Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Agriculture > Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons per 1000
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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). Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 21.2 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 2 | Mauritius | 20.66 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 3 | Malawi | 16.18 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 8.7 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 5 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.54 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 6 | Swaziland | 6.47 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 7 | Benin | 6.45 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 8 | Zambia | 6.13 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 9 | Lesotho | 5.99 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 10 | Kenya | 4.33 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 11 | Mali | 3.86 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 12 | Togo | 3.33 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 13 | Senegal | 3.22 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 14 | Botswana | 2.54 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 15 | Sudan | 2.38 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 16 | Ethiopia | 2.14 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 17 | Cameroon | 2.08 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 18 | Chad | 1.95 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.8 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 20 | Rwanda | 1.7 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 21 | Ghana | 1.57 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 22 | Mozambique | 1.29 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 23 | Nigeria | 1.29 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 24 | Mauritania | 1.01 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 25 | Eritrea | 0.859 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 26 | The Gambia | 0.612 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 27 | Madagascar | 0.545 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 28 | Comoros | 0.54 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 29 | Cape Verde | 0.479 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 30 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.453 metric tons | 1980 | ||
| 31 | Niger | 0.421 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 32 | Burundi | 0.361 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 33 | Uganda | 0.359 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 34 | Guinea | 0.354 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 35 | Gabon | 0.233 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 36 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.212 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 37 | Djibouti | 0.206 metric tons | 1987 | ||
| 38 | Seychelles | 0.203 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 39 | Tanzania | 0.2 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 40 | Central African Republic | 0.159 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 41 | Namibia | 0.153 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 42 | Liberia | 0.143 metric tons | 1990 | ||
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 0.136 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 44 | Angola | 0.101 metric tons | 2000 | ||
| 45 | Sierra Leone | 0.0668 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 46 | Somalia | 0.0639 metric tons | 2002 |
