Fertilizer production by nutrient type by country
Total fertilizer production by nutrient type (nitrogen, phosphate and potash), measured in tonnes of nutrient.
Countries reporting
193
Highest
13.55 million tonnes
Canada
Lowest
0 tonnes
Cook Islands
Median
0 tonnes
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
3,657
What the numbers show
Fertilizer production by nutrient type is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 13.55 million tonnes in Canada; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Cook Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 tonnes, and the mean is 221,369 tonnes.
Over the past decade 10 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in United Kingdom (up 1,163.4%), and the largest decrease in Bosnia and Herzegovina (down 100.0%).
Fertilizer production by nutrient type: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 13.55 million tonnes | 2023 | up 42.0% | rising |
| 2 | Russia | 9.11 million tonnes | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 3 | Belarus | 7.56 million tonnes | 2023 | up 78.2% | rising |
| 4 | Israel | 2.37 million tonnes | 2023 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Germany | 2.12 million tonnes | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 6 | China | 2.05 million tonnes | 2023 | down 59.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Jordan | 1.60 million tonnes | 2023 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 8 | Laos | 1.33 million tonnes | 2023 | up 309.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Thailand | 559,631 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 10 | Spain | 466,631 tonnes | 2023 | down 33.9% | rising |
| 11 | United States | 339,359 tonnes | 2023 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Chile | 265,567 tonnes | 2023 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Poland | 241,823 tonnes | 2023 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 14 | Uzbekistan | 241,127 tonnes | 2023 | up 185.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Brazil | 215,902 tonnes | 2023 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 176,882 tonnes | 2023 | up 1,163.4% | volatile |
| 17 | South Korea | 142,701 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 18 | Turkey | 102,517 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Philippines | 92,517 tonnes | 2023 | up 116.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Colombia | 91,800 tonnes | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 21 | Turkmenistan | 39,195 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 22 | Bolivia | 28,279 tonnes | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 23 | Croatia | 12,894 tonnes | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Pakistan | 11,414 tonnes | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 25 | Hungary | 10,091 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Argentina | 737 tonnes | 2023 | — | rising |
| 27 | Kazakhstan | 399.19 tonnes | 2023 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Aruba | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Afghanistan | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Angola | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Albania | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | United Arab Emirates | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Armenia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Australia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Azerbaijan | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Burundi | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Belgium | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Benin | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Bangladesh | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Bahrain | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Bahamas | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 tonnes | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Belize | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Bermuda | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Barbados | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Brunei | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Bhutan | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Botswana | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Central African Republic | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Switzerland | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Cameroon | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Congo | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Comoros | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Cape Verde | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Costa Rica | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Cuba | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Cyprus | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Czechia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Djibouti | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Dominica | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Denmark | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Dominican Republic | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Algeria | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Ecuador | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Egypt | 0 tonnes | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Eritrea | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Estonia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Finland | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Fiji | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | France | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Faroe Islands | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Micronesia (country) | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Gabon | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Georgia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Ghana | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Guinea | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Gambia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Greece | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Grenada | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Greenland | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Guatemala | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Guyana | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Hong Kong | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Honduras | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Haiti | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Indonesia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | India | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Iran | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Iraq | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Iceland | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Italy | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Jamaica | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Japan | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Kenya | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Cambodia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Kiribati | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Kuwait | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Lebanon | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Liberia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Libya | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Saint Lucia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Sri Lanka | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Lesotho | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Lithuania | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Latvia | 0 tonnes | 2017 | — | flat |
| 28 | Morocco | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Moldova | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Madagascar | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Maldives | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Mexico | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Marshall Islands | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | North Macedonia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Mali | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Myanmar | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Montenegro | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Mongolia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Mozambique | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Mauritania | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Mauritius | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Malawi | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Malaysia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Namibia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | New Caledonia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Niger | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Nigeria | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Nicaragua | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Netherlands | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Norway | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Nepal | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Nauru | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | New Zealand | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Oman | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Panama | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Peru | 0 tonnes | 2019 | — | flat |
| 28 | Palau | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Papua New Guinea | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | North Korea | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Portugal | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Paraguay | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Palestine | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | French Polynesia | 0 tonnes | 2020 | — | flat |
| 28 | Qatar | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Romania | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Rwanda | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Sudan | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Senegal | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Singapore | 0 tonnes | 2019 | — | flat |
| 28 | Solomon Islands | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Sierra Leone | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | El Salvador | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Serbia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | South Sudan | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Suriname | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Slovakia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Slovenia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Sweden | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Eswatini | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Seychelles | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Syria | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Chad | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Togo | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Tajikistan | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Tonga | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Tunisia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Tuvalu | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Tanzania | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Uganda | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Ukraine | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Uruguay | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Venezuela | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Vietnam | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Vanuatu | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Samoa | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Yemen | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | South Africa | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Zambia | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Zimbabwe | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
| 28 | Taiwan | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Cook Islands | 0 tonnes | 2023 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- USSR 8.53 million tonnes
About this data
Total fertilizer production by nutrient type (nitrogen, phosphate and potash), measured in tonnes of nutrient.