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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 (1975) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
18,913,710 metric tons
1975
American Agriculture
# 2
China :
6,851,600 metric tons
1975
Chinese Agriculture
# 3
Germany :
4,932,429 metric tons
1975
German Agriculture
# 4
France :
4,686,300 metric tons
1975
French Agriculture
# 5
Poland :
3,671,351 metric tons
1975
Polish Agriculture
# 6
India :
3,493,800 metric tons
1975
Indian Agriculture
# 7
Brazil :
1,977,696 metric tons
1975
Brazilian Agriculture
# 8
United Kingdom :
1,820,000 metric tons
1975
British Agriculture
# 9
Japan :
1,801,300 metric tons
1975
Japanese Agriculture
# 10
Hungary :
1,518,272 metric tons
1975
Hungarian Agriculture
# 11
Italy :
1,489,726 metric tons
1975
Italian Agriculture
# 12
Spain :
1,401,839 metric tons
1975
Spanish Agriculture
# 13
Canada :
1,307,700 metric tons
1975
Canadian Agriculture
# 14
Romania :
1,196,600 metric tons
1975
Romanian Agriculture
# 15
Mexico :
1,073,464 metric tons
1975
Mexican Agriculture
# 16
Turkey :
891,170 metric tons
1975
Turkish Agriculture
# 17
Korea, South :
865,498 metric tons
1975
Korean Agriculture
# 18
South Africa :
772,712 metric tons
1975
South African Agriculture
# 19
Australia :
721,667 metric tons
1975
Australian Agriculture
# 20
Bulgaria :
679,070 metric tons
1975
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 21
Denmark :
639,051 metric tons
1975
Danish Agriculture
# 22
Netherlands :
634,738 metric tons
1975
Dutch Agriculture
# 23
Pakistan :
553,851 metric tons
1975
Pakistani Agriculture
# 24
Sweden :
524,948 metric tons
1975
Swedish Agriculture
# 25
Finland :
516,773 metric tons
1975
Finnish Agriculture
# 26
New Zealand :
515,592 metric tons
1975
New Zealand Agriculture
# 27
Egypt :
501,192 metric tons
1975
Egyptian Agriculture
# 28
Indonesia :
489,100 metric tons
1975
Indonesian Agriculture
# 29
Greece :
462,749 metric tons
1975
Greek Agriculture
# 30
Belgium :
450,985 metric tons
1975
Belgian Agriculture
# 31
Korea, North :
433,800 metric tons
1975
Korean Agriculture
# 32
Ireland :
431,529 metric tons
1975
Irish Agriculture
# 33
Iran :
335,980 metric tons
1975
Iranian Agriculture
# 34
Cuba :
330,900 metric tons
1975
Cuban Agriculture
# 35
Vietnam :
330,000 metric tons
1975
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 36
Austria :
312,963 metric tons
1975
Austrian Agriculture
# 37
Malaysia :
248,020 metric tons
1975
Malaysian Agriculture
# 38
Portugal :
244,700 metric tons
1975
Portuguese Agriculture
# 39
Norway :
229,600 metric tons
1975
Norwegian Agriculture
# 40
Philippines :
226,900 metric tons
1975
Philippine Agriculture
# 41
Bangladesh :
215,409 metric tons
1975
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 42
Colombia :
215,267 metric tons
1975
Colombian Agriculture
# 43
Thailand :
180,149 metric tons
1975
Thai Agriculture
# 44
Morocco :
165,800 metric tons
1975
Moroccan Agriculture
# 45
Zimbabwe :
147,208 metric tons
1975
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 46
Switzerland :
143,400 metric tons
1975
Swiss Agriculture
# 47
Venezuela :
140,484 metric tons
1975
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 48
Algeria :
123,000 metric tons
1975
Algerian Agriculture
# 49
Peru :
104,394 metric tons
1975
Peruvian Agriculture
# 50
Sudan :
95,100 metric tons
1975
Sudanese Agriculture
# 51
El Salvador :
93,900 metric tons
1975
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 52
Chile :
90,559 metric tons
1975
Chilean Agriculture
# 53
Israel :
74,590 metric tons
1975
Israeli Agriculture
# 54
Dominican Republic :
73,000 metric tons
1975
Dominican Agriculture
# 55
Sri Lanka :
72,400 metric tons
1975
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 56
Syria :
71,449 metric tons
1975
Syrian Agriculture
# 57
Costa Rica :
66,100 metric tons
1975
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 58
Albania :
62,500 metric tons
1975
Albanian Agriculture
# 59
Argentina :
60,300 metric tons
1975
Argentine Agriculture
# 60
Guatemala :
55,000 metric tons
1975
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 61
Burma :
54,724 metric tons
1975
Burmese Agriculture
# 62
Nigeria :
54,300 metric tons
1975
Nigerian Agriculture
# 63
Zambia :
53,300 metric tons
1975
Zambian Agriculture
# 64
Tunisia :
52,377 metric tons
1975
Tunisian Agriculture
# 65
Senegal :
47,400 metric tons
1975
Senegalese Agriculture
# 66
Uruguay :
47,400 metric tons
1975
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 67
Kenya :
44,494 metric tons
1975
Kenyan Agriculture
# 68
Côte d'Ivoire :
37,700 metric tons
1975
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 69
Afghanistan :
36,384 metric tons
1975
Afghan Agriculture
# 70
Libya :
35,900 metric tons
1975
Libyan Agriculture
# 71
Ecuador :
32,724 metric tons
1975
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 72
Iraq :
32,700 metric tons
1975
Iraqi Agriculture
# 73
Tanzania :
29,670 metric tons
1975
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 74
Iceland :
28,138 metric tons
1975
Icelandic Agriculture
# 75
Panama :
