List of countries by salt production

This is a list of countries by salt production. The four leading salt producers in the world, China, the United States, India, and Germany, account for more than half of the worldwide production.

The first table includes data by the British Geological Survey (BGS) for countries with available statistics. The second table includes data by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) for the leading producers.

Lists

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BGS^[1]

USGS^[2]

Rank	Country/Region	2012 salt production (metric tonnes)	% of world production
1	China	62,158,000	7001224800000000000♠22.48 %
2	United States	40,200,000	7001145400000000000♠14.54 %
3	India	24,500,000	7000886000000000000♠8.86 %
4	Germany	19,021,295	7000688000000000000♠6.88 %
5	Canada	10,844,624	7000392000000000000♠3.92 %
6	Australia	10,821,000	7000391000000000000♠3.91 %
7	Mexico	10,100,935	7000365000000000000♠3.65 %
8	Chile	8,057,130	7000291000000000000♠2.91 %
9	Netherlands	6,513,000	7000236000000000000♠2.36 %
10	Brazil	6,300,000	7000227990000099999♠2.28 %
11	Ukraine	6,181,415	7000224000000000000♠2.24 %
12	France	6,100,000	7000221000000000000♠2.21 %
12	United Kingdom	6,100,000	7000221000000000000♠2.21 %
13	Poland	4,249,200	7000154000000000000♠1.54 %
14	Spain	4,042,077	7000146000000000000♠1.46 %
15	Turkey	4,000,000	7000145000000000000♠1.45 %
16	Austria	3,193,438	7000115000000099999♠1.15 %
17	Egypt	2,883,577	7000104000000000000♠1.04 %
18	Italy	2,862,440	7000104000000000000♠1.04 %
19	Iran	2,800,000	7000101000000000000♠1.01 %
20	Pakistan	2,427,895	6999880000000000000♠0.88 %
21	Belarus	2,176,650	6999790000000000000♠0.79 %
22	Bulgaria	2,100,000	6999760000000000000♠0.76 %
23	Russia	2,000,000	6999720000000000000♠0.72 %
23	Saudi Arabia	2,000,000	6999720000000000000♠0.72 %
24	Argentina	1,900,000	6999690009999900000♠0.69 %
25	Romania	1,888,516	6999680000000000000♠0.68 %
26	Thailand	1,463,539	6999530000000000000♠0.53 %
27	Bangladesh	1,430,329	6999520000000000000♠0.52 %
28	Peru	1,242,765	6999450000000000000♠0.45 %
29	Vietnam	1,177,900	6999430000000000000♠0.43 %
30	Tunisia	1,131,200	6999410009999900000♠0.41 %
31	Bahamas	1,000,000	6999360000000000000♠0.36 %
32	Japan	925,000	6999330000000000000♠0.33 %
33	Bosnia and Herzegovina	743,807	6999270000000000000♠0.27 %
34	Namibia	738,000	6999270000000000000♠0.27 %
35	Philippines	725,000	6999260000000000000♠0.26 %
36	Morocco	720,000	6999260000000000000♠0.26 %
37	Indonesia	650,000	6999240000000000000♠0.24 %
38	Portugal	608,977	6999220000000000000♠0.22 %
39	Denmark	600,000	6999220000000000000♠0.22 %
40	Switzerland	528,000	6999190000000000000♠0.19 %
41	Colombia	520,268	6999190000000000000♠0.19 %
42	North Korea	500,000	6999180000000000000♠0.18 %
43	Kazakhstan	463,960	6999170000000000000♠0.17 %
44	Israel	414,984	6999150000000000000♠0.15 %
45	South Africa	399,135	6999140000000000000♠0.14 %
46	Botswana	389,481	6999140000000000000♠0.14 %
47	Venezuela	350,000	6999130000000000000♠0.13 %
48	South Korea	308,847	6999110000000000000♠0.11 %
49	Cuba	280,000	6999100000000000000♠0.1 %
50	Senegal	237,300	6998900000000000000♠0.09 %
51	Myanmar	223,747	6998800000000000000♠0.08 %
52	Turkmenistan	215,000	6998800000000000000♠0.08 %
53	Greece	190,000	6998700000000000000♠0.07 %
54	Algeria	178,000	6998600000000000000♠0.06 %
55	Afghanistan	169,000	6998600000000000000♠0.06 %
56	Ghana	150,000	6998500000000000000♠0.05 %
56	Sudan	150,000	6998500000000000000♠0.05 %
57	Iraq	143,441	6998500000000000000♠0.05 %
58	Mozambique	110,000	6998400000000000000♠0.04 %
59	El Salvador	103,100	6998400000000000000♠0.04 %
60	Ethiopia	100,000	6998400000000000000♠0.04 %
61	New Zealand	88,000	6998300000000000000♠0.03 %
62	Sri Lanka	85,000	6998300000000000000♠0.03 %
63	Albania	84,798	6998300000000000000♠0.03 %
64	Cambodia	80,000	6998300000000000000♠0.03 %
64	Syria	80,000	6998300000000000000♠0.03 %
65	Ecuador	75,000	6998300000000000000♠0.03 %
66	Taiwan	70,750	6998300000000000000♠0.03 %
67	Madagascar	70,000	6998300000000000000♠0.03 %
67	Yemen	70,000	6998300000000000000♠0.03 %
68	Uzbekistan	60,000	6998200000000000000♠0.02 %
69	Dominican Republic	50,000	6998200000000000000♠0.02 %
69	Guatemala	50,000	6998200000000000000♠0.02 %
69	Kuwait	50,000	6998200000000000000♠0.02 %
70	Laos	47,600	6998200000000000000♠0.02 %
71	Croatia	45,992	6998200000000000000♠0.02 %
72	Angola	40,000	6998100000000000000♠0.01 %
72	Honduras	40,000	6998100000000000000♠0.01 %
73	Armenia	37,798	6998100000000000000♠0.01 %
74	Tanzania	34,016	6998100000000000000♠0.01 %
75	Djibouti	30,000	6998100000000000000♠0.01 %
75	Nicaragua	30,000	6998100000000000000♠0.01 %
76	Tajikistan	27,954	6998100000000000000♠0.01 %
77	Eritrea	26,000	6998100000000000000♠0.01 %
78	Kenya	24,000	6998100000000000000♠0.01 %
79	Azerbaijan	19,000	6998100000000000000♠0.01 %
80	Serbia	16,506	6998100000000000000♠0.01 %
81	Montenegro	16,000	6998100000000000000♠0.01 %
82	Panama	15,596	6998100000000000000♠0.01 %
83	Guinea	15,000	6998100000000000000♠0.01 %
83	Lebanon	15,000	6998100000000000000♠0.01 %
84	Oman	12,800	5000000000000000000♠0 %
85	Libya	10,000	5000000000000000000♠0 %
86	Mali	6,000	5000000000000000000♠0 %
87	Slovenia	5,684	5000000000000000000♠0 %
88	Burkina Faso	5,000	5000000000000000000♠0 %
89	Mauritius	3,800	5000000000000000000♠0 %
90	Mongolia	2,461	5000000000000000000♠0 %
91	Niger	1,300	5000000000000000000♠0 %
92	Somalia	1,000	5000000000000000000♠0 %
93	Mauritania	700	5000000000000000000♠0 %

