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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 (1979) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
20,940,680 metric tons
1979
American Agriculture
# 2
China :
13,081,800 metric tons
1979
Chinese Agriculture
# 3
France :
5,904,500 metric tons
1979
French Agriculture
# 4
Germany :
5,309,308 metric tons
1979
German Agriculture
# 5
India :
5,272,900 metric tons
1979
Indian Agriculture
# 6
Poland :
3,634,708 metric tons
1979
Polish Agriculture
# 7
Brazil :
3,567,039 metric tons
1979
Brazilian Agriculture
# 8
Italy :
2,354,720 metric tons
1979
Italian Agriculture
# 9
Japan :
2,344,000 metric tons
1979
Japanese Agriculture
# 10
United Kingdom :
2,235,000 metric tons
1979
British Agriculture
# 11
Canada :
1,807,700 metric tons
1979
Canadian Agriculture
# 12
Spain :
1,684,957 metric tons
1979
Spanish Agriculture
# 13
Hungary :
1,501,862 metric tons
1979
Hungarian Agriculture
# 14
Romania :
1,431,000 metric tons
1979
Romanian Agriculture
# 15
Turkey :
1,299,095 metric tons
1979
Turkish Agriculture
# 16
Australia :
1,213,809 metric tons
1979
Australian Agriculture
# 17
Mexico :
1,134,400 metric tons
1979
Mexican Agriculture
# 18
Pakistan :
986,508 metric tons
1979
Pakistani Agriculture
# 19
South Africa :
965,036 metric tons
1979
South African Agriculture
# 20
Indonesia :
855,723 metric tons
1979
Indonesian Agriculture
# 21
Korea, South :
851,138 metric tons
1979
Korean Agriculture
# 22
Bulgaria :
820,264 metric tons
1979
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 23
Korea, North :
749,200 metric tons
1979
Korean Agriculture
# 24
Denmark :
697,757 metric tons
1979
Danish Agriculture
# 25
Netherlands :
693,875 metric tons
1979
Dutch Agriculture
# 26
Egypt :
604,200 metric tons
1979
Egyptian Agriculture
# 27
Ireland :
592,300 metric tons
1979
Irish Agriculture
# 28
Greece :
581,000 metric tons
1979
Greek Agriculture
# 29
New Zealand :
546,300 metric tons
1979
New Zealand Agriculture
# 30
Sweden :
507,168 metric tons
1979
Swedish Agriculture
# 31
Finland :
489,799 metric tons
1979
Finnish Agriculture
# 32
Iran :
472,675 metric tons
1979
Iranian Agriculture
# 33
Cuba :
464,400 metric tons
1979
Cuban Agriculture
# 34
Belgium :
444,739 metric tons
1979
Belgian Agriculture
# 35
Malaysia :
434,400 metric tons
1979
Malaysian Agriculture
# 36
Bangladesh :
407,355 metric tons
1979
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 37
Austria :
402,900 metric tons
1979
Austrian Agriculture
# 38
Philippines :
342,300 metric tons
1979
Philippine Agriculture
# 39
Colombia :
312,424 metric tons
1979
Colombian Agriculture
# 40
Thailand :
289,465 metric tons
1979
Thai Agriculture
# 41
Portugal :
275,213 metric tons
1979
Portuguese Agriculture
# 42
Norway :
267,300 metric tons
1979
Norwegian Agriculture
# 43
Venezuela :
222,083 metric tons
1979
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 44
Morocco :
191,350 metric tons
1979
Moroccan Agriculture
# 45
Switzerland :
184,300 metric tons
1979
Swiss Agriculture
# 46
Algeria :
169,852 metric tons
1979
Algerian Agriculture
# 47
Vietnam :
163,200 metric tons
1979
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 48
Sri Lanka :
145,914 metric tons
1979
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 49
Chile :
140,212 metric tons
1979
Chilean Agriculture
# 50
Argentina :
130,082 metric tons
1979
Argentine Agriculture
# 51
Syria :
127,595 metric tons
1979
Syrian Agriculture
# 52
Peru :
117,348 metric tons
1979
Peruvian Agriculture
# 53
Zimbabwe :
112,405 metric tons
1979
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 54
Nigeria :
108,300 metric tons
1979
Nigerian Agriculture
# 55
Iraq :
102,000 metric tons
1979
Iraqi Agriculture
# 56
Guatemala :
100,400 metric tons
1979
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 57
Albania :
98,100 metric tons
1979
Albanian Agriculture
# 58
Burma :
93,100 metric tons
1979
Burmese Agriculture
# 59
Uruguay :
91,760 metric tons
1979
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 60
Ecuador :
79,359 metric tons
1979
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 61
Costa Rica :
79,100 metric tons
1979
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 62
Israel :
77,842 metric tons
1979
Israeli Agriculture
# 63
El Salvador :
74,700 metric tons
1979
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 64
Dominican Republic :
71,925 metric tons
1979
Dominican Agriculture
# 65
Libya :
60,140 metric tons
1979
Libyan Agriculture
# 66
Tunisia :
60,000 metric tons
1979
Tunisian Agriculture
# 67
Zambia :
57,715 metric tons
1979
Zambian Agriculture
# 68
Côte d'Ivoire :
50,266 metric tons
1979
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 69
Afghanistan :
49,739 metric tons
1979
Afghan Agriculture
# 70
Lebanon :
45,000 metric tons
1979
Lebanese Agriculture
# 71
Kenya :
38,300 metric tons
1979
Kenyan Agriculture
# 72
Sudan :
33,914 metric tons
1979
Sudanese Agriculture
# 73
Cameroon :
32,608 metric tons
1979
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 74
Iceland :
30,492 metric tons
1979
Icelandic Agriculture
# 75
Tanzania :
30,000 metric tons
1979
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 76
