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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 (1996) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
35,984,000 metric tons
1996
Chinese Agriculture
# 2
United States :
20,310,310 metric tons
1996
American Agriculture
# 3
India :
14,338,040 metric tons
1996
Indian Agriculture
# 4
France :
5,064,000 metric tons
1996
French Agriculture
# 5
Brazil :
5,020,000 metric tons
1996
Brazilian Agriculture
# 6
Germany :
2,818,925 metric tons
1996
German Agriculture
# 7
Indonesia :
2,715,900 metric tons
1996
Indonesian Agriculture
# 8
Canada :
2,696,330 metric tons
1996
Canadian Agriculture
# 9
Pakistan :
2,412,979 metric tons
1996
Pakistani Agriculture
# 10
United Kingdom :
2,376,000 metric tons
1996
British Agriculture
# 11
Spain :
2,192,100 metric tons
1996
Spanish Agriculture
# 12
Australia :
2,015,900 metric tons
1996
Australian Agriculture
# 13
Italy :
1,865,000 metric tons
1996
Italian Agriculture
# 14
Turkey :
1,799,300 metric tons
1996
Turkish Agriculture
# 15
Mexico :
1,636,400 metric tons
1996
Mexican Agriculture
# 16
Poland :
1,596,083 metric tons
1996
Polish Agriculture
# 17
Russia :
1,580,000 metric tons
1996
Russian Agriculture
# 18
Japan :
1,563,000 metric tons
1996
Japanese Agriculture
# 19
Thailand :
1,519,752 metric tons
1996
Thai Agriculture
# 20
Vietnam :
1,484,500 metric tons
1996
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 21
Bangladesh :
1,230,525 metric tons
1996
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 22
Egypt :
1,157,500 metric tons
1996
Egyptian Agriculture
# 23
Malaysia :
1,131,000 metric tons
1996
Malaysian Agriculture
# 24
Iran :
1,079,325 metric tons
1996
Iranian Agriculture
# 25
Korea, South :
908,907 metric tons
1996
Korean Agriculture
# 26
Argentina :
855,200 metric tons
1996
Argentine Agriculture
# 27
South Africa :
803,900 metric tons
1996
South African Agriculture
# 28
Belarus :
777,000 metric tons
1996
Belarusian Agriculture
# 29
Philippines :
736,800 metric tons
1996
Philippine Agriculture
# 30
Ireland :
682,000 metric tons
1996
Irish Agriculture
# 31
New Zealand :
660,000 metric tons
1996
New Zealand Agriculture
# 32
Greece :
560,000 metric tons
1996
Greek Agriculture
# 33
Netherlands :
527,024 metric tons
1996
Dutch Agriculture
# 34
Ukraine :
525,000 metric tons
1996
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 35
Colombia :
485,000 metric tons
1996
Colombian Agriculture
# 36
Hungary :
454,927 metric tons
1996
Hungarian Agriculture
# 37
Denmark :
449,000 metric tons
1996
Danish Agriculture
# 38
Uzbekistan :
445,000 metric tons
1996
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 39
Chile :
423,000 metric tons
1996
Chilean Agriculture
# 40
Romania :
422,000 metric tons
1996
Romanian Agriculture
# 41
Syria :
357,189 metric tons
1996
Syrian Agriculture
# 42
Iraq :
354,400 metric tons
1996
Iraqi Agriculture
# 43
Czech Republic :
346,700 metric tons
1996
Czech Agriculture
# 44
Saudi Arabia :
317,000 metric tons
1996
Saudi Agriculture
# 45
Belgium :
314,000 metric tons
1996
Belgian Agriculture
# 46
Finland :
313,000 metric tons
1996
Finnish Agriculture
# 47
Sweden :
310,557 metric tons
1996
Swedish Agriculture
# 48
Venezuela :
305,000 metric tons
1996
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 49
Morocco :
290,000 metric tons
1996
Moroccan Agriculture
# 50
Austria :
265,000 metric tons
1996
Austrian Agriculture
# 51
Portugal :
258,000 metric tons
1996
Portuguese Agriculture
# 52
Cuba :
235,000 metric tons
1996
Cuban Agriculture
# 53
Serbia and Montenegro :
214,500 metric tons
1996
Serbian Agriculture
# 54
Sri Lanka :
211,170 metric tons
1996
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 55
Norway :
209,000 metric tons
1996
Norwegian Agriculture
# 56
Croatia :
202,300 metric tons
1996
Croatian Agriculture
# 57
Bulgaria :
192,000 metric tons
1996
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 58
Peru :
185,300 metric tons
1996
Peruvian Agriculture
# 59
Guatemala :
