Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland by country
Use of fertilizers per area of cropland, which corresponds to the sum of arable land and permanent crops.
Countries reporting
195
Highest
314.56 kilograms per hectare
Egypt
Lowest
0 kilograms per hectare
Vanuatu
Median
35.85 kilograms per hectare
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,249
What the numbers show
Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 314.56 kilograms per hectare in Egypt; the lowest is 0 kilograms per hectare in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 35.85 kilograms per hectare, and the mean is 49.59 kilograms per hectare.
Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 10,141.7%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).
Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 314.56 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | 312.98 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Suriname | 252.58 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 157.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 215.13 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 5 | China | 192.39 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 181.96 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 17.6% | flat |
| 7 | Kuwait | 173.21 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 170.35 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Costa Rica | 161.41 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 10 | Taiwan | 159.63 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 11 | Vietnam | 151.49 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 13 | South Korea | 139.82 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 14 | Norway | 131.68 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 15 | Belize | 127.04 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Thailand | 124.4 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 124.12 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Jordan | 123.54 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Pakistan | 122.88 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 20 | India | 121.53 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Belgium | 120.36 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 114.49 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 23 | Guyana | 108.43 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 24 | Chile | 102.36 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Oman | 102.03 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Faroe Islands | 97.83 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Georgia | 97.24 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 134.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 94.08 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 29 | Czechia | 92.6 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 30 | Montenegro | 91.84 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 31 | Croatia | 91.71 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 32 | Brazil | 90.92 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Netherlands | 90.56 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 34 | France | 87.04 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 35 | Belarus | 86.82 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 36 | Colombia | 85.31 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Serbia | 82.44 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 38 | Denmark | 81.86 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 39 | Slovakia | 81.33 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 40 | Turkey | 81.27 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Uruguay | 81.15 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Poland | 80.11 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 43 | Israel | 78.69 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 36.2% | rising |
| 44 | Canada | 73.19 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Sweden | 72.76 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 46 | Iceland | 71.93 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 47 | Tajikistan | 71.72 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 823.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 71.02 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Cyprus | 70.14 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 51 | Germany | 69.95 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 37.0% | flat |
| 52 | Indonesia | 67.65 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Botswana | 66.97 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Switzerland | 66.21 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 55 | Guatemala | 65.95 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Malawi | 65.24 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 310.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Qatar | 64.88 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Honduras | 64.54 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 59 | French Guiana | 64.53 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 40.1% | falling |
| 60 | Slovenia | 64.05 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 61 | Austria | 63.32 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 62 | Mauritius | 63.21 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 34.3% | flat |
| 63 | Japan | 62.85 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 64 | Hungary | 61.83 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 65 | Australia | 61.68 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 77.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Singapore | 61.62 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Zambia | 60.45 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Greece | 60.24 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 69 | Italy | 60.04 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 70 | United States | 59.08 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 71 | Latvia | 58.62 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 72 | Philippines | 58.22 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 73 | New Caledonia | 57.94 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Lebanon | 56.9 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 76 | Panama | 56.73 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 77 | Mexico | 55.86 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 55.14 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Lithuania | 54.53 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 80 | Estonia | 53.71 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 81 | Romania | 52.61 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 40.3% | flat |
| 82 | Iran | 51.35 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 83 | New Zealand | 49.86 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Portugal | 49.34 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 85 | Maldives | 48.56 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Palestine | 48.39 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 87 | Malaysia | 48.29 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Mongolia | 47.2 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 140.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Spain | 46.55 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 90 | Sri Lanka | 46.45 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 91 | Bermuda | 45.37 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 74.4% | falling |
| 92 | Finland | 43.78 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 43.21 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 94 | El Salvador | 42.32 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 95 | Bahamas | 41.1 kilograms per hectare | 2021 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Nepal | 41.05 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Laos | 39.74 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 216.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Eswatini | 37.21 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 99 | Albania | 37.03 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 100 | North Macedonia | 36.04 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 101 | Peru | 35.85 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 102 | Venezuela | 34.85 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Ecuador | 34.55 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Fiji | 33.6 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 30.5% | falling |
| 105 | Nicaragua | 32.75 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 106 | Saint Lucia | 32.47 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Moldova | 32.27 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 100.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Iraq | 30.9 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Armenia | 30.85 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 110 | South Africa | 30.5 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 111 | Argentina | 30.38 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Cambodia | 30.04 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 141.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Ethiopia | 29.65 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 189.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Ukraine | 29.42 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Paraguay | 28.97 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 27.26 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 131.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Seychelles | 26.11 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Namibia | 25.55 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 167.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Brunei | 24.3 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 247.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Zimbabwe | 23.75 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 87.5% | falling |
| 121 | Morocco | 23.4 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Kenya | 22.31 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Papua New Guinea | 20.75 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.73 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Grenada | 19.58 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 126 | Puerto Rico | 19.58 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 126 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.58 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Jamaica | 18.88 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 130 | Russia | 17.88 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 89.2% | rising |
| 131 | Barbados | 17.61 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.93 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 133 | Bahrain | 15.47 kilograms per hectare | 2022 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Reunion | 13.57 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Djibouti | 13.43 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Benin | 13.17 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 795.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Tunisia | 13.03 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Gambia | 12.29 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 10,141.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Tanzania | 12.12 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 57.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Gabon | 11.19 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 333.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Syria | 10.88 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 148.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Ghana | 10.64 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Rwanda | 10.1 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Togo | 9.42 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 185.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Mozambique | 9.34 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 109.9% | volatile |
| 146 | North Korea | 8.52 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Algeria | 8.22 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 148 | Myanmar | 8 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Burkina Faso | 7.55 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 150 | French Polynesia | 6.96 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 28.1% | flat |
| 151 | Libya | 6.68 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Mali | 6.15 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5.99 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 67.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Lesotho | 5.97 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Sudan | 5.68 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 149.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Bhutan | 5.64 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Cook Islands | 5.26 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Cameroon | 5.09 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Yemen | 4.55 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 74.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Afghanistan | 4.4 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.17 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Liberia | 4.17 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Mauritania | 4.17 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Burundi | 4.12 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Madagascar | 4.07 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Palau | 3.49 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Bolivia | 3.38 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Angola | 3.18 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.18 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.17 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 170 | Chad | 3.17 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.48 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Cape Verde | 2.47 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 174 | Micronesia (country) | 2.4 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 57.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Kazakhstan | 2.36 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Guinea | 2.34 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 325.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Congo | 2.26 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 123.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Tonga | 2.17 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 179 | Senegal | 2.11 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Nigeria | 1.99 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 69.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.91 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 253.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Eritrea | 1.87 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 183 | Cuba | 1.48 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 184 | Sierra Leone | 1.42 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Uganda | 1.28 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Comoros | 0.9 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 2,900.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Tuvalu | 0.68 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 78.1% | falling |
| 188 | Niger | 0.46 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 189 | Haiti | 0.26 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 190 | Samoa | 0.25 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 191 | South Sudan | 0.18 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 192 | Central African Republic | 0.03 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Aruba | 0 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Dominica | 0 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Kiribati | 0 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Nauru | 0 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 193 | Solomon Islands | 0 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Vanuatu | 0 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- USSR 33.98 kilograms per hectare
About this data
Use of fertilizers per area of cropland, which corresponds to the sum of arable land and permanent crops.