World Salt Production
(Million metric tons, includes salt in brine)
Country |
2006 |
2005 |
2004 |
2003 |
2002 |
2001 |
2000 |
1999 |
1998 |
1997 |
1996 |
1995 |
1994 |
1993 |
1992 |
U.S.A |
46.0 |
45.1 |
46.5 |
43.7 |
43.9 |
44.8 |
45.6 |
45.0 |
41.3 |
41.5 |
42.3 |
42.2 |
39.8 |
39.3 |
36.1 |
China |
48.0 |
44.6 |
37.1 |
32.4 |
35.0 |
31.0 |
31.3 |
28.1 |
22.4 |
30.8 |
29.0 |
29.8 |
29.7 |
29.5 |
28.1 |
Germany |
18.6 |
18.7 |
16.0 |
15.7 |
15.7 |
15.7 |
15.7 |
15.7 |
15.7 |
15.8 |
15.9 |
15.2 |
10.5 |
12.7 |
12.7 |
India |
16.0 |
15.5 |
15.0 |
15.0 |
14.8 |
14.5 |
14.5 |
14.5 |
12.0 |
14.3 |
14.5 |
12.5 |
9.5 |
9.5 |
9.5 |
Canada |
15.0 |
14.5 |
14.1 |
13.3 |
13.0 |
12.5 |
11.9 |
12.7 |
13.3 |
13.3 |
12.2 |
11.0 |
11.7 |
10.9 |
11.2 |
Australia |
12.4 |
12.4 |
11.2 |
9.8 |
10.0 |
9.5 |
8.8 |
10.0 |
8.9 |
8.8 |
7.9 |
8.1 |
7.7 |
7.7 |
7.7 |
Mexico |
8.5 |
9.2 |
8.2 |
8.0 |
8.7 |
8.9 |
8.9 |
8.2 |
8.4 |
7.9 |
8.5 |
7.7 |
7.5 |
7.5 |
7.4 |
France |
7.0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
7.1 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
7.0 |
7.1 |
7.9 |
7.5 |
7.5 |
7.0 |
6.1 |
Brazil |
7.3 |
6.7 |
6.5 |
6.1 |
7.0 |
6.0 |
6.0 |
6.9 |
6.5 |
6.5 |
5.4 |
5.8 |
6.0 |
6.2 |
5.3 |
U.K |
5.8 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
5.8 |
6.6 |
6.6 |
6.6 |
6.7 |
7.0 |
6.8 |
6.1 |
All Other |
55.4 |
58.5 |
40.6 |
53.2 |
64.5 |
69.3 |
58.5 |
58.0 |
59.1 |
54.4 |
53.8 |
52.5 |
53.1 |
41.0 |
53.8 |
Totals |
240.0 |
238.0 |
208.0 |
210.0 |
225.0 |
225.0 |
214.0 |
211.0 |
200.0 |
207.0 |
201.0 |
199.0 |
190.0 |
187.0 |
184.0 |
Country |
1991 |
1990 |
1989 |
1988 |
1987 |
1986 |
1985 |
1984 |
1983 |
1982 |
1981 |
1980 |
1979 |
1978 |
1977 |
U.S.A |
36.4 |
37.0 |
39.3 |
39.2 |
36.9 |
37.3 |
39.2 |
39.2 |
34.6 |
37.9 |
38.9 |
40.4 |
45.8 |
42.9 |
43.4 |
China |
24.1 |
20.0 |
30.9 |
24.3 |
19.8 |
19.0 |
15.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Germany |
14.9 |
15.7 |
16.4 |
18.4 |
18.3 |
17.9 |
17.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
India |
9.5 |
9.5 |
10.6 |
10.1 |
10.9 |
11.2 |
10.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Canada |
12.0 |
11.3 |
12.2 |
11.8 |
11.2 |
11.4 |
11.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Australia |
7.8 |
7.23 |
7.8 |
7.7 |
7.2 |
6.8 |
6.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mexico |
7.5 |
7.14 |
7.7 |
7.9 |
7.0 |
6.8 |
7.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
France |
6.5 |
6.61 |
8.2 |
8.7 |
8.6 |
7.8 |
7.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Brazil |
4.9 |
5.37 |
4.0 |
4.8 |
5.0 |
2.4 |
3.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
United Kingdom |
6.8 |
6.43 |
7.4 |
6.8 |
7.8 |
7.6 |
7.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All Other |
60.6 |
45.59 |
65.4 |
61.1 |
64.2 |
64.6 |
63,4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Totals |
191.0 |
171.9 |
209.9 |
200.8 |
196.9 |
192.8 |
190.6 |
172.5 |
159.1 |
164.3 |
171.4 |
168.9 |
173.4 |
166.4 |
160.9 |
Country |
1974 |
1973 |
1972 |
1971 |
1970 |
1969 |
1968 |
1967 |
1966 |
1965 |
1964 |
1963 |
U.S.A |
46.5 |
43.9 |
45.0 |
44.1 |
45.9 |
44.2 |
41.3 |
33.9 |
36.5 |
34.7 |
31.6 |
30.6 |
Total World Production |
164.8 |
154.7 |
147.3 |
144.4 |
145.6 |
137.2 |
126.4 |
119.0 |
111.4 |
108.1 |
99.2 |
96.1 |
Source: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Commodity Summaries, January 2006 and earlier numbers from the same series. For further Salt Statistics, see the excellent table compiled by Kenneth E. Porter and Dennis S. Kostick, USGS in 2004 giving U.S. production and world production back to 1900 when the U.S. produced 2.65 million tonnes of the world's 12.2 million tonnes.
Read More:
● Properties of Salt
● Salt Uses
● Chemicals From Salt
● The Economics of Salt
|
