Fertilizer use in kg per hectare of arable land by country
Countries reporting
199
Highest
2,926
Malaysia
Lowest
0
Solomon Islands
Median
87.17
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,157
What the numbers show
Fertilizer use in kg per hectare of arable land is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 2,926 in Malaysia; the lowest is 0 in Solomon Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 87.17, and the mean is 147.7.
Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 4,798.1%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
Fertilizer use in kg per hectare of arable land: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malaysia | 2,926 | 2023 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Kuwait | 2,008 | 2023 | up 306.2% | volatile |
| 3 | New Zealand | 1,291 | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 1,025 | 2023 | up 73.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Ireland | 895.87 | 2023 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 6 | Faroe Islands | 614.29 | 2023 | down 94.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Seychelles | 573.33 | 2023 | up 65.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Egypt | 532.77 | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 9 | Hong Kong | 484 | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 10 | Vietnam | 419.95 | 2023 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 11 | China | 394.02 | 2023 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 391.89 | 2023 | up 54.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Colombia | 372.91 | 2023 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Turkmenistan | 347.31 | 2023 | up 68.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Brazil | 344.09 | 2023 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Belize | 337.54 | 2023 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 326.89 | 2023 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Indonesia | 311.07 | 2023 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 19 | Uzbekistan | 303.04 | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 20 | Oman | 301.46 | 2023 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Thailand | 287.33 | 2023 | up 77.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Suriname | 285.64 | 2023 | up 67.2% | volatile |
| 23 | South Korea | 262.31 | 2023 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 24 | Montenegro | 251.38 | 2023 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Chile | 249.52 | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 26 | New Caledonia | 248.91 | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 27 | Israel | 248.26 | 2023 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 28 | Qatar | 240.24 | 2023 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Netherlands | 238.02 | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 30 | Jordan | 231.13 | 2023 | up 76.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Slovenia | 221.03 | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 32 | Ecuador | 216.91 | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 33 | Norway | 205.14 | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 34 | Japan | 202.84 | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 35 | Guyana | 201.44 | 2023 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 36 | Saint Lucia | 200 | 2023 | up 58.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Palestine | 199.52 | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 38 | Philippines | 199.45 | 2023 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 39 | India | 199.14 | 2023 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Belarus | 198.94 | 2023 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 41 | Guatemala | 196.65 | 2023 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Belgium | 191.66 | 2023 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 43 | United Kingdom | 191.44 | 2023 | down 17.8% | flat |
| 44 | Lebanon | 190.09 | 2023 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 45 | Honduras | 187.97 | 2023 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Cayman Islands | 181.95 | 2020 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 47 | Portugal | 179.16 | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 48 | Brunei | 177.25 | 2023 | up 217.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Uruguay | 174.38 | 2023 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Cyprus | 172.12 | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 51 | Luxembourg | 171.1 | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 52 | Georgia | 170.24 | 2023 | up 131.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Croatia | 169.02 | 2023 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 54 | Pakistan | 160.26 | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Bermuda | 160 | 2023 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Poland | 155.6 | 2023 | down 13.2% | flat |
| 57 | Trinidad and Tobago | 155.36 | 2023 | down 49.6% | rising |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 153.94 | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 59 | Switzerland | 142.7 | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 60 | Greece | 142.18 | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 61 | Turkey | 139.56 | 2023 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Serbia | 137.8 | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 63 | Paraguay | 137.65 | 2023 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Singapore | 137.5 | 2023 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Canada | 132.84 | 2023 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 66 | France | 131.32 | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 67 | San Marino | 130.92 | 2020 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 68 | French Polynesia | 130.4 | 2023 | down 46.3% | falling |
| 69 | Germany | 128.58 | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 128.29 | 2023 | up 17.6% | falling |
| 71 | United States | 127.8 | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 72 | Papua New Guinea | 123.66 | 2023 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Saudi Arabia | 122.42 | 2023 | up 49.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Spain | 115.14 | 2023 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 75 | Italy | 114.11 | 2023 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 76 | Denmark | 113.64 | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 77 | Czechia | 113.44 | 2023 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 78 | Panama | 112.58 | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 79 | Malta | 111.78 | 2023 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 108.4 | 2023 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Austria | 106.42 | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 82 | Slovakia | 106.32 | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 83 | Fiji | 103.14 | 2023 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 84 | Australia | 102.69 | 2023 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 85 | Bahamas | 102.38 | 2021 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Mauritius | 101.16 | 2023 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 87 | Iceland | 97.29 | 2023 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 88 | Latvia | 94.5 | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 89 | Mexico | 94.25 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 90 | Lithuania | 93.8 | 2023 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 91 | Sweden | 93.52 | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 92 | Peru | 93.47 | 2023 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Botswana | 93.08 | 2023 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Tajikistan | 92.94 | 2023 | up 644.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Maldives | 92.75 | 2023 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Romania | 91.57 | 2023 | up 62.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Dominican Republic | 89.55 | 2023 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Hungary | 89.53 | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Malawi | 87.36 | 2023 | up 198.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Finland | 87.17 | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 101 | Eswatini | 80.95 | 2023 | up 34.1% | rising |
