China vs India: Fertilizer consumption

China
42.72 million tonnes
in 2023
India
30.64 million tonnes
in 2023
China rank
1st
India rank
2nd

Fertilizer consumption over time

  • China
  • India
020.0M40.0M60.0M196119922023

How they compare

China currently reports 42.72 million tonnes against 30.64 million tonnes in India, a difference of 12.08 million tonnes.

That makes China's figure about 1.4 times India's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

China ranks 1st and India ranks 2nd of 200 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Fertilizer consumption
Unit
tonnes
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
201 places, 10,286 data points, 1961–2023
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Agricultural use from all fertilizer products (including nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers).