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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 (1977) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
18,676,060 metric tons
1977
American Agriculture
# 2
China :
9,133,300 metric tons
1977
Chinese Agriculture
# 3
France :
5,229,800 metric tons
1977
French Agriculture
# 4
Germany :
5,050,607 metric tons
1977
German Agriculture
# 5
India :
4,295,800 metric tons
1977
Indian Agriculture
# 6
Poland :
3,605,508 metric tons
1977
Polish Agriculture
# 7
Brazil :
3,208,894 metric tons
1977
Brazilian Agriculture
# 8
Japan :
2,124,000 metric tons
1977
Japanese Agriculture
# 9
United Kingdom :
2,009,000 metric tons
1977
British Agriculture
# 10
Italy :
1,794,650 metric tons
1977
Italian Agriculture
# 11
Canada :
1,624,800 metric tons
1977
Canadian Agriculture
# 12
Hungary :
1,510,885 metric tons
1977
Hungarian Agriculture
# 13
Spain :
1,411,218 metric tons
1977
Spanish Agriculture
# 14
Turkey :
1,258,924 metric tons
1977
Turkish Agriculture
# 15
Romania :
1,130,100 metric tons
1977
Romanian Agriculture
# 16
Mexico :
1,067,732 metric tons
1977
Mexican Agriculture
# 17
Australia :
1,014,381 metric tons
1977
Australian Agriculture
# 18
South Africa :
868,244 metric tons
1977
South African Agriculture
# 19
Bulgaria :
741,613 metric tons
1977
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 20
Korea, South :
736,130 metric tons
1977
Korean Agriculture
# 21
Pakistan :
717,200 metric tons
1977
Pakistani Agriculture
# 22
Denmark :
691,470 metric tons
1977
Danish Agriculture
# 23
Netherlands :
643,910 metric tons
1977
Dutch Agriculture
# 24
Indonesia :
615,400 metric tons
1977
Indonesian Agriculture
# 25
Ireland :
611,366 metric tons
1977
Irish Agriculture
# 26
Korea, North :
610,600 metric tons
1977
Korean Agriculture
# 27
New Zealand :
558,720 metric tons
1977
New Zealand Agriculture
# 28
Egypt :
543,247 metric tons
1977
Egyptian Agriculture
# 29
Sweden :
527,550 metric tons
1977
Swedish Agriculture
# 30
Greece :
503,800 metric tons
1977
Greek Agriculture
# 31
Belgium :
453,439 metric tons
1977
Belgian Agriculture
# 32
Finland :
438,279 metric tons
1977
Finnish Agriculture
# 33
Vietnam :
419,600 metric tons
1977
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 34
Cuba :
418,000 metric tons
1977
Cuban Agriculture
# 35
Iran :
408,395 metric tons
1977
Iranian Agriculture
# 36
Austria :
376,475 metric tons
1977
Austrian Agriculture
# 37
Bangladesh :
340,929 metric tons
1977
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 38
Malaysia :
320,100 metric tons
1977
Malaysian Agriculture
# 39
Colombia :
292,400 metric tons
1977
Colombian Agriculture
# 40
Thailand :
272,100 metric tons
1977
Thai Agriculture
# 41
Portugal :
270,034 metric tons
1977
Portuguese Agriculture
# 42
Philippines :
260,601 metric tons
1977
Philippine Agriculture
# 43
Norway :
239,800 metric tons
1977
Norwegian Agriculture
# 44
Morocco :
179,500 metric tons
1977
Moroccan Agriculture
# 45
Venezuela :
175,611 metric tons
1977
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 46
Switzerland :
155,600 metric tons
1977
Swiss Agriculture
# 47
Algeria :
141,017 metric tons
1977
Algerian Agriculture
# 48
Peru :
139,189 metric tons
1977
Peruvian Agriculture
# 49
Sri Lanka :
111,600 metric tons
1977
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 50
El Salvador :
105,536 metric tons
1977
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 51
Guatemala :
103,428 metric tons
1977
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 52
Chile :
101,732 metric tons
1977
Chilean Agriculture
# 53
Zimbabwe :
96,195 metric tons
1977
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 54
Syria :
94,927 metric tons
1977
Syrian Agriculture
# 55
Ecuador :
85,938 metric tons
1977
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 56
Israel :
79,795 metric tons
1977
Israeli Agriculture
# 57
Albania :
78,700 metric tons
1977
Albanian Agriculture
# 58
Argentina :
74,305 metric tons
1977
Argentine Agriculture
# 59
Nigeria :
74,000 metric tons
1977
Nigerian Agriculture
# 60
Zambia :
67,500 metric tons
1977
Zambian Agriculture
# 61
Costa Rica :
66,543 metric tons
1977
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 62
Uruguay :
63,200 metric tons
1977
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 63
Burma :
61,964 metric tons
1977
Burmese Agriculture
# 64
Afghanistan :
54,226 metric tons
1977
Afghan Agriculture
# 65
Iraq :
54,200 metric tons
1977
Iraqi Agriculture
# 66
Kenya :
51,522 metric tons
1977
Kenyan Agriculture
# 67
Libya :
51,200 metric tons
1977
Libyan Agriculture
# 68
Dominican Republic :
50,000 metric tons
1977
Dominican Agriculture
# 69
Nicaragua :
48,358 metric tons
1977
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 70
Côte d'Ivoire :
47,800 metric tons
1977
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 71
Senegal :
46,722 metric tons
1977
Senegalese Agriculture
# 72
Tunisia :
43,800 metric tons
1977
Tunisian Agriculture
# 73
Cameroon :
34,000 metric tons
1977
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 74
Sudan :
32,100 metric tons
1977
Sudanese Agriculture
# 75
Angola :
31,600 metric tons
