List of countries by salt production
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This is a list of countries by salt production
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in 2006 mostly based on British Geological Survey accessed in September 2008.
Rank Country/Region Salt production (tonnes) % of world
production
World 210,000,000 100 %
1  United States 46,500,000 %
2  People's Republic of 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  Early Modern 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 %
12  Italy 3,600,000 %
13  Spain 3,200,000 %
14  Russia 2,800,000 %
15  Iran 2,618,000 %
16  Kingdom of Romania 2,450,000 %
17  Egypt 2,400,000 %
18  Ukraine 2,300,000 %
19  Turkey 2,250,000 %
20  Kingdom of 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  The Bahamas 900,000 %
28  Palestinian territories 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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