Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland by country
Agricultural use of all fertilizer products (including nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers) per area of cropland, which corresponds to the sum of arable land and permanent crops.
Countries reporting
201
Highest
606.77 kilograms per hectare
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0 kilograms per hectare
Guadeloupe
Median
60.95 kilograms per hectare
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,286
What the numbers show
Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 606.77 kilograms per hectare in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0 kilograms per hectare in Guadeloupe.
The median across all reporting countries is 60.95 kilograms per hectare, and the mean is 86.52 kilograms per hectare.
Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 3,732.5%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 606.77 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Kuwait | 538.21 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 65.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Taiwan | 418.04 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 4 | Egypt | 407.39 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 5 | Bangladesh | 350.98 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 52.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Turkmenistan | 338.83 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 67.0% | volatile |
| 7 | China | 334.87 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 322.44 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 9 | Costa Rica | 314.57 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 10 | Brazil | 285.34 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 273.27 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 12 | Suriname | 272.93 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 75.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Belize | 255.71 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 14 | South Korea | 252.6 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 15 | Malaysia | 246.15 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Vietnam | 242.57 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Ireland | 230.44 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 18 | Oman | 215.77 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Thailand | 210.88 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 65.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Qatar | 210.21 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Norway | 204.37 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 22 | Belarus | 195.93 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 23 | Colombia | 190.32 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Belgium | 186.64 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 25 | India | 182.04 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 26.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Israel | 180.77 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 27 | United Arab Emirates | 179.6 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 28 | French Guiana | 171.53 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 29 | Japan | 170.31 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 30 | Jordan | 164.11 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 70.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Bermuda | 160.68 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 32 | Montenegro | 158.68 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 33 | Pakistan | 156.46 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Guyana | 155.07 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 35 | Croatia | 154.92 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 36 | Uruguay | 154.22 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 37 | New Caledonia | 153.19 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 9.8% | volatile |
| 38 | United Kingdom | 148.89 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 17.2% | flat |
| 39 | Chile | 141.36 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Paraguay | 135.21 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Cyprus | 132.76 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 42 | Serbia | 127.34 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 43 | Netherlands | 126.46 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 44 | Indonesia | 125.37 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Poland | 124.23 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 13.4% | flat |
| 46 | Bulgaria | 123.48 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 47 | Canada | 123.06 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Georgia | 119.83 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Honduras | 118.27 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Turkey | 118.05 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Singapore | 115.61 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 115.45 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Denmark | 112.22 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 54 | Guatemala | 111.65 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 55 | Czechia | 111.59 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 29.6% | rising |
| 56 | France | 111.42 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 57 | United States | 107.65 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 58 | Slovenia | 106.46 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 59 | Slovakia | 104.95 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 60 | Germany | 103.68 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 61 | Philippines | 99.35 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Malta | 98.38 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Iceland | 97.3 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 64 | Mauritius | 96.09 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 65 | Switzerland | 93.9 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 66 | Latvia | 93.81 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 67 | Panama | 93.41 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 36.9% | rising |
| 67 | Sweden | 93.41 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 69 | Lebanon | 93.04 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 34.3% | rising |
| 70 | Ecuador | 92.56 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Lithuania | 92.47 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 72 | Botswana | 92.37 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Portugal | 91.9 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 74 | Greece | 91.38 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 75 | Austria | 91.25 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 76 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 90.33 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 77 | New Zealand | 88.33 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 78 | Romania | 87.35 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Hungary | 86.4 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Australia | 85.54 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 45.6% | rising |
| 81 | Italy | 85.24 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 82 | USSR | 85.03 kilograms per hectare | 1991 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 83 | Malawi | 83.2 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 196.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Trinidad and Tobago | 82.61 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 49.6% | rising |
| 85 | Sri Lanka | 82.28 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 86 | Spain | 79.71 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 87 | Mexico | 77.2 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 88 | Zambia | 76.48 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Maldives | 75.69 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Tajikistan | 74.82 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 605.2% | volatile |
| 91 | Estonia | 74.45 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 92 | Bahamas | 74.42 kilograms per hectare | 2021 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Palestine | 73.85 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 94 | Eswatini | 73.48 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 95 | Luxembourg | 71.44 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 96 | Brunei | 70.9 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 217.9% | volatile |