1977
Angolan Agriculture
# 76
Ghana :
31,200 metric tons
1977
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 77
Tanzania :
29,746 metric tons
1977
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 78
Iceland :
29,103 metric tons
1977
Icelandic Agriculture
# 79
Lebanon :
27,900 metric tons
1977
Lebanese Agriculture
# 80
Honduras :
27,900 metric tons
1977
Honduran Agriculture
# 81
Mauritius :
26,189 metric tons
1977
Mauritian Agriculture
# 82
Malawi :
23,492 metric tons
1977
Malawian Agriculture
# 83
Panama :
22,700 metric tons
1977
Panamanian Agriculture
# 84
Nepal :
17,467 metric tons
1977
Nepalese Agriculture
# 85
Jamaica :
14,800 metric tons
1977
Jamaican Agriculture
# 86
Mali :
14,800 metric tons
1977
Malian Agriculture
# 87
Mozambique :
14,500 metric tons
1977
Mozambican Agriculture
# 88
Fiji :
11,900 metric tons
1977
Fijian Agriculture
# 89
Cyprus :
10,693 metric tons
1977
Cypriot Agriculture
# 90
Swaziland :
9,757 metric tons
1977
Swazi Agriculture
# 91
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
8,800 metric tons
1977
Congolese Agriculture
# 92
Papua New Guinea :
8,600 metric tons
1977
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 93
Saudi Arabia :
8,008 metric tons
1977
Saudi Agriculture
# 94
Guyana :
7,827 metric tons
1977
Guyanese Agriculture
# 95
Madagascar :
7,806 metric tons
1977
Malagasy Agriculture
# 96
Chad :
7,560 metric tons
1977
Chadian Agriculture
# 97
Burkina Faso :
6,865 metric tons
1977
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 98
Liberia :
6,213 metric tons
1977
Liberian Agriculture
# 99
Mongolia :
6,200 metric tons
1977
Mongolian Agriculture
# 100
Trinidad and Tobago :
6,097 metric tons
1977
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 101
Dominica :
5,800 metric tons
1977
Dominican Agriculture
# 102
Jordan :
5,500 metric tons
1977
Jordanian Agriculture
# 103
Suriname :
4,000 metric tons
1977
Surinamese Agriculture
# 104
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
3,900 metric tons
1977
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 105
Bolivia :
3,614 metric tons
1977
Bolivian Agriculture
# 106
Barbados :
3,591 metric tons
1977
Barbadian Agriculture
# 107
Haiti :
3,100 metric tons
1977
Haitian Agriculture
# 108
Saint Lucia :
3,000 metric tons
1977
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 109
Singapore :
3,000 metric tons
1977
Singapore Agriculture
# 110
Yemen :
2,939 metric tons
1977
Yemeni Agriculture
# 111
Mauritania :
2,300 metric tons
1977
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 112
Lesotho :
2,200 metric tons
1977
Basotho Agriculture
# 113
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2,100 metric tons
1977
Nevisian Agriculture
# 114
Botswana :
2,100 metric tons
1977
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 115
Niger :
2,082 metric tons
1977
Nigerien Agriculture
# 116
Bahamas, The :
1,800 metric tons
1977
Bahamian Agriculture
# 117
Central African Republic :
1,700 metric tons
1977
Central African Agriculture
# 118
Gambia, The :
1,654 metric tons
1977
Gambian Agriculture
# 119
Sierra Leone :
1,415 metric tons
1977
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 120
Djibouti :
1,300 metric tons
1977
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 121
Benin :
1,100 metric tons
1977
Beninese Agriculture
# 122
Uganda :
1,100 metric tons
1977
Ugandan Agriculture
# 123
Paraguay :
1,100 metric tons
1977
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 124
Virgin Islands :
1,000 metric tons
1977
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 125
Togo :
915 metric tons
1977
Togolese Agriculture
# 126
United Arab Emirates :
900 metric tons
1977
Emirati Agriculture
# 127
Guinea :
800 metric tons
1977
Guinean Agriculture
# 128
Burundi :
759 metric tons
1977
Burundian Agriculture
# 129
Malta :
645 metric tons
1977
Maltese Agriculture
# 130
Belize :
607 metric tons
1977
Belizean Agriculture
# 131
Gabon :
598 metric tons
1977
Gabonese Agriculture
# 132
French Polynesia :
541 metric tons
1977
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 133
Oman :
500 metric tons
1977
Omani Agriculture
# 134
New Caledonia :
415 metric tons
1977
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 135
Bermuda :
318 metric tons
1977
Bermudian Agriculture
# 136
Rwanda :
300 metric tons
1977
Rwandan Agriculture
# 137
Qatar :
300 metric tons
1977
Qatari Agriculture
# 138
Cape Verde :
100 metric tons
1977
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 139
Equatorial Guinea :
100 metric tons
1977
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 140
Kuwait :
100 metric tons
1977
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 141
Laos :
100 metric tons
1977
Lao Agriculture
# 142
Somalia :
100 metric tons
1977
Somali Agriculture
# 143
Bhutan :
100 metric tons
1977
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 144
Samoa :
10 metric tons
1977
Samoan Agriculture
# 145
Congo, Republic of the :
5 metric tons
1977
Congolese Agriculture
Total :
80,082,600 metric tons
Weighted average:
552,293.8 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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