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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 (1962) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
8,604,260 metric tons
1962
American Agriculture
# 2
Germany :
3,555,424 metric tons
1962
German Agriculture
# 3
France :
2,626,421 metric tons
1962
French Agriculture
# 4
Japan :
1,654,850 metric tons
1962
Japanese Agriculture
# 5
United Kingdom :
1,411,600 metric tons
1962
British Agriculture
# 6
China :
989,600 metric tons
1962
Chinese Agriculture
# 7
Poland :
918,404 metric tons
1962
Polish Agriculture
# 8
Italy :
887,493 metric tons
1962
Italian Agriculture
# 9
Spain :
752,186 metric tons
1962
Spanish Agriculture
# 10
Australia :
651,938 metric tons
1962
Australian Agriculture
# 11
Netherlands :
519,862 metric tons
1962
Dutch Agriculture
# 12
Belgium :
464,366 metric tons
1962
Belgian Agriculture
# 13
Canada :
457,626 metric tons
1962
Canadian Agriculture
# 14
India :
452,200 metric tons
1962
Indian Agriculture
# 15
Denmark :
430,507 metric tons
1962
Danish Agriculture
# 16
Korea, South :
315,000 metric tons
1962
Korean Agriculture
# 17
Sweden :
304,790 metric tons
1962
Swedish Agriculture
# 18
Austria :
290,185 metric tons
1962
Austrian Agriculture
# 19
New Zealand :
286,742 metric tons
1962
New Zealand Agriculture
# 20
Hungary :
274,426 metric tons
1962
Hungarian Agriculture
# 21
South Africa :
260,051 metric tons
1962
South African Agriculture
# 22
Brazil :
256,082 metric tons
1962
Brazilian Agriculture
# 23
Egypt :
238,962 metric tons
1962
Egyptian Agriculture
# 24
Finland :
235,925 metric tons
1962
Finnish Agriculture
# 25
Ireland :
231,965 metric tons
1962
Irish Agriculture
# 26
Mexico :
203,600 metric tons
1962
Mexican Agriculture
# 27
Greece :
198,010 metric tons
1962
Greek Agriculture
# 28
Bulgaria :
150,791 metric tons
1962
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 29
Norway :
150,685 metric tons
1962
Norwegian Agriculture
# 30
Indonesia :
149,396 metric tons
1962
Indonesian Agriculture
# 31
Korea, North :
139,000 metric tons
1962
Korean Agriculture
# 32
Cuba :
132,832 metric tons
1962
Cuban Agriculture
# 33
Portugal :
129,117 metric tons
1962
Portuguese Agriculture
# 34
Switzerland :
120,515 metric tons
1962
Swiss Agriculture
# 35
Peru :
113,140 metric tons
1962
Peruvian Agriculture
# 36
Colombia :
104,000 metric tons
1962
Colombian Agriculture
# 37
Romania :
101,800 metric tons
1962
Romanian Agriculture
# 38
Sri Lanka :
95,467 metric tons
1962
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 39
Vietnam :
95,000 metric tons
1962
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 40
Philippines :
88,309 metric tons
1962
Philippine Agriculture
# 41
Malaysia :
77,609 metric tons
1962
Malaysian Agriculture
# 42
Turkey :
74,129 metric tons
1962
Turkish Agriculture
# 43
Chile :
67,486 metric tons
1962
Chilean Agriculture
# 44
Algeria :
55,000 metric tons
1962
Algerian Agriculture
# 45
Morocco :
44,263 metric tons
1962
Moroccan Agriculture
# 46
Pakistan :
41,370 metric tons
1962
Pakistani Agriculture
# 47
Zimbabwe :
39,110 metric tons
1962
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 48
Israel :
33,239 metric tons
1962
Israeli Agriculture
# 49
Bangladesh :
27,000 metric tons
1962
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 50
El Salvador :
26,394 metric tons
1962
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 51
Uruguay :
26,200 metric tons
1962
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 52
Costa Rica :
24,214 metric tons
1962
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 53
Mauritius :
22,785 metric tons
1962
Mauritian Agriculture
# 54
Thailand :
21,784 metric tons
1962
Thai Agriculture
# 55
Tunisia :
21,257 metric tons
1962
Tunisian Agriculture
# 56
Cyprus :
19,596 metric tons
1962
Cypriot Agriculture
# 57
Sudan :
18,383 metric tons
1962
Sudanese Agriculture
# 58
Iran :
18,019 metric tons
1962
Iranian Agriculture
# 59
Venezuela :
16,000 metric tons
1962
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 60
Iceland :
15,820 metric tons
1962
Icelandic Agriculture
# 61
Guatemala :
15,258 metric tons
1962
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 62
Ecuador :
14,717 metric tons
1962
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 63
Syria :
13,140 metric tons
1962
Syrian Agriculture
# 64
Argentina :
12,711 metric tons
