List of countries by salt production
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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 |