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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).
Agriculture Statistics > Fertilizer consumption > metric tons (1961) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
7,646,496 metric tons
1961
American Agriculture
# 2
Germany :
3,275,800 metric tons
1961
German Agriculture
# 3
France :
2,423,100 metric tons
1961
French Agriculture
# 4
Japan :
1,584,170 metric tons
1961
Japanese Agriculture
# 5
United Kingdom :
1,401,200 metric tons
1961
British Agriculture
# 6
Poland :
892,700 metric tons
1961
Polish Agriculture
# 7
Italy :
871,980 metric tons
1961
Italian Agriculture
# 8
Spain :
729,856 metric tons
1961
Spanish Agriculture
# 9
China :
728,000 metric tons
1961
Chinese Agriculture
# 10
Australia :
670,750 metric tons
1961
Australian Agriculture
# 11
Netherlands :
470,100 metric tons
1961
Dutch Agriculture
# 12
Denmark :
428,693 metric tons
1961
Danish Agriculture
# 13
Canada :
401,603 metric tons
1961
Canadian Agriculture
# 14
Belgium :
387,308 metric tons
1961
Belgian Agriculture
# 15
India :
338,300 metric tons
1961
Indian Agriculture
# 16
Romania :
330,200 metric tons
1961
Romanian Agriculture
# 17
Korea, South :
316,114 metric tons
1961
Korean Agriculture
# 18
Sweden :
302,853 metric tons
1961
Swedish Agriculture
# 19
New Zealand :
291,563 metric tons
1961
New Zealand Agriculture
# 20
Brazil :
270,004 metric tons
1961
Brazilian Agriculture
# 21
Austria :
251,507 metric tons
1961
Austrian Agriculture
# 22
Egypt :
242,279 metric tons
1961
Egyptian Agriculture
# 23
Finland :
241,609 metric tons
1961
Finnish Agriculture
# 24
Hungary :
215,219 metric tons
1961
Hungarian Agriculture
# 25
South Africa :
214,921 metric tons
1961
South African Agriculture
# 26
Ireland :
202,641 metric tons
1961
Irish Agriculture
# 27
Mexico :
191,000 metric tons
1961
Mexican Agriculture
# 28
Greece :
158,724 metric tons
1961
Greek Agriculture
# 29
Norway :
147,800 metric tons
1961
Norwegian Agriculture
# 30
Bulgaria :
143,733 metric tons
1961
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 31
Portugal :
138,173 metric tons
1961
Portuguese Agriculture
# 32
Indonesia :
135,990 metric tons
1961
Indonesian Agriculture
# 33
Korea, North :
112,000 metric tons
1961
Korean Agriculture
# 34
Switzerland :
106,500 metric tons
1961
Swiss Agriculture
# 35
Cuba :
105,000 metric tons
1961
Cuban Agriculture
# 36
Peru :
91,441 metric tons
1961
Peruvian Agriculture
# 37
Vietnam :
89,000 metric tons
1961
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 38
Sri Lanka :
83,590 metric tons
1961
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 39
Turkey :
74,785 metric tons
1961
Turkish Agriculture
# 40
Malaysia :
74,527 metric tons
1961
Malaysian Agriculture
# 41
Philippines :
71,221 metric tons
1961
Philippine Agriculture
# 42
Colombia :
71,000 metric tons
1961
Colombian Agriculture
# 43
Algeria :
49,000 metric tons
1961
Algerian Agriculture
# 44
Chile :
46,248 metric tons
1961
Chilean Agriculture
# 45
Pakistan :
42,159 metric tons
1961
Pakistani Agriculture
# 46
Zimbabwe :
41,390 metric tons
1961
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 47
Israel :
36,225 metric tons
1961
Israeli Agriculture
# 48
Morocco :
28,923 metric tons
1961
Moroccan Agriculture
# 49
Sudan :
24,707 metric tons
1961
Sudanese Agriculture
# 50
Uruguay :
22,700 metric tons
1961
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 51
Bangladesh :
22,500 metric tons
1961
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 52
El Salvador :
20,611 metric tons
1961
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 53
Mauritius :
20,093 metric tons
1961
Mauritian Agriculture
# 54
Venezuela :
19,000 metric tons
1961
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 55
Costa Rica :
18,687 metric tons
1961
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 56
Thailand :
17,887 metric tons
1961
Thai Agriculture
# 57
Cyprus :
16,876 metric tons
1961
Cypriot Agriculture
# 58
Argentina :
16,241 metric tons
1961
Argentine Agriculture
# 59
Lebanon :
15,480 metric tons
1961
Lebanese Agriculture
# 60
Tunisia :
15,300 metric tons
1961
Tunisian Agriculture
# 61
Guatemala :
15,075 metric tons
1961
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 62
Dominican Republic :
13,997 metric tons
1961
Dominican Agriculture
# 63
Iran :
13,833 metric tons
1961
Iranian Agriculture