25,475 metric tons
1975
Panamanian Agriculture
# 76
Ghana :
24,500 metric tons
1975
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 77
Mauritius :
24,142 metric tons
1975
Mauritian Agriculture
# 78
Honduras :
20,000 metric tons
1975
Honduran Agriculture
# 79
Nicaragua :
19,300 metric tons
1975
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 80
Jamaica :
18,300 metric tons
1975
Jamaican Agriculture
# 81
Malawi :
15,021 metric tons
1975
Malawian Agriculture
# 82
Cyprus :
14,671 metric tons
1975
Cypriot Agriculture
# 83
Lebanon :
13,000 metric tons
1975
Lebanese Agriculture
# 84
Guyana :
12,747 metric tons
1975
Guyanese Agriculture
# 85
Cameroon :
12,500 metric tons
1975
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 86
Nepal :
12,260 metric tons
1975
Nepalese Agriculture
# 87
Fiji :
11,700 metric tons
1975
Fijian Agriculture
# 88
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
10,713 metric tons
1975
Congolese Agriculture
# 89
Swaziland :
9,400 metric tons
1975
Swazi Agriculture
# 90
Saudi Arabia :
9,300 metric tons
1975
Saudi Agriculture
# 91
Trinidad and Tobago :
7,012 metric tons
1975
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 92
Yemen :
6,062 metric tons
1975
Yemeni Agriculture
# 93
Madagascar :
5,947 metric tons
1975
Malagasy Agriculture
# 94
Mozambique :
5,900 metric tons
1975
Mozambican Agriculture
# 95
Chad :
5,900 metric tons
1975
Chadian Agriculture
# 96
Jordan :
5,800 metric tons
1975
Jordanian Agriculture
# 97
Papua New Guinea :
5,500 metric tons
1975
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 98
Liberia :
4,856 metric tons
1975
Liberian Agriculture
# 99
Barbados :
4,200 metric tons
1975
Barbadian Agriculture
# 100
Angola :
4,100 metric tons
1975
Angolan Agriculture
# 101
Saint Lucia :
4,100 metric tons
1975
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 102
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
4,000 metric tons
1975
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 103
Somalia :
3,640 metric tons
1975
Somali Agriculture
# 104
Mongolia :
3,500 metric tons
1975
Mongolian Agriculture
# 105
Bolivia :
3,200 metric tons
1975
Bolivian Agriculture
# 106
Singapore :
3,000 metric tons
1975
Singapore Agriculture
# 107
Sierra Leone :
2,918 metric tons
1975
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 108
Suriname :
2,800 metric tons
1975
Surinamese Agriculture
# 109
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2,700 metric tons
1975
Nevisian Agriculture
# 110
Benin :
2,414 metric tons
1975
Beninese Agriculture
# 111
Botswana :
2,400 metric tons
1975
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 112
Congo, Republic of the :
2,300 metric tons
1975
Congolese Agriculture
# 113
Togo :
2,291 metric tons
1975
Togolese Agriculture
# 114
Mali :
2,200 metric tons
1975
Malian Agriculture
# 115
Haiti :
2,100 metric tons
1975
Haitian Agriculture
# 116
Belize :
2,100 metric tons
1975
Belizean Agriculture
# 117
Central African Republic :
1,700 metric tons
1975
Central African Agriculture
# 118
Uganda :
1,689 metric tons
1975
Ugandan Agriculture
# 119
Lesotho :
1,500 metric tons
1975
Basotho Agriculture
# 120
Guinea :
1,500 metric tons
1975
Guinean Agriculture
# 121
Burkina Faso :
1,200 metric tons
1975
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 122
Mauritania :
1,150 metric tons
1975
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 123
Bahamas, The :
1,141 metric tons
1975
Bahamian Agriculture
# 124
Paraguay :
1,136 metric tons
1975
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 125
United Arab Emirates :
900 metric tons
1975
Emirati Agriculture
# 126
Virgin Islands :
900 metric tons
1975
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 127
Gambia, The :
755 metric tons
1975
Gambian Agriculture
# 128
Burundi :
747 metric tons
1975
Burundian Agriculture
# 129
Niger :
631 metric tons
1975
Nigerien Agriculture
# 130
New Caledonia :
626 metric tons
1975
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 131
Oman :
426 metric tons
1975
Omani Agriculture
# 132
Gabon :
400 metric tons
1975
Gabonese Agriculture
# 133
Guinea-Bissau :
300 metric tons
1975
Guinean Agriculture
# 134
French Polynesia :
300 metric tons
1975
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 135
Malta :
282 metric tons
1975
Maltese Agriculture
# 136
Rwanda :
280 metric tons
1975
Rwandan Agriculture
# 137
Qatar :
200 metric tons
1975
Qatari Agriculture
# 138
Equatorial Guinea :
100 metric tons
1975
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 139
Cape Verde :
100 metric tons
1975
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 140
Laos :
100 metric tons
1975
Lao Agriculture
# 141
Bhutan :
100 metric tons
1975
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 142
Cambodia :
100 metric tons
1975
Cambodian Agriculture
# 143
Bahrain :
23 metric tons
1975
Bahraini Agriculture
# 144
Samoa :
10 metric tons
1975
Samoan Agriculture
Total :
71,688,760 metric tons
Weighted average:
497,838.6 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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