1962
Argentine Agriculture
# 65
Jamaica :
12,133 metric tons
1962
Jamaican Agriculture
# 66
Kenya :
12,100 metric tons
1962
Kenyan Agriculture
# 67
Lebanon :
11,664 metric tons
1962
Lebanese Agriculture
# 68
Dominican Republic :
10,998 metric tons
1962
Dominican Agriculture
# 69
Panama :
10,000 metric tons
1962
Panamanian Agriculture
# 70
Guyana :
8,825 metric tons
1962
Guyanese Agriculture
# 71
Zambia :
8,510 metric tons
1962
Zambian Agriculture
# 72
Senegal :
7,785 metric tons
1962
Senegalese Agriculture
# 73
Barbados :
7,639 metric tons
1962
Barbadian Agriculture
# 74
Honduras :
6,667 metric tons
1962
Honduran Agriculture
# 75
Burma :
6,500 metric tons
1962
Burmese Agriculture
# 76
Côte d'Ivoire :
6,211 metric tons
1962
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 77
Trinidad and Tobago :
5,450 metric tons
1962
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 78
Albania :
5,200 metric tons
1962
Albanian Agriculture
# 79
Fiji :
4,114 metric tons
1962
Fijian Agriculture
# 80
Saudi Arabia :
4,000 metric tons
1962
Saudi Agriculture
# 81
Libya :
4,000 metric tons
1962
Libyan Agriculture
# 82
Swaziland :
4,000 metric tons
1962
Swazi Agriculture
# 83
Malawi :
3,880 metric tons
1962
Malawian Agriculture
# 84
Mozambique :
3,600 metric tons
1962
Mozambican Agriculture
# 85
Nicaragua :
3,456 metric tons
1962
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 86
Cameroon :
3,250 metric tons
1962
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 87
Singapore :
3,000 metric tons
1962
Singapore Agriculture
# 88
Uganda :
2,700 metric tons
1962
Ugandan Agriculture
# 89
Tanzania :
2,380 metric tons
1962
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 90
Jordan :
2,105 metric tons
1962
Jordanian Agriculture
# 91
Ghana :
1,930 metric tons
1962
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 92
Iraq :
1,750 metric tons
1962
Iraqi Agriculture
# 93
Madagascar :
1,726 metric tons
1962
Malagasy Agriculture
# 94
Guinea :
1,700 metric tons
1962
Guinean Agriculture
# 95
Nigeria :
1,685 metric tons
1962
Nigerian Agriculture
# 96
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
1,150 metric tons
1962
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 97
Afghanistan :
1,100 metric tons
1962
Afghan Agriculture
# 98
Botswana :
1,100 metric tons
1962
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 99
Angola :
1,000 metric tons
1962
Angolan Agriculture
# 100
Cambodia :
980 metric tons
1962
Cambodian Agriculture
# 101
Belize :
918 metric tons
1962
Belizean Agriculture
# 102
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
907 metric tons
1962
Congolese Agriculture
# 103
Bolivia :
900 metric tons
1962
Bolivian Agriculture
# 104
Congo, Republic of the :
900 metric tons
1962
Congolese Agriculture
# 105
Suriname :
874 metric tons
1962
Surinamese Agriculture
# 106
Equatorial Guinea :
850 metric tons
1962
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 107
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
840 metric tons
1962
Nevisian Agriculture
# 108
Paraguay :
750 metric tons
1962
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 109
Benin :
597 metric tons
1962
Beninese Agriculture
# 110
Somalia :
500 metric tons
1962
Somali Agriculture
# 111
Saint Lucia :
480 metric tons
1962
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 112
Nepal :
431 metric tons
1962
Nepalese Agriculture
# 113
Lesotho :
431 metric tons
1962
Basotho Agriculture
# 114
Malta :
426 metric tons
1962
Maltese Agriculture
# 115
Mali :
330 metric tons
1962
Malian Agriculture
# 116
Virgin Islands :
326 metric tons
1962
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 117
Central African Republic :
320 metric tons
1962
Central African Agriculture
# 118
Sierra Leone :
160 metric tons
1962
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 119
Chad :
139 metric tons
1962
Chadian Agriculture
# 120
Burkina Faso :
110 metric tons
1962
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 121
Haiti :
100 metric tons
1962
Haitian Agriculture
# 122
Papua New Guinea :
100 metric tons
1962
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 123
Liberia :
50 metric tons
1962
Liberian Agriculture
Total :
29,973,738 metric tons
Weighted average:
243,688.9 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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