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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 (1985) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
United States :
17,830,540 metric tons
1985
American Agriculture
# 2
China :
17,279,000 metric tons
1985
Chinese Agriculture
# 3
India :
8,665,400 metric tons
1985
Indian Agriculture
# 4
France :
5,694,700 metric tons
1985
French Agriculture
# 5
Germany :
4,822,756 metric tons
1985
German Agriculture
# 6
Poland :
3,412,653 metric tons
1985
Polish Agriculture
# 7
Brazil :
3,203,388 metric tons
1985
Brazilian Agriculture
# 8
United Kingdom :
2,516,000 metric tons
1985
British Agriculture
# 9
Canada :
2,324,700 metric tons
1985
Canadian Agriculture
# 10
Italy :
2,149,599 metric tons
1985
Italian Agriculture
# 11
Japan :
2,024,000 metric tons
1985
Japanese Agriculture
# 12
Indonesia :
1,955,000 metric tons
1985
Indonesian Agriculture
# 13
Mexico :
1,764,100 metric tons
1985
Mexican Agriculture
# 14
Spain :
1,734,144 metric tons
1985
Spanish Agriculture
# 15
Romania :
1,553,000 metric tons
1985
Romanian Agriculture
# 16
Pakistan :
1,511,119 metric tons
1985
Pakistani Agriculture
# 17
Turkey :
1,426,900 metric tons
1985
Turkish Agriculture
# 18
Hungary :
1,337,972 metric tons
1985
Hungarian Agriculture
# 19
Australia :
1,155,000 metric tons
1985
Australian Agriculture
# 20
Iran :
904,658 metric tons
1985
Iranian Agriculture
# 21
Bulgaria :
889,400 metric tons
1985
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 22
South Africa :
876,819 metric tons
1985
South African Agriculture
# 23
Egypt :
863,500 metric tons
1985
Egyptian Agriculture
# 24
Korea, North :
844,400 metric tons
1985
Korean Agriculture
# 25
Korea, South :
836,800 metric tons
1985
Korean Agriculture
# 26
Greece :
709,900 metric tons
1985
Greek Agriculture
# 27
Netherlands :
701,203 metric tons
1985
Dutch Agriculture
# 28
Denmark :
633,591 metric tons
1985
Danish Agriculture
# 29
Ireland :
629,531 metric tons
1985
Irish Agriculture
# 30
Malaysia :
623,400 metric tons
1985
Malaysian Agriculture
# 31
Cuba :
585,300 metric tons
1985
Cuban Agriculture
# 32
Bangladesh :
540,682 metric tons
1985
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 33
Finland :
498,479 metric tons
1985
Finnish Agriculture
# 34
Vietnam :
469,200 metric tons
1985
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 35
Thailand :
448,599 metric tons
1985
Thai Agriculture
# 36
New Zealand :
427,000 metric tons
1985
New Zealand Agriculture
# 37
Belgium :
425,100 metric tons
1985
Belgian Agriculture
# 38
Sweden :
419,377 metric tons
1985
Swedish Agriculture
# 39
Venezuela :
407,900 metric tons
1985
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 40
Austria :
388,482 metric tons
1985
Austrian Agriculture
# 41
Colombia :
365,200 metric tons
1985
Colombian Agriculture
# 42
Saudi Arabia :
343,480 metric tons
1985
Saudi Agriculture
# 43
Morocco :
291,245 metric tons
1985
Moroccan Agriculture
# 44
Philippines :
283,677 metric tons
1985
Philippine Agriculture
# 45
Algeria :
280,632 metric tons
1985
Algerian Agriculture
# 46
Portugal :
241,700 metric tons
1985
Portuguese Agriculture
# 47
Norway :
234,000 metric tons
1985
Norwegian Agriculture
# 48
Syria :
227,915 metric tons
1985
Syrian Agriculture
# 49
Nigeria :
222,600 metric tons
1985
Nigerian Agriculture
# 50
Chile :
204,652 metric tons
1985
Chilean Agriculture
# 51
Sri Lanka :
194,677 metric tons
1985
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 52
Burma :
194,087 metric tons
1985
Burmese Agriculture
# 53
Iraq :
180,500 metric tons
1985
Iraqi Agriculture
# 54
Switzerland :
179,700 metric tons
1985
Swiss Agriculture
# 55
Zimbabwe :
170,135 metric tons
1985
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 56
Argentina :
162,600 metric tons
1985
Argentine Agriculture
# 57
Kenya :
102,600 metric tons
1985
Kenyan Agriculture
# 58
Tunisia :
96,400 metric tons
1985
Tunisian Agriculture
# 59
Guatemala :
95,080 metric tons
1985
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 60
Sudan :
94,800 metric tons
1985
Sudanese Agriculture
# 61
Albania :
94,100 metric tons
1985
Albanian Agriculture
# 62
Israel :
92,100 metric tons
1985
Israeli Agriculture
# 63
El Salvador :
84,635 metric tons
1985
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 64
Costa Rica :
80,600 metric tons
1985
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 65
Zambia :
80,151 metric tons
1985
Zambian Agriculture
# 66
Peru :
75,503 metric tons
1985
Peruvian Agriculture
# 67
Afghanistan :
72,962 metric tons
1985
Afghan Agriculture
# 68
Ecuador :
72,338 metric tons
1985
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 69
Libya :
67,700 metric tons
1985
Libyan Agriculture
# 70
Nicaragua :
62,985 metric tons
1985
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 71
Dominican Republic :
61,000 metric tons
1985
Dominican Agriculture
# 72
Uruguay :
60,200 metric tons
1985
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 73
Cameroon :
49,100 metric tons
1985
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 74
Nepal :
43,409 metric tons
1985
Nepalese Agriculture
# 75
Côte d'Ivoire :
