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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 (1999) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
China :
36,439,000 metric tons
1999
Chinese Agriculture
# 2
United States :
19,563,480 metric tons
1999
American Agriculture
# 3
India :
18,056,730 metric tons
1999
Indian Agriculture
# 4
Brazil :
5,869,772 metric tons
1999
Brazilian Agriculture
# 5
France :
4,753,400 metric tons
1999
French Agriculture
# 6
Germany :
3,033,160 metric tons
1999
German Agriculture
# 7
Pakistan :
2,833,000 metric tons
1999
Pakistani Agriculture
# 8
Canada :
2,689,240 metric tons
1999
Canadian Agriculture
# 9
Indonesia :
2,524,500 metric tons
1999
Indonesian Agriculture
# 10
Australia :
2,353,030 metric tons
1999
Australian Agriculture
# 11
Spain :
2,319,963 metric tons
1999
Spanish Agriculture
# 12
Turkey :
2,193,351 metric tons
1999
Turkish Agriculture
# 13
Vietnam :
2,057,600 metric tons
1999
Vietnamese Agriculture
# 14
United Kingdom :
1,996,000 metric tons
1999
British Agriculture
# 15
Italy :
1,784,000 metric tons
1999
Italian Agriculture
# 16
Mexico :
1,776,000 metric tons
1999
Mexican Agriculture
# 17
Thailand :
1,763,028 metric tons
1999
Thai Agriculture
# 18
Poland :
1,526,300 metric tons
1999
Polish Agriculture
# 19
Japan :
1,438,700 metric tons
1999
Japanese Agriculture
# 20
Bangladesh :
1,365,700 metric tons
1999
Bangladeshi Agriculture
# 21
Russia :
1,361,000 metric tons
1999
Russian Agriculture
# 22
Iran :
1,330,400 metric tons
1999
Iranian Agriculture
# 23
Malaysia :
1,323,800 metric tons
1999
Malaysian Agriculture
# 24
Egypt :
1,179,500 metric tons
1999
Egyptian Agriculture
# 25
Argentina :
823,500 metric tons
1999
Argentine Agriculture
# 26
Korea, South :
821,085 metric tons
1999
Korean Agriculture
# 27
Belarus :
791,000 metric tons
1999
Belarusian Agriculture
# 28
South Africa :
776,700 metric tons
1999
South African Agriculture
# 29
Uzbekistan :
774,800 metric tons
1999
Uzbekistani Agriculture
# 30
Philippines :
743,764 metric tons
1999
Philippine Agriculture
# 31
New Zealand :
716,000 metric tons
1999
New Zealand Agriculture
# 32
Ireland :
692,000 metric tons
1999
Irish Agriculture
# 33
Colombia :
585,900 metric tons
1999
Colombian Agriculture
# 34
Chile :
475,196 metric tons
1999
Chilean Agriculture
# 35
Netherlands :
471,000 metric tons
1999
Dutch Agriculture
# 36
Greece :
469,000 metric tons
1999
Greek Agriculture
# 37
Hungary :
432,600 metric tons
1999
Hungarian Agriculture
# 38
Ukraine :
417,000 metric tons
1999
Ukrainian Agriculture
# 39
Iraq :
388,100 metric tons
1999
Iraqi Agriculture
# 40
Denmark :
375,000 metric tons
1999
Danish Agriculture
# 41
Syria :
370,775 metric tons
1999
Syrian Agriculture
# 42
Morocco :
364,533 metric tons
1999
Moroccan Agriculture
# 43
Saudi Arabia :
347,000 metric tons
1999
Saudi Agriculture
# 44
Finland :
310,000 metric tons
1999
Finnish Agriculture
# 45
Belgium :
304,000 metric tons
1999
Belgian Agriculture
# 46
Sweden :
290,028 metric tons
1999
Swedish Agriculture
# 47
Czech Republic :
268,867 metric tons
1999
Czech Agriculture
# 48
Sri Lanka :
259,081 metric tons
1999
Sri Lankan Agriculture
# 49
Korea, North :
253,000 metric tons
1999
Korean Agriculture
# 50
Peru :
238,825 metric tons
1999
Peruvian Agriculture
# 51
Romania :
237,000 metric tons
1999
Romanian Agriculture
# 52
Portugal :
237,000 metric tons
1999
Portuguese Agriculture
# 53
Austria :
225,000 metric tons
1999
Austrian Agriculture
# 54
Venezuela :
206,000 metric tons
1999
Venezuelan Agriculture
# 55
Norway :
198,000 metric tons
1999
Norwegian Agriculture
# 56
Guatemala :
196,500 metric tons
1999
Guatemalan Agriculture
# 57
Croatia :
