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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 (1991) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
29,659,100 metric tons
1991
Chinese Agriculture
# 2
United States :
18,784,000 metric tons
1991
American Agriculture
# 3
India :
12,728,080 metric tons
1991
Indian Agriculture
# 4
France :
5,565,000 metric tons
1991
French Agriculture
# 5
Russia :
5,510,000 metric tons
1991
Russian Agriculture
# 6
Brazil :
3,386,800 metric tons
1991
Brazilian Agriculture
# 7
Germany :
2,968,658 metric tons
1991
German Agriculture
# 8
Ukraine :
2,692,000 metric tons
1991
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 9
Indonesia :
2,400,100 metric tons
1991
Indonesian Agriculture
# 10
Canada :
2,173,084 metric tons
1991
Canadian Agriculture
# 11
United Kingdom :
2,171,000 metric tons
1991
British Agriculture
# 12
Italy :
1,986,690 metric tons
1991
Italian Agriculture
# 13
Pakistan :
1,884,133 metric tons
1991
Pakistani Agriculture
# 14
Spain :
1,881,742 metric tons
1991
Spanish Agriculture
# 15
Turkey :
1,770,865 metric tons
1991
Turkish Agriculture
# 16
Japan :
1,752,000 metric tons
1991
Japanese Agriculture
# 17
Mexico :
1,619,400 metric tons
1991
Mexican Agriculture
# 18
Belarus :
1,395,000 metric tons
1991
Belarusian Agriculture
# 19
Australia :
1,284,600 metric tons
1991
Australian Agriculture
# 20
Iran :
1,149,000 metric tons
1991
Iranian Agriculture
# 21
Poland :
1,122,400 metric tons
1991
Polish Agriculture
# 22
Bangladesh :
1,004,400 metric tons
1991
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 23
Egypt :
963,400 metric tons
1991
Egyptian Agriculture
# 24
Thailand :
962,100 metric tons
1991
Thai Agriculture
# 25
Malaysia :
941,000 metric tons
1991
Malaysian Agriculture
# 26
Korea, South :
927,700 metric tons
1991
Korean Agriculture
# 27
Korea, North :
811,100 metric tons
1991
Korean Agriculture
# 28
Vietnam :
781,900 metric tons
1991
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 29
South Africa :
740,100 metric tons
1991
South African Agriculture
# 30
Uzbekistan :
730,000 metric tons
1991
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 31
Ireland :
665,000 metric tons
1991
Irish Agriculture
# 32
Greece :
652,100 metric tons
1991
Greek Agriculture
# 33
Colombia :
601,200 metric tons
1991
Colombian Agriculture
# 34
Denmark :
580,600 metric tons
1991
Danish Agriculture
# 35
Netherlands :
560,759 metric tons
1991
Dutch Agriculture
# 36
Saudi Arabia :
508,000 metric tons
1991
Saudi Agriculture
# 37
Kazakhstan :
475,000 metric tons
1991
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 38
Bulgaria :
471,583 metric tons
1991
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 39
Romania :
463,000 metric tons
1991
Romanian Agriculture
# 40
Philippines :
447,818 metric tons
1991
Philippine Agriculture
# 41
New Zealand :
438,500 metric tons
1991
New Zealand Agriculture
# 42
Nigeria :
429,200 metric tons
1991
Nigerian Agriculture
# 43
Venezuela :
396,600 metric tons
1991
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 44
Cuba :
365,000 metric tons
1991
Cuban Agriculture
# 45
Belgium :
354,000 metric tons
1991
Belgian Agriculture
# 46
Finland :
339,050 metric tons
1991
Finnish Agriculture
# 47
Hungary :
326,129 metric tons
1991
Hungarian Agriculture
# 48
Chile :
306,000 metric tons
1991
Chilean Agriculture
# 49
Sweden :
292,092 metric tons
1991
Swedish Agriculture
# 50
Austria :
288,700 metric tons
1991
Austrian Agriculture
# 51
Morocco :
288,700 metric tons
1991
Moroccan Agriculture
# 52
Syria :
287,600 metric tons
1991
Syrian Agriculture
# 53
Portugal :
258,000 metric tons
1991
Portuguese Agriculture
# 54
Norway :
207,866 metric tons
1991
Norwegian Agriculture
# 55
Sri Lanka :
