, kubwereranso mulingo mu 2019.

Pankhani ya kugwiritsiridwa ntchito, kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwazitsulo padziko lonse lapansi mu 2021 kunali matani 1.834 biliyoni, kuwonjezeka kwa chaka ndi 2.7%. Kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwazinthu zomalizidwa zitsulo pafupifupi m'mayiko onse omwe akuphatikizidwa mu ziwerengero kunawonjezeka kufika pa madigiri osiyanasiyana, pamene kuoneka kwa zinthu zomalizidwa zitsulo ku China kunatsika kuchokera ku matani 1.006 biliyoni mu 2020 mpaka matani 952 miliyoni, kuchepa kwa 5.4%. Mu 2021, kugwiritsa ntchito zitsulo ku China kudatenga 51.9% yapadziko lonse lapansi, kutsika kwa 4.5 peresenti mchaka cha 2020. Gawo la mayiko ndi zigawo zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito padziko lonse lapansi zitsulo zazikulu zomalizidwa.

Mu 2021, kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwachitsulo chomalizidwa padziko lonse lapansi kunali 232.8kg, kuwonjezeka kwa chaka ndi chaka ndi 3.8kg, kupitirira pang'ono kuposa 230.4kg mu 2019 kusanachitike, komwe kukuwoneka kuti kumagwiritsidwa ntchito kwachitsulo ku Belgium, Czech Republic, South Korea, Austria ndi Italy kudakwera kuposa 100kg. Kugwiritsidwa ntchito kwachitsulo pamunthu aliyense ku South Korea