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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 (1983) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
19,767,530 metric tons
1983
American Agriculture
# 2
China :
18,633,300 metric tons
1983
Chinese Agriculture
# 3
India :
6,635,500 metric tons
1983
Indian Agriculture
# 4
France :
5,833,000 metric tons
1983
French Agriculture
# 5
Germany :
4,587,420 metric tons
1983
German Agriculture
# 6
Poland :
3,424,008 metric tons
1983
Polish Agriculture
# 7
United Kingdom :
2,617,000 metric tons
1983
British Agriculture
# 8
Canada :
2,339,200 metric tons
1983
Canadian Agriculture
# 9
Brazil :
2,286,911 metric tons
1983
Brazilian Agriculture
# 10
Japan :
2,098,400 metric tons
1983
Japanese Agriculture
# 11
Italy :
2,064,438 metric tons
1983
Italian Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
1,663,655 metric tons
1983
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Romania :
1,645,000 metric tons
1983
Romanian Agriculture
# 14
Hungary :
1,586,371 metric tons
1983
Hungarian Agriculture
# 15
Indonesia :
1,544,802 metric tons
1983
Indonesian Agriculture
# 16
Mexico :
1,485,800 metric tons
1983
Mexican Agriculture
# 17
Spain :
1,456,486 metric tons
1983
Spanish Agriculture
# 18
Pakistan :
1,204,298 metric tons
1983
Pakistani Agriculture
# 19
Australia :
1,187,700 metric tons
1983
Australian Agriculture
# 20
Iran :
1,037,965 metric tons
1983
Iranian Agriculture
# 21
Bulgaria :
1,008,900 metric tons
1983
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 22
South Africa :
878,126 metric tons
1983
South African Agriculture
# 23
Egypt :
787,100 metric tons
1983
Egyptian Agriculture
# 24
Korea, North :
752,800 metric tons
1983
Korean Agriculture
# 25
Korea, South :
717,600 metric tons
1983
Korean Agriculture
# 26
Denmark :
694,305 metric tons
1983
Danish Agriculture
# 27
Netherlands :
682,290 metric tons
1983
Dutch Agriculture
# 28
Ireland :
677,800 metric tons
1983
Irish Agriculture
# 29
Greece :
640,200 metric tons
1983
Greek Agriculture
# 30
Bangladesh :
543,428 metric tons
1983
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 31
Cuba :
528,054 metric tons
1983
Cuban Agriculture
# 32
Finland :
522,000 metric tons
1983
Finnish Agriculture
# 33
New Zealand :
510,997 metric tons
1983
New Zealand Agriculture
# 34
Malaysia :
492,000 metric tons
1983
Malaysian Agriculture
# 35
Sweden :
481,301 metric tons
1983
Swedish Agriculture
# 36
Thailand :
480,700 metric tons
1983
Thai Agriculture
# 37
Belgium :
451,000 metric tons
1983
Belgian Agriculture
# 38
Austria :
383,750 metric tons
1983
Austrian Agriculture
# 39
Vietnam :
374,100 metric tons
1983
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 40
Philippines :
363,477 metric tons
1983
Philippine Agriculture
# 41
Colombia :
317,560 metric tons
1983
Colombian Agriculture
# 42
Nigeria :
259,500 metric tons
1983
Nigerian Agriculture
# 43
Norway :
256,300 metric tons
1983
Norwegian Agriculture
# 44
Morocco :
245,200 metric tons
1983
Moroccan Agriculture
# 45
Portugal :
224,611 metric tons
1983
Portuguese Agriculture
# 46
Saudi Arabia :
215,153 metric tons
1983
Saudi Agriculture
# 47
Syria :
188,535 metric tons
1983
Syrian Agriculture
# 48
Switzerland :
177,000 metric tons
1983
Swiss Agriculture
# 49
Sri Lanka :
167,716 metric tons
1983
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 50
Burma :
159,700 metric tons
1983
Burmese Agriculture
# 51
Algeria :
154,900 metric tons
1983
Algerian Agriculture
# 52
Zimbabwe :
154,500 metric tons
1983
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 53
Venezuela :
154,300 metric tons
1983
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 54
Chile :
137,695 metric tons
1983
Chilean Agriculture
# 55
Argentina :
118,500 metric tons
1983
Argentine Agriculture
# 56
Albania :
102,700 metric tons
1983
Albanian Agriculture
# 57
Libya :
91,262 metric tons
1983
Libyan Agriculture
# 58
Costa Rica :
88,300 metric tons
1983
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 59
Iraq :
87,900 metric tons
1983
Iraqi Agriculture
# 60
Israel :
83,690 metric tons
1983
Israeli Agriculture
# 61
El Salvador :
82,086 metric tons
1983
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 62
Tunisia :
78,700 metric tons
1983
Tunisian Agriculture
# 63
Peru :
78,413 metric tons
1983
Peruvian Agriculture
# 64
Kenya :
75,100 metric tons
1983
Kenyan Agriculture
# 65
Ecuador :
73,800 metric tons
1983
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 66
Nicaragua :
70,302 metric tons
1983
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 67
Zambia :
68,697 metric tons
1983
Zambian Agriculture
# 68
Guatemala :
68,069 metric tons
1983
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 69
Afghanistan :
56,580 metric tons
1983
Afghan Agriculture
# 70
Malawi :
43,001 metric tons
1983
Malawian Agriculture
# 71
Sudan :
42,700 metric tons
1983
Sudanese Agriculture
# 72
Cameroon :
42,669 metric tons
1983
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 73
Dominican Republic :
42,000 metric tons
1983
Dominican Agriculture
# 74
Lebanon :
41,900 metric tons
1983
Lebanese Agriculture
# 75
Uruguay :
40,200 metric tons
