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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 (1968) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
14,074,590 metric tons
1968
American Agriculture
# 2
Germany :
4,264,940 metric tons
1968
German Agriculture
# 3
France :
4,043,881 metric tons
1968
French Agriculture
# 4
China :
2,696,000 metric tons
1968
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Japan :
2,150,400 metric tons
1968
Japanese Agriculture
# 6
Poland :
2,141,259 metric tons
1968
Polish Agriculture
# 7
United Kingdom :
1,795,300 metric tons
1968
British Agriculture
# 8
India :
1,760,700 metric tons
1968
Indian Agriculture
# 9
Italy :
1,159,614 metric tons
1968
Italian Agriculture
# 10
Australia :
1,141,394 metric tons
1968
Australian Agriculture
# 11
Spain :
1,067,500 metric tons
1968
Spanish Agriculture
# 12
Bulgaria :
842,326 metric tons
1968
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 13
Canada :
721,630 metric tons
1968
Canadian Agriculture
# 14
Hungary :
628,988 metric tons
1968
Hungarian Agriculture
# 15
Brazil :
601,709 metric tons
1968
Brazilian Agriculture
# 16
Netherlands :
568,223 metric tons
1968
Dutch Agriculture
# 17
Denmark :
553,231 metric tons
1968
Danish Agriculture
# 18
South Africa :
506,800 metric tons
1968
South African Agriculture
# 19
Mexico :
498,671 metric tons
1968
Mexican Agriculture
# 20
Romania :
484,600 metric tons
1968
Romanian Agriculture
# 21
Belgium :
480,185 metric tons
1968
Belgian Agriculture
# 22
Korea, South :
478,460 metric tons
1968
Korean Agriculture
# 23
Sweden :
456,133 metric tons
1968
Swedish Agriculture
# 24
Cuba :
448,500 metric tons
1968
Cuban Agriculture
# 25
Finland :
417,606 metric tons
1968
Finnish Agriculture
# 26
New Zealand :
417,550 metric tons
1968
New Zealand Agriculture
# 27
Turkey :
380,049 metric tons
1968
Turkish Agriculture
# 28
Austria :
363,493 metric tons
1968
Austrian Agriculture
# 29
Ireland :
360,900 metric tons
1968
Irish Agriculture
# 30
Egypt :
321,072 metric tons
1968
Egyptian Agriculture
# 31
Greece :
315,321 metric tons
1968
Greek Agriculture
# 32
Indonesia :
271,408 metric tons
1968
Indonesian Agriculture
# 33
Korea, North :
250,000 metric tons
1968
Korean Agriculture
# 34
Pakistan :
244,649 metric tons
1968
Pakistani Agriculture
# 35
Norway :
181,400 metric tons
1968
Norwegian Agriculture
# 36
Portugal :
181,181 metric tons
1968
Portuguese Agriculture
# 37
Philippines :
148,564 metric tons
1968
Philippine Agriculture
# 38
Colombia :
148,163 metric tons
1968
Colombian Agriculture
# 39
Switzerland :
136,600 metric tons
1968
Swiss Agriculture
# 40
Sri Lanka :
130,283 metric tons
1968
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 41
Malaysia :
121,800 metric tons
1968
Malaysian Agriculture
# 42
Vietnam :
113,494 metric tons
1968
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 43
Bangladesh :
108,000 metric tons
1968
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 44
Chile :
99,416 metric tons
1968
Chilean Agriculture
# 45
Thailand :
99,300 metric tons
1968
Thai Agriculture
# 46
Morocco :
96,947 metric tons
1968
Moroccan Agriculture
# 47
Zimbabwe :
83,000 metric tons
1968
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 48
Iran :
77,800 metric tons
1968
Iranian Agriculture
# 49
Uruguay :
68,130 metric tons
1968
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 50
Algeria :
68,000 metric tons
1968
Algerian Agriculture
# 51
Peru :
67,722 metric tons
1968
Peruvian Agriculture
# 52
Argentina :
67,666 metric tons
1968
Argentine Agriculture
# 53
Ecuador :
63,272 metric tons
1968
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 54
El Salvador :
57,500 metric tons
1968
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 55
Venezuela :
53,435 metric tons
1968
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 56
Costa Rica :
47,800 metric tons
1968
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 57
Israel :
45,895 metric tons
1968
Israeli Agriculture
# 58
Sudan :
42,300 metric tons
1968
Sudanese Agriculture
# 59
Guatemala :
41,247 metric tons
1968
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 60
Albania :
37,000 metric tons
1968
Albanian Agriculture
# 61
Kenya :
32,800 metric tons
1968
Kenyan Agriculture
# 62
Syria :
30,515 metric tons
1968
Syrian Agriculture
# 63
Cyprus :
30,001 metric tons
1968
Cypriot Agriculture
# 64
Tunisia :
28,776 metric tons
1968
Tunisian Agriculture
# 65
Nicaragua :
27,619 metric tons
1968
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 66
Lebanon :
24,172 metric tons
1968
Lebanese Agriculture
# 67
Iceland :
23,810 metric tons
1968
Icelandic Agriculture
# 68
Jamaica :
23,200 metric tons
