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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 (1981) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
19,438,990 metric tons
1981
American Agriculture
# 2
China :
15,152,500 metric tons
1981
Chinese Agriculture
# 3
India :
6,084,600 metric tons
1981
Indian Agriculture
# 4
France :
5,569,600 metric tons
1981
French Agriculture
# 5
Germany :
4,856,240 metric tons
1981
German Agriculture
# 6
Poland :
3,345,690 metric tons
1981
Polish Agriculture
# 7
Brazil :
2,752,786 metric tons
1981
Brazilian Agriculture
# 8
United Kingdom :
2,301,000 metric tons
1981
British Agriculture
# 9
Italy :
2,056,657 metric tons
1981
Italian Agriculture
# 10
Canada :
1,945,800 metric tons
1981
Canadian Agriculture
# 11
Japan :
1,879,000 metric tons
1981
Japanese Agriculture
# 12
Romania :
1,618,000 metric tons
1981
Romanian Agriculture
# 13
Mexico :
1,560,985 metric tons
1981
Mexican Agriculture
# 14
Hungary :
1,485,410 metric tons
1981
Hungarian Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
1,453,685 metric tons
1981
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
Spain :
1,377,380 metric tons
1981
Spanish Agriculture
# 17
Turkey :
1,296,920 metric tons
1981
Turkish Agriculture
# 18
South Africa :
1,232,886 metric tons
1981
South African Agriculture
# 19
Australia :
1,144,226 metric tons
1981
Australian Agriculture
# 20
Pakistan :
1,079,846 metric tons
1981
Pakistani Agriculture
# 21
Bulgaria :
1,044,000 metric tons
1981
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 22
Korea, North :
786,100 metric tons
1981
Korean Agriculture
# 23
Korea, South :
768,751 metric tons
1981
Korean Agriculture
# 24
Egypt :
707,910 metric tons
1981
Egyptian Agriculture
# 25
Iran :
685,110 metric tons
1981
Iranian Agriculture
# 26
Netherlands :
663,774 metric tons
1981
Dutch Agriculture
# 27
Denmark :
617,668 metric tons
1981
Danish Agriculture
# 28
Cuba :
607,341 metric tons
1981
Cuban Agriculture
# 29
Ireland :
592,300 metric tons
1981
Irish Agriculture
# 30
Greece :
580,307 metric tons
1981
Greek Agriculture
# 31
Sweden :
485,385 metric tons
1981
Swedish Agriculture
# 32
New Zealand :
462,900 metric tons
1981
New Zealand Agriculture
# 33
Finland :
458,534 metric tons
1981
Finnish Agriculture
# 34
Belgium :
416,020 metric tons
1981
Belgian Agriculture
# 35
Malaysia :
400,100 metric tons
1981
Malaysian Agriculture
# 36
Bangladesh :
400,028 metric tons
1981
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 37
Austria :
394,805 metric tons
1981
Austrian Agriculture
# 38
Philippines :
319,609 metric tons
1981
Philippine Agriculture
# 39
Thailand :
313,168 metric tons
1981
Thai Agriculture
# 40
Colombia :
280,000 metric tons
1981
Colombian Agriculture
# 41
Portugal :
274,835 metric tons
1981
Portuguese Agriculture
# 42
Norway :
252,000 metric tons
1981
Norwegian Agriculture
# 43
Vietnam :
219,352 metric tons
1981
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 44
Nigeria :
213,200 metric tons
1981
Nigerian Agriculture
# 45
Morocco :
212,107 metric tons
1981
Moroccan Agriculture
# 46
Zimbabwe :
173,442 metric tons
1981
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 47
Switzerland :
169,400 metric tons
1981
Swiss Agriculture
# 48
Algeria :
166,100 metric tons
1981
Algerian Agriculture
# 49
Sri Lanka :
147,400 metric tons
1981
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 50
Venezuela :
145,658 metric tons
1981
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 51
Syria :
138,312 metric tons
1981
Syrian Agriculture
# 52
Peru :
131,739 metric tons
1981
Peruvian Agriculture
# 53
Burma :
125,600 metric tons
1981
Burmese Agriculture
# 54
Chile :
114,374 metric tons
1981
Chilean Agriculture
# 55
Argentina :
96,475 metric tons
1981
Argentine Agriculture
# 56
Guatemala :
89,253 metric tons
1981
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 57
El Salvador :
88,424 metric tons
1981
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 58
Zambia :
85,200 metric tons
1981
Zambian Agriculture
# 59
Tunisia :
83,890 metric tons
1981
Tunisian Agriculture
# 60
Kenya :
82,800 metric tons
1981
Kenyan Agriculture
# 61
Albania :
81,400 metric tons
1981
Albanian Agriculture
# 62
Iraq :
76,800 metric tons
1981
Iraqi Agriculture
# 63
Israel :
75,390 metric tons
1981
Israeli Agriculture
# 64
Sudan :
75,270 metric tons
1981
Sudanese Agriculture
# 65
Libya :
74,330 metric tons
1981
Libyan Agriculture
# 66
Costa Rica :
72,400 metric tons
1981
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 67
Ecuador :
70,400 metric tons
1981
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 68
Saudi Arabia :
67,419 metric tons
1981
Saudi Agriculture
# 69
Uruguay :
63,600 metric tons
1981
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 70
Nicaragua :
60,300 metric tons
1981
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 71
Dominican Republic :
58,200 metric tons
1981
Dominican Agriculture
# 72
Côte d'Ivoire :
49,100 metric tons
1981
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 73
Afghanistan :
45,711 metric tons
1981
Afghan Agriculture
# 74
Mozambique :
41,400 metric tons
1981
Mozambican Agriculture
