That's less than half of 1 percent of world production.
Total world production is about 17 million tonnes per year.
Together, these three countries accounted for about 51% of world production if China is excluded.
A few large deposits produce or produced a significant amount of the world production.
Ten countries produced around two thirds of the total world production.
In 1998, total world production was around 45 million tonnes.
We produced, and are getting back to producing, 15% of world agricultural production.
The world production of sugar has increased by nearly thirty times in the last hundred years.
This group eventually came to control almost 75% of the world production in matches.
The G7 states now account for 46 % of world production.