Panama :
29,800 metric tons
1979
Panamanian Agriculture
# 77
Senegal :
29,000 metric tons
1979
Senegalese Agriculture
# 78
Mauritius :
27,432 metric tons
1979
Mauritian Agriculture
# 79
Malawi :
25,244 metric tons
1979
Malawian Agriculture
# 80
Mozambique :
23,900 metric tons
1979
Mozambican Agriculture
# 81
Nicaragua :
22,900 metric tons
1979
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 82
Saudi Arabia :
21,909 metric tons
1979
Saudi Agriculture
# 83
Nepal :
20,954 metric tons
1979
Nepalese Agriculture
# 84
Honduras :
19,500 metric tons
1979
Honduran Agriculture
# 85
Ghana :
18,500 metric tons
1979
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 86
Fiji :
17,400 metric tons
1979
Fijian Agriculture
# 87
Cyprus :
17,113 metric tons
1979
Cypriot Agriculture
# 88
Yemen :
14,640 metric tons
1979
Yemeni Agriculture
# 89
Swaziland :
14,594 metric tons
1979
Swazi Agriculture
# 90
Jordan :
14,500 metric tons
1979
Jordanian Agriculture
# 91
Mali :
14,125 metric tons
1979
Malian Agriculture
# 92
Angola :
13,700 metric tons
1979
Angolan Agriculture
# 93
Jamaica :
13,341 metric tons
1979
Jamaican Agriculture
# 94
Guyana :
10,851 metric tons
1979
Guyanese Agriculture
# 95
Mongolia :
8,300 metric tons
1979
Mongolian Agriculture
# 96
Trinidad and Tobago :
7,773 metric tons
1979
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 97
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
7,400 metric tons
1979
Congolese Agriculture
# 98
Madagascar :
7,400 metric tons
1979
Malagasy Agriculture
# 99
Burkina Faso :
7,210 metric tons
1979
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 100
Paraguay :
5,858 metric tons
1979
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 101
Barbados :
5,700 metric tons
1979
Barbadian Agriculture
# 102
Papua New Guinea :
5,500 metric tons
1979
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 103
Liberia :
5,497 metric tons
1979
Liberian Agriculture
# 104
Lesotho :
4,400 metric tons
1979
Basotho Agriculture
# 105
Singapore :
4,300 metric tons
1979
Singapore Agriculture
# 106
Haiti :
3,900 metric tons
1979
Haitian Agriculture
# 107
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
3,900 metric tons
1979
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 108
United Arab Emirates :
3,500 metric tons
1979
Emirati Agriculture
# 109
Bolivia :
3,255 metric tons
1979
Bolivian Agriculture
# 110
Gambia, The :
3,229 metric tons
1979
Gambian Agriculture
# 111
Togo :
3,044 metric tons
1979
Togolese Agriculture
# 112
Sierra Leone :
2,684 metric tons
1979
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 113
Suriname :
2,300 metric tons
1979
Surinamese Agriculture
# 114
Guinea :
2,200 metric tons
1979
Guinean Agriculture
# 115
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2,100 metric tons
1979
Nevisian Agriculture
# 116
Mauritania :
2,100 metric tons
1979
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 117
Djibouti :
1,844 metric tons
1979
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 118
Niger :
1,804 metric tons
1979
Nigerien Agriculture
# 119
Dominica :
1,700 metric tons
1979
Dominican Agriculture
# 120
Belize :
1,552 metric tons
1979
Belizean Agriculture
# 121
Saint Lucia :
1,494 metric tons
1979
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 122
Benin :
1,330 metric tons
1979
Beninese Agriculture
# 123
Oman :
1,256 metric tons
1979
Omani Agriculture
# 124
Bahamas, The :
1,200 metric tons
1979
Bahamian Agriculture
# 125
Botswana :
1,100 metric tons
1979
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 126
Virgin Islands :
1,000 metric tons
1979
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 127
Burundi :
900 metric tons
1979
Burundian Agriculture
# 128
French Polynesia :
883 metric tons
1979
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 129
New Caledonia :
757 metric tons
1979
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 130
Kuwait :
660 metric tons
1979
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 131
Qatar :
600 metric tons
1979
Qatari Agriculture
# 132
Malta :
581 metric tons
1979
Maltese Agriculture
# 133
Bermuda :
346 metric tons
1979
Bermudian Agriculture
# 134
Rwanda :
300 metric tons
1979
Rwandan Agriculture
# 135
Guinea-Bissau :
148 metric tons
1979
Guinean Agriculture
# 136
Laos :
124 metric tons
1979
Lao Agriculture
# 137
Gabon :
122 metric tons
1979
Gabonese Agriculture
# 138
Equatorial Guinea :
100 metric tons
1979
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 139
Somalia :
100 metric tons
1979
Somali Agriculture
# 140
Bhutan :
100 metric tons
1979
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 141
Central African Republic :
100 metric tons
1979
Central African Agriculture
# 142
Congo, Republic of the :
90 metric tons
1979
Congolese Agriculture
# 143
Cape Verde :
86 metric tons
1979
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 144
Samoa :
73 metric tons
1979
Samoan Agriculture
# 145
Bahrain :
26 metric tons
1979
Bahraini Agriculture
Total :
92,431,347 metric tons
Weighted average:
637,457.6 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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