DEFINITION
Fertilizer consumption measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. The time reference for fertilizer consumption is the crop year (July through June).
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
39,604,670 metric tons
2002
# 2
United States :
19,298,450 metric tons
2002
# 3
India :
16,122,580 metric tons
2002
# 4
Brazil :
7,682,000 metric tons
2002
# 5
France :
3,968,000 metric tons
2002
# 6
Indonesia :
2,992,000 metric tons
2002
# 7
Pakistan :
2,962,780 metric tons
2002
# 8
Canada :
2,613,755 metric tons
2002
# 9
Germany :
2,594,327 metric tons
2002
# 10
Australia :
2,279,590 metric tons
2002
# 11
Spain :
2,159,700 metric tons
2002
# 12
Vietnam :
1,975,200 metric tons
2002
# 13
United Kingdom :
1,801,000 metric tons
2002
# 14
Turkey :
1,743,173 metric tons
2002
# 15
Mexico :
1,711,900 metric tons
2002
# 16
Thailand :
1,700,607 metric tons
2002
# 17
Poland :
1,511,699 metric tons
2002
# 18
Russia :
1,474,000 metric tons
2002
# 19
Italy :
1,432,642 metric tons
2002
# 20
Bangladesh :
1,423,600 metric tons
2002
# 21
Iran :
1,291,547 metric tons
2002
# 22
Japan :
1,284,000 metric tons
2002
# 23
Egypt :
1,268,803 metric tons
2002
# 24
Malaysia :
1,230,000 metric tons
2002
# 25
South Africa :
965,100 metric tons
2002
# 26
New Zealand :
852,897 metric tons
2002
# 27
Belarus :
748,000 metric tons
2002
# 28
Argentina :
739,526 metric tons
2002
# 29
Philippines :
723,020 metric tons
2002
# 30
Uzbekistan :
718,300 metric tons
2002
# 31
Colombia :
691,500 metric tons
2002
# 32
Korea, South :
689,901 metric tons
2002
# 33
Iraq :
638,800 metric tons
2002
# 34
Ukraine :
589,000 metric tons
2002
# 35
Ireland :
587,000 metric tons
2002
# 36
Hungary :
501,321 metric tons
2002
# 37
Chile :
455,000 metric tons
2002
# 38
Greece :
405,000 metric tons
2002
# 39
Morocco :
399,000 metric tons
2002
# 40
Saudi Arabia :
381,300 metric tons
2002
# 41
Czech Republic :
368,844 metric tons
2002
# 42
Netherlands :
336,000 metric tons
2002
# 43
Romania :
326,123 metric tons
2002
# 44
Syria :
322,805 metric tons
2002
# 45
Serbia and Montenegro :
307,790 metric tons
2002
# 46
Venezuela :
300,000 metric tons
2002
# 47
Denmark :
297,001 metric tons
2002
# 48
Finland :
293,000 metric tons
2002
# 49
Belgium :
289,000 metric tons
2002
# 50
Sri Lanka :
284,218 metric tons
2002
# 51
Peru :
274,007 metric tons
2002
# 52
Sweden :
268,000 metric tons
2002
# 53
Korea, North :
266,200 metric tons
2002
# 54
Ecuador :
229,522 metric tons
2002
# 55
Austria :
208,300 metric tons
2002
# 56
Portugal :
207,000 metric tons
2002
# 57
Lithuania :
194,000 metric tons
2002
# 58
Malawi :
193,008 metric tons
2002
# 59
Guatemala :
186,200 metric tons
2002
# 60
Norway :
184,000 metric tons
2002
# 61
Croatia :
172,000 metric tons
2002
# 62
Nigeria :
166,200 metric tons
2002
# 63
Bulgaria :
165,943 metric tons
2002
# 64
Paraguay :
153,168 metric tons
2002
# 65
Costa Rica :
151,562 metric tons
2002
# 66
Ethiopia :
150,032 metric tons
2002
# 67
Kenya :
142,758 metric tons
2002
# 68
Burma :
132,300 metric tons
2002
# 69
Uruguay :
128,929 metric tons
2002
# 70
Cuba :
121,900 metric tons
2002
# 71
Zimbabwe :
110,000 metric tons
2002
# 72
Côte d'Ivoire :
109,000 metric tons
2002
# 73
Tunisia :
102,000 metric tons
2002
# 74
Algeria :
98,000 metric tons
2002
# 75
Turkmenistan :
97,800 metric tons
2002
# 76
Switzerland :
93,040 metric tons
2002
# 77
Dominican Republic :
89,703 metric tons
2002
# 78
Nepal :
89,038 metric tons
2002
# 79
Israel :
81,300 metric tons
2002
# 80
Slovenia :
69,887 metric tons
2002
# 81
Sudan :
69,496 metric tons
2002
# 82
Zambia :
65,168 metric tons
2002
# 83
Kazakhstan :
64,900 metric tons
2002
# 84
Libya :
61,900 metric tons
2002
# 85
El Salvador :
55,333 metric tons
2002
# 86
Nicaragua :
53,796 metric tons
2002
# 87
Honduras :
50,228 metric tons
2002
# 88
Latvia :
50,029 metric tons
2002
# 89
Benin :
47,841 metric tons
2002
# 90
Mali :
42,000 metric tons
2002
# 91
Lebanon :