| 97 | South Africa | 67.16 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 98 | Finland | 66.12 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 99 | Nepal | 62.8 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 100 | El Salvador | 61.05 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 101 | Iran | 60.95 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Peru | 59.09 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 103 | Laos | 58.84 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 160.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Albania | 57.53 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 57.51 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 106 | Fiji | 57.15 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 47.0% | falling |
| 107 | Saint Lucia | 55.74 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Seychelles | 55.69 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 68.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Nicaragua | 53.65 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 86.4% | rising |
| 110 | North Macedonia | 49.51 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 22.5% | flat |
| 111 | Argentina | 48.89 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Mongolia | 47.2 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 140.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Iraq | 45.71 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Cambodia | 45.22 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 94.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Kenya | 44.81 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Moldova | 44.73 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 110.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Ukraine | 41.45 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Ethiopia | 40.27 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 139.3% | rising |
| 119 | Morocco | 40.18 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 120 | Venezuela | 40.09 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 74.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 38.77 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 117.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Jamaica | 37.79 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 123 | Armenia | 35.27 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 69.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Papua New Guinea | 33.58 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Gabon | 33 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 395.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Burundi | 30.8 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 287.4% | volatile |
| 127 | Tunisia | 28.55 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 128 | Russia | 28.27 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 87.5% | rising |
| 129 | Barbados | 28.26 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Benin | 28.22 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 616.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Grenada | 27.84 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 131 | Puerto Rico | 27.84 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 131 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27.84 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Namibia | 26.66 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 148.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Zimbabwe | 25.91 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 136 | Rwanda | 24.64 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 192.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Martinique | 24.47 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Kyrgyzstan | 24.21 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 139 | Bahrain | 23.91 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Reunion | 22.21 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Djibouti | 21.98 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Myanmar | 21.74 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Libya | 18.49 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Ghana | 18.35 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Algeria | 18.24 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 146 | Tanzania | 18.01 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 66.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Togo | 16.32 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Burkina Faso | 16.31 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Gambia | 15.33 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 3,732.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Cote d'Ivoire | 14.71 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 151 | Mozambique | 14.13 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 153.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Syria | 14 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 153 | North Korea | 13.23 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Cameroon | 12.87 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 59.9% | volatile |
| 155 | French Polynesia | 11.48 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 51.7% | falling |
| 156 | Vanuatu | 10.67 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Congo | 8.73 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 242.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Bhutan | 8.61 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Lesotho | 8.6 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 53.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Guinea-Bissau | 8.34 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Liberia | 8.34 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Mauritania | 8.34 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Senegal | 8.32 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Aruba | 8.26 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 55.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Mali | 8.25 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Bolivia | 8.18 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Micronesia (country) | 7.2 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 244.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Yemen | 7.12 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Sudan | 7.03 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 171.4% | rising |
| 170 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.49 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Sao Tome and Principe | 6.48 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 171 | Chad | 6.48 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 62.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Afghanistan | 6.37 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Madagascar | 6.06 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Angola | 5.67 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 35.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Cook Islands | 5.26 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.1 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Kazakhstan | 3.86 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Palau | 3.73 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 80.9% | volatile |
| 180 | Nigeria | 3.54 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Haiti | 3.39 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Cape Verde | 3.28 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 183 | Cuba | 3.09 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Tonga | 2.97 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Uganda | 2.53 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 186 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.45 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 214.1% | volatile |
| 187 | Sierra Leone | 2.42 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Guinea | 2.4 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 189 | Comoros | 2.22 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 2,675.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Eritrea | 1.87 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 191 | Tuvalu | 1.43 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 80.8% | falling |
| 192 | Niger | 0.77 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 193 | Samoa | 0.27 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 194 | South Sudan | 0.18 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 195 | Central African Republic | 0.03 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 78.6% | volatile |
| 196 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Dominica | 0 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Kiribati | 0 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Nauru | 0 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 196 | Solomon Islands | 0 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 196 | Guadeloupe | 0 kilograms per hectare | 2023 | — | volatile |
About this data
Agricultural use of all fertilizer products (including nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers) per area of cropland, which corresponds to the sum of arable land and permanent crops.