Rank	Country/Region	2012 salt production (metric tonnes)	% of world production
—	World	259,000,000	7002100000000000000♠100 %
1	China	70,000,000	7001270300000000000♠27.03 %
—	other countries	43,500,000	7001168000000000000♠16.8 %
2	United States	37,200,000	7001143600000000000♠14.36 %
3	India	17,000,000	7000656000000000000♠6.56 %
4	Germany	11,900,000	7000459000000000000♠4.59 %
5	Australia	10,800,000	7000417000000000000♠4.17 %
5	Canada	10,800,000	7000417000000000000♠4.17 %
5	Mexico	10,800,000	7000417000000000000♠4.17 %
6	Chile	8,060,000	7000311000000000000♠3.11 %
7	Brazil	7,020,000	7000271000000000000♠2.71 %
8	United Kingdom	6,700,000	7000259000000000000♠2.59 %
9	France	6,100,000	7000236000000000000♠2.36 %
10	Ukraine	5,900,000	7000227990000099999♠2.28 %
11	Turkey	5,000,000	7000193000000000000♠1.93 %
12	Spain	4,390,000	7000169000000000000♠1.69 %
13	Poland	3,810,000	7000147000000000000♠1.47 %

References

↑ http://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/statistics/worldArchive.html|title=World Mineral Production 2008 to 2012
↑ http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/salt/mcs-2014-salt.pdf

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