39,420 metric tons
2002
# 92
Albania :
35,357 metric tons
2002
# 93
United Arab Emirates :
35,000 metric tons
2002
# 94
Cameroon :
34,899 metric tons
2002
# 95
Jordan :
33,500 metric tons
2002
# 96
Senegal :
33,491 metric tons
2002
# 97
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
32,600 metric tons
2002
# 98
Ghana :
31,030 metric tons
2002
# 99
Panama :
28,719 metric tons
2002
# 100
Georgia :
28,400 metric tons
2002
# 101
Tajikistan :
27,900 metric tons
2002
# 102
Kyrgyzstan :
27,600 metric tons
2002
# 103
Estonia :
27,007 metric tons
2002
# 104
Mauritius :
25,000 metric tons
2002
# 105
Mozambique :
24,900 metric tons
2002
# 106
Jamaica :
22,400 metric tons
2002
# 107
Macedonia, Republic of :
22,300 metric tons
2002
# 108
Afghanistan :
20,800 metric tons
2002
# 109
Iceland :
17,888 metric tons
2002
# 110
Guyana :
17,879 metric tons
2002
# 111
Azerbaijan :
17,692 metric tons
2002
# 112
Chad :
17,500 metric tons
2002
# 113
Togo :
17,055 metric tons
2002
# 114
Cyprus :
15,406 metric tons
2002
# 115
Rwanda :
15,299 metric tons
2002
# 116
Haiti :
13,930 metric tons
2002
# 117
Bolivia :
13,741 metric tons
2002
# 118
Fiji :
12,290 metric tons
2002
# 119
Oman :
12,233 metric tons
2002
# 120
Papua New Guinea :
11,800 metric tons
2002
# 121
Yemen :
11,600 metric tons
2002
# 122
Lesotho :
11,300 metric tons
2002
# 123
Armenia :
11,283 metric tons
2002
# 124
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
10,513 metric tons
2002
# 125
Moldova :
10,135 metric tons
2002
# 126
Uganda :
9,306 metric tons
2002
# 127
Madagascar :
9,125 metric tons
2002
# 128
Cambodia :
7,620 metric tons
1998
# 129
Tanzania :
7,148 metric tons
2002
# 130
Laos :
7,019 metric tons
2002
# 131
Swaziland :
7,000 metric tons
2002
# 132
Suriname :
5,600 metric tons
2002
# 133
Niger :
4,970 metric tons
2002
# 134
Belize :
4,700 metric tons
2002
# 135
Botswana :
4,600 metric tons
2002
# 136
Mongolia :
4,448 metric tons
2002
# 137
Eritrea :
3,676 metric tons
2002
# 138
Samoa :
3,500 metric tons
2002
# 139
Trinidad and Tobago :
3,258 metric tons
2002
# 140
Guinea :
3,200 metric tons
2002
# 141
Brunei :
3,000 metric tons
1993
# 142
Mauritania :
2,900 metric tons
2002
# 143
Burundi :
2,539 metric tons
2002
# 144
Singapore :
2,418 metric tons
2002
# 145
Guinea-Bissau :
2,400 metric tons
2002
# 146
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
2,133 metric tons
2002
# 147
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1,700 metric tons
2002
# 148
Burkina Faso :
1,671 metric tons
2002
# 149
Angola :
1,400 metric tons
2000
# 150
Saint Lucia :
1,343 metric tons
2002
# 151
French Polynesia :
1,304 metric tons
2002
# 152
Kuwait :
1,050 metric tons
2002
= 153
New Caledonia :
900 metric tons
2002
= 153
Qatar :
900 metric tons
2001
# 155
Barbados :
811 metric tons
2002
= 156
Bahamas, The :
800 metric tons
2002
= 156
Gambia, The :
800 metric tons
2002
# 158
Malta :
700 metric tons
2002
= 159
Central African Republic :
600 metric tons
2002
= 159
Virgin Islands :
600 metric tons
2002
# 161
Dominica :
543 metric tons
2002
# 162
Somalia :
500 metric tons
2002
= 163
Namibia :
300 metric tons
2002
= 163
Gabon :
300 metric tons
2002
= 163
Comoros :
300 metric tons
2002
= 163
Sierra Leone :
300 metric tons
2002
= 163
Liberia :
300 metric tons
1990
# 168
Congo, Republic of the :
236 metric tons
2002
# 169
Cape Verde :
220 metric tons
2002
= 170
Djibouti :
100 metric tons
1987
= 170
Tonga :
100 metric tons
1985
= 170
Bahrain :
100 metric tons
2002
= 170
Bermuda :
100 metric tons
2002
= 170
Equatorial Guinea :
100 metric tons
1980
= 170
Bhutan :
100 metric tons
1997
# 176
Seychelles :
17 metric tons
2002
Total :
141,417,579 metric tons
Weighted average:
803,509.0 metric tons
DEFINITION: Fertilizer consumption measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. The time reference for fertilizer consumption is the crop year (July through June).
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