194,200 metric tons
1999
Croatian Agriculture
# 58
Serbia and Montenegro :
193,100 metric tons
1999
Serbian Agriculture
# 59
Zimbabwe :
185,000 metric tons
1999
Zimbabwean Agriculture
# 60
Costa Rica :
184,000 metric tons
1999
Costa Rican Agriculture
# 61
Ecuador :
175,500 metric tons
1999
Ecuadorian Agriculture
# 62
Ethiopia :
167,877 metric tons
1999
Ethiopian Agriculture
# 63
Nigeria :
167,700 metric tons
1999
Nigerian Agriculture
# 64
Honduras :
163,800 metric tons
1999
Honduran Agriculture
# 65
Burma :
163,075 metric tons
1999
Burmese Agriculture
# 66
Cuba :
155,500 metric tons
1999
Cuban Agriculture
# 67
Lithuania :
154,000 metric tons
1999
Lithuanian Agriculture
# 68
Kenya :
148,100 metric tons
1999
Kenyan Agriculture
# 69
Bulgaria :
122,606 metric tons
1999
Bulgarian Agriculture
# 70
Tunisia :
112,200 metric tons
1999
Tunisian Agriculture
# 71
Uruguay :
105,487 metric tons
1999
Uruguayan Agriculture
# 72
Switzerland :
102,000 metric tons
1999
Swiss Agriculture
# 73
Nepal :
94,400 metric tons
1999
Nepalese Agriculture
# 74
Dominican Republic :
93,700 metric tons
1999
Dominican Agriculture
# 75
Algeria :
93,000 metric tons
1999
Algerian Agriculture
# 76
Turkmenistan :
91,200 metric tons
1999
Turkmen Agriculture
# 77
Israel :
89,000 metric tons
1999
Israeli Agriculture
# 78
Libya :
86,500 metric tons
1999
Libyan Agriculture
# 79
Slovenia :
78,594 metric tons
1999
Slovenian Agriculture
# 80
El Salvador :
78,508 metric tons
1999
Salvadoran Agriculture
# 81
Côte d'Ivoire :
70,600 metric tons
1999
Ivoirian Agriculture
# 82
Paraguay :
65,446 metric tons
1999
Paraguayan Agriculture
# 83
Lebanon :
63,700 metric tons
1999
Lebanese Agriculture
# 84
Benin :
56,700 metric tons
1999
Beninese Agriculture
# 85
Latvia :
54,477 metric tons
1999
Latvian Agriculture
# 86
Malawi :
50,100 metric tons
1999
Malawian Agriculture
# 87
Mali :
49,800 metric tons
1999
Malian Agriculture
# 88
Cameroon :
49,510 metric tons
1999
Cameroonian Agriculture
# 89
Macedonia, Republic of :
43,500 metric tons
1999
Macedonian Agriculture
# 90
Burkina Faso :
43,400 metric tons
1999
Burkinabe Agriculture
# 91
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
42,000 metric tons
1999
Herzegovinian Agriculture
# 92
Georgia :
40,000 metric tons
1999
Georgian Agriculture
# 93
Sudan :
38,800 metric tons
1999
Sudanese Agriculture
# 94
Senegal :
37,800 metric tons
1999
Senegalese Agriculture
# 95
United Arab Emirates :
36,200 metric tons
1999
Emirati Agriculture
# 96
Nicaragua :
35,942 metric tons
1999
Nicaraguan Agriculture
# 97
Mauritius :
35,300 metric tons
1999
Mauritian Agriculture
# 98
Kazakhstan :
34,200 metric tons
1999
Kazakhstani Agriculture
# 99
Zambia :
34,012 metric tons
1999
Zambian Agriculture
# 100
Panama :
34,003 metric tons
1999
Panamanian Agriculture
# 101
Kyrgyzstan :
28,071 metric tons
1999
Kyrgyzstani Agriculture
# 102
Estonia :
27,290 metric tons
1999
Estonian Agriculture
# 103
Jamaica :
23,043 metric tons
1999
Jamaican Agriculture
# 104
Jordan :
23,024 metric tons
1999
Jordanian Agriculture
# 105
Iceland :
21,900 metric tons
1999
Icelandic Agriculture
# 106
Tanzania :
20,980 metric tons
1999
Tanzanian Agriculture
# 107
Cyprus :
20,183 metric tons
1999
Cypriot Agriculture
# 108
Guyana :
18,934 metric tons
1999
Guyanese Agriculture
# 109
Chad :
17,500 metric tons
1999
Chadian Agriculture
# 110
Togo :
16,900 metric tons
1999
Togolese Agriculture
# 111
Ghana :
15,406 metric tons
1999
Ghanaian Agriculture
# 112
Yemen :
15,084 metric tons
1999
Yemeni Agriculture
# 113
Fiji :
14,400 metric tons
1999
Fijian Agriculture
# 114
Azerbaijan :
13,800 metric tons
1999
Azerbaijani Agriculture
# 115
Eritrea :
10,900 metric tons
1999
Eritrean Agriculture
