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Sub-Saharan Africa 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 South Africa 21.29 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
2 Mauritius 20.66 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
3 Malawi 15.99 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
4 Zimbabwe 8.6 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
5 Swaziland 6.43 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
6 Cote d'Ivoire 6.29 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
7 Lesotho 6.28 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
8 Benin 6.24 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
9 Zambia 5.87 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
10 Kenya 4.46 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
11 Mali 3.4 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
12 Senegal 3.08 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
13 Togo 3 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
14 Botswana 2.6 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
15 Cameroon 2.26 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
16 Ethiopia 2.23 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
17 Sudan 2.03 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
18 Chad 1.99 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
19 Rwanda 1.78 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
20 Guinea-Bissau 1.66 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
21 Ghana 1.5 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
22 Mozambique 1.33 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
23 Nigeria 1.26 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
24 Mauritania 1.03 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
25 Eritrea 0.949 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
26 The Gambia 0.573 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
=27 Comoros 0.532 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
=27 Madagascar 0.532 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
29 Cape Verde 0.466 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
30 Equatorial Guinea 0.456 metric tons per 1,000 p 1980
31 Niger 0.394 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
32 Guinea 0.376 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
33 Burundi 0.372 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
34 Uganda 0.358 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
35 Gabon 0.227 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
36 Djibouti 0.216 metric tons per 1,000 p 1987
37 Seychelles 0.203 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
38 Tanzania 0.201 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
39 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.199 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
40 Central African Republic 0.154 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
41 Namibia 0.153 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
42 Liberia 0.14 metric tons per 1,000 p 1990
43 Burkina Faso 0.139 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
44 Angola 0.101 metric tons per 1,000 p 2000
45 Somalia 0.067 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002
46 Sierra Leone 0.061 metric tons per 1,000 p 2002

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