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Former British colonies Compared by Agriculture > Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons > Per capita

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). Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 New Zealand 216.52 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
2 Australia 116.06 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
3 Canada 83.34 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
4 United States 66.92 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
5 Malaysia 51.31 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
6 Saint Kitts and Nevis 36.4 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
7 Guyana 23.92 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
8 Pakistan 20.45 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
9 Egypt 18.15 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
10 Belize 17.72 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
11 Malawi 15.99 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
12 India 15.38 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
13 Sri Lanka 14.95 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
14 Fiji 14.87 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
15 Israel 12.37 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
16 Brunei 10.73 metric tons per 1,000 p 1993
17 Bangladesh 10.62 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
18 United Arab Emirates 9.32 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
19 Zimbabwe 8.6 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
20 Jamaica 8.56 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
21 Saint Lucia 8.44 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
22 Dominica 7.64 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
23 Jordan 6.65 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
24 Swaziland 6.43 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
25 Lesotho 6.28 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
26 Zambia 5.87 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
27 Kenya 4.46 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
28 Barbados 3.03 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
29 Burma 2.71 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
30 Botswana 2.6 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
31 The Bahamas 2.58 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
32 Trinidad and Tobago 2.52 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
33 Sudan 2.03 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
34 Ghana 1.5 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
35 Qatar 1.4 metric tons per 1,000 p 2001
36 Nigeria 1.26 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
37 Yemen 0.608 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
38 Singapore 0.58 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
39 The Gambia 0.573 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
40 Kuwait 0.45 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
41 Uganda 0.358 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
42 Tanzania 0.201 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
43 Bhutan 0.194 metric tons per 1,000 p 1997
44 Namibia 0.153 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
45 Bahrain 0.144 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
46 Somalia 0.067 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
47 Sierra Leone 0.061 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002

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