| 102 | Laos | 77.41 | 2023 | up 208.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Vanuatu | 77.35 | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Zambia | 77.27 | 2023 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 105 | South Africa | 77.19 | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 106 | Estonia | 74.86 | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 107 | El Salvador | 74.6 | 2023 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 108 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 69.5 | 2023 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Iran | 68.29 | 2023 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Sao Tome and Principe | 68 | 2023 | up 101.5% | rising |
| 111 | Nepal | 67.84 | 2023 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Albania | 66.08 | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Grenada | 64.67 | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 114 | Nicaragua | 64.22 | 2023 | up 86.4% | rising |
| 115 | United States Virgin Islands | 63.54 | 2020 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Jamaica | 59.19 | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 117 | Morocco | 55.05 | 2023 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 118 | North Macedonia | 54.27 | 2023 | down 22.0% | flat |
| 119 | Cambodia | 51.09 | 2023 | up 110.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Moldova | 51.08 | 2023 | up 107.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Venezuela | 50.89 | 2023 | down 74.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Iraq | 50.53 | 2023 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Kenya | 50.46 | 2023 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 124 | Gabon | 50.27 | 2023 | up 395.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Argentina | 50.19 | 2023 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Tunisia | 49.9 | 2023 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Mongolia | 47.43 | 2023 | up 140.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Bahrain | 46.67 | 2023 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Ethiopia | 45.32 | 2023 | up 148.2% | rising |
| 130 | Azerbaijan | 43.84 | 2023 | up 119.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Cote d'Ivoire | 43.78 | 2023 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 132 | Ukraine | 42.52 | 2023 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Armenia | 40.2 | 2023 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Burundi | 38.96 | 2023 | up 267.8% | volatile |
| 135 | American Samoa | 38.61 | 2020 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 136 | Puerto Rico | 36.69 | 2023 | down 33.0% | rising |
| 137 | Benin | 33.17 | 2023 | up 563.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Barbados | 32.43 | 2023 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Rwanda | 31.84 | 2023 | up 203.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Ghana | 28.89 | 2023 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Russia | 28.73 | 2023 | up 87.8% | rising |
| 142 | Djibouti | 28.33 | 2023 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Namibia | 27.07 | 2023 | up 149.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Palau | 26.67 | 2023 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Zimbabwe | 26.21 | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 146 | Kyrgyzstan | 25.66 | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 147 | Myanmar | 24.72 | 2023 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Libya | 22.04 | 2023 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 149 | Tanzania | 20.71 | 2023 | up 67.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Algeria | 20.67 | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 151 | Burkina Faso | 17.77 | 2023 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Togo | 17.36 | 2023 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Syria | 17.32 | 2023 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Cameroon | 16.4 | 2023 | up 63.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Gambia | 15.57 | 2023 | up 3,751.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Mozambique | 15.13 | 2023 | up 156.0% | volatile |
| 157 | North Korea | 14.68 | 2023 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Guinea-Bissau | 13.6 | 2023 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Equatorial Guinea | 12.23 | 2023 | up 65.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Liberia | 11.68 | 2023 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Congo | 10.34 | 2023 | up 253.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Bhutan | 9.81 | 2023 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Yemen | 8.93 | 2023 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 164 | Lesotho | 8.7 | 2023 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Bolivia | 8.55 | 2023 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Mali | 8.54 | 2023 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Mauritania | 8.52 | 2023 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Aruba | 8.5 | 2023 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Senegal | 8.5 | 2023 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Micronesia (country) | 7.5 | 2023 | up 275.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Madagascar | 7.28 | 2023 | up 51.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Sudan | 7.1 | 2023 | up 171.9% | rising |
| 173 | Afghanistan | 6.6 | 2023 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Chad | 6.53 | 2023 | up 62.4% | volatile |
| 175 | Angola | 6 | 2023 | down 36.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.4 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Tonga | 4.55 | 2023 | down 46.1% | volatile |
| 178 | Haiti | 4.41 | 2023 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 179 | Nigeria | 4.24 | 2023 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Comoros | 4.03 | 2023 | up 2,811.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Kazakhstan | 3.88 | 2023 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Cuba | 3.78 | 2023 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Cape Verde | 3.54 | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 184 | Uganda | 3.33 | 2023 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Guinea | 2.91 | 2023 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 186 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.79 | 2023 | up 220.2% | volatile |
| 187 | Sierra Leone | 2.67 | 2023 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 188 | Eritrea | 1.87 | 2023 | up 57.7% | volatile |
| 189 | East Timor | 1.18 | 2022 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Samoa | 1.03 | 2023 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 191 | Niger | 0.7724 | 2023 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 192 | South Sudan | 0.1872 | 2023 | up 4,798.1% | volatile |
| 193 | Somalia | 0.1292 | 2022 | up 2,911.4% | volatile |
| 194 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.125 | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 195 | Central African Republic | 0.0439 | 2023 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Dominica | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Kiribati | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |