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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 (1998) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
35,830,000 metric tons
1998
Chinese Agriculture
# 2
United States :
19,773,870 metric tons
1998
American Agriculture
# 3
India :
16,797,500 metric tons
1998
Indian Agriculture
# 4
Brazil :
5,851,100 metric tons
1998
Brazilian Agriculture
# 5
France :
4,837,000 metric tons
1998
French Agriculture
# 6
Germany :
2,938,428 metric tons
1998
German Agriculture
# 7
Indonesia :
2,727,700 metric tons
1998
Indonesian Agriculture
# 8
Canada :
2,649,000 metric tons
1998
Canadian Agriculture
# 9
Pakistan :
2,578,052 metric tons
1998
Pakistani Agriculture
# 10
Spain :
2,367,000 metric tons
1998
Spanish Agriculture
# 11
Australia :
2,249,949 metric tons
1998
Australian Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
2,180,700 metric tons
1998
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
United Kingdom :
2,081,000 metric tons
1998
British Agriculture
# 14
Vietnam :
1,856,900 metric tons
1998
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 15
Mexico :
1,804,300 metric tons
1998
Mexican Agriculture
# 16
Italy :
1,748,000 metric tons
1998
Italian Agriculture
# 17
Thailand :
1,637,000 metric tons
1998
Thai Agriculture
# 18
Poland :
1,557,160 metric tons
1998
Polish Agriculture
# 19
Japan :
1,418,600 metric tons
1998
Japanese Agriculture
# 20
Malaysia :
1,406,000 metric tons
1998
Malaysian Agriculture
# 21
Iran :
1,268,000 metric tons
1998
Iranian Agriculture
# 22
Russia :
1,264,000 metric tons
1998
Russian Agriculture
# 23
Egypt :
1,171,128 metric tons
1998
Egyptian Agriculture
# 24
Bangladesh :
1,170,500 metric tons
1998
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 25
Belarus :
925,000 metric tons
1998
Belarusian Agriculture
# 26
Korea, South :
867,000 metric tons
1998
Korean Agriculture
# 27
Uzbekistan :
824,400 metric tons
1998
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 28
South Africa :
782,800 metric tons
1998
South African Agriculture
# 29
Argentina :
775,500 metric tons
1998
Argentine Agriculture
# 30
Ireland :
712,000 metric tons
1998
Irish Agriculture
# 31
New Zealand :
661,500 metric tons
1998
New Zealand Agriculture
# 32
Philippines :
628,434 metric tons
1998
Philippine Agriculture
# 33
Colombia :
595,900 metric tons
1998
Colombian Agriculture
# 34
Ukraine :
513,990 metric tons
1998
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 35
Netherlands :
485,000 metric tons
1998
Dutch Agriculture
# 36
Greece :
472,000 metric tons
1998
Greek Agriculture
# 37
Chile :
470,000 metric tons
1998
Chilean Agriculture
# 38
Denmark :
412,000 metric tons
1998
Danish Agriculture
# 39
Iraq :
383,300 metric tons
1998
Iraqi Agriculture
# 40
Hungary :
370,600 metric tons
1998
Hungarian Agriculture
# 41
Romania :
360,000 metric tons
1998
Romanian Agriculture
# 42
Syria :
330,833 metric tons
1998
Syrian Agriculture
# 43
Saudi Arabia :
330,000 metric tons
1998
Saudi Agriculture
# 44
Morocco :
325,000 metric tons
1998
Moroccan Agriculture
# 45
Finland :
309,000 metric tons
1998
Finnish Agriculture
# 46
Belgium :
309,000 metric tons
1998
Belgian Agriculture
# 47
Czech Republic :
299,884 metric tons
1998
Czech Agriculture
# 48
Sweden :
294,024 metric tons
1998
Swedish Agriculture
# 49
Portugal :
252,000 metric tons
1998
Portuguese Agriculture
# 50
Austria :
247,000 metric tons
1998
Austrian Agriculture
# 51
Peru :
238,125 metric tons
1998
Peruvian Agriculture
# 52
Sri Lanka :
232,924 metric tons
1998
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 53
Venezuela :
221,700 metric tons
1998
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 54
Serbia and Montenegro :
203,000 metric tons
1998
Serbian Agriculture
# 55
Norway :
201,000 metric tons
1998
Norwegian Agriculture
# 56
Costa Rica :
199,000 metric tons
1998
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 57
Croatia :
176,388 metric tons
1998
Croatian Agriculture
# 58
Zimbabwe :
175,000 metric tons
1998