1983
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 76
Côte d'Ivoire :
37,700 metric tons
1983
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 77
Nepal :
37,300 metric tons
1983
Nepalese Agriculture
# 78
Iceland :
29,473 metric tons
1983
Icelandic Agriculture
# 79
Honduras :
28,193 metric tons
1983
Honduran Agriculture
# 80
Mauritius :
27,154 metric tons
1983
Mauritian Agriculture
# 81
Panama :
23,100 metric tons
1983
Panamanian Agriculture
# 82
Tanzania :
22,901 metric tons
1983
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 83
Ghana :
21,400 metric tons
1983
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 84
Cyprus :
19,900 metric tons
1983
Cypriot Agriculture
# 85
Senegal :
18,600 metric tons
1983
Senegalese Agriculture
# 86
Swaziland :
17,300 metric tons
1983
Swazi Agriculture
# 87
Jordan :
16,404 metric tons
1983
Jordanian Agriculture
# 88
Mongolia :
16,000 metric tons
1983
Mongolian Agriculture
# 89
Yemen :
15,606 metric tons
1983
Yemeni Agriculture
# 90
Mozambique :
14,700 metric tons
1983
Mozambican Agriculture
# 91
Madagascar :
14,000 metric tons
1983
Malagasy Agriculture
# 92
Burkina Faso :
13,277 metric tons
1983
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 93
Jamaica :
12,735 metric tons
1983
Jamaican Agriculture
# 94
Fiji :
10,900 metric tons
1983
Fijian Agriculture
# 95
Guyana :
10,411 metric tons
1983
Guyanese Agriculture
# 96
Mali :
10,165 metric tons
1983
Malian Agriculture
# 97
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
9,343 metric tons
1983
Congolese Agriculture
# 98
Suriname :
9,239 metric tons
1983
Surinamese Agriculture
# 99
Paraguay :
9,000 metric tons
1983
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 100
Angola :
8,600 metric tons
1983
Angolan Agriculture
# 101
Bolivia :
8,387 metric tons
1983
Bolivian Agriculture
# 102
Trinidad and Tobago :
7,800 metric tons
1983
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 103
Papua New Guinea :
6,800 metric tons
1983
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 104
Chad :
5,800 metric tons
1983
Chadian Agriculture
# 105
Benin :
5,400 metric tons
1983
Beninese Agriculture
# 106
Cambodia :
4,800 metric tons
1983
Cambodian Agriculture
# 107
Singapore :
4,700 metric tons
1983
Singapore Agriculture
# 108
United Arab Emirates :
4,595 metric tons
1983
Emirati Agriculture
# 109
Lesotho :
4,500 metric tons
1983
Basotho Agriculture
# 110
Barbados :
4,441 metric tons
1983
Barbadian Agriculture
# 111
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
3,900 metric tons
1983
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 112
Haiti :
3,200 metric tons
1983
Haitian Agriculture
# 113
Togo :
3,061 metric tons
1983
Togolese Agriculture
# 114
Liberia :
2,800 metric tons
1983
Liberian Agriculture
# 115
Burundi :
2,767 metric tons
1983
Burundian Agriculture
# 116
Somalia :
2,400 metric tons
1983
Somali Agriculture
# 117
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2,400 metric tons
1983
Nevisian Agriculture
# 118
Gambia, The :
2,400 metric tons
1983
Gambian Agriculture
# 119
Dominica :
2,302 metric tons
1983
Dominican Agriculture
# 120
Gabon :
2,100 metric tons
1983
Gabonese Agriculture
# 121
Niger :
1,800 metric tons
1983
Nigerien Agriculture
# 122
Belize :
1,716 metric tons
1983
Belizean Agriculture
# 123
Congo, Republic of the :
1,600 metric tons
1983
Congolese Agriculture
# 124
Saint Lucia :
1,418 metric tons
1983
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 125
Oman :
1,385 metric tons
1983
Omani Agriculture
# 126
Botswana :
1,300 metric tons
1983
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 127
Virgin Islands :
1,200 metric tons
1983
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 128
Bahamas, The :
1,200 metric tons
1983
Bahamian Agriculture
# 129
Sierra Leone :
1,191 metric tons
1983
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 130
French Polynesia :
1,006 metric tons
1983
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 131
Malta :
878 metric tons
1983
Maltese Agriculture
# 132
New Caledonia :
846 metric tons
1983
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 133
Qatar :
838 metric tons
1983
Qatari Agriculture
# 134
Rwanda :
700 metric tons
1983
Rwandan Agriculture
# 135
Laos :
561 metric tons
1983
Lao Agriculture
# 136
Kuwait :
500 metric tons
1983
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 137
Guinea-Bissau :
500 metric tons
1983
Guinean Agriculture
# 138
Central African Republic :
453 metric tons
1983
Central African Agriculture
# 139
Mauritania :
440 metric tons
1983
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 140
Bahrain :
427 metric tons
1983
Bahraini Agriculture
# 141
Seychelles :
398 metric tons
1983
Seychellois Agriculture
# 142
Bhutan :
249 metric tons
1983
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 143
Bermuda :
222 metric tons
1983
Bermudian Agriculture
# 144
Brunei :
213 metric tons
1983
Bruneian Agriculture
# 145
Tonga :
145 metric tons
1983
Tongan Agriculture
Total :
99,917,091 metric tons
Weighted average:
689,083.4 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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