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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 (1987) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
22,687,770 metric tons
1987
Chinese Agriculture
# 2
United States :
17,792,360 metric tons
1987
American Agriculture
# 3
India :
8,342,700 metric tons
1987
Indian Agriculture
# 4
France :
5,818,300 metric tons
1987
French Agriculture
# 5
Germany :
4,809,980 metric tons
1987
German Agriculture
# 6
Brazil :
3,887,200 metric tons
1987
Brazilian Agriculture
# 7
Poland :
3,276,748 metric tons
1987
Polish Agriculture
# 8
United Kingdom :
2,484,000 metric tons
1987
British Agriculture
# 9
Italy :
2,276,514 metric tons
1987
Italian Agriculture
# 10
Indonesia :
2,233,600 metric tons
1987
Indonesian Agriculture
# 11
Canada :
2,221,000 metric tons
1987
Canadian Agriculture
# 12
Japan :
2,036,600 metric tons
1987
Japanese Agriculture
# 13
Spain :
2,020,715 metric tons
1987
Spanish Agriculture
# 14
Mexico :
1,887,880 metric tons
1987
Mexican Agriculture
# 15
Turkey :
1,777,852 metric tons
1987
Turkish Agriculture
# 16
Pakistan :
1,720,200 metric tons
1987
Pakistani Agriculture
# 17
Romania :
1,390,000 metric tons
1987
Romanian Agriculture
# 18
Australia :
1,382,300 metric tons
1987
Australian Agriculture
# 19
Hungary :
1,372,552 metric tons
1987
Hungarian Agriculture
# 20
Egypt :
1,009,100 metric tons
1987
Egyptian Agriculture
# 21
Iran :
946,332 metric tons
1987
Iranian Agriculture
# 22
Korea, South :
904,400 metric tons
1987
Korean Agriculture
# 23
Bulgaria :
796,500 metric tons
1987
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 24
Malaysia :
747,600 metric tons
1987
Malaysian Agriculture
# 25
Korea, North :
745,600 metric tons
1987
Korean Agriculture
# 26
South Africa :
712,161 metric tons
1987
South African Agriculture
# 27
Bangladesh :
705,787 metric tons
1987
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 28
Ireland :
661,100 metric tons
1987
Irish Agriculture
# 29
Cuba :
654,100 metric tons
1987
Cuban Agriculture
# 30
Netherlands :
635,549 metric tons
1987
Dutch Agriculture
# 31
Thailand :
629,900 metric tons
1987
Thai Agriculture
# 32
Venezuela :
607,700 metric tons
1987
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 33
Denmark :
605,800 metric tons
1987
Danish Agriculture
# 34
Greece :
605,400 metric tons
1987
Greek Agriculture
# 35
Finland :
521,718 metric tons
1987
Finnish Agriculture
# 36
Colombia :
498,299 metric tons
1987
Colombian Agriculture
# 37
Philippines :
485,725 metric tons
1987
Philippine Agriculture
# 38
Saudi Arabia :
451,700 metric tons
1987
Saudi Agriculture
# 39
Vietnam :
421,700 metric tons
1987
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 40
Belgium :
416,900 metric tons
1987
Belgian Agriculture
# 41
Sweden :
400,962 metric tons
1987
Swedish Agriculture
# 42
New Zealand :
367,100 metric tons
1987
New Zealand Agriculture
# 43
Morocco :
303,352 metric tons
1987
Moroccan Agriculture
# 44
Austria :
298,800 metric tons
1987
Austrian Agriculture
# 45
Portugal :
279,100 metric tons
1987
Portuguese Agriculture
# 46
Chile :
277,400 metric tons
1987
Chilean Agriculture
# 47
Syria :
269,005 metric tons
1987
Syrian Agriculture
# 48
Algeria :
241,200 metric tons
1987
Algerian Agriculture
# 49
Nigeria :
235,100 metric tons
1987
Nigerian Agriculture
# 50
Peru :
231,879 metric tons
1987
Peruvian Agriculture
# 51
Norway :
229,400 metric tons
1987
Norwegian Agriculture
# 52
Iraq :
217,700 metric tons
1987
Iraqi Agriculture
# 53
Sri Lanka :
203,708 metric tons
1987
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 54
Switzerland :
177,300 metric tons
1987
Swiss Agriculture
# 55
Argentina :
167,900 metric tons
1987
Argentine Agriculture
# 56
Zimbabwe :
139,922 metric tons
1987
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 57
Burma :
125,449 metric tons
1987
Burmese Agriculture
# 58
Guatemala :
125,400 metric tons
1987
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 59
Kenya :
110,363 metric tons
1987
Kenyan Agriculture
# 60
Tunisia :
104,600 metric tons
1987
Tunisian Agriculture
# 61
Libya :
102,090 metric tons
1987
Libyan Agriculture
# 62
Israel :
98,000 metric tons
1987
Israeli Agriculture
# 63
Zambia :
95,275 metric tons
1987
Zambian Agriculture
# 64
Albania :
95,000 metric tons
1987
Albanian Agriculture
# 65
Costa Rica :
95,000 metric tons
1987
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 66
El Salvador :
92,473 metric tons
1987
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 67
Afghanistan :
79,020 metric tons
1987
Afghan Agriculture
# 68
Dominican Republic :
72,800 metric tons
1987
Dominican Agriculture
# 69
Ecuador :
63,244 metric tons
1987
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 70
Uruguay :
60,600 metric tons
1987
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 71
Nepal :
54,181 metric tons
1987
Nepalese Agriculture
# 72
Nicaragua :
50,400 metric tons
1987
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 73
Cameroon :
49,800 metric tons
1987
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 74
Malawi :
48,403 metric tons
1987
Malawian Agriculture
# 75
Tanzania :
47,841 metric tons
1987
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 76