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 59
Guatemala :
172,600 metric tons
1998
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 60
Burma :
171,805 metric tons
1998
Burmese Agriculture
# 61
Cuba :
169,300 metric tons
1998
Cuban Agriculture
# 62
Bulgaria :
169,000 metric tons
1998
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 63
Ethiopia :
164,062 metric tons
1998
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 64
Nigeria :
163,200 metric tons
1998
Nigerian Agriculture
# 65
Ecuador :
161,711 metric tons
1998
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 66
Korea, North :
157,200 metric tons
1998
Korean Agriculture
# 67
Honduras :
139,893 metric tons
1998
Honduran Agriculture
# 68
Lithuania :
139,800 metric tons
1998
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 69
Uruguay :
130,000 metric tons
1998
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 70
Kenya :
127,100 metric tons
1998
Kenyan Agriculture
# 71
Nepal :
121,500 metric tons
1998
Nepalese Agriculture
# 72
Israel :
121,000 metric tons
1998
Israeli Agriculture
# 73
Switzerland :
120,027 metric tons
1998
Swiss Agriculture
# 74
Tunisia :
113,853 metric tons
1998
Tunisian Agriculture
# 75
Algeria :
108,000 metric tons
1998
Algerian Agriculture
# 76
Dominican Republic :
97,800 metric tons
1998
Dominican Agriculture
# 77
Côte d'Ivoire :
90,000 metric tons
1998
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 78
El Salvador :
82,800 metric tons
1998
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 79
Slovenia :
76,590 metric tons
1998
Slovenian Agriculture
# 80
Turkmenistan :
76,000 metric tons
1998
Turkmen Agriculture
# 81
Paraguay :
71,832 metric tons
1998
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 82
Lebanon :
63,700 metric tons
1998
Lebanese Agriculture
# 83
Libya :
50,500 metric tons
1998
Libyan Agriculture
# 84
Burkina Faso :
50,232 metric tons
1998
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 85
Malawi :
50,200 metric tons
1998
Malawian Agriculture
# 86
Latvia :
49,200 metric tons
1998
Latvian Agriculture
# 87
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
47,000 metric tons
1998
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 88
Mali :
45,900 metric tons
1998
Malian Agriculture
# 89
Panama :
39,876 metric tons
1998
Panamanian Agriculture
# 90
Cameroon :
39,533 metric tons
1998
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 91
Macedonia, Republic of :
39,200 metric tons
1998
Macedonian Agriculture
# 92
Nicaragua :
38,600 metric tons
1998
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 93
Benin :
37,707 metric tons
1998
Beninese Agriculture
# 94
Sudan :
37,700 metric tons
1998
Sudanese Agriculture
# 95
Tajikistan :
36,872 metric tons
1998
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 96
Zambia :
36,700 metric tons
1998
Zambian Agriculture
# 97
United Arab Emirates :
35,400 metric tons
1998
Emirati Agriculture
# 98
Georgia :
34,000 metric tons
1998
Georgian Agriculture
# 99
Mauritius :
33,101 metric tons
1998
Mauritian Agriculture
# 100
Estonia :
32,397 metric tons
1998
Estonian Agriculture
# 101
Tanzania :
30,856 metric tons
1998
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 102
Kyrgyzstan :
29,078 metric tons
1998
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 103
Senegal :
25,600 metric tons
1998
Senegalese Agriculture
# 104
Albania :
25,000 metric tons
1998
Albanian Agriculture
# 105
Jamaica :
23,445 metric tons
1998
Jamaican Agriculture
# 106
Jordan :
23,431 metric tons
1998
Jordanian Agriculture
# 107
Cyprus :
20,294 metric tons
1998
Cypriot Agriculture
# 108
Iceland :
18,700 metric tons
1998
Icelandic Agriculture
# 109
Fiji :
18,400 metric tons
1998
Fijian Agriculture
# 110
Yemen :
17,603 metric tons
1998
Yemeni Agriculture
# 111
Togo :
17,200 metric tons
1998
Togolese Agriculture
# 112
Chad :
16,820 metric tons
1998
Chadian Agriculture
# 113
Azerbaijan :
15,800 metric tons
1998
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 114
Ghana :
15,184 metric tons
1998
