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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 (1990) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
27,273,700 metric tons
1990
Chinese Agriculture
# 2
United States :
18,586,940 metric tons
1990
American Agriculture
# 3
India :
12,018,000 metric tons
1990
Indian Agriculture
# 4
France :
5,682,800 metric tons
1990
French Agriculture
# 5
Russia :
5,510,000 metric tons
1990
Russian Agriculture
# 6
Germany :
3,350,700 metric tons
1990
German Agriculture
# 7
Brazil :
3,207,800 metric tons
1990
Brazilian Agriculture
# 8
Ukraine :
2,692,000 metric tons
1990
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 9
Indonesia :
2,500,800 metric tons
1990
Indonesian Agriculture
# 10
United Kingdom :
2,388,000 metric tons
1990
British Agriculture
# 11
Canada :
2,073,852 metric tons
1990
Canadian Agriculture
# 12
Spain :
1,975,901 metric tons
1990
Spanish Agriculture
# 13
Italy :
1,944,380 metric tons
1990
Italian Agriculture
# 14
Pakistan :
1,892,899 metric tons
1990
Pakistani Agriculture
# 15
Turkey :
1,887,520 metric tons
1990
Turkish Agriculture
# 16
Japan :
1,838,000 metric tons
1990
Japanese Agriculture
# 17
Mexico :
1,798,400 metric tons
1990
Mexican Agriculture
# 18
Poland :
1,541,400 metric tons
1990
Polish Agriculture
# 19
Belarus :
1,395,000 metric tons
1990
Belarusian Agriculture
# 20
Romania :
1,212,500 metric tons
1990
Romanian Agriculture
# 21
Australia :
1,163,700 metric tons
1990
Australian Agriculture
# 22
Iran :
1,161,000 metric tons
1990
Iranian Agriculture
# 23
Thailand :
1,043,791 metric tons
1990
Thai Agriculture
# 24
Egypt :
958,946 metric tons
1990
Egyptian Agriculture
# 25
Korea, South :
957,702 metric tons
1990
Korean Agriculture
# 26
Bangladesh :
933,622 metric tons
1990
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 27
Malaysia :
909,500 metric tons
1990
Malaysian Agriculture
# 28
Korea, North :
832,400 metric tons
1990
Korean Agriculture
# 29
South Africa :
785,087 metric tons
1990
South African Agriculture
# 30
Uzbekistan :
730,000 metric tons
1990
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 31
Greece :
696,000 metric tons
1990
Greek Agriculture
# 32
Ireland :
692,300 metric tons
1990
Irish Agriculture
# 33
Bulgaria :
684,900 metric tons
1990
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 34
Hungary :
679,944 metric tons
1990
Hungarian Agriculture
# 35
Denmark :
633,200 metric tons
1990
Danish Agriculture
# 36
Colombia :
602,300 metric tons
1990
Colombian Agriculture
# 37
Philippines :
587,092 metric tons
1990
Philippine Agriculture
# 38
Cuba :
580,000 metric tons
1990
Cuban Agriculture
# 39
Netherlands :
560,600 metric tons
1990
Dutch Agriculture
# 40
Vietnam :
560,279 metric tons
1990
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 41
Saudi Arabia :
489,000 metric tons
1990
Saudi Agriculture
# 42
Kazakhstan :
475,000 metric tons
1990
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 43
Finland :
442,650 metric tons
1990
Finnish Agriculture
# 44
Venezuela :
434,000 metric tons
1990
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 45
Nigeria :
400,380 metric tons
1990
Nigerian Agriculture
# 46
Belgium :
384,000 metric tons
1990
Belgian Agriculture
# 47
Morocco :
350,000 metric tons
1990
Moroccan Agriculture
# 48
New Zealand :
343,100 metric tons
1990
New Zealand Agriculture
# 49
Sweden :
328,258 metric tons
1990
Swedish Agriculture
# 50
Chile :
306,682 metric tons
1990
Chilean Agriculture
# 51
Syria :
304,170 metric tons
1990
Syrian Agriculture
# 52
Austria :
303,300 metric tons
1990
Austrian Agriculture
# 53
Portugal :
278,400 metric tons
1990
Portuguese Agriculture
# 54
Norway :
209,590 metric tons
1990
Norwegian Agriculture
# 55
Iraq :
207,000 metric tons
1990
