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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 (1997) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
35,646,700 metric tons
1997
Chinese Agriculture
# 2
United States :
20,165,250 metric tons
1997
American Agriculture
# 3
India :
16,187,990 metric tons
1997
Indian Agriculture
# 4
Brazil :
5,839,900 metric tons
1997
Brazilian Agriculture
# 5
France :
4,988,800 metric tons
1997
French Agriculture
# 6
Germany :
2,856,819 metric tons
1997
German Agriculture
# 7
Canada :
2,726,000 metric tons
1997
Canadian Agriculture
# 8
Pakistan :
2,659,334 metric tons
1997
Pakistani Agriculture
# 9
United Kingdom :
2,270,000 metric tons
1997
British Agriculture
# 10
Indonesia :
2,227,600 metric tons
1997
Indonesian Agriculture
# 11
Australia :
2,184,125 metric tons
1997
Australian Agriculture
# 12
Spain :
2,107,900 metric tons
1997
Spanish Agriculture
# 13
Turkey :
1,825,700 metric tons
1997
Turkish Agriculture
# 14
Italy :
1,758,000 metric tons
1997
Italian Agriculture
# 15
Poland :
1,700,200 metric tons
1997
Polish Agriculture
# 16
Mexico :
1,644,100 metric tons
1997
Mexican Agriculture
# 17
Russia :
1,550,000 metric tons
1997
Russian Agriculture
# 18
Japan :
1,509,700 metric tons
1997
Japanese Agriculture
# 19
Thailand :
1,481,000 metric tons
1997
Thai Agriculture
# 20
Vietnam :
1,471,700 metric tons
1997
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 21
Malaysia :
1,252,000 metric tons
1997
Malaysian Agriculture
# 22
Iran :
1,207,202 metric tons
1997
Iranian Agriculture
# 23
Bangladesh :
1,109,200 metric tons
1997
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 24
Egypt :
1,078,743 metric tons
1997
Egyptian Agriculture
# 25
Korea, South :
992,000 metric tons
1997
Korean Agriculture
# 26
Uzbekistan :
875,100 metric tons
1997
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 27
Belarus :
855,000 metric tons
1997
Belarusian Agriculture
# 28
Argentina :
809,600 metric tons
1997
Argentine Agriculture
# 29
Philippines :
809,195 metric tons
1997
Philippine Agriculture
# 30
South Africa :
761,000 metric tons
1997
South African Agriculture
# 31
Ireland :
660,000 metric tons
1997
Irish Agriculture
# 32
New Zealand :
647,700 metric tons
1997
New Zealand Agriculture
# 33
Ukraine :
562,000 metric tons
1997
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 34
Colombia :
556,700 metric tons
1997
Colombian Agriculture
# 35
Netherlands :
508,000 metric tons
1997
Dutch Agriculture
# 36
Greece :
504,000 metric tons
1997
Greek Agriculture
# 37
Denmark :
437,000 metric tons
1997
Danish Agriculture
# 38
Chile :
435,000 metric tons
1997
Chilean Agriculture
# 39
Hungary :
427,088 metric tons
1997
Hungarian Agriculture
# 40
Syria :
368,363 metric tons
1997
Syrian Agriculture
# 41
Iraq :
356,800 metric tons
1997
Iraqi Agriculture
# 42
Morocco :
327,327 metric tons
1997
Moroccan Agriculture
# 43
Saudi Arabia :
321,000 metric tons
1997
Saudi Agriculture
# 44
Romania :
315,000 metric tons
1997
Romanian Agriculture
# 45
Czech Republic :
314,072 metric tons
1997
Czech Agriculture
# 46
Finland :
314,000 metric tons
1997
Finnish Agriculture
# 47
Sweden :
309,997 metric tons
1997
Swedish Agriculture
# 48
Belgium :
307,000 metric tons
1997
Belgian Agriculture
# 49
Venezuela :
291,000 metric tons
1997
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 50
Croatia :
275,852 metric tons
1997
Croatian Agriculture
# 51
Austria :
248,000 metric tons
1997
Austrian Agriculture
# 52
Serbia and Montenegro :
244,000 metric tons
1997
Serbian Agriculture
# 53
Cuba :
239,400 metric tons
1997
Cuban Agriculture
# 54
Portugal :
236,000 metric tons
1997
Portuguese Agriculture
# 55
Peru :
214,900 metric tons
1997
Peruvian Agriculture
# 56
Guatemala :
209,345 metric tons
1997
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 57
Sri Lanka :
208,713 metric tons
1997
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 58
Norway :
205,000 metric tons
1997
Norwegian Agriculture
# 59
Bulgaria :
