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Which Country Produces the Most Perlite?

Perlite Production (tonnes), 2015 or latest

Metals & Mining | February 22, 2018

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Based on a comparison of 18 countries in 2015, Greece ranked the highest in perlite production with 860,000 tonnes followed by Turkey and China. On the other end of the scale was Armenia with 14.0 tonnes, South Africa with 400 tonnes and Australia with 1,300 tonnes.

Data for more countries are available at Perlite Production indicator page.

Perlite Production	Unit	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Argentina	tonnes															21,802	27,182	27,446	24,663	25,000
Chile	tonnes	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	...	4,800
China	tonnes	...	...													700,000	700,000	700,000	700,000	700,000
Greece	tonnes															862,935	790,000	800,000	876,000	890,000
Hungary	tonnes															82,058	70,990	70,900	72,364	64,944
Iran	tonnes															753,183	547,617	600,000	836,928	1,120,951
Italy	tonnes															60,000	60,000	60,000	60,000	60,000
Mexico	tonnes															51,395	31,779	30,750	29,950	27,200
Philippines	tonnes															10,100	10,500	13,800	9,221	14,249
Russia	tonnes															45,000	45,000	45,000	45,000	45,000
Slovakia	tonnes															25,000	23,000	23,000	24,000	16,000
Thailand	tonnes															13,500	14,700	26,500	41,400	14,293
Turkey	tonnes															522,832	545,585	702,673	887,600	1,075,949
USA	tonnes															348,000	414,000	420,000	393,000	419,000
Ukraine	tonnes															36,000	36,000	36,000	36,000	36,000