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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 (1971) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
15,580,450 metric tons
1971
American Agriculture
# 2
France :
4,959,929 metric tons
1971
French Agriculture
# 3
Germany :
4,900,681 metric tons
1971
German Agriculture
# 4
China :
4,566,400 metric tons
1971
Chinese Agriculture
# 5
Poland :
2,888,200 metric tons
1971
Polish Agriculture
# 6
India :
2,656,800 metric tons
1971
Indian Agriculture
# 7
United Kingdom :
1,948,900 metric tons
1971
British Agriculture
# 8
Japan :
1,915,000 metric tons
1971
Japanese Agriculture
# 9
Italy :
1,449,765 metric tons
1971
Italian Agriculture
# 10
Spain :
1,395,000 metric tons
1971
Spanish Agriculture
# 11
Brazil :
1,122,718 metric tons
1971
Brazilian Agriculture
# 12
Australia :
1,067,889 metric tons
1971
Australian Agriculture
# 13
Hungary :
953,619 metric tons
1971
Hungarian Agriculture
# 14
Canada :
879,500 metric tons
1971
Canadian Agriculture
# 15
Bulgaria :
635,856 metric tons
1971
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 16
Romania :
633,400 metric tons
1971
Romanian Agriculture
# 17
Denmark :
632,469 metric tons
1971
Danish Agriculture
# 18
South Africa :
617,200 metric tons
1971
South African Agriculture
# 19
Mexico :
614,679 metric tons
1971
Mexican Agriculture
# 20
Netherlands :
601,176 metric tons
1971
Dutch Agriculture
# 21
Korea, South :
598,200 metric tons
1971
Korean Agriculture
# 22
Sweden :
525,235 metric tons
1971
Swedish Agriculture
# 23
Belgium :
514,810 metric tons
1971
Belgian Agriculture
# 24
Finland :
506,044 metric tons
1971
Finnish Agriculture
# 25
Turkey :
494,550 metric tons
1971
Turkish Agriculture
# 26
New Zealand :
473,203 metric tons
1971
New Zealand Agriculture
# 27
Austria :
439,944 metric tons
1971
Austrian Agriculture
# 28
Ireland :
420,010 metric tons
1971
Irish Agriculture
# 29
Pakistan :
381,948 metric tons
1971
Pakistani Agriculture
# 30
Egypt :
372,400 metric tons
1971
Egyptian Agriculture
# 31
Greece :
347,620 metric tons
1971
Greek Agriculture
# 32
Korea, North :
338,100 metric tons
1971
Korean Agriculture
# 33
Cuba :
292,000 metric tons
1971
Cuban Agriculture
# 34
Vietnam :
287,700 metric tons
1971
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 35
Indonesia :
227,114 metric tons
1971
Indonesian Agriculture
# 36
Philippines :
208,900 metric tons
1971
Philippine Agriculture
# 37
Norway :
208,800 metric tons
1971
Norwegian Agriculture
# 38
Colombia :
184,220 metric tons
1971
Colombian Agriculture
# 39
Algeria :
179,000 metric tons
1971
Algerian Agriculture
# 40
Iran :
177,038 metric tons
1971
Iranian Agriculture
# 41
Malaysia :
171,258 metric tons
1971
Malaysian Agriculture
# 42
Switzerland :
151,000 metric tons
1971
Swiss Agriculture
# 43
Portugal :
133,488 metric tons
1971
Portuguese Agriculture
# 44
Zimbabwe :
133,400 metric tons
1971
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 45
Chile :
128,205 metric tons
1971
Chilean Agriculture
# 46
Thailand :
128,139 metric tons
1971
Thai Agriculture
# 47
Bangladesh :
114,200 metric tons
1971
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 48
Sri Lanka :
112,300 metric tons
1971
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 49
Morocco :
108,929 metric tons
1971
Moroccan Agriculture
# 50
Uruguay :
88,200 metric tons
1971
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 51
Peru :
81,942 metric tons
1971
Peruvian Agriculture
# 52
El Salvador :
80,800 metric tons
1971
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 53
Argentina :
77,100 metric tons
1971
Argentine Agriculture
# 54
Venezuela :
66,999 metric tons
1971
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 55
Israel :
60,685 metric tons
1971
Israeli Agriculture
# 56
Costa Rica :
57,273 metric tons
1971
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 57
Albania :
53,800 metric tons
1971
Albanian Agriculture
# 58
Zambia :
53,298 metric tons
1971
Zambian Agriculture
# 59
Syria :
53,201 metric tons
1971
Syrian Agriculture
# 60
Dominican Republic :
52,737 metric tons
1971
Dominican Agriculture
# 61
Lebanon :
47,900 metric tons
1971
Lebanese Agriculture
# 62
Kenya :
47,200 metric tons
1971
Kenyan Agriculture
# 63
Burma :
44,023 metric tons
1971
Burmese Agriculture
# 64
Sudan :
38,203 metric tons
1971
Sudanese Agriculture
# 65
Tunisia :
37,500 metric tons
1971
Tunisian Agriculture
# 66
Honduras :
27,500 metric tons
1971
Honduran Agriculture
# 67
Cyprus :
26,429 metric tons
1971
Cypriot Agriculture
# 68
Iceland :
26,172 metric tons
1971
Icelandic Agriculture
# 69
Nicaragua :
26,082 metric tons
1971