177,194 metric tons
1991
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 56
Turkmenistan :
175,000 metric tons
1991
Turkmen Agriculture
# 57
Latvia :
168,000 metric tons
1991
Latvian Agriculture
# 58
Argentina :
167,300 metric tons
1991
Argentine Agriculture
# 59
Zimbabwe :
164,322 metric tons
1991
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 60
Switzerland :
159,000 metric tons
1991
Swiss Agriculture
# 61
Lithuania :
156,000 metric tons
1991
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 62
Guatemala :
143,200 metric tons
1991
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 63
Moldova :
134,800 metric tons
1991
Moldovan Agriculture
# 64
Iraq :
134,700 metric tons
1991
Iraqi Agriculture
# 65
Tajikistan :
128,000 metric tons
1991
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 66
Costa Rica :
116,400 metric tons
1991
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 67
Estonia :
112,710 metric tons
1991
Estonian Agriculture
# 68
Kenya :
112,700 metric tons
1991
Kenyan Agriculture
# 69
Tunisia :
98,900 metric tons
1991
Tunisian Agriculture
# 70
Dominican Republic :
94,700 metric tons
1991
Dominican Agriculture
# 71
Israel :
93,600 metric tons
1991
Israeli Agriculture
# 72
Algeria :
91,500 metric tons
1991
Algerian Agriculture
# 73
Libya :
84,800 metric tons
1991
Libyan Agriculture
# 74
Burma :
83,059 metric tons
1991
Burmese Agriculture
# 75
Ecuador :
82,600 metric tons
1991
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 76
Nepal :
81,100 metric tons
1991
Nepalese Agriculture
# 77
Uruguay :
78,823 metric tons
1991
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 78
El Salvador :
77,503 metric tons
1991
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 79
Peru :
75,652 metric tons
1991
Peruvian Agriculture
# 80
Azerbaijan :
75,000 metric tons
1991
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 81
Georgia :
72,000 metric tons
1991
Georgian Agriculture
# 82
Malawi :
70,000 metric tons
1991
Malawian Agriculture
# 83
Zambia :
62,491 metric tons
1991
Zambian Agriculture
# 84
Sudan :
55,700 metric tons
1991
Sudanese Agriculture
# 85
Tanzania :
49,679 metric tons
1991
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 86
Afghanistan :
48,600 metric tons
1991
Afghan Agriculture
# 87
Côte d'Ivoire :
38,700 metric tons
1991
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 88
Honduras :
35,601 metric tons
1991
Honduran Agriculture
# 89
Nicaragua :
34,432 metric tons
1991
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 90
Kyrgyzstan :
32,000 metric tons
1991
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 91
Albania :
31,300 metric tons
1991
Albanian Agriculture
# 92
Lebanon :
29,700 metric tons
1991
Lebanese Agriculture
# 93
Mauritius :
27,575 metric tons
1991
Mauritian Agriculture
# 94
Jamaica :
25,700 metric tons
1991
Jamaican Agriculture
# 95
Panama :
25,649 metric tons
1991
Panamanian Agriculture
# 96
Armenia :
25,000 metric tons
1991
Armenian Agriculture
# 97
Iceland :
22,918 metric tons
1991
Icelandic Agriculture
# 98
Cyprus :
22,144 metric tons
1991
Cypriot Agriculture
# 99
Burkina Faso :
20,686 metric tons
1991
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 100
Paraguay :
20,571 metric tons
1991
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 101
Jordan :
20,409 metric tons
1991
Jordanian Agriculture
# 102
Yemen :
19,600 metric tons
1991
Yemeni Agriculture
# 103
Cameroon :
18,100 metric tons
1991
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 104
United Arab Emirates :
17,470 metric tons
1991
Emirati Agriculture
# 105
Senegal :
16,630 metric tons
1991
Senegalese Agriculture
# 106
Mongolia :
16,000 metric tons
1991
Mongolian Agriculture
# 107
Guyana :
15,600 metric tons
1991
