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Fertilizer consumption by country

Agricultural use from all fertilizer products (including nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers).

Countries reporting
201
Highest
42.72 million tonnes
China
Lowest
0 tonnes
Guadeloupe
Median
52,291 tonnes
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,286

What the numbers show

Fertilizer consumption is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 42.72 million tonnes in China; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Guadeloupe.

The median across all reporting countries is 52,291 tonnes, and the mean is 1.01 million tonnes.

Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 3,648.6%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).

Fertilizer consumption: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 42.72 million tonnes 2023 down 19.9% volatile
2 India 30.64 million tonnes 2023 up 25.2% volatile
3 USSR 19.47 million tonnes 1991 up 1.6% rising
4 Brazil 18.09 million tonnes 2023 up 34.2% volatile
5 United States 16.66 million tonnes 2023 down 8.5% rising
6 Indonesia 5.53 million tonnes 2023 up 2.1% volatile
7 Pakistan 4.85 million tonnes 2023 up 17.3% volatile
8 Canada 4.72 million tonnes 2023 up 39.3% rising
9 Thailand 4.55 million tonnes 2023 up 62.4% volatile
10 Russia 3.50 million tonnes 2023 up 87.8% rising
11 Bangladesh 3.09 million tonnes 2023 up 58.0% volatile
12 Turkey 2.83 million tonnes 2023 up 22.4% rising
13 Vietnam 2.83 million tonnes 2023 down 9.1% volatile
14 Australia 2.68 million tonnes 2023 up 44.5% rising
15 Malaysia 2.03 million tonnes 2023 up 27.3% volatile
16 Argentina 2.03 million tonnes 2023 up 41.9% volatile
17 France 2.00 million tonnes 2023 down 28.4% falling
18 Mexico 1.89 million tonnes 2023 down 8.9% rising
19 Egypt 1.65 million tonnes 2023 up 13.7% rising
20 Poland 1.43 million tonnes 2023 down 10.7% falling
21 Ukraine 1.40 million tonnes 2023 down 6.3% volatile
22 Spain 1.32 million tonnes 2023 down 24.3% rising
23 Germany 1.23 million tonnes 2023 down 37.9% falling
24 Uzbekistan 1.22 million tonnes 2023 up 29.4% rising
25 Philippines 1.11 million tonnes 2023 up 28.0% volatile
26 Belarus 1.11 million tonnes 2023 down 22.3% rising
27 Iran 1.07 million tonnes 2023 up 28.5% volatile
28 Colombia 950,648 tonnes 2023 up 5.6% volatile
29 United Kingdom 906,172 tonnes 2023 down 20.2% falling
30 South Africa 833,657 tonnes 2023 up 14.4% rising
31 Italy 808,422 tonnes 2023 down 8.4% falling
32 Romania 769,816 tonnes 2023 up 56.5% volatile
33 Ethiopia 743,261 tonnes 2023 up 163.2% volatile
34 Japan 731,822 tonnes 2023 down 21.4% falling
35 Paraguay 627,846 tonnes 2023 up 44.2% volatile
36 Turkmenistan 552,747 tonnes 2023 up 43.4% volatile
37 Bulgaria 447,316 tonnes 2023 up 17.8% volatile
38 Saudi Arabia 419,940 tonnes 2023 up 46.7% volatile
39 South Korea 381,931 tonnes 2023 down 25.9% falling
40 Hungary 371,011 tonnes 2023 down 24.3% volatile
41 Peru 366,278 tonnes 2023 down 8.0% volatile
42 Serbia 358,717 tonnes 2023 down 25.3% falling
43 Morocco 353,113 tonnes 2023 down 28.0% volatile
44 Malawi 349,440 tonnes 2023 up 236.9% volatile
45 Uruguay 345,237 tonnes 2023 down 34.1% volatile
46 Kenya 334,671 tonnes 2023 up 2.0% volatile
47 Taiwan 325,653 tonnes 2023 down 22.0% falling
48 Guatemala 305,586 tonnes 2023 up 7.1% volatile
49 Zambia 293,607 tonnes 2023 up 62.1% volatile
50 Czechia 286,340 tonnes 2023 down 29.1% rising
51 Tanzania 279,537 tonnes 2023 up 84.6% volatile
52 Myanmar 272,127 tonnes 2023 up 29.4% volatile
53 Chile 270,549 tonnes 2023 down 12.9% volatile
54 Denmark 268,767 tonnes 2023 down 4.3% falling
55 Greece 264,633 tonnes 2023 down 10.1% falling
56 Iraq 251,058 tonnes 2023 up 8.6% volatile
