List of countries by salt production

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Salt production by country in 2005

This is a list of countries by salt production in 2006 mostly based on British Geological Survey accessed in September 2008.

Rank by
sovereign state
Country/Region Salt production (tonnes)
 World 210,000,000
1  United States 46,500,000
2  China 37,101,000
3  India 15,000,000
4  Canada 14,125,000
5  Australia 11,211,000
6  Mexico 8,180,000
7  France 7,000,000
8  Brazil 6,500,000
9  Chile 6,000,000
10  United Kingdom 5,800,000
11  Netherlands 5,000,000
13  Italy 3,600,000
12  Spain 3,200,000
14  Russia 2,800,000
15  Romania 2,450,000
16  Egypt 2,400,000
17  Ukraine 2,300,000
18  Turkey 2,250,000
19  Iran 2,000,000
20  Bulgaria 1,800,000
21  Poland 1,600,000
22  Pakistan 1,320,000
23  Vietnam 1,300,000
24  Japan 1,251,000
25  Argentina 1,200,000
26  Thailand 1,000,000
27  Bahamas 900,000
28  Israel 800,000
29  South Korea 800,000
31  Germany 746,000
30  Namibia 700,000
32  Indonesia 680,000
33  Denmark 610,000
34  Tunisia 608,000
35  Philippines 600,000
36  Portugal 600,000
37  Colombia 540,000
38  Netherlands Antilles 500,000
39  North Korea 500,000
40  Jordan 410,000
41  Austria 401,000
42  Bangladesh 350,000
43  Venezuela 350,000
44  South Africa 336,000
45  Belarus 300,000
46  Switzerland 300,000
47  Ghana 250,000
48  Peru 249,000
49  Morocco 240,000
50  Turkmenistan 215,000
51  Botswana 208,000
52  Martinique 200,000
53  Saudi Arabia 200,000
54  Cuba 185,000
55  Algeria 183,000
56  Greece 150,000
57  Syria 146,000
58  Senegal 130,000
59  Slovenia 125,000
60  Yemen 120,000
61  Kuwait 100,000
62  Slovakia 100,000

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