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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 (1986) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
17,323,200 metric tons
1986
Chinese Agriculture
# 2
United States :
17,285,670 metric tons
1986
American Agriculture
# 3
India :
9,617,600 metric tons
1986
Indian Agriculture
# 4
France :
5,872,200 metric tons
1986
French Agriculture
# 5
Germany :
4,834,470 metric tons
1986
German Agriculture
# 6
Brazil :
3,931,000 metric tons
1986
Brazilian Agriculture
# 7
Poland :
3,529,326 metric tons
1986
Polish Agriculture
# 8
United Kingdom :
2,650,000 metric tons
1986
British Agriculture
# 9
Canada :
2,160,700 metric tons
1986
Canadian Agriculture
# 10
Italy :
2,146,291 metric tons
1986
Italian Agriculture
# 11
Japan :
2,052,600 metric tons
1986
Japanese Agriculture
# 12
Indonesia :
2,049,400 metric tons
1986
Indonesian Agriculture
# 13
Spain :
1,854,692 metric tons
1986
Spanish Agriculture
# 14
Mexico :
1,796,600 metric tons
1986
Mexican Agriculture
# 15
Pakistan :
1,785,200 metric tons
1986
Pakistani Agriculture
# 16
Turkey :
1,519,099 metric tons
1986
Turkish Agriculture
# 17
Romania :
1,386,000 metric tons
1986
Romanian Agriculture
# 18
Hungary :
1,383,348 metric tons
1986
Hungarian Agriculture
# 19
Australia :
1,194,500 metric tons
1986
Australian Agriculture
# 20
Egypt :
1,009,200 metric tons
1986
Egyptian Agriculture
# 21
Iran :
910,573 metric tons
1986
Iranian Agriculture
# 22
Korea, South :
863,400 metric tons
1986
Korean Agriculture
# 23
Bulgaria :
846,000 metric tons
1986
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 24
South Africa :
832,903 metric tons
1986
South African Agriculture
# 25
Korea, North :
755,300 metric tons
1986
Korean Agriculture
# 26
Ireland :
717,350 metric tons
1986
Irish Agriculture
# 27
Netherlands :
698,562 metric tons
1986
Dutch Agriculture
# 28
Greece :
674,749 metric tons
1986
Greek Agriculture
# 29
Cuba :
663,000 metric tons
1986
Cuban Agriculture
# 30
Malaysia :
658,300 metric tons
1986
Malaysian Agriculture
# 31
Denmark :
642,094 metric tons
1986
Danish Agriculture
# 32
Bangladesh :
616,556 metric tons
1986
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 33
Thailand :
562,000 metric tons
1986
Thai Agriculture
# 34
Vietnam :
524,050 metric tons
1986
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 35
Finland :
509,114 metric tons
1986
Finnish Agriculture
# 36
Venezuela :
508,400 metric tons
1986
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 37
Colombia :
437,529 metric tons
1986
Colombian Agriculture
# 38
Belgium :
425,500 metric tons
1986
Belgian Agriculture
# 39
Saudi Arabia :
411,470 metric tons
1986
Saudi Agriculture
# 40
Sweden :
405,547 metric tons
1986
Swedish Agriculture
# 41
Philippines :
389,800 metric tons
1986
Philippine Agriculture
# 42
New Zealand :
352,000 metric tons
1986
New Zealand Agriculture
# 43
Austria :
312,400 metric tons
1986
Austrian Agriculture
# 44
Morocco :
309,503 metric tons
1986
Moroccan Agriculture
# 45
Algeria :
271,660 metric tons
1986
Algerian Agriculture
# 46
Portugal :
269,400 metric tons
1986
Portuguese Agriculture
# 47
Chile :
261,566 metric tons
1986
Chilean Agriculture
# 48
Nigeria :
256,700 metric tons
1986
Nigerian Agriculture
# 49
Syria :
246,224 metric tons
1986
Syrian Agriculture
# 50
Norway :
235,000 metric tons
1986
Norwegian Agriculture
# 51
Iraq :
196,190 metric tons
1986
Iraqi Agriculture
# 52
Sri Lanka :
193,164 metric tons
1986
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 53
Peru :
179,125 metric tons
1986
Peruvian Agriculture
# 54
Burma :
178,732 metric tons
1986
Burmese Agriculture
# 55
Switzerland :
173,200 metric tons
1986
Swiss Agriculture
# 56
Zimbabwe :
154,960 metric tons
1986
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 57
Argentina :
151,144 metric tons
1986
Argentine Agriculture
# 58
Guatemala :
123,000 metric tons
1986
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 59
Tunisia :
105,300 metric tons
1986
Tunisian Agriculture
# 60
Kenya :
98,400 metric tons
1986
Kenyan Agriculture
# 61
Albania :
96,300 metric tons
1986
Albanian Agriculture
# 62
Israel :
93,700 metric tons
1986
Israeli Agriculture
# 63
Costa Rica :
85,000 metric tons
1986
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 64
Libya :
78,770 metric tons
1986
Libyan Agriculture
# 65
Zambia :
76,974 metric tons
1986
Zambian Agriculture
# 66
Ecuador :
74,477 metric tons
1986
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 67
Nicaragua :
67,884 metric tons
1986
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 68
Afghanistan :
67,280 metric tons
1986
Afghan Agriculture
# 69
El Salvador :
66,375 metric tons
1986
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 70
Sudan :
60,200 metric tons
1986
Sudanese Agriculture
# 71
Dominican Republic :
58,000 metric tons
1986
Dominican Agriculture
# 72
Uruguay :
53,473 metric tons
1986
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 73
Cameroon :
45,400 metric tons
1986
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 74
Nepal :
45,051 metric tons
1986
Nepalese Agriculture
# 75
Tanzania :
42,479 metric tons