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 115
Guyana :
14,900 metric tons
1998
Guyanese Agriculture
# 116
Kazakhstan :
13,000 metric tons
1998
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 117
Haiti :
10,928 metric tons
1998
Haitian Agriculture
# 118
Armenia :
9,620 metric tons
1998
Armenian Agriculture
# 119
Madagascar :
8,677 metric tons
1998
Malagasy Agriculture
# 120
Papua New Guinea :
8,200 metric tons
1998
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 121
Oman :
8,154 metric tons
1998
Omani Agriculture
# 122
Mozambique :
8,000 metric tons
1998
Mozambican Agriculture
# 123
Cambodia :
7,620 metric tons
1998
Cambodian Agriculture
# 124
Suriname :
7,594 metric tons
1998
Surinamese Agriculture
# 125
Afghanistan :
7,000 metric tons
1998
Afghan Agriculture
# 126
Moldova :
7,000 metric tons
1998
Moldovan Agriculture
# 127
Trinidad and Tobago :
6,800 metric tons
1998
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 128
Eritrea :
6,500 metric tons
1998
Eritrean Agriculture
# 129
Lesotho :
6,000 metric tons
1998
Basotho Agriculture
# 130
Swaziland :
5,800 metric tons
1998
Swazi Agriculture
# 131
Belize :
5,638 metric tons
1998
Belizean Agriculture
# 132
Bolivia :
5,054 metric tons
1998
Bolivian Agriculture
# 133
Congo, Republic of the :
5,000 metric tons
1998
Congolese Agriculture
# 134
Laos :
4,564 metric tons
1998
Lao Agriculture
# 135
Botswana :
4,248 metric tons
1998
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 136
Mongolia :
4,200 metric tons
1998
Mongolian Agriculture
# 137
Singapore :
4,027 metric tons
1998
Singapore Agriculture
# 138
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
3,900 metric tons
1998
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 139
Burundi :
3,615 metric tons
1998
Burundian Agriculture
# 140
Uganda :
3,535 metric tons
1998
Ugandan Agriculture
# 141
Angola :
3,400 metric tons
1998
Angolan Agriculture
# 142
Guinea :
3,284 metric tons
1998
Guinean Agriculture
# 143
Barbados :
3,000 metric tons
1998
Barbadian Agriculture
# 144
Dominica :
3,000 metric tons
1998
Dominican Agriculture
# 145
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
2,954 metric tons
1998
Congolese Agriculture
# 146
Gambia, The :
2,500 metric tons
1998
Gambian Agriculture
# 147
Saint Lucia :
2,160 metric tons
1998
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 148
Mauritania :
1,800 metric tons
1998
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 149
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1,700 metric tons
1998
Nevisian Agriculture
# 150
Malta :
1,499 metric tons
1998
Maltese Agriculture
# 151
Bahrain :
1,128 metric tons
1998
Bahraini Agriculture
# 152
Qatar :
1,000 metric tons
1998
Qatari Agriculture
# 153
French Polynesia :
1,000 metric tons
1998
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 154
Kuwait :
1,000 metric tons
1998
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 155
New Caledonia :
900 metric tons
1998
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 156
Guinea-Bissau :
600 metric tons
1998
Guinean Agriculture
# 157
Central African Republic :
600 metric tons
1998
Central African Agriculture
# 158
Virgin Islands :
600 metric tons
1998
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 159
Somalia :
500 metric tons
1998
Somali Agriculture
# 160
Niger :
500 metric tons
1998
Nigerien Agriculture
# 161
Gabon :
433 metric tons
1998
Gabonese Agriculture
# 162
Rwanda :
300 metric tons
1998
Rwandan Agriculture
# 163
Sierra Leone :
300 metric tons
1998
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 164
Comoros :
300 metric tons
1998
Comoran Agriculture
# 165
Bahamas, The :
300 metric tons
1998
Bahamian Agriculture
# 166
Cape Verde :
114 metric tons
1998
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 167
Bermuda :
100 metric tons
1998
Bermudian Agriculture
# 168
Namibia :
100 metric tons
1998
Namibian Agriculture
Total :
138,001,137 metric tons
Weighted average:
821,435.3 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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