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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 (1980) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
21,479,950 metric tons
1980
American Agriculture
# 2
China :
15,334,700 metric tons
1980
Chinese Agriculture
# 3
France :
5,608,700 metric tons
1980
French Agriculture
# 4
India :
5,532,600 metric tons
1980
Indian Agriculture
# 5
Germany :
5,169,349 metric tons
1980
German Agriculture
# 6
Brazil :
4,200,519 metric tons
1980
Brazilian Agriculture
# 7
Poland :
3,498,806 metric tons
1980
Polish Agriculture
# 8
Italy :
2,111,485 metric tons
1980
Italian Agriculture
# 9
United Kingdom :
2,054,000 metric tons
1980
British Agriculture
# 10
Canada :
1,938,500 metric tons
1980
Canadian Agriculture
# 11
Japan :
1,816,000 metric tons
1980
Japanese Agriculture
# 12
Spain :
1,662,083 metric tons
1980
Spanish Agriculture
# 13
Turkey :
1,455,998 metric tons
1980
Turkish Agriculture
# 14
Hungary :
1,399,125 metric tons
1980
Hungarian Agriculture
# 15
Mexico :
1,237,913 metric tons
1980
Mexican Agriculture
# 16
Romania :
1,223,300 metric tons
1980
Romanian Agriculture
# 17
Indonesia :
1,173,025 metric tons
1980
Indonesian Agriculture
# 18
Australia :
1,162,443 metric tons
1980
Australian Agriculture
# 19
Pakistan :
1,079,704 metric tons
1980
Pakistani Agriculture
# 20
South Africa :
1,064,338 metric tons
1980
South African Agriculture
# 21
Bulgaria :
829,700 metric tons
1980
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 22
Korea, South :
803,050 metric tons
1980
Korean Agriculture
# 23
Korea, North :
729,200 metric tons
1980
Korean Agriculture
# 24
Netherlands :
679,124 metric tons
1980
Dutch Agriculture
# 25
Egypt :
663,500 metric tons
1980
Egyptian Agriculture
# 26
Denmark :
627,274 metric tons
1980
Danish Agriculture
# 27
Iran :
613,225 metric tons
1980
Iranian Agriculture
# 28
Ireland :
600,900 metric tons
1980
Irish Agriculture
# 29
Cuba :
529,500 metric tons
1980
Cuban Agriculture
# 30
Greece :
526,800 metric tons
1980
Greek Agriculture
# 31
Finland :
488,976 metric tons
1980
Finnish Agriculture
# 32
Sweden :
483,835 metric tons
1980
Swedish Agriculture
# 33
New Zealand :
464,200 metric tons
1980
New Zealand Agriculture
# 34
Malaysia :
453,000 metric tons
1980
Malaysian Agriculture
# 35
Belgium :
447,403 metric tons
1980
Belgian Agriculture
# 36
Bangladesh :
416,688 metric tons
1980
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 37
Austria :
407,300 metric tons
1980
Austrian Agriculture
# 38
Philippines :
334,000 metric tons
1980
Philippine Agriculture
# 39
Colombia :
312,300 metric tons
1980
Colombian Agriculture
# 40
Thailand :
275,139 metric tons
1980
Thai Agriculture
# 41
Norway :
259,300 metric tons
1980
Norwegian Agriculture
# 42
Portugal :
258,974 metric tons
1980
Portuguese Agriculture
# 43
Venezuela :
241,125 metric tons
1980
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 44
Algeria :
235,700 metric tons
1980
Algerian Agriculture
# 45
Morocco :
206,669 metric tons
1980
Moroccan Agriculture
# 46
Switzerland :
181,200 metric tons
1980
Swiss Agriculture
# 47
Nigeria :
173,900 metric tons
1980
Nigerian Agriculture
# 48
Zimbabwe :
173,462 metric tons
1980
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 49
Sri Lanka :
165,264 metric tons
1980
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 50
Vietnam :
155,176 metric tons
1980
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 51
Chile :
132,736 metric tons
1980
Chilean Agriculture
# 52
Syria :
127,332 metric tons
1980
Syrian Agriculture
# 53
Peru :
118,130 metric tons
1980
Peruvian Agriculture
# 54
Argentina :
115,568 metric tons
1980
Argentine Agriculture
# 55
Burma :
100,200 metric tons
1980
Burmese Agriculture
# 56
Albania :
93,700 metric tons
1980
Albanian Agriculture
# 57
Iraq :
92,300 metric tons
1980
Iraqi Agriculture
# 58
Guatemala :
85,500 metric tons
1980
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 59
Uruguay :
80,900 metric tons
1980
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 60
Sudan :
80,700 metric tons
1980
Sudanese Agriculture
# 61
Israel :
79,252 metric tons
1980
Israeli Agriculture
# 62
Zambia :
78,600 metric tons
1980
Zambian Agriculture
# 63
Costa Rica :
73,500 metric tons
1980
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 64
Ecuador :
72,579 metric tons
1980
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 65
Tunisia :
62,200 metric tons
1980
Tunisian Agriculture
# 66
Kenya :
61,600 metric tons
1980
Kenyan Agriculture
# 67
El Salvador :
60,352 metric tons
1980
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 68
Nicaragua :
54,200 metric tons
1980
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 69
Libya :
53,148 metric tons
1980
Libyan Agriculture
# 70
Côte d'Ivoire :
53,100 metric tons
1980
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 71
Dominican Republic :
51,600 metric tons
1980
Dominican Agriculture
# 72
Afghanistan :
51,126 metric tons
1980
Afghan Agriculture
# 73
Saudi Arabia :
40,964 metric tons
1980
Saudi Agriculture
# 74
Tanzania :
35,500 metric tons
1980
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 75
Malawi :
33,264 metric tons
1980
Malawian Agriculture
# 76
Cameroon :
32,024 metric tons
1980
