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Potash production by country, tonnes of K2O

Canada produced 27% of the world’s potash fertiliser in 2024; the top three countries produced 66%.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), fertilisers by nutrient2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

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Potash productionShare of world production, 2024

Summary

The world produced 49.4 Mt of potash fertiliser in 2024. Canada 13.6 Mt (27%), Russia 11.5 Mt (23%) and Belarus 7.6 Mt (15%); together, 66% of the world total.

190 countries and territories have a figure for 2024. Fertilisers are counted in tonnes of nutrient: potassium oxide (K2O) for potash, phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5) for phosphate. Most fertiliser figures are FAOSTAT’s own estimates, marked e in the table.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), fertilisers by nutrient2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

Countries and territories with data

Production in million tonnes (Mt) or tonnes (t), as tonnes of K2O, for every country with a figure for 2024, with 2023 for comparison. e: FAOSTAT’s own estimate or imputation.
Canada13.6 Mte27.4%13.6 Mt0%
Russia11.5 Mt23.2%9.1 Mt+26%
Belarus7.6 Mte15.3%7.6 Mt0%
China16.3 Mte12.7%2.0 Mt–
Israel2.3 Mte4.6%2.4 Mt−3%
Germany2.1 Mte4.2%2.1 Mt−1%
Laos1.6 Mte3.3%1.3 Mt+22%
Jordan1.6 Mte3.2%1.6 Mt0%
Spain624,000 t1.3%467,000 t+34%
Chile564,000 te1.1%266,000 t+112%
United States339,000 te0.7%339,000 t0%
Poland269,000 t0.5%242,000 t+11%
Brazil243,000 t0.5%216,000 t+13%
Uzbekistan228,000 te0.5%228,000 t0%
United Kingdom154,000 te0.3%177,000 t−13%
South Korea146,000 t0.3%143,000 t+2%
Türkiye104,000 t0.2%103,000 t+1%
Philippines93,000 te0.2%93,000 t0%
Colombia92,000 te0.2%92,000 t0%
Turkmenistan39,000 te0.1%39,000 t0%
Bolivia31,000 te0.1%45,000 t−30%
Croatia13,000 te<0.1%13,000 t0%
Pakistan11,000 te<0.1%11,000 t0%
Hungary10,000 t<0.1%10,000 t+2%
Argentina784 te<0.1%737 t+6%
Kazakhstan399 te<0.1%399 t0%
Aruba0 te0.0%0 t–
Afghanistan0 te0.0%0 t–
Angola0 te0.0%0 t–
Albania0 te0.0%0 t–
United Arab Emirates0 te0.0%0 t–
Armenia0 te0.0%0 t–
Antigua and Barbuda0 te0.0%0 t–
Australia0 te0.0%0 t–
Azerbaijan0 te0.0%0 t–
Burundi0 te0.0%0 t–
Belgium0 te0.0%0 t–
Benin0 te0.0%0 t–
Burkina Faso0 te0.0%0 t–
Bangladesh0 te0.0%0 t–
Bulgaria0 te0.0%0 t–
Bahrain0 te0.0%0 t–
Bahamas0 te0.0%0 t–
Bosnia and Herzegovina0 te0.0%0 t–
Belize0 te0.0%0 t–
Bermuda0 te0.0%0 t–
Barbados0 te0.0%0 t–
Brunei0 te0.0%0 t–
Bhutan0 te0.0%0 t–
Botswana0 te0.0%0 t–
Central African Republic0 te0.0%0 t–
Switzerland0 te0.0%0 t–
Côte d'Ivoire0 te0.0%0 t–
Cameroon0 te0.0%0 t–
Democratic Republic of the Congo0 te0.0%0 t–
Republic of the Congo0 te0.0%0 t–
Cook Islands0 te0.0%0 t–
Comoros0 te0.0%0 t–
Cabo Verde0 te0.0%0 t–
Costa Rica0 te0.0%0 t–
Cuba0 te0.0%0 t–
Cyprus0 t0.0%0 t–
Czechia0 te0.0%0 t–
Djibouti0 te0.0%0 t–
Dominica0 te0.0%0 t–
Denmark0 te0.0%0 t–
