Gypsum Production by Country (Thousand metric tons)

Rank	Country	World Production, By Country (Thousand metric tons)
1	China	46,000
2	United States	14,400
3	Iran, Islamic Republic Of	12,000
4	Spain	11,500
5	Thailand	8,000
6	Japan	5,800
7	Canada	5,740
8	Italy	5,400
9	Mexico	5,135.15
10	France	4,800
11	Australia	4,000
12	Turkey	3,000
13	India	2,550
14	Russian Federation	2,300
15	Saudi Arabia	2,300
16	Brazil	2,100
17	Egypt	2,000
18	Germany	1,900
19	United Kingdom	1,700
20	Algeria	1,672
21	Poland	1,580
22	Argentina	1,200
23	Austria	1,000
24	Lao People's Democratic Republic	775
25	Chile	773.79
26	Ukraine	740
27	Romania	705
28	Pakistan	640
29	Morocco	600
30	Syrian Arab Republic	572.89
31	South Africa	571.34
32	Nigeria	500
33	Greece	500
34	Guatemala	500
35	Peru	495.21
36	Ireland	450
37	Dominican Republic	350
38	Portugal	300
39	Moldova, Republic Of	300
40	Jordan	300
41	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of	255.5
42	Libya	250
43	Cyprus	250
44	Switzerland	250
45	Bulgaria	234
46	Latvia	230
47	Jamaica	225
48	Colombia	200.4
49	United Arab Emirates	200
50	Croatia	170
51	Tunisia	165
52	Bhutan	160
53	Bosnia and Herzegovina	154
54	Slovakia	110
55	Turkmenistan	100
56	Israel	83
57	Myanmar	69
58	Oman	60
59	Armenia	55
60	Yemen	50
61	Serbia	45
62	Mauritania	44.43
63	Nicaragua	40
64	Ethiopia	40
65	Czech Republic	35
66	Lebanon	30
67	Hungary	26
68	Mongolia	26
69	Azerbaijan	23
70	Kenya	9.6
71	Tajikistan	8.5
72	Sudan	8
73	Venezuela	7
74	Indonesia	6
75	Honduras	5.5
76	El Salvador	5.5
77	Niger	4.6
78	Paraguay	4.5
79	Bolivia	4
80	Tanzania, United Republic Of	2.8
81	Afghanistan	2
82	Ecuador	1.4
83	Eritrea	0.5

Source: United States Geological Survey (USGS) Minerals Resources Program

Note: Check source table for details and footnotes

Year of Estimate: 2008