199,829 metric tons
1997
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 60
Costa Rica :
191,000 metric tons
1997
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 61
Turkmenistan :
178,000 metric tons
1997
Turkmen Agriculture
# 62
Burma :
177,824 metric tons
1997
Burmese Agriculture
# 63
Zimbabwe :
175,000 metric tons
1997
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 64
Korea, North :
171,100 metric tons
1997
Korean Agriculture
# 65
Ecuador :
162,600 metric tons
1997
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 66
Honduras :
143,739 metric tons
1997
Honduran Agriculture
# 67
Nigeria :
137,700 metric tons
1997
Nigerian Agriculture
# 68
Lithuania :
137,300 metric tons
1997
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 69
Kenya :
134,400 metric tons
1997
Kenyan Agriculture
# 70
Ethiopia :
131,732 metric tons
1997
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 71
Uruguay :
129,200 metric tons
1997
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 72
Switzerland :
121,000 metric tons
1997
Swiss Agriculture
# 73
Israel :
120,000 metric tons
1997
Israeli Agriculture
# 74
Côte d'Ivoire :
110,000 metric tons
1997
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 75
Dominican Republic :
108,900 metric tons
1997
Dominican Agriculture
# 76
Nepal :
107,500 metric tons
1997
Nepalese Agriculture
# 77
Algeria :
97,000 metric tons
1997
Algerian Agriculture
# 78
Tunisia :
96,520 metric tons
1997
Tunisian Agriculture
# 79
El Salvador :
94,400 metric tons
1997
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 80
Sudan :
77,400 metric tons
1997
Sudanese Agriculture
# 81
Slovenia :
73,979 metric tons
1997
Slovenian Agriculture
# 82
Lebanon :
62,242 metric tons
1997
Lebanese Agriculture
# 83
Libya :
61,700 metric tons
1997
Libyan Agriculture
# 84
Paraguay :
59,000 metric tons
1997
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 85
Malawi :
56,800 metric tons
1997
Malawian Agriculture
# 86
Zambia :
56,700 metric tons
1997
Zambian Agriculture
# 87
Kazakhstan :
56,100 metric tons
1997
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 88
Tajikistan :
51,127 metric tons
1997
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 89
Mali :
47,800 metric tons
1997
Malian Agriculture
# 90
Macedonia, Republic of :
46,700 metric tons
1997
Macedonian Agriculture
# 91
Burkina Faso :
42,577 metric tons
1997
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 92
Tanzania :
39,980 metric tons
1997
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 93
Cameroon :
39,190 metric tons
1997
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 94
Benin :
38,968 metric tons
1997
Beninese Agriculture
# 95
Georgia :
36,500 metric tons
1997
Georgian Agriculture
# 96
Panama :
36,387 metric tons
1997
Panamanian Agriculture
# 97
Nicaragua :
35,673 metric tons
1997
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 98
Latvia :
35,100 metric tons
1997
Latvian Agriculture
# 99
Mauritius :
33,456 metric tons
1997
Mauritian Agriculture
# 100
United Arab Emirates :
32,300 metric tons
1997
Emirati Agriculture
# 101
Kyrgyzstan :
31,000 metric tons
1997
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 102
Estonia :
27,805 metric tons
1997
Estonian Agriculture
# 103
Jordan :
24,021 metric tons
1997
Jordanian Agriculture
# 104
Azerbaijan :
23,700 metric tons
1997
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 105
Jamaica :
23,397 metric tons
1997
Jamaican Agriculture
# 106
Senegal :
22,900 metric tons
1997
Senegalese Agriculture
# 107
Cambodia :
21,900 metric tons
1997
Cambodian Agriculture
# 108
Ghana :
21,316 metric tons
1997
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 109
Cyprus :
20,339 metric tons
1997
Cypriot Agriculture
# 110
Iceland :
19,300 metric tons
1997
Icelandic Agriculture
# 111
Yemen :
19,300 metric tons
1997
Yemeni Agriculture
# 112
Fiji :
19,200 metric tons
1997
Fijian Agriculture
# 113
Togo :
16,810 metric tons
1997
Togolese Agriculture
# 114
Guyana :
