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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 | New Zealand | 216.01 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 2 | Ireland | 149.29 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 3 | Australia | 116 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 4 | Canada | 83.34 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 5 | Belarus | 75.82 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 6 | United States | 67.1 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 7 | France | 64.2 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 8 | Iceland | 62.21 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 9 | Finland | 56.34 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 10 | Lithuania | 55.92 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 11 | Denmark | 55.25 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 12 | Spain | 52.28 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 13 | Malaysia | 50.38 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 14 | Hungary | 49.35 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 48.96 metric tons | 2002 | |||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 44.51 metric tons | 2002 | |||
| 15 | Brazil | 42.82 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 16 | Norway | 40.55 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 17 | Poland | 39.54 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 39.26 metric tons | 2002 | |||
| 18 | Uruguay | 38.75 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 19 | Croatia | 38.74 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 37.74 metric tons | 2002 | |||
| European Union average (profile) | 37.51 metric tons | 2002 | |||
| 20 | Costa Rica | 37.02 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 21 | Greece | 36.86 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 36.8 metric tons | 2002 | |||
| 22 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 36.22 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 23 | Czech Republic | 36.14 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 24 | Slovenia | 35.04 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 25 | Germany | 31.45 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 26 | China | 30.93 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 27 | United Kingdom | 30.36 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 28 | Sweden | 30.03 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 29 | Chile | 28.76 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 30 | Uzbekistan | 28.42 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 31 | Belgium | 27.97 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 32 | Paraguay | 27.49 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 33 | Turkey | 26.81 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 34 | Thailand | 26.66 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 25.86 metric tons | 2002 | |||
| 35 | Austria | 25.77 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 36 | Iraq | 25.31 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 37 | Italy | 25.06 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 38 | Vietnam | 24.83 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 24.17 metric tons | 2002 | |||
| 39 | Guyana | 23.82 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 40 | Latvia | 21.39 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 41 | Turkmenistan | 21.26 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 42 | South Africa | 21.2 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 43 | Bulgaria | 21.09 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 44 | Netherlands | 20.81 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 45 | Mauritius | 20.66 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 46 | Portugal | 19.96 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 47 | Estonia | 19.88 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 48 | Samoa | 19.82 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 49 | Pakistan | 19.79 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 50 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.72 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 51 | Argentina | 19.65 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 52 | Iran | 19.07 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 53 | Syria | 18.99 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 18.86 metric tons | 2002 | |||
| 54 | Belize | 18.67 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 55 | Egypt | 18.58 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 18.3 metric tons | 2002 | |||
| 56 | Ecuador | 17.61 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 57 | Saudi Arabia | 17.47 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 58 | Colombia | 16.78 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 16.19 metric tons | 2002 | |||
| 59 | Malawi | 16.18 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 60 | Mexico | 16.04 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 61 | Guatemala | 15.83 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 62 | Cyprus | 15.72 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 15.69 metric tons | 2002 | |||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 15.24 metric tons | 2002 | |||
| 63 | Fiji | 15.06 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 15.02 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 65 | India | 14.97 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 66 | Romania | 14.96 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 67 | South Korea | 14.49 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 68 | Indonesia | 13.91 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 69 | Morocco | 13.61 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 70 | Switzerland | 12.77 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 71 | Israel | 12.37 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 72 | Ukraine | 12.22 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 73 | Venezuela | 11.84 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 11.7 metric tons | 2002 | |||
| 74 | Suriname | 11.66 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 75 | Libya | 11.59 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 11.52 metric tons | 2002 | |||
| 76 | North Korea | 11.45 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 11.22 metric tons | 2002 | |||
| 77 | Lebanon | 11.21 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 10.93 metric tons | 2002 | |||
| 78 | Cuba | 10.87 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 79 | United Arab Emirates | 10.86 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 80 | Albania | 10.83 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 81 | Brunei | 10.73 metric tons | 1993 | ||