Iraqi Agriculture
# 56
Turkmenistan :
175,000 metric tons
1990
Turkmen Agriculture
# 57
Sri Lanka :
171,143 metric tons
1990
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 58
Latvia :
168,000 metric tons
1990
Latvian Agriculture
# 59
Switzerland :
167,900 metric tons
1990
Swiss Agriculture
# 60
Zimbabwe :
167,685 metric tons
1990
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 61
Argentina :
165,500 metric tons
1990
Argentine Agriculture
# 62
Lithuania :
156,000 metric tons
1990
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 63
Moldova :
134,800 metric tons
1990
Moldovan Agriculture
# 64
Tajikistan :
128,000 metric tons
1990
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 65
Algeria :
127,000 metric tons
1990
Algerian Agriculture
# 66
Guatemala :
117,000 metric tons
1990
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 67
Estonia :
112,710 metric tons
1990
Estonian Agriculture
# 68
Costa Rica :
108,600 metric tons
1990
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 69
Kenya :
106,700 metric tons
1990
Kenyan Agriculture
# 70
Peru :
105,256 metric tons
1990
Peruvian Agriculture
# 71
Israel :
102,600 metric tons
1990
Israeli Agriculture
# 72
Albania :
102,000 metric tons
1990
Albanian Agriculture
# 73
Dominican Republic :
92,291 metric tons
1990
Dominican Agriculture
# 74
Tunisia :
83,900 metric tons
1990
Tunisian Agriculture
# 75
Sudan :
81,900 metric tons
1990
Sudanese Agriculture
# 76
Libya :
77,600 metric tons
1990
Libyan Agriculture
# 77
Burma :
75,532 metric tons
1990
Burmese Agriculture
# 78
Azerbaijan :
75,000 metric tons
1990
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 79
El Salvador :
74,796 metric tons
1990
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 80
Nepal :
72,512 metric tons
1990
Nepalese Agriculture
# 81
Georgia :
72,000 metric tons
1990
Georgian Agriculture
# 82
Uruguay :
71,884 metric tons
1990
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 83
Ecuador :
68,021 metric tons
1990
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 84
Zambia :
59,500 metric tons
1990
Zambian Agriculture
# 85
Malawi :
48,000 metric tons
1990
Malawian Agriculture
# 86
Tanzania :
46,800 metric tons
1990
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 87
Afghanistan :
44,500 metric tons
1990
Afghan Agriculture
# 88
Nicaragua :
40,010 metric tons
1990
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 89
Panama :
38,662 metric tons
1990
Panamanian Agriculture
# 90
Côte d'Ivoire :
37,000 metric tons
1990
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 91
Kyrgyzstan :
32,000 metric tons
1990
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 92
Mauritius :
27,733 metric tons
1990
Mauritian Agriculture
# 93
Lebanon :
25,400 metric tons
1990
Lebanese Agriculture
# 94
Armenia :
25,000 metric tons
1990
Armenian Agriculture
# 95
Iceland :
23,163 metric tons
1990
Icelandic Agriculture
# 96
Fiji :
23,000 metric tons
1990
Fijian Agriculture
# 97
Cyprus :
22,732 metric tons
1990
Cypriot Agriculture
# 98
Yemen :
22,459 metric tons
1990
Yemeni Agriculture
# 99
Cameroon :
21,800 metric tons
1990
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 100
Burkina Faso :
21,166 metric tons
1990
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 101
Jamaica :
19,100 metric tons
1990
Jamaican Agriculture
# 102
Paraguay :
17,923 metric tons
1990
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 103
Jordan :
16,800 metric tons
1990
Jordanian Agriculture
# 104
Mali :
15,200 metric tons
1990
Malian Agriculture
# 105
Honduras :
14,994 metric tons
1990
Honduran Agriculture
# 106
Mongolia :
14,600 metric tons
1990
Mongolian Agriculture
# 107
Swaziland :
13,397 metric tons
1990
Swazi Agriculture
# 108
Ghana :
13,000 metric tons
1990
