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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 (1969) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
14,577,260 metric tons
1969
American Agriculture
# 2
Germany :
4,561,443 metric tons
1969
German Agriculture
# 3
France :
4,204,473 metric tons
1969
French Agriculture
# 4
China :
3,474,000 metric tons
1969
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Poland :
2,416,339 metric tons
1969
Polish Agriculture
# 6
Japan :
2,110,200 metric tons
1969
Japanese Agriculture
# 7
India :
1,982,000 metric tons
1969
Indian Agriculture
# 8
United Kingdom :
1,623,700 metric tons
1969
British Agriculture
# 9
Italy :
1,231,175 metric tons
1969
Italian Agriculture
# 10
Spain :
1,112,000 metric tons
1969
Spanish Agriculture
# 11
Australia :
1,048,133 metric tons
1969
Australian Agriculture
# 12
Canada :
728,462 metric tons
1969
Canadian Agriculture
# 13
Hungary :
698,580 metric tons
1969
Hungarian Agriculture
# 14
Bulgaria :
692,272 metric tons
1969
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 15
Brazil :
630,384 metric tons
1969
Brazilian Agriculture
# 16
Netherlands :
616,061 metric tons
1969
Dutch Agriculture
# 17
Denmark :
579,653 metric tons
1969
Danish Agriculture
# 18
Mexico :
560,798 metric tons
1969
Mexican Agriculture
# 19
Romania :
538,100 metric tons
1969
Romanian Agriculture
# 20
Korea, South :
534,589 metric tons
1969
Korean Agriculture
# 21
Belgium :
533,928 metric tons
1969
Belgian Agriculture
# 22
South Africa :
508,800 metric tons
1969
South African Agriculture
# 23
Sweden :
473,084 metric tons
1969
Swedish Agriculture
# 24
Cuba :
466,700 metric tons
1969
Cuban Agriculture
# 25
Finland :
466,070 metric tons
1969
Finnish Agriculture
# 26
Turkey :
445,963 metric tons
1969
Turkish Agriculture
# 27
New Zealand :
443,859 metric tons
1969
New Zealand Agriculture
# 28
Austria :
421,444 metric tons
1969
Austrian Agriculture
# 29
Ireland :
382,000 metric tons
1969
Irish Agriculture
# 30
Egypt :
347,867 metric tons
1969
Egyptian Agriculture
# 31
Greece :
321,662 metric tons
1969
Greek Agriculture
# 32
Pakistan :
307,711 metric tons
1969
Pakistani Agriculture
# 33
Vietnam :
275,558 metric tons
1969
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 34
Korea, North :
251,100 metric tons
1969
Korean Agriculture
# 35
Philippines :
203,162 metric tons
1969
Philippine Agriculture
# 36
Portugal :
202,534 metric tons
1969
Portuguese Agriculture
# 37
Norway :
196,800 metric tons
1969
Norwegian Agriculture
# 38
Indonesia :
178,007 metric tons
1969
Indonesian Agriculture
# 39
Malaysia :
152,128 metric tons
1969
Malaysian Agriculture
# 40
Switzerland :
146,000 metric tons
1969
Swiss Agriculture
# 41
Colombia :
140,606 metric tons
1969
Colombian Agriculture
# 42
Bangladesh :
129,700 metric tons
1969
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 43
Chile :
106,273 metric tons
1969
Chilean Agriculture
# 44
Thailand :
105,100 metric tons
1969
Thai Agriculture
# 45
Morocco :
94,530 metric tons
1969
Moroccan Agriculture
# 46
Zimbabwe :
94,200 metric tons
1969
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 47
Sri Lanka :
89,000 metric tons
1969
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 48
Iran :
87,000 metric tons
1969
Iranian Agriculture
# 49
Peru :
81,587 metric tons
1969
Peruvian Agriculture
# 50
Argentina :
79,554 metric tons
1969
Argentine Agriculture
# 51
Algeria :
70,000 metric tons
1969
Algerian Agriculture
# 52
Uruguay :
59,808 metric tons
1969
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 53
Costa Rica :
54,180 metric tons
1969
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 54
El Salvador :
54,000 metric tons
1969
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 55
Israel :
53,115 metric tons
1969
Israeli Agriculture
# 56
Venezuela :
47,032 metric tons
1969
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 57
Kenya :
42,300 metric tons
1969
Kenyan Agriculture
# 58
Ecuador :
41,397 metric tons
1969
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 59
Burma :
41,092 metric tons
1969
Burmese Agriculture
# 60
Sudan :
39,607 metric tons
1969
Sudanese Agriculture
# 61
Tunisia :
38,555 metric tons
1969
Tunisian Agriculture
# 62
Albania :
36,000 metric tons
1969
Albanian Agriculture
# 63
Lebanon :
33,000 metric tons
1969
Lebanese Agriculture
# 64
Guatemala :
32,745 metric tons
1969
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 65
Dominican Republic :
30,300 metric tons
1969
Dominican Agriculture
# 66
Syria :
28,863 metric tons
1969
Syrian Agriculture
# 67
Nicaragua :
27,146 metric tons
1969
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 68
Jamaica :
22,800 metric tons
1969
