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 % |
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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 % |
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