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Potash: producers, reserves and mines

Who produces potash, how concentrated supply is, where it is mined, and how its price has moved. Production is kt K2O equivalent.

World production
46,700
kt K2O equivalent, latest USGS table
Top 3 share
66%
of world mine production
World reserves
Not shown
table could not be matched
Mapped mines
279
29 countries
Price
367.5
$/mt · 4% vs a year ago · 2026-09

Price, last ten years

Potassium chloride, $/mt, monthly. Source: World Bank Commodity Price Data (Pink Sheet).

Production and reserves by country

#CountryProduction (kt K2O equivalent)Share of worldReserves shareMapped sites
1Canada14,40030.8%No data48
2Russia10,00021.4%No data3
3China6,30013.5%No data6
4Belarus5,00010.7%No data1
5Germany2,5005.4%No data66
6Laos2,4005.1%No data1
7Israel2,2604.8%No data2
8Jordan1,7303.7%No data3
9Chile5641.2%No data9
10Spain4891.0%No data12
11United States of America4100.9%No data56
12Brazil3310.7%No data6

Source: USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries, MCS 2026 (Public domain (US Government work)). "No data" means the figure is withheld or not reported. Reserve figures not shown: the published table could not be matched reliably. Countries not listed produce small amounts or are not reported.

Mine and deposit locations combine the USGS Mineral Resources Data System (public domain, last updated 2022, strongest for the United States and the Americas) and Wikidata (CC0, notable named mines). Coverage is uneven and partly historical, and status can be out of date: this is not a complete or current registry, and a point on the map is not an offer, a licence or evidence of a legal right. Production and reserve figures are from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries and are rounded estimates. Power plants are from the WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), mostly 2018 to 2021. Nothing here is investment, legal or technical advice.