57 Sweden 236,234 tonnes 2023 up 7.8% falling
58 Ecuador 222,977 tonnes 2023 down 20.9% volatile
59 Lithuania 216,010 tonnes 2023 down 14.0% rising
60 Sri Lanka 211,205 tonnes 2023 down 6.6% rising
61 Cambodia 210,469 tonnes 2023 up 123.7% volatile
62 Cote d'Ivoire 210,343 tonnes 2023 up 92.9% volatile
63 Honduras 191,361 tonnes 2023 up 51.6% volatile
64 Costa Rica 171,235 tonnes 2023 up 25.1% rising
65 Portugal 166,137 tonnes 2023 down 12.9% falling
66 Belgium 165,430 tonnes 2023 down 36.9% falling
67 Norway 164,722 tonnes 2023 up 6.9% falling
68 Nigeria 156,561 tonnes 2023 down 49.0% volatile
69 Algeria 155,728 tonnes 2023 down 7.5% rising
70 Sudan 149,113 tonnes 2023 up 187.9% rising
71 Finland 148,704 tonnes 2023 up 0.3% falling
72 Croatia 146,709 tonnes 2023 up 4.1% falling
73 Tunisia 141,337 tonnes 2023 up 22.6% rising
74 Burkina Faso 140,442 tonnes 2023 up 46.6% volatile
75 Slovakia 138,954 tonnes 2023 down 6.7% rising
76 Ghana 136,111 tonnes 2023 up 14.7% volatile
77 Venezuela 132,297 tonnes 2023 down 74.6% volatile
78 Netherlands 132,151 tonnes 2023 up 2.1% falling
79 Latvia 128,520 tonnes 2023 up 5.7% rising
80 Austria 126,590 tonnes 2023 down 20.6% falling
81 Nepal 122,385 tonnes 2023 up 6.3% volatile
82 Benin 117,586 tonnes 2023 up 770.0% volatile
83 Kazakhstan 115,035 tonnes 2023 up 35.3% volatile
84 Zimbabwe 105,379 tonnes 2023 up 2.8% rising
85 Cameroon 101,633 tonnes 2023 up 62.9% volatile
86 Ireland 101,624 tonnes 2023 down 25.3% rising
87 Nicaragua 96,516 tonnes 2023 up 86.4% volatile
88 Moldova 95,588 tonnes 2023 up 113.4% volatile
89 Laos 94,744 tonnes 2023 up 152.1% volatile
90 Azerbaijan 91,695 tonnes 2023 up 138.6% volatile
91 Dominican Republic 87,378 tonnes 2023 up 36.9% volatile
92 Mozambique 85,465 tonnes 2023 up 156.0% volatile
93 Tajikistan 78,486 tonnes 2023 up 716.8% volatile
94 Syria 76,188 tonnes 2023 up 20.6% volatile
95 Mali 71,276 tonnes 2023 down 23.8% volatile
96 Israel 67,373 tonnes 2023 down 20.4% rising
97 Panama 63,609 tonnes 2023 up 27.0% rising
98 Mongolia 54,231 tonnes 2023 up 113.6% volatile
99 El Salvador 53,785 tonnes 2023 down 47.7% rising
100 Estonia 53,232 tonnes 2023 up 1.3% rising
101 New Zealand 52,291 tonnes 2023 down 6.7% rising
102 Georgia 51,755 tonnes 2023 up 69.6% falling
103 Afghanistan 51,699 tonnes 2023 up 36.2% volatile
104 Burundi 51,473 tonnes 2023 up 361.2% volatile
105 Bolivia 47,570 tonnes 2023 up 8.5% volatile
106 Jordan 47,149 tonnes 2023 up 55.8% volatile
107 Togo 46,022 tonnes 2023 up 48.1% volatile
108 Democratic Republic of Congo 41,394 tonnes 2023 up 301.1% volatile
109 Papua New Guinea 40,800 tonnes 2023 up 37.7% volatile
110 Bosnia and Herzegovina 40,106 tonnes 2023 down 60.9% volatile
111 Switzerland 39,601 tonnes 2023 down 31.0% falling
112 Albania 39,034 tonnes 2023 down 28.3% volatile
113 Libya 37,904 tonnes 2023 down 39.1% volatile
114 Rwanda 36,888 tonnes 2023 up 179.0% volatile
115 Chad 34,586 tonnes 2023 up 72.1% volatile
116 Belize 33,754 tonnes 2023 up 11.2% volatile
117 North Korea 33,674 tonnes 2023 down 81.0% volatile
118 Kyrgyzstan 33,010 tonnes 2023 down 5.9% flat
119 Senegal 32,540 tonnes 2023 down 17.9% volatile
120 Angola 32,330 tonnes 2023 down 28.8% volatile
121 Oman 26,266 tonnes 2023 up 41.7% volatile
122 Lebanon 25,513 tonnes 2023 down 30.7% rising
123 Slovenia 24,846 tonnes 2023 down 16.2% falling
124 Botswana 24,201 tonnes 2023 up 7.4% volatile
125 Uganda 23,023 tonnes 2023 up 36.8% volatile
126 North Macedonia 22,577 tonnes 2023 down 21.5% falling
127 Madagascar 21,816 tonnes 2023 up 51.5% volatile
128 Namibia 21,648 tonnes 2023 up 149.2% volatile
129 Guyana 19,539 tonnes 2023 down 24.4% rising
130 Armenia 17,755 tonnes 2023 down 70.0% volatile