# 75
Lebanon :
35,200 metric tons
1981
Lebanese Agriculture
# 76
Cameroon :
34,966 metric tons
1981
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 77
Malawi :
34,156 metric tons
1981
Malawian Agriculture
# 78
Panama :
30,200 metric tons
1981
Panamanian Agriculture
# 79
Iceland :
30,110 metric tons
1981
Icelandic Agriculture
# 80
Tanzania :
29,100 metric tons
1981
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 81
Ghana :
29,000 metric tons
1981
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 82
Honduras :
28,400 metric tons
1981
Honduran Agriculture
# 83
Senegal :
24,300 metric tons
1981
Senegalese Agriculture
# 84
Nepal :
23,824 metric tons
1981
Nepalese Agriculture
# 85
Mauritius :
22,325 metric tons
1981
Mauritian Agriculture
# 86
Jamaica :
19,014 metric tons
1981
Jamaican Agriculture
# 87
Cambodia :
19,000 metric tons
1981
Cambodian Agriculture
# 88
Fiji :
18,800 metric tons
1981
Fijian Agriculture
# 89
Swaziland :
17,362 metric tons
1981
Swazi Agriculture
# 90
Cyprus :
15,874 metric tons
1981
Cypriot Agriculture
# 91
Guyana :
14,187 metric tons
1981
Guyanese Agriculture
# 92
Mongolia :
13,100 metric tons
1981
Mongolian Agriculture
# 93
Angola :
12,100 metric tons
1981
Angolan Agriculture
# 94
Papua New Guinea :
12,025 metric tons
1981
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 95
Yemen :
11,984 metric tons
1981
Yemeni Agriculture
# 96
Burkina Faso :
9,852 metric tons
1981
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 97
Paraguay :
9,265 metric tons
1981
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 98
Mali :
8,704 metric tons
1981
Malian Agriculture
# 99
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
7,600 metric tons
1981
Congolese Agriculture
# 100
Jordan :
7,265 metric tons
1981
Jordanian Agriculture
# 101
Madagascar :
7,000 metric tons
1981
Malagasy Agriculture
# 102
Bolivia :
6,918 metric tons
1981
Bolivian Agriculture
# 103
Trinidad and Tobago :
6,589 metric tons
1981
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 104
Barbados :
6,000 metric tons
1981
Barbadian Agriculture
# 105
Suriname :
6,000 metric tons
1981
Surinamese Agriculture
# 106
Haiti :
5,800 metric tons
1981
Haitian Agriculture
# 107
Niger :
5,565 metric tons
1981
Nigerien Agriculture
# 108
Liberia :
5,100 metric tons
1981
Liberian Agriculture
# 109
Singapore :
4,700 metric tons
1981
Singapore Agriculture
# 110
Chad :
4,600 metric tons
1981
Chadian Agriculture
# 111
Lesotho :
4,500 metric tons
1981
Basotho Agriculture
# 112
Laos :
4,000 metric tons
1981
Lao Agriculture
# 113
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
3,900 metric tons
1981
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 114
United Arab Emirates :
3,655 metric tons
1981
Emirati Agriculture
# 115
Sierra Leone :
3,310 metric tons
1981
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 116
Dominica :
3,100 metric tons
1981
Dominican Agriculture
# 117
Benin :
2,766 metric tons
1981
Beninese Agriculture
# 118
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2,400 metric tons
1981
Nevisian Agriculture
# 119
Togo :
2,214 metric tons
1981
Togolese Agriculture
# 120
Gabon :
1,528 metric tons
1981
Gabonese Agriculture
# 121
Guinea-Bissau :
1,500 metric tons
1981
Guinean Agriculture
# 122
Belize :
1,449 metric tons
1981
Belizean Agriculture
# 123
Botswana :
1,400 metric tons
1981
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 124
Gambia, The :
1,363 metric tons
1981
Gambian Agriculture
# 125
Somalia :
1,300 metric tons
1981
Somali Agriculture
# 126
Central African Republic :
1,256 metric tons
1981
Central African Agriculture
# 127
Bahamas, The :
1,200 metric tons
1981
Bahamian Agriculture
# 128
Virgin Islands :
1,100 metric tons
1981
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 129
Burundi :
1,100 metric tons
1981
Burundian Agriculture
# 130
Saint Lucia :
1,076 metric tons
1981
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 131
Oman :
959 metric tons
1981
Omani Agriculture
# 132
Qatar :
840 metric tons
1981
Qatari Agriculture
# 133
Guinea :
817 metric tons
1981
Guinean Agriculture
# 134
French Polynesia :
719 metric tons
1981
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 135
Uganda :
600 metric tons
1981
Ugandan Agriculture
# 136
New Caledonia :
545 metric tons
1981
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 137
Congo, Republic of the :
518 metric tons
1981
Congolese Agriculture
# 138
Kuwait :
500 metric tons
1981
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 139
Samoa :
450 metric tons
1981
Samoan Agriculture
# 140
Malta :
334 metric tons
1981
Maltese Agriculture
# 141
Rwanda :
300 metric tons
1981
Rwandan Agriculture
# 142
Bahrain :
300 metric tons
1981
Bahraini Agriculture
# 143
Bermuda :
298 metric tons
1981
Bermudian Agriculture
# 144
Brunei :
188 metric tons
1981
Bruneian Agriculture
# 145
Bhutan :
100 metric tons
1981
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 146
Djibouti :
22 metric tons
1981
Djiboutian Agriculture
Total :
93,164,884 metric tons
Weighted average:
638,115.6 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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