| 82 | Tunisia | 10.43 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 83 | Bangladesh | 10.39 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 84 | Peru | 10.25 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 85 | Nicaragua | 10.25 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 86 | Russia | 10.14 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 87 | Japan | 10.07 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 88 | Dominican Republic | 10.04 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 9.25 metric tons | 2002 | |||
| 89 | El Salvador | 9.21 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 90 | Panama | 9.04 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 91 | Philippines | 8.93 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 92 | Zimbabwe | 8.7 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 93 | Jamaica | 8.56 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 94 | Saint Lucia | 8.38 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 95 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.36 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 96 | Dominica | 7.78 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 97 | Honduras | 7.73 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 98 | Jordan | 6.65 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 99 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.54 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 100 | Georgia | 6.52 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 101 | Swaziland | 6.47 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 102 | Benin | 6.45 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 103 | Zambia | 6.13 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 104 | Lesotho | 5.99 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 105 | Kyrgyzstan | 5.53 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 106 | French Polynesia | 5.32 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 107 | Oman | 5.3 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 5.07 metric tons | 2002 | |||
| failed states average (profile) | 4.78 metric tons | 2002 | |||
| 108 | Kazakhstan | 4.37 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 109 | Tajikistan | 4.36 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 110 | Kenya | 4.33 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 111 | New Caledonia | 4.06 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 112 | Mali | 3.86 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 113 | Armenia | 3.7 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 114 | Nepal | 3.69 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 115 | Togo | 3.33 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 3.3 metric tons | 2002 | |||
| 116 | Senegal | 3.22 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 117 | Barbados | 3.01 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 118 | Algeria | 3.01 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 119 | Moldova | 2.8 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 120 | Burma | 2.69 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 121 | The Bahamas | 2.59 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 122 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.55 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 123 | Botswana | 2.54 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 124 | Sudan | 2.38 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 125 | Azerbaijan | 2.16 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 126 | Ethiopia | 2.14 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 127 | Papua New Guinea | 2.08 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 128 | Cameroon | 2.08 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 129 | Chad | 1.95 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 130 | Mongolia | 1.82 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.8 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 132 | Malta | 1.77 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 133 | Rwanda | 1.7 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 134 | Bermuda | 1.59 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 135 | Haiti | 1.57 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 136 | Ghana | 1.57 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 137 | Bolivia | 1.55 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 138 | Qatar | 1.47 metric tons | 2001 | ||
| 139 | Mozambique | 1.29 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 140 | Nigeria | 1.29 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 141 | Laos | 1.27 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 142 | Tonga | 1.06 metric tons | 1985 | ||
| 143 | Mauritania | 1.01 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 144 | Afghanistan | 0.937 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 145 | Eritrea | 0.859 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 146 | Cambodia | 0.652 metric tons | 1998 | ||
| 147 | Yemen | 0.625 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 148 | The Gambia | 0.612 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 149 | Singapore | 0.579 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 150 | Madagascar | 0.545 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 151 | Comoros | 0.54 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 152 | Kuwait | 0.513 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 153 | Cape Verde | 0.479 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 154 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.453 metric tons | 1980 | ||
| 155 | Niger | 0.421 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 156 | Burundi | 0.361 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 157 | Uganda | 0.359 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 158 | Guinea | 0.354 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 159 | Gabon | 0.233 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 160 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.212 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 161 | Djibouti | 0.206 metric tons | 1987 | ||
| 162 | Seychelles | 0.203 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 163 | Tanzania | 0.2 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 164 | Bhutan | 0.192 metric tons | 1997 | ||
| 165 | Central African Republic | 0.159 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 166 | Namibia | 0.153 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 167 | Liberia | 0.143 metric tons | 1990 | ||
| 168 | Bahrain | 0.137 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 169 | Burkina Faso | 0.136 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 170 | Angola | 0.101 metric tons | 2000 | ||
| 171 | Sierra Leone | 0.0668 metric tons | 2002 | ||
| 172 | Somalia | 0.0639 metric tons | 2002 |