List of countries by salt production

This is a list of countries by salt production. The six leading salt producers in the world, China, the United States, India, Germany, Canada, and Australia, 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.

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BGS

USGS

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

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

References

"World Mineral Production 2008 to 2012". www.bgs.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
"Salt Statistics and Information". www.usgs.gov.

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