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. ^[1]

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List of countries by salt production (metric tonnes)

BGS (2022) [2]	USGS (2024) [3]
Country/Region Production  World 281,111,172   China 53,598,800   United States 42,000,000   India 25,930,434   Germany 16,077,534   Bangladesh 16,000,000   Australia 13,000,000   Canada 12,535,864   Chile 10,501,352   Turkey 9,085,711   Mexico 7,914,780   Russia 6,000,000   Netherlands 5,893,000   France 5,500,000   Poland 4,376,888   Spain 4,120,473   Iran 3,700,000   Djibouti 3,500,000   Bulgaria 3,400,000   United Kingdom 2,587,790   Saudi Arabia 2,400,000   Belarus 2,300,000   Pakistan 2,171,567   Tunisia 1,900,000   Thailand 1,737,090   Italy 1,460,833   Argentina 1,300,000   Romania 1,300,000   Namibia 1,157,299   Austria 1,119,398   Kazakhstan 1,112,456   Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,109,253   Peru 1,093,559   Indonesia 1,000,000   Ukraine 1,000,000   Philippines 993,000   Vietnam 987,000   Japan 897,000   Denmark 803,000   Bahamas 623,368   Brazil 609,801   Morocco 575,000   South Africa 571,774    Switzerland 423,000 Bonaire 400,000   Colombia 359,288   Botswana 323,303   Senegal 320,627   Eritrea 320,000   Uzbekistan 320,000   Ghana 300,000   Venezuela 300,000   Iraq 300,000   Israel 297,861   South Korea 250,000   Egypt 230,000   Turkmenistan 230,000   Angola 210,000   Greece 210,000   Cuba 195,600   Tanzania 181,818   Myanmar 162,000   Algeria 160,000   Portugal 125,853   Madagascar 120,000   Sudan 120,000   Sri Lanka 110,000   Mozambique 100,000   El Salvador 100,000   North Korea 100,000   Yemen 80,000   Taiwan 78,415   Ecuador 75,000   Guatemala 60,000   Honduras 60,000   Kuwait 58,000   Libya 50,000   Croatia 45,992 Jordan 42,000   Cambodia 40,000   Tajikistan 37,000   Nicaragua 30,000   Albania 30,000   Guinea 25,000   Kenya 23,215   Armenia 22,534   Afghanistan 21,663 Bolivia 20,000   New Zealand 18,000   Lebanon 15,000 Jamaica 14,000   Oman 11,500   Montenegro 10,000   Serbia 6,500   Mali 6,000   Burkina Faso 5,000   Azerbaijan 4,181   Syria 4,000   Slovenia 2,342   Mauritania 1,000   Ethiopia 800   Mauritius 674   Mongolia 394   Laos 188	Country/Region Production  World 280,000,000   China 55,000,000   United States 40,000,000  Other countries 28,000,000   India 28,000,000   Germany 16,000,000   Australia 13,000,000   Canada 12,000,000   Chile 11,000,000   Mexico 9,000,000   Turkey 9,000,000 Russia 8,000,000   Brazil 6,600,000 Netherlands 6,000,000   France 5,000,000   Poland 4,600,000   Spain 4,000,000 Bulgaria 3,000,000 Pakistan 3,000,000   United Kingdom 2,800,000 Iran 2,700,000 Saudi Arabia 2,400,000 Egypt 2,300,000 Belarus 2,100,000 Italy 1,900,000

References

1. The surveys underreport China's salt production, as both rely on statistics from China's National Statistics website. However, these figures do not account for much of the salt produced by captive salt plants serving the chemical industry. The actual production in 2012 was approximately 86 Mt. The gap between reported and actual total salt production has widened over the years. By 2023, China's total salt production reached 120 Mt, while the reported figure was only 52 Mt. This estimate is derived by calculating apparent production based on imports, exports, and consumption (consumption + imports - exports).
2. "World mineral statistics data". MineralsUK. Retrieved 2025-09-15.
3. "Mineral Commodity Summaries 2025 - Salt" (PDF). Retrieved 2025-09-15.

External links

• World stats