A world map shows nitrate mining locations marked by orange circles with "N." Key areas include the U S, Mexico, Chile, and Spain. Major clusters are in the U S (western states), Mexico, and northern Chile's Atacama Desert.
Nitrate Mines | Class | Rank | Metric tons per person | Abkhazia-Georgia | Azerbaijan-Nagorno-Karabakh | Egypt-Sudan | French Guiana-Suriname | Georgia-South Ossetia | Guyana-Suriname | Guyana-Venezuela | India-China | India-Pakistan | Israel-Palestine | Israel-Syria | Kenya-South Sudan-Ethiopia | Noth Korea-South Korea | Pakistan-India | Western Sahara-Morocco | |
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27.5 | |||||||||||||||||||
1 | |||||||||||||||||||
13.5 | |||||||||||||||||||
98.7% | |||||||||||||||||||
12.2% | 13.2% | 5.35% | |||||||||||||||||
20 | 3.46% | 6.18% | 67.8% | ||||||||||||||||
2.25% | 3.69% | 9.32% | |||||||||||||||||
1.71% | 5.36% | 6.04% | 38.2% | ||||||||||||||||
1.64% |
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