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 70
Angola :
25,000 metric tons
1971
Angolan Agriculture
# 71
Guatemala :
24,818 metric tons
1971
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 72
Côte d'Ivoire :
23,670 metric tons
1971
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 73
Panama :
23,524 metric tons
1971
Panamanian Agriculture
# 74
Mauritius :
21,538 metric tons
1971
Mauritian Agriculture
# 75
Jamaica :
21,328 metric tons
1971
Jamaican Agriculture
# 76
Afghanistan :
20,500 metric tons
1971
Afghan Agriculture
# 77
Iraq :
20,246 metric tons
1971
Iraqi Agriculture
# 78
Ecuador :
18,400 metric tons
1971
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 79
Libya :
17,500 metric tons
1971
Libyan Agriculture
# 80
Tanzania :
17,400 metric tons
1971
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 81
Malawi :
15,062 metric tons
1971
Malawian Agriculture
# 82
Cameroon :
14,900 metric tons
1971
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 83
Senegal :
13,565 metric tons
1971
Senegalese Agriculture
# 84
Madagascar :
12,666 metric tons
1971
Malagasy Agriculture
# 85
Guyana :
12,128 metric tons
1971
Guyanese Agriculture
# 86
Mozambique :
9,947 metric tons
1971
Mozambican Agriculture
# 87
Trinidad and Tobago :
9,246 metric tons
1971
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 88
Nigeria :
9,245 metric tons
1971
Nigerian Agriculture
# 89
Uganda :
8,100 metric tons
1971
Ugandan Agriculture
# 90
Nepal :
7,968 metric tons
1971
Nepalese Agriculture
# 91
Congo, Republic of the :
7,600 metric tons
1971
Congolese Agriculture
# 92
Fiji :
7,399 metric tons
1971
Fijian Agriculture
# 93
Swaziland :
7,275 metric tons
1971
Swazi Agriculture
# 94
Mali :
7,200 metric tons
1971
Malian Agriculture
# 95
Benin :
5,300 metric tons
1971
Beninese Agriculture
# 96
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
4,700 metric tons
1971
Congolese Agriculture
# 97
Paraguay :
4,636 metric tons
1971
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 98
Barbados :
4,300 metric tons
1971
Barbadian Agriculture
# 99
Bolivia :
4,100 metric tons
1971
Bolivian Agriculture
# 100
Papua New Guinea :
4,000 metric tons
1971
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 101
Suriname :
3,621 metric tons
1971
Surinamese Agriculture
# 102
Somalia :
3,600 metric tons
1971
Somali Agriculture
# 103
Saint Lucia :
3,400 metric tons
1971
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 104
Cambodia :
3,142 metric tons
1971
Cambodian Agriculture
# 105
Singapore :
3,000 metric tons
1971
Singapore Agriculture
# 106
Guinea :
2,900 metric tons
1971
Guinean Agriculture
# 107
Ghana :
2,885 metric tons
1971
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 108
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
2,600 metric tons
1971
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 109
Saudi Arabia :
2,500 metric tons
1971
Saudi Agriculture
# 110
Jordan :
2,401 metric tons
1971
Jordanian Agriculture
# 111
Chad :
2,232 metric tons
1971
Chadian Agriculture
# 112
Central African Republic :
2,100 metric tons
1971
Central African Agriculture
# 113
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1,900 metric tons
1971
Nevisian Agriculture
# 114
Liberia :
1,900 metric tons
1971
Liberian Agriculture
# 115
Mongolia :
1,700 metric tons
1971
Mongolian Agriculture
# 116
Botswana :
1,650 metric tons
1971
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 117
Bahamas, The :
1,250 metric tons
1971
Bahamian Agriculture
# 118
Equatorial Guinea :
1,200 metric tons
1971
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 119
Sierra Leone :
1,136 metric tons
1971
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 120
Lesotho :
1,072 metric tons
1971
Basotho Agriculture
# 121
Belize :
1,055 metric tons
1971
Belizean Agriculture
# 122
Burkina Faso :
884 metric tons
1971
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 123
Burundi :
788 metric tons
1971
Burundian Agriculture
# 124
Malta :
569 metric tons
1971
Maltese Agriculture
# 125
Virgin Islands :
517 metric tons
1971
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 126
Togo :
495 metric tons
1971
Togolese Agriculture
# 127
Gambia, The :
400 metric tons
1971
Gambian Agriculture
# 128
Yemen :
400 metric tons
1971
Yemeni Agriculture
# 129
Haiti :
350 metric tons
1971
Haitian Agriculture
# 130
Niger :
252 metric tons
1971
Nigerien Agriculture
# 131
Rwanda :
220 metric tons
1971
Rwandan Agriculture
# 132
Laos :
200 metric tons
1971
Lao Agriculture
Total :
59,880,010 metric tons
Weighted average:
453,636.4 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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