1968
Jamaican Agriculture
# 69
Mauritius :
21,769 metric tons
1968
Mauritian Agriculture
# 70
Zambia :
19,100 metric tons
1968
Zambian Agriculture
# 71
Honduras :
18,000 metric tons
1968
Honduran Agriculture
# 72
Burma :
17,708 metric tons
1968
Burmese Agriculture
# 73
Cameroon :
17,209 metric tons
1968
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 74
Panama :
17,000 metric tons
1968
Panamanian Agriculture
# 75
Dominican Republic :
16,500 metric tons
1968
Dominican Agriculture
# 76
Afghanistan :
15,000 metric tons
1968
Afghan Agriculture
# 77
Senegal :
12,158 metric tons
1968
Senegalese Agriculture
# 78
Côte d'Ivoire :
11,704 metric tons
1968
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 79
Iraq :
10,902 metric tons
1968
Iraqi Agriculture
# 80
Libya :
10,293 metric tons
1968
Libyan Agriculture
# 81
Nigeria :
10,100 metric tons
1968
Nigerian Agriculture
# 82
Tanzania :
9,000 metric tons
1968
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 83
Guyana :
8,701 metric tons
1968
Guyanese Agriculture
# 84
Trinidad and Tobago :
7,938 metric tons
1968
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 85
Angola :
7,600 metric tons
1968
Angolan Agriculture
# 86
Malawi :
7,000 metric tons
1968
Malawian Agriculture
# 87
Madagascar :
6,681 metric tons
1968
Malagasy Agriculture
# 88
Mozambique :
5,993 metric tons
1968
Mozambican Agriculture
# 89
Fiji :
5,841 metric tons
1968
Fijian Agriculture
# 90
Barbados :
5,812 metric tons
1968
Barbadian Agriculture
# 91
Swaziland :
4,731 metric tons
1968
Swazi Agriculture
# 92
Uganda :
4,726 metric tons
1968
Ugandan Agriculture
# 93
Congo, Republic of the :
4,000 metric tons
1968
Congolese Agriculture
# 94
Cambodia :
4,000 metric tons
1968
Cambodian Agriculture
# 95
Jordan :
3,942 metric tons
1968
Jordanian Agriculture
# 96
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
3,400 metric tons
1968
Congolese Agriculture
# 97
Saudi Arabia :
3,100 metric tons
1968
Saudi Agriculture
# 98
Nepal :
3,069 metric tons
1968
Nepalese Agriculture
# 99
Singapore :
3,000 metric tons
1968
Singapore Agriculture
# 100
Benin :
2,986 metric tons
1968
Beninese Agriculture
# 101
Guinea :
2,500 metric tons
1968
Guinean Agriculture
# 102
Paraguay :
2,400 metric tons
1968
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 103
Mali :
2,322 metric tons
1968
Malian Agriculture
# 104
Saint Lucia :
2,200 metric tons
1968
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 105
Belize :
2,130 metric tons
1968
Belizean Agriculture
# 106
Somalia :
2,100 metric tons
1968
Somali Agriculture
# 107
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
2,100 metric tons
1968
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 108
Laos :
1,907 metric tons
1968
Lao Agriculture
# 109
Bolivia :
1,800 metric tons
1968
Bolivian Agriculture
# 110
Suriname :
1,800 metric tons
1968
Surinamese Agriculture
# 111
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1,750 metric tons
1968
Nevisian Agriculture
# 112
Central African Republic :
1,600 metric tons
1968
Central African Agriculture
# 113
Equatorial Guinea :
1,600 metric tons
1968
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 114
Botswana :
1,500 metric tons
1968
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 115
Chad :
1,400 metric tons
1968
Chadian Agriculture
# 116
Ghana :
1,356 metric tons
1968
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 117
Liberia :
1,200 metric tons
1968
Liberian Agriculture
# 118
Sierra Leone :
1,100 metric tons
1968
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 119
Bahamas, The :
1,000 metric tons
1968
Bahamian Agriculture
# 120
Papua New Guinea :
900 metric tons
1968
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 121
Virgin Islands :
600 metric tons
1968
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 122
Malta :
370 metric tons
1968
Maltese Agriculture
# 123
Lesotho :
328 metric tons
1968
Basotho Agriculture
# 124
Gambia, The :
304 metric tons
1968
Gambian Agriculture
# 125
Niger :
255 metric tons
1968
Nigerien Agriculture
# 126
Togo :
200 metric tons
1968
Togolese Agriculture
# 127
Burkina Faso :
200 metric tons
1968
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 128
Mauritania :
200 metric tons
1968
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 129
Haiti :
150 metric tons
1968
Haitian Agriculture
# 130
Burundi :
100 metric tons
1968
Burundian Agriculture
# 131
Rwanda :
92 metric tons
1968
Rwandan Agriculture
# 132
Yemen :
35 metric tons
1968
Yemeni Agriculture
Total :
49,850,352 metric tons
Weighted average:
377,654.2 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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