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 77
Panama :
30,600 metric tons
1980
Panamanian Agriculture
# 78
Iceland :
29,181 metric tons
1980
Icelandic Agriculture
# 79
Honduras :
28,500 metric tons
1980
Honduran Agriculture
# 80
Mozambique :
27,600 metric tons
1980
Mozambican Agriculture
# 81
Mauritius :
26,661 metric tons
1980
Mauritian Agriculture
# 82
Lebanon :
26,600 metric tons
1980
Lebanese Agriculture
# 83
Nepal :
22,459 metric tons
1980
Nepalese Agriculture
# 84
Swaziland :
20,323 metric tons
1980
Swazi Agriculture
# 85
Senegal :
19,400 metric tons
1980
Senegalese Agriculture
# 86
Jamaica :
17,506 metric tons
1980
Jamaican Agriculture
# 87
Angola :
16,800 metric tons
1980
Angolan Agriculture
# 88
Fiji :
16,400 metric tons
1980
Fijian Agriculture
# 89
Cyprus :
14,869 metric tons
1980
Cypriot Agriculture
# 90
Jordan :
14,400 metric tons
1980
Jordanian Agriculture
# 91
Mali :
14,194 metric tons
1980
Malian Agriculture
# 92
Ghana :
12,000 metric tons
1980
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 93
Yemen :
11,319 metric tons
1980
Yemeni Agriculture
# 94
Madagascar :
8,800 metric tons
1980
Malagasy Agriculture
# 95
Mongolia :
8,200 metric tons
1980
Mongolian Agriculture
# 96
Cambodia :
8,100 metric tons
1980
Cambodian Agriculture
# 97
Trinidad and Tobago :
7,976 metric tons
1980
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 98
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
7,900 metric tons
1980
Congolese Agriculture
# 99
Paraguay :
6,320 metric tons
1980
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 100
Guyana :
5,917 metric tons
1980
Guyanese Agriculture
# 101
Barbados :
5,800 metric tons
1980
Barbadian Agriculture
# 102
Papua New Guinea :
5,400 metric tons
1980
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 103
Lesotho :
4,500 metric tons
1980
Basotho Agriculture
# 104
Singapore :
4,400 metric tons
1980
Singapore Agriculture
# 105
Burkina Faso :
4,308 metric tons
1980
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 106
Laos :
4,000 metric tons
1980
Lao Agriculture
# 107
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
3,900 metric tons
1980
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 108
Liberia :
3,107 metric tons
1980
Liberian Agriculture
# 109
United Arab Emirates :
3,054 metric tons
1980
Emirati Agriculture
# 110
Dominica :
3,000 metric tons
1980
Dominican Agriculture
# 111
Bolivia :
2,968 metric tons
1980
Bolivian Agriculture
# 112
Niger :
2,693 metric tons
1980
Nigerien Agriculture
# 113
Togo :
2,653 metric tons
1980
Togolese Agriculture
# 114
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2,100 metric tons
1980
Nevisian Agriculture
# 115
Gambia, The :
2,025 metric tons
1980
Gambian Agriculture
# 116
Belize :
1,895 metric tons
1980
Belizean Agriculture
# 117
Sierra Leone :
1,792 metric tons
1980
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 118
Malta :
1,605 metric tons
1980
Maltese Agriculture
# 119
Suriname :
1,600 metric tons
1980
Surinamese Agriculture
# 120
Central African Republic :
1,454 metric tons
1980
Central African Agriculture
# 121
Botswana :
1,400 metric tons
1980
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 122
New Caledonia :
1,352 metric tons
1980
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 123
Mauritania :
1,300 metric tons
1980
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 124
Somalia :
1,200 metric tons
1980
Somali Agriculture
# 125
Djibouti :
1,200 metric tons
1980
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 126
Bahamas, The :
1,200 metric tons
1980
Bahamian Agriculture
# 127
Burundi :
1,100 metric tons
1980
Burundian Agriculture
# 128
Virgin Islands :
1,100 metric tons
1980
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 129
Oman :
1,061 metric tons
1980
Omani Agriculture
# 130
Chad :
900 metric tons
1980
Chadian Agriculture
# 131
Benin :
862 metric tons
1980
Beninese Agriculture
# 132
Saint Lucia :
860 metric tons
1980
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 133
Qatar :
800 metric tons
1980
Qatari Agriculture
# 134
Uganda :
800 metric tons
1980
Ugandan Agriculture
# 135
French Polynesia :
716 metric tons
1980
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 136
Congo, Republic of the :
512 metric tons
1980
Congolese Agriculture
# 137
Brunei :
500 metric tons
1980
Bruneian Agriculture
# 138
Kuwait :
440 metric tons
1980
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 139
Haiti :
400 metric tons
1980
Haitian Agriculture
# 140
Bermuda :
333 metric tons
1980
Bermudian Agriculture
# 141
Guinea :
280 metric tons
1980
Guinean Agriculture
# 142
Guinea-Bissau :
210 metric tons
1980
Guinean Agriculture
# 143
Samoa :
135 metric tons
1980
Samoan Agriculture
# 144
Cape Verde :
124 metric tons
1980
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 145
Equatorial Guinea :
100 metric tons
1980
Equatorial Guinean Agriculture
# 146
Rwanda :
100 metric tons
1980
Rwandan Agriculture
# 147
Gabon :
100 metric tons
1980
Gabonese Agriculture
# 148
Bhutan :
100 metric tons
1980
Bhutanese Agriculture
Total :
95,341,961 metric tons
Weighted average:
644,202.4 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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