131 Guinea 17,505 tonnes 2023 up 97.6% volatile
132 Cyprus 16,846 tonnes 2023 up 14.9% falling
133 United Arab Emirates 16,470 tonnes 2023 down 24.2% volatile
134 Gabon 16,335 tonnes 2023 up 395.5% volatile
135 Suriname 15,129 tonnes 2023 up 47.6% volatile
136 Eswatini 14,329 tonnes 2023 up 34.1% rising
137 Niger 13,719 tonnes 2023 up 28.9% volatile
138 Iceland 11,773 tonnes 2023 down 42.5% falling
139 Cuba 11,005 tonnes 2023 down 92.3% volatile
140 Yemen 10,338 tonnes 2023 down 71.7% volatile
141 Palestine 8,360 tonnes 2023 down 18.2% falling
142 Fiji 7,921 tonnes 2023 up 41.5% volatile
143 Mauritius 7,587 tonnes 2023 down 59.2% falling
144 Kuwait 7,535 tonnes 2023 up 31.4% volatile
145 Jamaica 7,105 tonnes 2023 down 28.8% falling
146 Gambia 6,853 tonnes 2023 up 3,648.6% volatile
147 Liberia 5,838 tonnes 2023 up 3.6% volatile
148 Congo 5,687 tonnes 2023 up 253.5% volatile
149 Guinea-Bissau 5,384 tonnes 2023 up 23.3% volatile
150 Qatar 5,045 tonnes 2023 up 12.1% volatile
151 Luxembourg 4,492 tonnes 2023 down 32.7% falling
152 Haiti 4,424 tonnes 2023 down 64.7% volatile
153 Sierra Leone 4,233 tonnes 2023 up 34.5% volatile
154 Trinidad and Tobago 3,883 tonnes 2023 down 49.6% falling
155 Mauritania 3,836 tonnes 2023 up 5.0% volatile
156 Lesotho 3,102 tonnes 2023 down 33.1% volatile
157 French Guiana 2,819 tonnes 2023 up 14.1% volatile
158 Montenegro 2,275 tonnes 2023 down 1.4% volatile
159 Puerto Rico 1,843 tonnes 2023 down 37.9% rising
160 Vanuatu 1,547 tonnes 2023 up 11.7% volatile
161 New Caledonia 1,486 tonnes 2023 up 9.5% rising
162 Eritrea 1,294 tonnes 2023 up 57.1% volatile
163 Bhutan 981.54 tonnes 2023 down 19.4% volatile
164 Hong Kong 967.32 tonnes 2023 down 39.0% falling
165 Bahamas 818.62 tonnes 2021 down 34.0% volatile
166 Malta 815.67 tonnes 2023 up 11.5% rising
167 Brunei 709 tonnes 2023 up 217.9% volatile
168 Equatorial Guinea 647.7 tonnes 2023 up 62.3% volatile
169 Reunion 636.65 tonnes 2023 down 1.2% volatile
170 Saint Lucia 533.43 tonnes 2023 up 58.4% volatile
171 South Sudan 463.36 tonnes 2023 — volatile
172 Martinique 412.27 tonnes 2023 down 16.4% volatile
173 Maldives 370.88 tonnes 2023 down 50.9% volatile
174 French Polynesia 327.18 tonnes 2023 down 46.0% falling
175 Sao Tome and Principe 272.16 tonnes 2023 up 100.6% rising
176 Comoros 261.96 tonnes 2023 up 2,675.0% volatile
177 Barbados 226.08 tonnes 2023 down 82.2% volatile
178 Grenada 194.88 tonnes 2023 down 23.9% flat
179 Cape Verde 177.12 tonnes 2023 up 36.1% rising
180 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 139.2 tonnes 2023 down 23.9% volatile
181 Bahrain 98.03 tonnes 2023 down 93.0% volatile
182 Tonga 92.07 tonnes 2023 down 39.3% volatile
183 Seychelles 86.32 tonnes 2023 up 68.5% volatile
184 Djibouti 85.72 tonnes 2023 up 83.4% volatile
185 Central African Republic 80.36 tonnes 2023 down 69.9% volatile
186 Singapore 76.3 tonnes 2023 down 11.7% volatile
187 Bermuda 48.2 tonnes 2023 down 52.6% falling
188 Faroe Islands 42.47 tonnes 2023 down 93.5% volatile
189 Saint Kitts and Nevis 26.01 tonnes 2023 — volatile
190 Aruba 16.52 tonnes 2023 down 55.2% volatile
191 Micronesia (country) 14.4 tonnes 2023 up 244.5% volatile
192 Samoa 11.45 tonnes 2023 down 49.9% volatile
193 Cook Islands 9.99 tonnes 2023 down 57.2% volatile
194 Palau 8.58 tonnes 2023 down 80.9% volatile
195 Tuvalu 2.57 tonnes 2023 down 80.8% falling
196 Antigua and Barbuda 0 tonnes 2023 down 100.0% volatile
196 Dominica 0 tonnes 2023 down 100.0% volatile
196 Kiribati 0 tonnes 2023 down 100.0% volatile
196 Nauru 0 tonnes 2023 — volatile
196 Solomon Islands 0 tonnes 2023 down 100.0% volatile
196 Guadeloupe 0 tonnes 2023 — volatile

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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).