Fertilizer consumption by country

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

Countries reporting
195
Highest
42.72 million tonnes
China
Lowest
0 tonnes
Solomon Islands
Median
53,232 tonnes
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,286

What the numbers show

Fertilizer consumption is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 42.72 million tonnes in China; the lowest is 0 tonnes in Solomon Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 53,232 tonnes, and the mean is 936,315 tonnes.

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

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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).