The dataset covers worldwide production of phosphate rock (PR) at the level of phosphate mining and beneficiation complex. The objective is to gather complex-specific data on the P content of mined and beneficiated resource and on the recovery rates of beneficiation process. The global dataset comprises 52 phosphate mining and beneficiation complexes, which represent current worldwide production of PR. Phosphate mining and beneficiation complex refers to a phosphate ore deposit with adjacent mine(s) and beneficiation plant(s). See Introduction for details. The dataset is structured into 7 tables. All tables can be accessed using the R package phosphateRock and using the CSV files.