Dominican Republic0 te0.0%0 t–
Algeria0 te0.0%0 t–
Ecuador0 te0.0%0 t–
Egypt0 te0.0%0 t–
Eritrea0 te0.0%0 t–
Estonia0 te0.0%0 t–
Ethiopia0 te0.0%0 t–
Finland0 te0.0%0 t–
Fiji0 te0.0%0 t–
France0 te0.0%0 t–
Faroe Islands0 te0.0%0 t–
Micronesia0 te0.0%0 t–
Gabon0 te0.0%0 t–
Georgia0 te0.0%0 t–
Ghana0 te0.0%0 t–
Guinea0 te0.0%0 t–
Gambia0 te0.0%0 t–
Guinea-Bissau0 te0.0%0 t–
Equatorial Guinea0 te0.0%0 t–
Greece0 te0.0%0 t–
Grenada0 te0.0%0 t–
Greenland0 te0.0%0 t–
Guatemala0 te0.0%0 t–
Guyana0 te0.0%0 t–
Hong Kong0 te0.0%0 t–
Honduras0 te0.0%0 t–
Haiti0 te0.0%0 t–
Indonesia0 te0.0%0 t–
India0 t0.0%0 t–
Ireland0 t0.0%0 t–
Iran0 te0.0%0 t–
Iraq0 te0.0%0 t–
Iceland0 te0.0%0 t–
Italy0 te0.0%0 t–
Jamaica0 te0.0%0 t–
Japan0 te0.0%0 t–
Kenya0 te0.0%0 t–
Kyrgyzstan0 te0.0%0 t–
Cambodia0 te0.0%0 t–
Kiribati0 te0.0%0 t–
Saint Kitts and Nevis0 te0.0%0 t–
Kuwait0 te0.0%0 t–
Lebanon0 te0.0%0 t–
Liberia0 te0.0%0 t–
Libya0 te0.0%0 t–
Saint Lucia0 te0.0%0 t–
Sri Lanka0 te0.0%0 t–
Lesotho0 te0.0%0 t–
Lithuania0 te0.0%0 t–
Luxembourg0 t0.0%0 t–
Morocco0 te0.0%0 t–
Moldova0 te0.0%0 t–
Madagascar0 te0.0%0 t–
Maldives0 te0.0%0 t–
Mexico0 te0.0%0 t–
Marshall Islands0 te0.0%0 t–
North Macedonia0 te0.0%0 t–
Mali0 te0.0%0 t–
Malta0 te0.0%0 t–
Myanmar0 te0.0%0 t–
Montenegro0 te0.0%0 t–
Mongolia0 te0.0%0 t–
Mozambique0 te0.0%0 t–
Mauritania0 te0.0%0 t–
Mauritius0 t0.0%0 t–
Malawi0 te0.0%0 t–
Malaysia0 te0.0%0 t–
Namibia0 te0.0%0 t–
New Caledonia0 te0.0%0 t–
Niger0 te0.0%0 t–
Nigeria0 te0.0%0 t–
Netherlands0 te0.0%0 t–
Norway0 te0.0%0 t–
Nepal0 te0.0%0 t–
Nauru0 te0.0%0 t–
New Zealand0 te0.0%0 t–
Oman0 te0.0%0 t–
Panama0 te0.0%0 t–
Palau0 te0.0%0 t–
Papua New Guinea0 te0.0%0 t–
North Korea0 te0.0%0 t–
Portugal0 te0.0%0 t–
Paraguay0 te0.0%0 t–
Palestine0 te0.0%0 t–
Qatar0 te0.0%0 t–
Romania0 te0.0%0 t–
Rwanda0 te0.0%0 t–
Saudi Arabia0 te0.0%0 t–
Sudan0 te0.0%0 t–
Senegal0 te0.0%0 t–
Solomon Islands0 te0.0%0 t–
El Salvador0 t0.0%0 t–
Serbia0 te0.0%0 t–
South Sudan0 te0.0%0 t–
São Tomé and Príncipe0 te0.0%0 t–
Suriname0 te0.0%0 t–
Slovakia0 te0.0%0 t–
Slovenia0 te0.0%0 t–
Sweden0 te0.0%0 t–
Eswatini0 te0.0%0 t–
Seychelles0 te0.0%0 t–
Syria0 te0.0%0 t–
Chad0 te0.0%0 t–
Togo0 te0.0%0 t–
Thailand0 te0.0%560,000 t−100%
Tajikistan0 te0.0%0 t–
Tonga0 te0.0%0 t–
Trinidad and Tobago0 te0.0%0 t–
Tunisia0 te0.0%0 t–
Tuvalu0 te0.0%0 t–
Taiwan0 te0.0%0 t–
Tanzania0 te0.0%0 t–
Uganda0 te0.0%0 t–
Ukraine0 te0.0%0 t–
Uruguay0 te0.0%0 t–
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0 te0.0%0 t–
Venezuela0 te0.0%0 t–
Vietnam0 te0.0%0 t–
Vanuatu0 te0.0%0 t–
Samoa0 te0.0%0 t–
Yemen0 te0.0%0 t–
South Africa0 te0.0%0 t–
Zambia0 te0.0%0 t–
Zimbabwe0 te0.0%0 t–
World49.4 Mt100%42.7 Mt–

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), fertilisers by nutrient2023 and 2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

Notes

  1. China: Production in 2024: USGS, as FAOSTAT’s figure is an estimate far from it; the world total uses USGS’s figure.

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