15,674 metric tons
1997
Guyanese Agriculture
# 115
Saint Lucia :
13,647 metric tons
1997
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 116
Papua New Guinea :
13,100 metric tons
1997
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 117
Haiti :
12,570 metric tons
1997
Haitian Agriculture
# 118
Bolivia :
12,555 metric tons
1997
Bolivian Agriculture
# 119
Trinidad and Tobago :
10,600 metric tons
1997
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 120
Moldova :
10,200 metric tons
1997
Moldovan Agriculture
# 121
Madagascar :
9,500 metric tons
1997
Malagasy Agriculture
# 122
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
9,000 metric tons
1997
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 123
Armenia :
8,000 metric tons
1997
Armenian Agriculture
# 124
Chad :
7,850 metric tons
1997
Chadian Agriculture
# 125
Laos :
7,761 metric tons
1997
Lao Agriculture
# 126
Suriname :
7,100 metric tons
1997
Surinamese Agriculture
# 127
Mozambique :
6,500 metric tons
1997
Mozambican Agriculture
# 128
Mongolia :
6,000 metric tons
1997
Mongolian Agriculture
# 129
Eritrea :
6,000 metric tons
1997
Eritrean Agriculture
# 130
Lesotho :
5,606 metric tons
1997
Basotho Agriculture
# 131
Oman :
5,430 metric tons
1997
Omani Agriculture
# 132
Swaziland :
5,200 metric tons
1997
Swazi Agriculture
# 133
Albania :
5,200 metric tons
1997
Albanian Agriculture
# 134
Afghanistan :
5,000 metric tons
1997
Afghan Agriculture
# 135
Belize :
4,800 metric tons
1997
Belizean Agriculture
# 136
Congo, Republic of the :
4,000 metric tons
1997
Congolese Agriculture
# 137
Botswana :
3,800 metric tons
1997
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 138
Barbados :
3,200 metric tons
1997
Barbadian Agriculture
# 139
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
3,000 metric tons
1997
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 140
Dominica :
3,000 metric tons
1997
Dominican Agriculture
# 141
Sierra Leone :
3,000 metric tons
1997
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 142
Singapore :
2,063 metric tons
1997
Singapore Agriculture
# 143
Angola :
2,000 metric tons
1997
Angolan Agriculture
# 144
Guinea :
1,796 metric tons
1997
Guinean Agriculture
# 145
Mauritania :
1,722 metric tons
1997
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 146
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1,700 metric tons
1997
Nevisian Agriculture
# 147
New Caledonia :
1,600 metric tons
1997
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 148
Virgin Islands :
1,300 metric tons
1997
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 149
Kuwait :
1,200 metric tons
1997
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 150
Qatar :
1,165 metric tons
1997
Qatari Agriculture
# 151
Gambia, The :
1,100 metric tons
1997
Gambian Agriculture
# 152
Malta :
1,000 metric tons
1997
Maltese Agriculture
# 153
French Polynesia :
1,000 metric tons
1997
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 154
Burundi :
1,000 metric tons
1997
Burundian Agriculture
# 155
Niger :
700 metric tons
1997
Nigerien Agriculture
# 156
Uganda :
600 metric tons
1997
Ugandan Agriculture
# 157
Bahrain :
600 metric tons
1997
Bahraini Agriculture
# 158
Somalia :
500 metric tons
1997
Somali Agriculture
# 159
Rwanda :
400 metric tons
1997
Rwandan Agriculture
# 160
Comoros :
300 metric tons
1997
Comoran Agriculture
# 161
Bahamas, The :
300 metric tons
1997
Bahamian Agriculture
# 162
Central African Republic :
300 metric tons
1997
Central African Agriculture
# 163
Guinea-Bissau :
300 metric tons
1997
Guinean Agriculture
# 164
Gabon :
200 metric tons
1997
Gabonese Agriculture
# 165
Cape Verde :
102 metric tons
1997
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 166
Bermuda :
100 metric tons
1997
Bermudian Agriculture
# 167
Bhutan :
100 metric tons
1997
Bhutanese Agriculture
Total :
137,058,967 metric tons
Weighted average:
820,712.4 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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