Jamaican Agriculture
# 69
Iceland :
22,612 metric tons
1969
Icelandic Agriculture
# 70
Honduras :
22,500 metric tons
1969
Honduran Agriculture
# 71
Mauritius :
21,820 metric tons
1969
Mauritian Agriculture
# 72
Cyprus :
20,623 metric tons
1969
Cypriot Agriculture
# 73
Panama :
19,300 metric tons
1969
Panamanian Agriculture
# 74
Afghanistan :
17,000 metric tons
1969
Afghan Agriculture
# 75
Zambia :
16,409 metric tons
1969
Zambian Agriculture
# 76
Iraq :
14,522 metric tons
1969
Iraqi Agriculture
# 77
Cameroon :
14,349 metric tons
1969
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 78
Côte d'Ivoire :
13,845 metric tons
1969
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 79
Madagascar :
12,900 metric tons
1969
Malagasy Agriculture
# 80
Tanzania :
11,000 metric tons
1969
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 81
Guyana :
10,809 metric tons
1969
Guyanese Agriculture
# 82
Angola :
10,500 metric tons
1969
Angolan Agriculture
# 83
Nigeria :
10,405 metric tons
1969
Nigerian Agriculture
# 84
Libya :
8,622 metric tons
1969
Libyan Agriculture
# 85
Trinidad and Tobago :
8,200 metric tons
1969
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 86
Senegal :
7,630 metric tons
1969
Senegalese Agriculture
# 87
Mozambique :
7,293 metric tons
1969
Mozambican Agriculture
# 88
Malawi :
7,088 metric tons
1969
Malawian Agriculture
# 89
Congo, Republic of the :
6,324 metric tons
1969
Congolese Agriculture
# 90
Fiji :
5,821 metric tons
1969
Fijian Agriculture
# 91
Cambodia :
5,600 metric tons
1969
Cambodian Agriculture
# 92
Swaziland :
5,370 metric tons
1969
Swazi Agriculture
# 93
Barbados :
4,999 metric tons
1969
Barbadian Agriculture
# 94
Uganda :
4,570 metric tons
1969
Ugandan Agriculture
# 95
Benin :
4,540 metric tons
1969
Beninese Agriculture
# 96
Nepal :
4,505 metric tons
1969
Nepalese Agriculture
# 97
Saudi Arabia :
4,000 metric tons
1969
Saudi Agriculture
# 98
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
4,000 metric tons
1969
Congolese Agriculture
# 99
Somalia :
3,500 metric tons
1969
Somali Agriculture
# 100
Singapore :
3,000 metric tons
1969
Singapore Agriculture
# 101
Bolivia :
2,912 metric tons
1969
Bolivian Agriculture
# 102
Saint Lucia :
2,900 metric tons
1969
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 103
Paraguay :
2,900 metric tons
1969
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 104
Jordan :
2,579 metric tons
1969
Jordanian Agriculture
# 105
Belize :
2,532 metric tons
1969
Belizean Agriculture
# 106
Guinea :
2,500 metric tons
1969
Guinean Agriculture
# 107
Mali :
2,400 metric tons
1969
Malian Agriculture
# 108
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
2,400 metric tons
1969
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 109
Sierra Leone :
2,287 metric tons
1969
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 110
Central African Republic :
1,928 metric tons
1969
Central African Agriculture
# 111
Papua New Guinea :
1,900 metric tons
1969
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 112
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1,900 metric tons
1969
Nevisian Agriculture
# 113
Suriname :
1,800 metric tons
1969
Surinamese Agriculture
# 114
Liberia :
1,800 metric tons
1969
Liberian Agriculture
# 115
Chad :
1,764 metric tons
1969
Chadian Agriculture
# 116
Equatorial Guinea :
1,600 metric tons
1969
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 117
Botswana :
1,500 metric tons
1969
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 118
Ghana :
1,188 metric tons
1969
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 119
Bahamas, The :
1,000 metric tons
1969
Bahamian Agriculture
# 120
Laos :
722 metric tons
1969
Lao Agriculture
# 121
Virgin Islands :
600 metric tons
1969
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 122
Malta :
575 metric tons
1969
Maltese Agriculture
# 123
Yemen :
539 metric tons
1969
Yemeni Agriculture
# 124
Burkina Faso :
456 metric tons
1969
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 125
Lesotho :
450 metric tons
1969
Basotho Agriculture
# 126
Mongolia :
400 metric tons
1969
Mongolian Agriculture
# 127
Niger :
346 metric tons
1969
Nigerien Agriculture
# 128
Haiti :
269 metric tons
1969
Haitian Agriculture
# 129
Togo :
254 metric tons
1969
Togolese Agriculture
# 130
Burundi :
254 metric tons
1969
Burundian Agriculture
# 131
Gambia, The :
220 metric tons
1969
Gambian Agriculture
# 132
Rwanda :
213 metric tons
1969
Rwandan Agriculture
# 133
Mauritania :
200 metric tons
1969
Mauritanian Agriculture
Total :
52,782,433 metric tons
Weighted average:
396,860.4 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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