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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 (1976) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
20,058,580 metric tons
1976
American Agriculture
# 2
China :
6,420,000 metric tons
1976
Chinese Agriculture
# 3
Germany :
5,209,204 metric tons
1976
German Agriculture
# 4
France :
5,105,400 metric tons
1976
French Agriculture
# 5
Poland :
3,586,174 metric tons
1976
Polish Agriculture
# 6
India :
3,416,800 metric tons
1976
Indian Agriculture
# 7
Brazil :
2,528,141 metric tons
1976
Brazilian Agriculture
# 8
Japan :
2,086,000 metric tons
1976
Japanese Agriculture
# 9
United Kingdom :
1,929,000 metric tons
1976
British Agriculture
# 10
Spain :
1,695,490 metric tons
1976
Spanish Agriculture
# 11
Italy :
1,434,604 metric tons
1976
Italian Agriculture
# 12
Hungary :
1,387,948 metric tons
1976
Hungarian Agriculture
# 13
Canada :
1,335,500 metric tons
1976
Canadian Agriculture
# 14
Turkey :
1,178,993 metric tons
1976
Turkish Agriculture
# 15
Romania :
1,144,400 metric tons
1976
Romanian Agriculture
# 16
Mexico :
1,120,262 metric tons
1976
Mexican Agriculture
# 17
Australia :
980,584 metric tons
1976
Australian Agriculture
# 18
South Africa :
813,000 metric tons
1976
South African Agriculture
# 19
Bulgaria :
657,854 metric tons
1976
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 20
Denmark :
651,549 metric tons
1976
Danish Agriculture
# 21
Korea, South :
643,263 metric tons
1976
Korean Agriculture
# 22
Netherlands :
635,575 metric tons
1976
Dutch Agriculture
# 23
Pakistan :
631,300 metric tons
1976
Pakistani Agriculture
# 24
Korea, North :
550,500 metric tons
1976
Korean Agriculture
# 25
Sweden :
531,991 metric tons
1976
Swedish Agriculture
# 26
New Zealand :
527,655 metric tons
1976
New Zealand Agriculture
# 27
Egypt :
497,010 metric tons
1976
Egyptian Agriculture
# 28
Indonesia :
492,600 metric tons
1976
Indonesian Agriculture
# 29
Greece :
491,710 metric tons
1976
Greek Agriculture
# 30
Ireland :
487,519 metric tons
1976
Irish Agriculture
# 31
Belgium :
461,259 metric tons
1976
Belgian Agriculture
# 32
Finland :
421,779 metric tons
1976
Finnish Agriculture
# 33
Austria :
371,529 metric tons
1976
Austrian Agriculture
# 34
Cuba :
355,600 metric tons
1976
Cuban Agriculture
# 35
Iran :
341,460 metric tons
1976
Iranian Agriculture
# 36
Malaysia :
298,846 metric tons
1976
Malaysian Agriculture
# 37
Vietnam :
271,000 metric tons
1976
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 38
Philippines :
268,700 metric tons
1976
Philippine Agriculture
# 39
Portugal :
248,202 metric tons
1976
Portuguese Agriculture
# 40
Colombia :
246,079 metric tons
1976
Colombian Agriculture
# 41
Bangladesh :
243,353 metric tons
1976
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 42
Thailand :
237,100 metric tons
1976
Thai Agriculture
# 43
Norway :
222,800 metric tons
1976
Norwegian Agriculture
# 44
Morocco :
186,800 metric tons
1976
Moroccan Agriculture
# 45
Algeria :
166,000 metric tons
1976
Algerian Agriculture
# 46
Venezuela :
160,997 metric tons
1976
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 47
Switzerland :
152,300 metric tons
1976
Swiss Agriculture
# 48
Peru :
128,909 metric tons
1976
Peruvian Agriculture
# 49
Zimbabwe :
121,935 metric tons
1976
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 50
Chile :
117,791 metric tons
1976
Chilean Agriculture
# 51
El Salvador :
102,196 metric tons
1976
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 52
Sri Lanka :
95,300 metric tons
1976
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 53
Guatemala :
94,533 metric tons
1976
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 54
Ecuador :
81,384 metric tons
1976
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 55
Sudan :
80,000 metric tons
1976
Sudanese Agriculture
# 56
Nigeria :
79,000 metric tons
1976
Nigerian Agriculture
# 57
Argentina :
78,229 metric tons
1976
Argentine Agriculture
# 58
Syria :
78,216 metric tons
1976
Syrian Agriculture
# 59
Dominican Republic :
75,800 metric tons
1976
Dominican Agriculture
# 60
Uruguay :
74,000 metric tons
1976
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 61
Israel :
73,914 metric tons
1976
Israeli Agriculture
# 62
Albania :
72,000 metric tons
1976
Albanian Agriculture
# 63
Zambia :
58,500 metric tons
1976
Zambian Agriculture
# 64
Costa Rica :
55,692 metric tons
1976
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 65
Tunisia :
54,300 metric tons
1976
Tunisian Agriculture
# 66
Kenya :
53,896 metric tons
1976
Kenyan Agriculture
# 67
Burma :
51,165 metric tons
1976
Burmese Agriculture
# 68
Nicaragua :
47,894 metric tons
1976
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 69
Afghanistan :
44,236 metric tons
1976
Afghan Agriculture
# 70
Libya :
43,400 metric tons
1976
Libyan Agriculture
# 71
Iraq :
43,000 metric tons
1976
Iraqi Agriculture
# 72
Senegal :
39,900 metric tons
1976
Senegalese Agriculture
# 73
Côte d'Ivoire :
37,300 metric tons
1976
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 74
Lebanon :
32,100 metric tons
1976
Lebanese Agriculture
# 75
Tanzania :
30,721 metric tons
1976
