Salt Production by Country (Thousand metric tons)

Rank	Country	World Production, By Country (Thousand metric tons)
1	China	70,000
2	United States	40,300
3	India	16,000
4	Canada	12,210.08
5	Germany	11,900
6	Australia	11,000
7	Mexico	10,800
8	Brazil	7,495
9	United Kingdom	6,700
10	Chile	6,576.96
11	Ukraine	6,200
12	France	6,100
13	Turkey	5,300
14	Spain	4,440
15	Poland	4,430
16	Iran, Islamic Republic Of	3,000
17	Egypt	3,000
18	Belarus	2,652.3
19	Romania	2,240
20	Pakistan	2,200
21	Italy	2,200
22	Bulgaria	2,100
23	Saudi Arabia	2,000
24	Russian Federation	1,850
25	Tunisia	1,500
26	Argentina	1,500
27	Bangladesh	1,410
28	Peru	1,200.65
29	Viet Nam	1,200
30	Bahamas	1,000
31	Japan	1,000
32	Austria	950
33	Bosnia and Herzegovina	860
34	Morocco	750
35	Indonesia	720
36	Namibia	717.61
37	Denmark	600
38	Portugal	562
39	Switzerland	530
40	Korea, Democratic People's Republic Of	500
41	South Africa	480.4
42	Kazakhstan	470
43	Ethiopia	440
44	Israel	420
45	Botswana	300
46	Korea, Republic Of	300
47	Algeria	300
48	Colombia	300
49	Eritrea	290
50	Cuba	275
51	Senegal	240
52	Turkmenistan	220
53	Afghanistan	190
54	Greece	190
55	Iraq	150
56	Mozambique	130
57	New Zealand	100
58	Myanmar	100
59	Ghana	100
60	Madagascar	85
61	Yemen	75
62	Guatemala	50
63	Puerto Rico	45
64	Angola	40
65	Syrian Arab Republic	40
66	Armenia	38
67	Jordan	34
68	Tanzania, United Republic Of	34
69	Niger	30
70	Libya	30
71	Croatia	30
72	Georgia	29
73	Tajikistan	28
74	Sudan	26
75	Lebanon	20
76	Panama	17
77	Montenegro	17
78	Serbia	16.5
79	Lao People's Democratic Republic	15
80	Kuwait	15
81	Uganda	15
82	Oman	13
83	Sri Lanka	13
84	Kenya	10
85	Azerbaijan	6
86	Malta	6
87	Djibouti	5
88	Mauritius	4
89	Slovenia	2
90	Bolivia	2
91	Mongolia	1
92	Kyrgyzstan	0.9
93	Mauritania	0.7

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

Note: Check source table for details and footnotes

Year of Estimate: 2013