Salt - prices by country, around the world, March 2023
Based on 81 countries included in our data base, the average price is 0.87 USD. Looking at the latest data, the lowest price was 0.10 USD (Egypt) and the highest price was 2.98 USD (Uruguay).
International price data
(USD / 1 kg, Source: GlobalProductPrices.com. )
| Countries | Salt prices, 1 kg | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Uruguay | 2.98 | 1 |
| Ghana | 2.58 | 2 |
| Austria | 1.93 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 1.85 | 4 |
| USA | 1.71 | 5 |
| Germany | 1.63 | 6 |
| Puerto Rico | 1.61 | 7 |
| Hong Kong | 1.60 | 8 |
| South Korea | 1.54 | 9 |
| Morocco | 1.45 | 10 |
| China | 1.45 | 11 |
| UK | 1.44 | 12 |
| Hungary | 1.40 | 13 |
| Slovakia | 1.40 | 14 |
| Czechia | 1.37 | 15 |
| Zambia | 1.36 | 16 |
| New Zealand | 1.36 | 17 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1.26 | 18 |
| Belgium | 1.26 | 19 |
| Sweden | 1.26 | 20 |
| Norway | 1.19 | 21 |
| France | 1.17 | 22 |
| Argentina | 1.16 | 23 |
| Poland | 1.15 | 24 |
| Australia | 1.14 | 25 |
| Romania | 0.99 | 26 |
| Finland | 0.97 | 27 |
| Mexico | 0.94 | 28 |
| Canada | 0.92 | 29 |
| Ireland | 0.84 | 30 |
| Bulgaria | 0.83 | 31 |
| South Africa | 0.82 | 32 |
| Greece | 0.80 | 33 |
| Vietnam | 0.79 | 34 |
| Serbia | 0.79 | 35 |
| Ivory Coast | 0.78 | 36 |
| Ukraine | 0.78 | 37 |
| Turkey | 0.77 | 38 |
| Costa Rica | 0.74 | 39 |
| Japan | 0.73 | 40 |
| UA Emirates | 0.71 | 41 |
| Netherlands | 0.71 | 42 |
| Spain | 0.71 | 43 |
| Cameroon | 0.70 | 44 |
| Slovenia | 0.70 | 45 |
| Domin. Rep. | 0.69 | 46 |
| Israel | 0.69 | 47 |
| Denmark | 0.69 | 48 |
| Paraguay | 0.67 | 49 |
| Indonesia | 0.67 | 50 |
| Uganda | 0.64 | 51 |
| Nigeria | 0.63 | 52 |
| Singapore | 0.63 | 53 |
| Kuwait | 0.62 | 54 |
| Italy | 0.60 | 55 |
| Peru | 0.58 | 56 |
| Angola | 0.54 | 57 |
| Latvia | 0.53 | 58 |
| Ecuador | 0.49 | 59 |
| Lithuania | 0.49 | 60 |
| Portugal | 0.49 | 61 |
| Brazil | 0.48 | 62 |
| Philippines | 0.47 | 63 |
| Colombia | 0.44 | 64 |
| Thailand | 0.44 | 65 |
| Chile | 0.43 | 66 |
| Tanzania | 0.43 | 67 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.43 | 68 |
| Malaysia | 0.42 | 69 |
| Azerbaijan | 0.38 | 70 |
| Bangladesh | 0.36 | 71 |
| Guatemala | 0.35 | 72 |
| India | 0.34 | 73 |
| Jordan | 0.32 | 74 |
| Bolivia | 0.28 | 75 |
| Kenya | 0.27 | 76 |
| Tunisia | 0.24 | 77 |
| Russia | 0.16 | 78 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.15 | 79 |
| Pakistan | 0.15 | 80 |
| Egypt | 0.10 | 81 |
2.98
2.58
1.93
1.85
1.71
1.63
1.61
1.60
1.54
1.45
1.45
1.44
1.40
1.40
1.37
1.36
1.36
1.26
1.26
1.26
1.19
1.17
1.16
1.15
1.14
0.99
0.97
0.94
0.92
0.84
0.83
0.82
0.80
0.79
0.79
0.78
0.78
0.77
0.74
0.73
0.71
0.71
0.71
0.70
0.70
0.69
0.69
0.69
0.67
0.67
0.64
0.63
0.63
0.62
0.60
0.58
0.54
0.53
0.49
0.49
0.49
0.48
0.47
0.44
0.44
0.43
0.43
0.43
0.42
0.38
0.36
0.35
0.34
0.32
0.28
0.27
0.24
0.16
0.15
0.15
0.10
0
0.7
1.5
2.2
2.98
Definition: The salt prices are for table salt of 1 kilogram. Adjustments were made to the various measuring units across countries to arrive at a uniform measure of one kilo. In each country, we identified the leading salt brand and collected its prices from the largest food stores.