1986
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 76
Malawi :
37,479 metric tons
1986
Malawian Agriculture
# 77
Panama :
35,300 metric tons
1986
Panamanian Agriculture
# 78
Côte d'Ivoire :
30,000 metric tons
1986
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 79
Mauritius :
25,306 metric tons
1986
Mauritian Agriculture
# 80
Honduras :
25,174 metric tons
1986
Honduran Agriculture
# 81
Iceland :
24,933 metric tons
1986
Icelandic Agriculture
# 82
Fiji :
21,700 metric tons
1986
Fijian Agriculture
# 83
Guyana :
21,488 metric tons
1986
Guyanese Agriculture
# 84
Cyprus :
19,978 metric tons
1986
Cypriot Agriculture
# 85
Mongolia :
19,600 metric tons
1986
Mongolian Agriculture
# 86
Senegal :
19,200 metric tons
1986
Senegalese Agriculture
# 87
Lebanon :
17,600 metric tons
1986
Lebanese Agriculture
# 88
Jamaica :
17,300 metric tons
1986
Jamaican Agriculture
# 89
Burkina Faso :
16,340 metric tons
1986
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 90
Yemen :
16,180 metric tons
1986
Yemeni Agriculture
# 91
Mali :
14,747 metric tons
1986
Malian Agriculture
# 92
Paraguay :
12,400 metric tons
1986
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 93
Papua New Guinea :
12,100 metric tons
1986
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 94
Angola :
12,000 metric tons
1986
Angolan Agriculture
# 95
Swaziland :
11,839 metric tons
1986
Swazi Agriculture
# 96
Suriname :
11,806 metric tons
1986
Surinamese Agriculture
# 97
Togo :
11,100 metric tons
1986
Togolese Agriculture
# 98
Madagascar :
10,846 metric tons
1986
Malagasy Agriculture
# 99
Benin :
10,819 metric tons
1986
Beninese Agriculture
# 100
Jordan :
7,850 metric tons
1986
Jordanian Agriculture
# 101
Ghana :
7,600 metric tons
1986
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 102
Bolivia :
6,700 metric tons
1986
Bolivian Agriculture
# 103
Mozambique :
5,900 metric tons
1986
Mozambican Agriculture
# 104
Singapore :
5,200 metric tons
1986
Singapore Agriculture
# 105
Trinidad and Tobago :
5,100 metric tons
1986
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 106
Chad :
4,200 metric tons
1986
Chadian Agriculture
# 107
Sierra Leone :
4,000 metric tons
1986
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 108
Lesotho :
3,900 metric tons
1986
Basotho Agriculture
# 109
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
3,800 metric tons
1986
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 110
Gambia, The :
3,800 metric tons
1986
Gambian Agriculture
# 111
Barbados :
3,800 metric tons
1986
Barbadian Agriculture
# 112
Belize :
3,770 metric tons
1986
Belizean Agriculture
# 113
Burundi :
3,100 metric tons
1986
Burundian Agriculture
# 114
Dominica :
2,900 metric tons
1986
Dominican Agriculture
# 115
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2,900 metric tons
1986
Nevisian Agriculture
# 116
Congo, Republic of the :
2,500 metric tons
1986
Congolese Agriculture
# 117
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
2,420 metric tons
1986
Congolese Agriculture
# 118
Gabon :
2,160 metric tons
1986
Gabonese Agriculture
# 119
Haiti :
2,100 metric tons
1986
Haitian Agriculture
# 120
Niger :
1,985 metric tons
1986
Nigerien Agriculture
# 121
Oman :
1,888 metric tons
1986
Omani Agriculture
# 122
Somalia :
1,720 metric tons
1986
Somali Agriculture
# 123
Saint Lucia :
1,700 metric tons
1986
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 124
Liberia :
1,659 metric tons
1986
Liberian Agriculture
# 125
United Arab Emirates :
1,440 metric tons
1986
Emirati Agriculture
# 126
Bahrain :
1,420 metric tons
1986
Bahraini Agriculture
# 127
Virgin Islands :
1,300 metric tons
1986
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 128
Brunei :
1,260 metric tons
1986
Bruneian Agriculture
# 129
Rwanda :
1,033 metric tons
1986
Rwandan Agriculture
# 130
Mauritania :
1,000 metric tons
1986
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 131
French Polynesia :
900 metric tons
1986
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 132
Botswana :
678 metric tons
1986
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 133
Central African Republic :
676 metric tons
1986
Central African Agriculture
# 134
Guinea :
652 metric tons
1986
Guinean Agriculture
# 135
New Caledonia :
600 metric tons
1986
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 136
Malta :
595 metric tons
1986
Maltese Agriculture
# 137
Bahamas, The :
500 metric tons
1986
Bahamian Agriculture
# 138
Qatar :
500 metric tons
1986
Qatari Agriculture
# 139
Kuwait :
407 metric tons
1986
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 140
Uganda :
388 metric tons
1986
Ugandan Agriculture
# 141
Cape Verde :
156 metric tons
1986
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 142
Djibouti :
100 metric tons
1986
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 143
Bhutan :
100 metric tons
1986
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 144
Bermuda :
100 metric tons
1986
Bermudian Agriculture
Total :
104,074,016 metric tons
Weighted average:
722,736.2 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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