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.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).
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+List of countries by salt production (metric tonnes) BGS (2022) USGS (2024) Country/Region Production World281,111,172 53,598,800 42,000,000 25,930,434 16,077,534 16,000,000 13,000,000 12,535,864 10,501,352 9,085,711 7,914,780 6,000,000 5,893,000 5,500,000 4,376,888 4,120,473 3,700,000 3,500,000 3,400,000 2,587,790 2,400,000 2,300,000 2,171,567 1,900,000 1,737,090 1,460,833 1,300,000 1,300,000 1,157,299 1,119,398 1,112,456 1,109,253 1,093,559 1,000,000 1,000,000 993,000 987,000 897,000 803,000 623,368 609,801 575,000 571,774 423,000 400,000 359,288 323,303 320,627 320,000 320,000 300,000 300,000 300,000 297,861 250,000 230,000 230,000 210,000 210,000 195,600 181,818 162,000 160,000 125,853 120,000 120,000 110,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 80,000 78,415 75,000 60,000 60,000 58,000 50,000 45,992 42,000 40,000 37,000 30,000 30,000 25,000 23,215 22,534 21,663 20,000 18,000 15,000 14,000 11,500 10,000 6,500 6,000 5,000 4,181 4,000 2,342 1,000 800 674 394 188 Country/Region Production World 280,000,000 55,000,000 40,000,000 28,000,000 28,000,000 16,000,000 13,000,000 12,000,000 11,000,000 9,000,000 9,000,000 8,000,000 6,600,000 6,000,000 5,000,000 4,600,000 4,000,000 3,000,0003,000,000 2,800,000 2,700,0002,400,0002,300,0002,100,0001,900,000
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