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 109
United Arab Emirates :
12,500 metric tons
1990
Emirati Agriculture
# 110
Papua New Guinea :
12,300 metric tons
1990
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 111
Guyana :
12,000 metric tons
1990
Guyanese Agriculture
# 112
Senegal :
11,750 metric tons
1990
Senegalese Agriculture
# 113
Togo :
11,500 metric tons
1990
Togolese Agriculture
# 114
Benin :
11,003 metric tons
1990
Beninese Agriculture
# 115
Madagascar :
10,855 metric tons
1990
Malagasy Agriculture
# 116
Angola :
9,500 metric tons
1990
Angolan Agriculture
# 117
Oman :
9,479 metric tons
1990
Omani Agriculture
# 118
Trinidad and Tobago :
7,100 metric tons
1990
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 119
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,200 metric tons
1990
Congolese Agriculture
# 120
Chad :
5,800 metric tons
1990
Chadian Agriculture
# 121
Saint Lucia :
5,721 metric tons
1990
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 122
Singapore :
5,600 metric tons
1990
Singapore Agriculture
# 123
Bolivia :
5,162 metric tons
1990
Bolivian Agriculture
# 124
Belize :
5,100 metric tons
1990
Belizean Agriculture
# 125
Lesotho :
4,600 metric tons
1990
Basotho Agriculture
# 126
Brunei :
4,200 metric tons
1990
Bruneian Agriculture
# 127
Cambodia :
4,100 metric tons
1990
Cambodian Agriculture
# 128
Mauritania :
3,900 metric tons
1990
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 129
Dominica :
3,400 metric tons
1990
Dominican Agriculture
# 130
Rwanda :
2,989 metric tons
1990
Rwandan Agriculture
# 131
Somalia :
2,700 metric tons
1990
Somali Agriculture
# 132
Barbados :
2,700 metric tons
1990
Barbadian Agriculture
# 133
Mozambique :
2,600 metric tons
1990
Mozambican Agriculture
# 134
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
2,300 metric tons
1990
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 135
Niger :
2,299 metric tons
1990
Nigerien Agriculture
# 136
Burundi :
2,100 metric tons
1990
Burundian Agriculture
# 137
New Caledonia :
1,800 metric tons
1990
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 138
Congo, Republic of the :
1,575 metric tons
1990
Congolese Agriculture
# 139
Laos :
1,500 metric tons
1990
Lao Agriculture
# 140
Qatar :
1,380 metric tons
1990
Qatari Agriculture
# 141
Virgin Islands :
1,300 metric tons
1990
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 142
Sierra Leone :
1,300 metric tons
1990
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 143
Guinea :
1,161 metric tons
1990
Guinean Agriculture
# 144
Gabon :
1,121 metric tons
1990
Gabonese Agriculture
# 145
Haiti :
1,000 metric tons
1990
Haitian Agriculture
# 146
Suriname :
1,000 metric tons
1990
Surinamese Agriculture
# 147
Central African Republic :
940 metric tons
1990
Central African Agriculture
# 148
French Polynesia :
900 metric tons
1990
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 149
Botswana :
900 metric tons
1990
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 150
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
882 metric tons
1990
Nevisian Agriculture
# 151
Malta :
778 metric tons
1990
Maltese Agriculture
# 152
Bahrain :
602 metric tons
1990
Bahraini Agriculture
# 153
Gambia, The :
600 metric tons
1990
Gambian Agriculture
# 154
Guinea-Bissau :
586 metric tons
1990
Guinean Agriculture
# 155
Liberia :
300 metric tons
1990
Liberian Agriculture
# 156
Uganda :
192 metric tons
1990
Ugandan Agriculture
# 157
Bhutan :
100 metric tons
1990
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 158
Bahamas, The :
100 metric tons
1990
Bahamian Agriculture
Total :
125,823,229 metric tons
Weighted average:
796,349.6 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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