# 64
Syria :
13,555 metric tons
1961
Syrian Agriculture
# 65
Jamaica :
13,506 metric tons
1961
Jamaican Agriculture
# 66
Iceland :
12,419 metric tons
1961
Icelandic Agriculture
# 67
Kenya :
11,100 metric tons
1961
Kenyan Agriculture
# 68
Ecuador :
10,997 metric tons
1961
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 69
Zambia :
10,200 metric tons
1961
Zambian Agriculture
# 70
Guyana :
8,655 metric tons
1961
Guyanese Agriculture
# 71
Senegal :
7,745 metric tons
1961
Senegalese Agriculture
# 72
Côte d'Ivoire :
7,063 metric tons
1961
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 73
Albania :
6,302 metric tons
1961
Albanian Agriculture
# 74
Burma :
6,000 metric tons
1961
Burmese Agriculture
# 75
Honduras :
5,606 metric tons
1961
Honduran Agriculture
# 76
Trinidad and Tobago :
5,280 metric tons
1961
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 77
Barbados :
5,126 metric tons
1961
Barbadian Agriculture
# 78
Panama :
5,000 metric tons
1961
Panamanian Agriculture
# 79
Cambodia :
4,997 metric tons
1961
Cambodian Agriculture
# 80
Malawi :
4,470 metric tons
1961
Malawian Agriculture
# 81
Libya :
4,400 metric tons
1961
Libyan Agriculture
# 82
Nicaragua :
4,065 metric tons
1961
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 83
Saudi Arabia :
4,000 metric tons
1961
Saudi Agriculture
# 84
Swaziland :
3,900 metric tons
1961
Swazi Agriculture
# 85
Mozambique :
3,550 metric tons
1961
Mozambican Agriculture
# 86
Singapore :
3,500 metric tons
1961
Singapore Agriculture
# 87
Cameroon :
3,250 metric tons
1961
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 88
Tanzania :
2,723 metric tons
1961
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 89
Uganda :
2,600 metric tons
1961
Ugandan Agriculture
# 90
Iraq :
1,850 metric tons
1961
Iraqi Agriculture
# 91
Guinea :
1,690 metric tons
1961
Guinean Agriculture
# 92
Fiji :
1,634 metric tons
1961
Fijian Agriculture
# 93
Jordan :
1,563 metric tons
1961
Jordanian Agriculture
# 94
Madagascar :
1,488 metric tons
1961
Malagasy Agriculture
# 95
Nigeria :
1,394 metric tons
1961
Nigerian Agriculture
# 96
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1,110 metric tons
1961
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 97
Botswana :
1,110 metric tons
1961
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 98
Afghanistan :
1,100 metric tons
1961
Afghan Agriculture
# 99
Angola :
1,000 metric tons
1961
Angolan Agriculture
# 100
Bolivia :
800 metric tons
1961
Bolivian Agriculture
# 101
Equatorial Guinea :
800 metric tons
1961
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 102
Suriname :
773 metric tons
1961
Surinamese Agriculture
# 103
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
735 metric tons
1961
Nevisian Agriculture
# 104
Ghana :
718 metric tons
1961
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 105
Congo, Republic of the :
600 metric tons
1961
Congolese Agriculture
# 106
Paraguay :
600 metric tons
1961
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 107
Benin :
591 metric tons
1961
Beninese Agriculture
# 108
Somalia :
500 metric tons
1961
Somali Agriculture
# 109
Saint Lucia :
450 metric tons
1961
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 110
Malta :
427 metric tons
1961
Maltese Agriculture
# 111
Belize :
360 metric tons
1961
Belizean Agriculture
# 112
Central African Republic :
307 metric tons
1961
Central African Agriculture
# 113
Lesotho :
301 metric tons
1961
Basotho Agriculture
# 114
Virgin Islands :
300 metric tons
1961
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 115
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
270 metric tons
1961
Congolese Agriculture
# 116
Chad :
171 metric tons
1961
Chadian Agriculture
# 117
Sierra Leone :
160 metric tons
1961
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 118
Nepal :
149 metric tons
1961
Nepalese Agriculture
# 119
Papua New Guinea :
100 metric tons
1961
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 120
Haiti :
100 metric tons
1961
Haitian Agriculture
# 121
Mali :
66 metric tons
1961
Malian Agriculture
# 122
Liberia :
50 metric tons
1961
Liberian Agriculture
# 123
Burkina Faso :
29 metric tons
1961
Burkinabe Agriculture
Total :
27,633,687 metric tons
Weighted average:
224,664.1 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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