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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).
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | China | 39.6 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
2 | United States | 19.3 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
3 | India | 16.12 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
4 | Brazil | 7.68 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 5.13 million metric tons | 2002 | |||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 4.71 million metric tons | 2002 | |||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 4.56 million metric tons | 2002 | |||
5 | France | 3.97 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 3.39 million metric tons | 2002 | |||
6 | Indonesia | 2.99 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
7 | Pakistan | 2.96 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
8 | Canada | 2.61 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
9 | Germany | 2.59 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
10 | Australia | 2.28 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
11 | Spain | 2.16 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 1.99 million metric tons | 2002 | |||
12 | Vietnam | 1.98 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
13 | United Kingdom | 1.8 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
14 | Turkey | 1.74 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
15 | Mexico | 1.71 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
16 | Thailand | 1.7 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 1.58 million metric tons | 2002 | |||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 1.54 million metric tons | 2002 | |||
17 | Poland | 1.51 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
18 | Russia | 1.47 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
19 | Italy | 1.43 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
20 | Bangladesh | 1.42 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
21 | Iran | 1.29 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
22 | Japan | 1.28 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
23 | Egypt | 1.27 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
24 | Malaysia | 1.23 million metric tons | 2002 | ||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 1.13 million metric tons | 2002 | |||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 1.06 million metric tons | 2002 | |||
25 | South Africa | 965,100 metric tons | 2002 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 858,827.84 metric tons | 2002 | |||
26 | New Zealand | 852,897 metric tons | 2002 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 790,187.38 metric tons | 2002 | |||
27 | Belarus | 748,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
28 | Argentina | 739,526 metric tons | 2002 | ||
29 | Philippines | 723,020 metric tons | 2002 | ||
30 | Uzbekistan | 718,300 metric tons | 2002 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 701,881.88 metric tons | 2002 | |||
31 | Colombia | 691,500 metric tons | 2002 | ||
32 | South Korea | 689,901 metric tons | 2002 | ||
33 | Iraq | 638,800 metric tons | 2002 | ||
34 | Ukraine | 589,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
35 | Ireland | 587,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
36 | Hungary | 501,321 metric tons | 2002 | ||
37 | Chile | 455,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 412,247.84 metric tons | 2002 | |||
38 | Greece | 405,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
39 | Morocco | 399,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 390,530.67 metric tons | 2002 | |||
40 | Saudi Arabia | 381,300 metric tons | 2002 | ||
41 | Czech Republic | 368,844 metric tons | 2002 | ||
42 | Netherlands | 336,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 330,421.89 metric tons | 2002 | |||
43 | Romania | 326,123 metric tons | 2002 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 324,092.32 metric tons | 2002 | |||
44 | Syria | 322,805 metric tons | 2002 | ||
45 | Serbia and Montenegro | 307,790 metric tons | 2002 | ||
46 | Venezuela | 300,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
47 | Denmark | 297,001 metric tons | 2002 | ||
48 | Finland | 293,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
49 | Belgium | 289,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
50 | Sri Lanka | 284,218 metric tons | 2002 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 281,079.88 metric tons | 2002 | |||
failed states average (profile) | 275,821.27 metric tons | 2002 | |||
51 | Peru | 274,007 metric tons | 2002 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 272,403.07 metric tons | 2002 | |||
52 | Sweden | 268,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
53 | North Korea | 266,200 metric tons | 2002 | ||
54 | Ecuador | 229,522 metric tons | 2002 | ||
55 | Austria | 208,300 metric tons | 2002 | ||
56 | Portugal | 207,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
57 | Lithuania | 194,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
58 | Malawi | 193,008 metric tons | 2002 | ||
59 | Guatemala | 186,200 metric tons | 2002 | ||
60 | Norway | 184,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
61 | Croatia | 172,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
62 | Nigeria | 166,200 metric tons | 2002 | ||
63 | Bulgaria | 165,943 metric tons | 2002 | ||
64 | Paraguay | 153,168 metric tons | 2002 | ||
65 | Costa Rica | 151,562 metric tons | 2002 | ||
66 | Ethiopia | 150,032 metric tons | 2002 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 143,775.04 metric tons | 2002 | |||