Guyanese Agriculture
# 108
Mali :
15,000 metric tons
1991
Malian Agriculture
# 109
Fiji :
14,000 metric tons
1991
Fijian Agriculture
# 110
Benin :
11,817 metric tons
1991
Beninese Agriculture
# 111
Togo :
11,744 metric tons
1991
Togolese Agriculture
# 112
Swaziland :
11,500 metric tons
1991
Swazi Agriculture
# 113
Papua New Guinea :
10,700 metric tons
1991
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 114
Madagascar :
9,472 metric tons
1991
Malagasy Agriculture
# 115
Chad :
8,600 metric tons
1991
Chadian Agriculture
# 116
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
8,200 metric tons
1991
Congolese Agriculture
# 117
Oman :
8,147 metric tons
1991
Omani Agriculture
# 118
Trinidad and Tobago :
8,100 metric tons
1991
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 119
Ghana :
8,000 metric tons
1991
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 120
Bolivia :
7,752 metric tons
1991
Bolivian Agriculture
# 121
Angola :
6,900 metric tons
1991
Angolan Agriculture
# 122
Saint Lucia :
6,500 metric tons
1991
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 123
Lesotho :
5,900 metric tons
1991
Basotho Agriculture
# 124
Cambodia :
5,700 metric tons
1991
Cambodian Agriculture
# 125
Belize :
5,200 metric tons
1991
Belizean Agriculture
# 126
Mauritania :
5,150 metric tons
1991
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 127
Singapore :
5,100 metric tons
1991
Singapore Agriculture
# 128
Mozambique :
5,100 metric tons
1991
Mozambican Agriculture
# 129
Dominica :
5,000 metric tons
1991
Dominican Agriculture
# 130
Brunei :
4,400 metric tons
1991
Bruneian Agriculture
# 131
Haiti :
2,900 metric tons
1991
Haitian Agriculture
# 132
Barbados :
2,700 metric tons
1991
Barbadian Agriculture
# 133
Laos :
2,552 metric tons
1991
Lao Agriculture
# 134
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
2,300 metric tons
1991
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 135
Burundi :
2,100 metric tons
1991
Burundian Agriculture
# 136
Guinea :
1,938 metric tons
1991
Guinean Agriculture
# 137
Rwanda :
1,583 metric tons
1991
Rwandan Agriculture
# 138
Qatar :
1,500 metric tons
1991
Qatari Agriculture
# 139
Congo, Republic of the :
1,400 metric tons
1991
Congolese Agriculture
# 140
Virgin Islands :
1,300 metric tons
1991
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 141
New Caledonia :
1,200 metric tons
1991
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 142
Uganda :
1,200 metric tons
1991
Ugandan Agriculture
# 143
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1,100 metric tons
1991
Nevisian Agriculture
# 144
Suriname :
1,000 metric tons
1991
Surinamese Agriculture
# 145
Gambia, The :
900 metric tons
1991
Gambian Agriculture
# 146
Botswana :
900 metric tons
1991
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 147
Central African Republic :
900 metric tons
1991
Central African Agriculture
# 148
French Polynesia :
800 metric tons
1991
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 149
Bahrain :
700 metric tons
1991
Bahraini Agriculture
# 150
Malta :
700 metric tons
1991
Maltese Agriculture
# 151
Gabon :
600 metric tons
1991
Gabonese Agriculture
# 152
Sierra Leone :
600 metric tons
1991
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 153
Guinea-Bissau :
544 metric tons
1991
Guinean Agriculture
# 154
Niger :
530 metric tons
1991
Nigerien Agriculture
# 155
Bahamas, The :
300 metric tons
1991
Bahamian Agriculture
# 156
Bhutan :
100 metric tons
1991
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 157
Comoros :
100 metric tons
1991
Comoran Agriculture
Total :
125,909,096 metric tons
Weighted average:
801,968.8 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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