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Commoditypotash
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Potash

industrial_mineral · primary

USGS_2025

Supply · in the ground

Top reserves · 2025

global total: 12,330,000 thousand metric tonsHHI 0.24 · Moderate

Supply · named deposits

Deposits

Concentrated7 estimates · 2 deposits

494 distinct deposits across the roster · 496 occurrences

Geographic spread

Supply · geochemical abundance

Geochemistry

5 summaries · 5 media
Element · mediumDetection · share of samplesConcentration · median to max
K coal
7,512 samples
99%
1,260 ppm · max 23,600 ppm
K soil
53,448 samples
99%
1.7% · max 7.8%
K sediment
92,391 samples

Supply · out of the ground

Top producers · 2024

1,094 records

Supply

Global production over time

2015 → 2024latest49,898,710tonnes (K2O content)+24% · 10y
2015: 40,348,003 tonnes (K2O content)2016: 38,846,796 tonnes (K2O content)2017: 43,139,306 tonnes (K2O content)2018: 43,817,408 tonnes (K2O content)2019: 43,083,490 tonnes (K2O content)2020: 46,065,957 tonnes (K2O content)2021: 47,539,813 tonnes (K2O content)2022: 39,610,552 tonnes (K2O content)2023: 44,711,694 tonnes (K2O content)2024: 49,898,710 tonnes (K2O content)
2015

Provenance

Where this data comes from

  • BGS World Mineral Statistics
  • Statistics Canada Table 16-10-0022
  • USGS DS-140 (constant 1998 USD)
  • USGS DS-140 (nominal)
  • USGS MCS (All products)
  • USGS MCS (MOP)
  • USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
  • USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries World Data (legacy wide format, 2023-2025 vintages)
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  1. 1🇨🇦Canada
    36.5%4,500,000 thousand metric tons
  2. 2🇧🇾Belarus
    26.8%3,300,000 thousand metric tons
  3. 3🇷🇺Russia
    16.2%2,000,000 thousand metric tons
  4. 4🇱🇦Laos
    8.1%1,000,000 thousand metric tons
  5. 5🇺🇸United States
    7.9%970,000 thousand metric tons
  6. 6🇨🇳China
    1.6%200,000 thousand metric tons
  7. 7🇩🇪Germany
    1.2%150,000 thousand metric tons
  8. 8🇨🇱Chile
    0.8%100,000 thousand metric tons
  9. 9🇪🇸Spain
    0.8%100,000 thousand metric tons
  10. 10🇧🇷Brazil
    0.1%10,000 thousand metric tons

10 countries shown · USGS-defined economic reserves

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United States 271 · Canada 49 · Germany 40 · Bolivia 17 · Libya 14

Named producers

  • Allan Mine · Canada · Saskatchewan
  • Bell Plaine Mine · Canada · Saskatchewan
  • Central Canada Potash · Canada · SaskatchewanPotash-bearing bedded salt
  • Cloverhill Mine · Canada · Saskatchewan
  • Collonsay Mine · Canada · Saskatchewan

Resource & reserve estimates

Round Top, Round Top depositInferred23,600,000 metric tons
Round Top, Round Top depositMeasured plus Indicated12,000,000 metric tons
Kings Valley, Thacker Pass depositIndicated5,036,000 metric tons
Kings Valley, Thacker Pass depositInferred3,792,000 metric tons
Kings Valley, Stage 2 LensIndicated3,477,000 metric tons

USGS USMIN · deposit-level contained-metal estimates

99%
1.6% · max 13.7%
K rock
123,758 samples
85%
1.8% · max 45.4%
K concentrate
2,809 samples
81%
1.5% · max 10.11%

USGS National Geochemical Database · sorted by detection · detected-sample concentration

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1🇨🇦Canada
14,394,026 tonnes (K2O content)29%
2🇷🇺Russia
10,330,000 tonnes (K2O content)21%
3🇧🇾Belarus
7,000,000 tonnes (K2O content)14%
4🇨🇳China
6,300,000 tonnes (K2O content)13%
5🇱🇦Laos
2,820,576 tonnes (K2O content)6%
6🇩🇪Germany
2,619,939 tonnes (K2O content)5%
7🇮🇱Israel
2,282,902 tonnes (K2O content)5%
8🇯🇴Jordan
1,732,400 tonnes (K2O content)4%
9🇬🇧United Kingdom
721,000 tonnes (K2O content)1%
10🇨🇱Chile
669,803 tonnes (K2O content)1%
2016
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2021
2022
2023
2024
  • USGS Minerals Yearbook OFR 2025-1047
  • USGS Minerals Yearbook Vol III, reference year 2019
  • usgs myb1 potash 2019
  • World Bank Pink Sheet
  • 12 sources · click to verify

    Live

    Ir100%Canada · top shareRh100%Canada · top shareRu100%Canada · top shareGa98%China · top shareGe94%China · top shareNb92%Brazil · top shareSi82%China · top shareW79%China · top shareCo77%Congo, Democratic Republic · top share75%China · top shareTe75%China · top share75%China · top shareIn74%China · top sharePt73%South Africa · top shareCu70%China · top share66%China · top shareV64%China · top shareLi64%Australia · top shareAl66%China · top shareNi65%Indonesia · top sharePb62%China · top shareAs50%Peru · top shareMg58%China · top shareBe55%USA · top shareCr55%South Africa · top shareBi54%China · top sharePd44%Russia · top shareTa46%Congo (Kinshasa) · top share49%China · top shareSb43%China · top shareRe44%Chile · top shareB44%Turkey · top shareU38%Kazakhstan · top shareZr36%Australia · top shareMn39%South Africa · top shareZn39%China · top shareTi28%Mozambique · top shareAg34%Mexico · top share29%Canada · top share26%China · top shareSn26%China · top share🇨🇱 CLCutax2024🇨🇩 CDCusurtax2022🇨🇱 CLListrategic resource2023🇨🇳 CNLiexport license2024🇿🇼 ZWLiraw ore ban2022🇮🇩 IDNiraw ore ban2020🇵🇭 PHNiroyalty2024🇷🇺 RUNiimport ban2024🇨🇳 CN→🇻🇳 VNREE+4700%re export surge🇮🇩 IDNi-97%export ban effectLi+38%concentration shift🇨🇳 CNREE-25%concentration shift

    Concentration

    HHI

    0.18

    Moderate

    Top-1
    29%
    Top-3
    65%
    Top-5
    84%
    NIR
    92%

    Active alerts · 1

    • 29%

      Canada · top share

    Critical lists · 1

    • USGS_2025

    Sources · 12

    • BGS World Mineral Statistics
    • Statistics Canada Table 16-10-0022
    • USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries World Data (legacy wide format, 2023-2025 vintages)
    • USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
    • usgs myb1 potash 2019
    • + 7 more in the Provenance section

    Concentration

    HHI

    0.18

    Moderate

    Top-1
    29%
    Top-3
    65%
    Top-5
    84%
    NIR
    92%

    Active alerts · 1

    • 29%

      Canada · top share

    Critical lists · 1

    • USGS_2025

    Sources · 12

    • BGS World Mineral Statistics
    • Statistics Canada Table 16-10-0022
    • USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries World Data (legacy wide format, 2023-2025 vintages)
    • USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026
    • usgs myb1 potash 2019
    • + 7 more in the Provenance section