183,000 metric tons
1996
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 60
Ethiopia :
177,549 metric tons
1996
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 61
Burma :
173,893 metric tons
1996
Burmese Agriculture
# 62
Nigeria :
173,500 metric tons
1996
Nigerian Agriculture
# 63
Zimbabwe :
168,000 metric tons
1996
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 64
Kenya :
160,800 metric tons
1996
Kenyan Agriculture
# 65
Uruguay :
153,500 metric tons
1996
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 66
Costa Rica :
149,200 metric tons
1996
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 67
Turkmenistan :
142,000 metric tons
1996
Turkmen Agriculture
# 68
Kazakhstan :
131,000 metric tons
1996
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 69
Switzerland :
125,000 metric tons
1996
Swiss Agriculture
# 70
Lithuania :
119,000 metric tons
1996
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 71
Israel :
119,000 metric tons
1996
Israeli Agriculture
# 72
Ecuador :
118,000 metric tons
1996
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 73
Moldova :
116,000 metric tons
1996
Moldovan Agriculture
# 74
Nepal :
103,000 metric tons
1996
Nepalese Agriculture
# 75
Tunisia :
97,000 metric tons
1996
Tunisian Agriculture
# 76
Sudan :
95,400 metric tons
1996
Sudanese Agriculture
# 77
Korea, North :
93,000 metric tons
1996
Korean Agriculture
# 78
Dominican Republic :
91,900 metric tons
1996
Dominican Agriculture
# 79
El Salvador :
91,800 metric tons
1996
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 80
Honduras :
82,600 metric tons
1996
Honduran Agriculture
# 81
Côte d'Ivoire :
70,500 metric tons
1996
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 82
Slovenia :
63,300 metric tons
1996
Slovenian Agriculture
# 83
Libya :
62,400 metric tons
1996
Libyan Agriculture
# 84
Tajikistan :
62,100 metric tons
1996
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 85
Malawi :
58,200 metric tons
1996
Malawian Agriculture
# 86
Lebanon :
56,000 metric tons
1996
Lebanese Agriculture
# 87
Zambia :
51,400 metric tons
1996
Zambian Agriculture
# 88
Panama :
44,300 metric tons
1996
Panamanian Agriculture
# 89
Macedonia, Republic of :
43,400 metric tons
1996
Macedonian Agriculture
# 90
Nicaragua :
40,680 metric tons
1996
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 91
Algeria :
38,000 metric tons
1996
Algerian Agriculture
# 92
Mauritius :
37,727 metric tons
1996
Mauritian Agriculture
# 93
Cameroon :
34,000 metric tons
1996
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 94
Paraguay :
33,000 metric tons
1996
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 95
United Arab Emirates :
32,200 metric tons
1996
Emirati Agriculture
# 96
Georgia :
32,200 metric tons
1996
Georgian Agriculture
# 97
Tanzania :
31,214 metric tons
1996
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 98
Kyrgyzstan :
31,000 metric tons
1996
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 99
Benin :
30,681 metric tons
1996
Beninese Agriculture
# 100
Mali :
27,300 metric tons
1996
Malian Agriculture
# 101
Cyprus :
25,449 metric tons
1996
Cypriot Agriculture
# 102
Latvia :
25,000 metric tons
1996
Latvian Agriculture
# 103
Burkina Faso :
24,095 metric tons
1996
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 104
Jamaica :
23,800 metric tons
1996
Jamaican Agriculture
# 105
Estonia :
22,172 metric tons
1996
Estonian Agriculture
# 106
Senegal :
21,600 metric tons
1996
Senegalese Agriculture
# 107
Jordan :
19,150 metric tons
1996
Jordanian Agriculture
# 108
Fiji :
19,000 metric tons
1996
Fijian Agriculture
# 109
Iceland :
18,892 metric tons
1996
Icelandic Agriculture
# 110
Togo :
17,612 metric tons
1996
Togolese Agriculture
# 111
Ghana :
17,400 metric tons
1996
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 112
Madagascar :
16,669 metric tons
1996
Malagasy Agriculture
# 113
Azerbaijan :
16,600 metric tons
1996
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 114
Guyana :
13,300 metric tons