41,500 metric tons
1985
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 76
Tanzania :
41,400 metric tons
1985
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 77
Lebanon :
35,700 metric tons
1985
Lebanese Agriculture
# 78
Malawi :
29,267 metric tons
1985
Malawian Agriculture
# 79
Mauritius :
27,973 metric tons
1985
Mauritian Agriculture
# 80
Panama :
25,700 metric tons
1985
Panamanian Agriculture
# 81
Iceland :
25,204 metric tons
1985
Icelandic Agriculture
# 82
Honduras :
22,820 metric tons
1985
Honduran Agriculture
# 83
Angola :
20,343 metric tons
1985
Angolan Agriculture
# 84
Mali :
19,706 metric tons
1985
Malian Agriculture
# 85
Yemen :
18,700 metric tons
1985
Yemeni Agriculture
# 86
Senegal :
18,700 metric tons
1985
Senegalese Agriculture
# 87
Mongolia :
18,600 metric tons
1985
Mongolian Agriculture
# 88
Cyprus :
18,153 metric tons
1985
Cypriot Agriculture
# 89
Jordan :
15,440 metric tons
1985
Jordanian Agriculture
# 90
Fiji :
13,635 metric tons
1985
Fijian Agriculture
# 91
Ghana :
12,500 metric tons
1985
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 92
Guyana :
12,333 metric tons
1985
Guyanese Agriculture
# 93
Burkina Faso :
12,136 metric tons
1985
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 94
Jamaica :
11,800 metric tons
1985
Jamaican Agriculture
# 95
Suriname :
11,658 metric tons
1985
Surinamese Agriculture
# 96
Benin :
11,494 metric tons
1985
Beninese Agriculture
# 97
Paraguay :
11,271 metric tons
1985
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 98
Togo :
9,800 metric tons
1985
Togolese Agriculture
# 99
Madagascar :
9,700 metric tons
1985
Malagasy Agriculture
# 100
Swaziland :
8,798 metric tons
1985
Swazi Agriculture
# 101
Papua New Guinea :
8,600 metric tons
1985
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 102
Chad :
7,100 metric tons
1985
Chadian Agriculture
# 103
Trinidad and Tobago :
7,095 metric tons
1985
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 104
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,800 metric tons
1985
Congolese Agriculture
# 105
Bolivia :
5,800 metric tons
1985
Bolivian Agriculture
# 106
Singapore :
5,200 metric tons
1985
Singapore Agriculture
# 107
Congo, Republic of the :
4,700 metric tons
1985
Congolese Agriculture
# 108
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
4,100 metric tons
1985
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 109
Gambia, The :
3,900 metric tons
1985
Gambian Agriculture
# 110
Mozambique :
3,803 metric tons
1985
Mozambican Agriculture
# 111
United Arab Emirates :
3,727 metric tons
1985
Emirati Agriculture
# 112
Sierra Leone :
3,600 metric tons
1985
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 113
Niger :
3,571 metric tons
1985
Nigerien Agriculture
# 114
Lesotho :
3,500 metric tons
1985
Basotho Agriculture
# 115
Barbados :
3,332 metric tons
1985
Barbadian Agriculture
# 116
Haiti :
3,200 metric tons
1985
Haitian Agriculture
# 117
Oman :
2,948 metric tons
1985
Omani Agriculture
# 118
Central African Republic :
2,900 metric tons
1985
Central African Agriculture
# 119
Gabon :
2,800 metric tons
1985
Gabonese Agriculture
# 120
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2,800 metric tons
1985
Nevisian Agriculture
# 121
Dominica :
2,700 metric tons
1985
Dominican Agriculture
# 122
Belize :
2,421 metric tons
1985
Belizean Agriculture
# 123
Burundi :
2,331 metric tons
1985
Burundian Agriculture
# 124
Mauritania :
2,010 metric tons
1985
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 125
Laos :
2,000 metric tons
1985
Lao Agriculture
# 126
Saint Lucia :
1,878 metric tons
1985
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 127
Liberia :
1,460 metric tons
1985
Liberian Agriculture
# 128
Rwanda :
1,400 metric tons
1985
Rwandan Agriculture
# 129
Virgin Islands :
1,300 metric tons
1985
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 130
French Polynesia :
1,100 metric tons
1985
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 131
Brunei :
895 metric tons
1985
Bruneian Agriculture
# 132
Malta :
724 metric tons
1985
Maltese Agriculture
# 133
Kuwait :
700 metric tons
1985
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 134
Somalia :
600 metric tons
1985
Somali Agriculture
# 135
Qatar :
580 metric tons
1985
Qatari Agriculture
# 136
Bahamas, The :
500 metric tons
1985
Bahamian Agriculture
# 137
Bahrain :
480 metric tons
1985
Bahraini Agriculture
# 138
Botswana :
451 metric tons
1985
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 139
New Caledonia :
400 metric tons
1985
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 140
Guinea :
360 metric tons
1985
Guinean Agriculture
# 141
Uganda :
200 metric tons
1985
Ugandan Agriculture
# 142
Bhutan :
100 metric tons
1985
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 143
Tonga :
100 metric tons
1985
Tongan Agriculture
# 144
Cape Verde :
97 metric tons
1985
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 145
Bermuda :
33 metric tons
1985
Bermudian Agriculture
Total :
101,264,382 metric tons
Weighted average:
698,375.0 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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