# 116
Albania :
10,600 metric tons
1999
Albanian Agriculture
# 117
Tajikistan :
10,600 metric tons
1999
Tajikistani Agriculture
# 118
Laos :
9,903 metric tons
1999
Lao Agriculture
# 119
Papua New Guinea :
9,300 metric tons
1999
Papua New Guinean Agriculture
# 120
Haiti :
8,716 metric tons
1999
Haitian Agriculture
# 121
Mozambique :
8,000 metric tons
1999
Mozambican Agriculture
# 122
Madagascar :
7,874 metric tons
1999
Malagasy Agriculture
# 123
Oman :
7,324 metric tons
1999
Omani Agriculture
# 124
Armenia :
6,158 metric tons
1999
Armenian Agriculture
# 125
Trinidad and Tobago :
6,100 metric tons
1999
Tobagonian Agriculture
# 126
Belize :
6,095 metric tons
1999
Belizean Agriculture
# 127
Swaziland :
5,500 metric tons
1999
Swazi Agriculture
# 128
Saint Lucia :
5,300 metric tons
1999
Saint Lucian Agriculture
# 129
Suriname :
5,300 metric tons
1999
Surinamese Agriculture
# 130
Lesotho :
5,039 metric tons
1999
Basotho Agriculture
# 131
Congo, Republic of the :
5,000 metric tons
1999
Congolese Agriculture
# 132
Afghanistan :
5,000 metric tons
1999
Afghan Agriculture
# 133
Botswana :
4,600 metric tons
1999
Motswana -Batswana Agriculture
# 134
Uganda :
4,479 metric tons
1999
Ugandan Agriculture
# 135
Niger :
4,188 metric tons
1999
Nigerien Agriculture
# 136
Burundi :
3,970 metric tons
1999
Burundian Agriculture
# 137
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
3,900 metric tons
1999
Saint Vincentian Agriculture
# 138
Singapore :
3,769 metric tons
1999
Singapore Agriculture
# 139
Angola :
3,400 metric tons
1999
Angolan Agriculture
# 140
Moldova :
3,200 metric tons
1999
Moldovan Agriculture
# 141
Guinea :
3,200 metric tons
1999
Guinean Agriculture
# 142
Barbados :
3,000 metric tons
1999
Barbadian Agriculture
# 143
Dominica :
3,000 metric tons
1999
Dominican Agriculture
# 144
Mongolia :
2,800 metric tons
1999
Mongolian Agriculture
# 145
Mauritania :
2,400 metric tons
1999
Mauritanian Agriculture
# 146
Bolivia :
1,940 metric tons
1999
Bolivian Agriculture
# 147
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
1,700 metric tons
1999
Nevisian Agriculture
# 148
Samoa :
1,325 metric tons
1999
Samoan Agriculture
# 149
French Polynesia :
1,244 metric tons
1999
French Polynesian Agriculture
# 150
Gambia, The :
1,200 metric tons
1999
Gambian Agriculture
# 151
Kuwait :
1,100 metric tons
1999
Kuwaiti Agriculture
# 152
New Caledonia :
900 metric tons
1999
New Caledonian Agriculture
# 153
Qatar :
800 metric tons
1999
Qatari Agriculture
# 154
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
742 metric tons
1999
Congolese Agriculture
# 155
Malta :
713 metric tons
1999
Maltese Agriculture
# 156
Guinea-Bissau :
600 metric tons
1999
Guinean Agriculture
# 157
Central African Republic :
600 metric tons
1999
Central African Agriculture
# 158
Virgin Islands :
600 metric tons
1999
Virgin Islander Agriculture
# 159
Somalia :
500 metric tons
1999
Somali Agriculture
# 160
Bahrain :
433 metric tons
1999
Bahraini Agriculture
# 161
Namibia :
300 metric tons
1999
Namibian Agriculture
# 162
Gabon :
300 metric tons
1999
Gabonese Agriculture
# 163
Rwanda :
300 metric tons
1999
Rwandan Agriculture
# 164
Comoros :
300 metric tons
1999
Comoran Agriculture
# 165
Bahamas, The :
300 metric tons
1999
Bahamian Agriculture
# 166
Cape Verde :
187 metric tons
1999
Cape Verdean Agriculture
# 167
Bermuda :
100 metric tons
1999
Bermudian Agriculture
# 168
Sierra Leone :
90 metric tons
1999
Sierra Leonean Agriculture
# 169
Seychelles :
23 metric tons
1999
Seychellois Agriculture
Total :
140,174,872 metric tons
Weighted average:
829,437.1 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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