1996
Guyanese Agriculture
# 115
Papua New Guinea :
13,000 metric tons
1996
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 116
Saint Lucia :
12,995 metric tons
1996
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 117
Chad :
11,900 metric tons
1996
Chadian Agriculture
# 118
Trinidad and Tobago :
10,430 metric tons
1996
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 119
Bolivia :
9,059 metric tons
1996
Bolivian Agriculture
# 120
Niger :
9,000 metric tons
1996
Nigerien Agriculture
# 121
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
9,000 metric tons
1996
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 122
Mozambique :
8,100 metric tons
1996
Mozambican Agriculture
# 123
Yemen :
8,100 metric tons
1996
Yemeni Agriculture
# 124
Armenia :
8,000 metric tons
1996
Armenian Agriculture
# 125
Cambodia :
7,800 metric tons
1996
Cambodian Agriculture
# 126
Suriname :
7,300 metric tons
1996
Surinamese Agriculture
# 127
Haiti :
7,000 metric tons
1996
Haitian Agriculture
# 128
Oman :
6,707 metric tons
1996
Omani Agriculture
# 129
Albania :
6,500 metric tons
1996
Albanian Agriculture
# 130
Lesotho :
6,082 metric tons
1996
Basotho Agriculture
# 131
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
6,000 metric tons
1996
Congolese Agriculture
# 132
Angola :
6,000 metric tons
1996
Angolan Agriculture
# 133
Mauritania :
5,000 metric tons
1996
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 134
Afghanistan :
5,000 metric tons
1996
Afghan Agriculture
# 135
Eritrea :
4,993 metric tons
1996
Eritrean Agriculture
# 136
Guinea :
4,249 metric tons
1996
Guinean Agriculture
# 137
Swaziland :
4,224 metric tons
1996
Swazi Agriculture
# 138
Congo, Republic of the :
4,000 metric tons
1996
Congolese Agriculture
# 139
Laos :
3,800 metric tons
1996
Lao Agriculture
# 140
Botswana :
3,341 metric tons
1996
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 141
Belize :
3,300 metric tons
1996
Belizean Agriculture
# 142
Barbados :
3,200 metric tons
1996
Barbadian Agriculture
# 143
Singapore :
3,142 metric tons
1996
Singapore Agriculture
# 144
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
3,000 metric tons
1996
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 145
Sierra Leone :
3,000 metric tons
1996
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 146
Burundi :
2,800 metric tons
1996
Burundian Agriculture
# 147
Dominica :
2,739 metric tons
1996
Dominican Agriculture
# 148
Mongolia :
2,000 metric tons
1996
Mongolian Agriculture
# 149
Kuwait :
2,000 metric tons
1996
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 150
New Caledonia :
1,600 metric tons
1996
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 151
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1,327 metric tons
1996
Nevisian Agriculture
# 152
Virgin Islands :
1,300 metric tons
1996
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 153
Qatar :
1,172 metric tons
1996
Qatari Agriculture
# 154
French Polynesia :
1,000 metric tons
1996
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 155
Malta :
1,000 metric tons
1996
Maltese Agriculture
# 156
Gambia, The :
805 metric tons
1996
Gambian Agriculture
# 157
Uganda :
600 metric tons
1996
Ugandan Agriculture
# 158
Bahrain :
600 metric tons
1996
Bahraini Agriculture
# 159
Somalia :
500 metric tons
1996
Somali Agriculture
# 160
Bahamas, The :
400 metric tons
1996
Bahamian Agriculture
# 161
Rwanda :
300 metric tons
1996
Rwandan Agriculture
# 162
Comoros :
300 metric tons
1996
Comoran Agriculture
# 163
Central African Republic :
300 metric tons
1996
Central African Agriculture
# 164
Guinea-Bissau :
300 metric tons
1996
Guinean Agriculture
# 165
Gabon :
200 metric tons
1996
Gabonese Agriculture
# 166
Bhutan :
100 metric tons
1996
Bhutanese Agriculture
# 167
Bermuda :
100 metric tons
1996
Bermudian Agriculture
Total :
134,430,891 metric tons
Weighted average:
804,975.4 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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