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 76
Iceland :
28,643 metric tons
1976
Icelandic Agriculture
# 77
Malawi :
26,898 metric tons
1976
Malawian Agriculture
# 78
Honduras :
25,400 metric tons
1976
Honduran Agriculture
# 79
Panama :
22,700 metric tons
1976
Panamanian Agriculture
# 80
Mauritius :
21,477 metric tons
1976
Mauritian Agriculture
# 81
Ghana :
20,500 metric tons
1976
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 82
Cyprus :
16,420 metric tons
1976
Cypriot Agriculture
# 83
Nepal :
14,877 metric tons
1976
Nepalese Agriculture
# 84
Jamaica :
14,300 metric tons
1976
Jamaican Agriculture
# 85
Cameroon :
13,049 metric tons
1976
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 86
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
12,684 metric tons
1976
Congolese Agriculture
# 87
Fiji :
12,600 metric tons
1976
Fijian Agriculture
# 88
Mali :
11,800 metric tons
1976
Malian Agriculture
# 89
Mozambique :
11,200 metric tons
1976
Mozambican Agriculture
# 90
Guyana :
10,480 metric tons
1976
Guyanese Agriculture
# 91
Swaziland :
10,470 metric tons
1976
Swazi Agriculture
# 92
Madagascar :
8,820 metric tons
1976
Malagasy Agriculture
# 93
Chad :
8,100 metric tons
1976
Chadian Agriculture
# 94
Jordan :
7,967 metric tons
1976
Jordanian Agriculture
# 95
Trinidad and Tobago :
7,432 metric tons
1976
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 96
Saudi Arabia :
7,111 metric tons
1976
Saudi Agriculture
# 97
Mongolia :
7,000 metric tons
1976
Mongolian Agriculture
# 98
Papua New Guinea :
6,900 metric tons
1976
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 99
Liberia :
5,887 metric tons
1976
Liberian Agriculture
# 100
Dominica :
5,200 metric tons
1976
Dominican Agriculture
# 101
Burkina Faso :
4,800 metric tons
1976
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 102
Barbados :
4,800 metric tons
1976
Barbadian Agriculture
# 103
Suriname :
4,266 metric tons
1976
Surinamese Agriculture
# 104
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
3,500 metric tons
1976
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 105
Saint Lucia :
3,200 metric tons
1976
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 106
Yemen :
3,052 metric tons
1976
Yemeni Agriculture
# 107
Singapore :
3,000 metric tons
1976
Singapore Agriculture
# 108
Bolivia :
2,900 metric tons
1976
Bolivian Agriculture
# 109
Togo :
2,837 metric tons
1976
Togolese Agriculture
# 110
Congo, Republic of the :
2,625 metric tons
1976
Congolese Agriculture
# 111
Angola :
2,100 metric tons
1976
Angolan Agriculture
# 112
Botswana :
2,000 metric tons
1976
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 113
Benin :
2,000 metric tons
1976
Beninese Agriculture
# 114
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2,000 metric tons
1976
Nevisian Agriculture
# 115
Uganda :
1,656 metric tons
1976
Ugandan Agriculture
# 116
Gambia, The :
1,650 metric tons
1976
Gambian Agriculture
# 117
Central African Republic :
1,600 metric tons
1976
Central African Agriculture
# 118
Bahamas, The :
1,558 metric tons
1976
Bahamian Agriculture
# 119
Lesotho :
1,300 metric tons
1976
Basotho Agriculture
# 120
Guinea :
1,300 metric tons
1976
Guinean Agriculture
# 121
Djibouti :
1,300 metric tons
1976
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 122
Sierra Leone :
1,275 metric tons
1976
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 123
Niger :
1,152 metric tons
1976
Nigerien Agriculture
# 124
United Arab Emirates :
1,100 metric tons
1976
Emirati Agriculture
# 125
Paraguay :
1,000 metric tons
1976
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 126
Belize :
900 metric tons
1976
Belizean Agriculture
# 127
Virgin Islands :
900 metric tons
1976
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 128
Gabon :
863 metric tons
1976
Gabonese Agriculture
# 129
Burundi :
531 metric tons
1976
Burundian Agriculture
# 130
Mauritania :
500 metric tons
1976
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 131
French Polynesia :
458 metric tons
1976
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 132
Oman :
430 metric tons
1976
Omani Agriculture
# 133
Bermuda :
347 metric tons
1976
Bermudian Agriculture
# 134
Rwanda :
312 metric tons
1976
Rwandan Agriculture
# 135
Haiti :
300 metric tons
1976
Haitian Agriculture
# 136
Qatar :
300 metric tons
1976
Qatari Agriculture
# 137
Malta :
295 metric tons
1976
Maltese Agriculture
# 138
New Caledonia :
244 metric tons
1976
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 139
Guinea-Bissau :
200 metric tons
1976
Guinean Agriculture
# 140
Cape Verde :
100 metric tons
1976
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 141
Cambodia :
100 metric tons
1976
Cambodian Agriculture
# 142
Bhutan :
100 metric tons
1976
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 143
Equatorial Guinea :
100 metric tons
1976
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 144
Laos :
100 metric tons
1976
Lao Agriculture
# 145
Samoa :
10 metric tons
1976
Samoan Agriculture
Total :
75,230,697 metric tons
Weighted average:
518,832.4 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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