Sudan :
38,700 metric tons
1987
Sudanese Agriculture
# 77
Panama :
37,800 metric tons
1987
Panamanian Agriculture
# 78
Honduras :
33,862 metric tons
1987
Honduran Agriculture
# 79
Mauritius :
32,842 metric tons
1987
Mauritian Agriculture
# 80
Jamaica :
24,600 metric tons
1987
Jamaican Agriculture
# 81
Mongolia :
24,600 metric tons
1987
Mongolian Agriculture
# 82
Iceland :
23,337 metric tons
1987
Icelandic Agriculture
# 83
Côte d'Ivoire :
21,900 metric tons
1987
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 84
Fiji :
21,500 metric tons
1987
Fijian Agriculture
# 85
Cyprus :
20,669 metric tons
1987
Cypriot Agriculture
# 86
Lebanon :
20,200 metric tons
1987
Lebanese Agriculture
# 87
Senegal :
18,900 metric tons
1987
Senegalese Agriculture
# 88
Burkina Faso :
17,852 metric tons
1987
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 89
Mali :
15,614 metric tons
1987
Malian Agriculture
# 90
Paraguay :
15,000 metric tons
1987
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 91
Papua New Guinea :
14,700 metric tons
1987
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 92
Swaziland :
13,489 metric tons
1987
Swazi Agriculture
# 93
Guyana :
13,300 metric tons
1987
Guyanese Agriculture
# 94
Jordan :
12,907 metric tons
1987
Jordanian Agriculture
# 95
Suriname :
10,957 metric tons
1987
Surinamese Agriculture
# 96
Ghana :
10,886 metric tons
1987
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 97
Togo :
10,878 metric tons
1987
Togolese Agriculture
# 98
Angola :
10,300 metric tons
1987
Angolan Agriculture
# 99
Benin :
9,469 metric tons
1987
Beninese Agriculture
# 100
Yemen :
9,320 metric tons
1987
Yemeni Agriculture
# 101
Trinidad and Tobago :
6,798 metric tons
1987
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 102
Bolivia :
6,531 metric tons
1987
Bolivian Agriculture
# 103
Mozambique :
6,500 metric tons
1987
Mozambican Agriculture
# 104
Madagascar :
6,272 metric tons
1987
Malagasy Agriculture
# 105
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,200 metric tons
1987
Congolese Agriculture
# 106
Singapore :
5,500 metric tons
1987
Singapore Agriculture
# 107
Chad :
5,400 metric tons
1987
Chadian Agriculture
# 108
Belize :
4,085 metric tons
1987
Belizean Agriculture
# 109
Lesotho :
4,000 metric tons
1987
Basotho Agriculture
# 110
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
3,800 metric tons
1987
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 111
Somalia :
3,700 metric tons
1987
Somali Agriculture
# 112
Liberia :
3,500 metric tons
1987
Liberian Agriculture
# 113
United Arab Emirates :
3,120 metric tons
1987
Emirati Agriculture
# 114
Barbados :
3,100 metric tons
1987
Barbadian Agriculture
# 115
Dominica :
3,000 metric tons
1987
Dominican Agriculture
# 116
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
2,900 metric tons
1987
Nevisian Agriculture
# 117
Niger :
2,854 metric tons
1987
Nigerien Agriculture
# 118
Burundi :
2,600 metric tons
1987
Burundian Agriculture
# 119
Gambia, The :
2,600 metric tons
1987
Gambian Agriculture
# 120
Haiti :
2,300 metric tons
1987
Haitian Agriculture
# 121
Gabon :
2,173 metric tons
1987
Gabonese Agriculture
# 122
Rwanda :
1,994 metric tons
1987
Rwandan Agriculture
# 123
Oman :
1,979 metric tons
1987
Omani Agriculture
# 124
Saint Lucia :
1,700 metric tons
1987
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 125
Congo, Republic of the :
1,700 metric tons
1987
Congolese Agriculture
# 126
Virgin Islands :
1,300 metric tons
1987
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 127
New Caledonia :
1,200 metric tons
1987
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 128
Uganda :
1,175 metric tons
1987
Ugandan Agriculture
# 129
Mauritania :
1,100 metric tons
1987
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 130
Botswana :
900 metric tons
1987
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 131
Guinea :
900 metric tons
1987
Guinean Agriculture
# 132
French Polynesia :
900 metric tons
1987
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 133
Central African Republic :
811 metric tons
1987
Central African Agriculture
# 134
Malta :
678 metric tons
1987
Maltese Agriculture
# 135
Guinea-Bissau :
665 metric tons
1987
Guinean Agriculture
# 136
Cambodia :
600 metric tons
1987
Cambodian Agriculture
# 137
Qatar :
500 metric tons
1987
Qatari Agriculture
# 138
Sierra Leone :
500 metric tons
1987
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 139
Laos :
500 metric tons
1987
Lao Agriculture
# 140
Bahamas, The :
500 metric tons
1987
Bahamian Agriculture
# 141
Brunei :
400 metric tons
1987
Bruneian Agriculture
# 142
Kuwait :
328 metric tons
1987
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 143
Bahrain :
310 metric tons
1987
Bahraini Agriculture
# 144
Bermuda :
130 metric tons
1987
Bermudian Agriculture
# 145
Bhutan :
100 metric tons
1987
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 146
Djibouti :
100 metric tons
1987
Djiboutian Agriculture
# 147
Cape Verde :
70 metric tons
1987
Cape Verdean Agriculture
Total :
109,382,664 metric tons
Weighted average:
744,099.8 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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