67 | Kenya | 142,758 metric tons | 2002 | ||
68 | Burma | 132,300 metric tons | 2002 | ||
69 | Uruguay | 128,929 metric tons | 2002 | ||
70 | Cuba | 121,900 metric tons | 2002 | ||
71 | Zimbabwe | 110,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
72 | Cote d'Ivoire | 109,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
73 | Tunisia | 102,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
74 | Algeria | 98,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
75 | Turkmenistan | 97,800 metric tons | 2002 | ||
76 | Switzerland | 93,040 metric tons | 2002 | ||
77 | Dominican Republic | 89,703 metric tons | 2002 | ||
78 | Nepal | 89,038 metric tons | 2002 | ||
79 | Israel | 81,300 metric tons | 2002 | ||
80 | Slovenia | 69,887 metric tons | 2002 | ||
81 | Sudan | 69,496 metric tons | 2002 | ||
82 | Zambia | 65,168 metric tons | 2002 | ||
83 | Kazakhstan | 64,900 metric tons | 2002 | ||
84 | Libya | 61,900 metric tons | 2002 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 55,796.71 metric tons | 2002 | |||
85 | El Salvador | 55,333 metric tons | 2002 | ||
86 | Nicaragua | 53,796 metric tons | 2002 | ||
87 | Honduras | 50,228 metric tons | 2002 | ||
88 | Latvia | 50,029 metric tons | 2002 | ||
89 | Benin | 47,841 metric tons | 2002 | ||
90 | Mali | 42,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
91 | Lebanon | 39,420 metric tons | 2002 | ||
92 | Albania | 35,357 metric tons | 2002 | ||
93 | United Arab Emirates | 35,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
94 | Cameroon | 34,899 metric tons | 2002 | ||
95 | Jordan | 33,500 metric tons | 2002 | ||
96 | Senegal | 33,491 metric tons | 2002 | ||
97 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 32,600 metric tons | 2002 | ||
98 | Ghana | 31,030 metric tons | 2002 | ||
99 | Panama | 28,719 metric tons | 2002 | ||
100 | Georgia | 28,400 metric tons | 2002 | ||
101 | Tajikistan | 27,900 metric tons | 2002 | ||
102 | Kyrgyzstan | 27,600 metric tons | 2002 | ||
103 | Estonia | 27,007 metric tons | 2002 | ||
104 | Mauritius | 25,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
105 | Mozambique | 24,900 metric tons | 2002 | ||
106 | Jamaica | 22,400 metric tons | 2002 | ||
107 | Afghanistan | 20,800 metric tons | 2002 | ||
108 | Iceland | 17,888 metric tons | 2002 | ||
109 | Guyana | 17,879 metric tons | 2002 | ||
110 | Azerbaijan | 17,692 metric tons | 2002 | ||
111 | Chad | 17,500 metric tons | 2002 | ||
112 | Togo | 17,055 metric tons | 2002 | ||
113 | Cyprus | 15,406 metric tons | 2002 | ||
114 | Rwanda | 15,299 metric tons | 2002 | ||
115 | Haiti | 13,930 metric tons | 2002 | ||
116 | Bolivia | 13,741 metric tons | 2002 | ||
117 | Fiji | 12,290 metric tons | 2002 | ||
118 | Oman | 12,233 metric tons | 2002 | ||
119 | Papua New Guinea | 11,800 metric tons | 2002 | ||
120 | Yemen | 11,600 metric tons | 2002 | ||
121 | Lesotho | 11,300 metric tons | 2002 | ||
122 | Armenia | 11,283 metric tons | 2002 | ||
123 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10,513 metric tons | 2002 | ||
124 | Moldova | 10,135 metric tons | 2002 | ||
125 | Uganda | 9,306 metric tons | 2002 | ||
126 | Madagascar | 9,125 metric tons | 2002 | ||
127 | Cambodia | 7,620 metric tons | 1998 | ||
128 | Tanzania | 7,148 metric tons | 2002 | ||
129 | Laos | 7,019 metric tons | 2002 | ||
130 | Swaziland | 7,000 metric tons | 2002 | ||
131 | Suriname | 5,600 metric tons | 2002 | ||
132 | Niger | 4,970 metric tons | 2002 | ||
133 | Belize | 4,700 metric tons | 2002 | ||
134 | Botswana | 4,600 metric tons | 2002 | ||
135 | Mongolia | 4,448 metric tons | 2002 | ||
136 | Eritrea | 3,676 metric tons | 2002 | ||
137 | Samoa | 3,500 metric tons | 2002 | ||
138 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3,258 metric tons | 2002 | ||
139 | Guinea | 3,200 metric tons | 2002 | ||
140 | Brunei | 3,000 metric tons | 1993 | ||
141 | Mauritania | 2,900 metric tons | 2002 | ||
142 | Burundi | 2,539 metric tons | 2002 | ||
143 | Singapore | 2,418 metric tons | 2002 | ||
144 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,400 metric tons | 2002 | ||
145 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,133 metric tons | 2002 | ||
146 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,700 metric tons | 2002 | ||
147 | Burkina Faso | 1,671 metric tons | 2002 | ||
148 | Angola | 1,400 metric tons | 2000 | ||
149 | Saint Lucia | 1,343 metric tons | 2002 | ||
150 | French Polynesia | 1,304 metric tons | 2002 | ||
151 | Kuwait | 1,050 metric tons | 2002 | ||
=152 | New Caledonia | 900 metric tons | 2002 | ||
=152 | Qatar | 900 metric tons | 2001 | ||
154 | Barbados | 811 metric tons | 2002 | ||
=155 | The Gambia | 800 metric tons | 2002 | ||
=155 | The Bahamas | 800 metric tons | 2002 | ||
157 | Malta | 700 metric tons | 2002 | ||
=158 | Virgin Islands | 600 metric tons | 2002 | ||
=158 | Central African Republic | 600 metric tons | 2002 | ||
160 | Dominica | 543 metric tons | 2002 | ||
161 | Somalia | 500 metric tons | 2002 | ||
=162 | Sierra Leone | 300 metric tons | 2002 | ||
=162 | Gabon | 300 metric tons | 2002 | ||
=162 | Namibia | 300 metric tons | 2002 | ||
=162 | Comoros | 300 metric tons | 2002 | ||
=162 | Liberia | 300 metric tons | 1990 | ||
167 | Congo, Republic of the | 236 metric tons | 2002 | ||
168 | Cape Verde | 220 metric tons | 2002 | ||
=169 | Bahrain | 100 metric tons | 2002 | ||
=169 | Bermuda | 100 metric tons | 2002 | ||
=169 | Bhutan | 100 metric tons | 1997 | ||
=169 | Djibouti | 100 metric tons | 1987 | ||
=169 | Tonga | 100 metric tons | 1985 | ||
=169 | Equatorial Guinea | 100 metric tons | 1980 | ||
175 | Seychelles | 17 metric tons | 2002 |