Phosphate application per hectare of cropland by country

Countries reporting
201
Highest
257.21
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0
Martinique
Median
10.66
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,965

What the numbers show

Phosphate application per hectare of cropland is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 257.21 in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0 in Martinique.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.66, and the mean is 17.24.

Over the past decade 84 countries rose and 109 fell. The largest increase was in Comoros (up 3,100.0%), and the largest decrease in Cook Islands (down 100.0%).

Phosphate application per hectare of cropland: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Faroe Islands 257.21 2023 down 91.1% volatile
1 Cook Islands 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
2 Kuwait 185 2023 up 339.3% volatile
3 Taiwan 130.81 2023 down 21.4% falling
4 Bangladesh 117.63 2023 up 100.0% volatile
5 Belize 83.55 2023 up 9.5% volatile
6 China (People’s Republic of) 73.4 2023 down 29.4% volatile
7 Hong Kong (China) 73.17 2023 down 27.1% flat
8 Brazil 69.99 2023 down 11.2% volatile
9 Japan 63.56 2023 down 17.6% falling
10 Egypt 59.07 2023 down 21.1% rising
11 Bermuda 57.02 2023 down 29.6% volatile
12 Viet Nam 55.42 2023 down 33.7% volatile
13 Korea 51.55 2023 down 38.2% rising
14 French Guiana 50.09 2023 up 1.7% rising
15 Paraguay 49.72 2023 up 12.4% volatile
16 India 49.35 2023 up 48.4% volatile
17 Qatar 44.46 2023 down 0.2% volatile
18 New Caledonia 40.82 2023 up 7.6% volatile
19 Uruguay 40.66 2023 down 58.3% volatile
20 United Arab Emirates 40.18 2023 down 24.4% rising
21 Chile 36.55 2023 down 18.4% volatile
22 Thailand 36.22 2023 up 40.4% volatile
23 Cyprus 35.81 2023 down 14.0% rising
24 Colombia 34.52 2023 down 39.8% volatile
25 Montenegro 33.16 2023 down 22.9% falling
26 Pakistan 32.1 2023 up 14.7% volatile
27 Costa Rica 30.82 2023 down 1.8% rising
28 Türkiye 30.7 2023 up 17.4% rising
29 Canada 29.36 2023 up 30.0% rising
30 USSR 28.81 1991 up 13.6% rising
31 Croatia 28.7 2023 down 5.0% falling
32 Guyana 27.43 2023 down 31.4% volatile
33 Serbia 26.69 2023 down 21.7% falling
34 Norway 24.67 2023 up 3.2% falling
35 Burundi 24.47 2023 up 405.6% volatile
36 Romania 23.82 2023 up 92.3% volatile
37 United States 23.73 2023 down 11.8% rising
38 Slovenia 23.46 2023 down 10.7% falling
39 Brunei 23.2 2023 up 205.3% volatile
40 Saudi Arabia 22.29 2023 down 8.9% volatile
41 Bulgaria 22.03 2023 up 52.8% volatile
42 Honduras 21.96 2023 up 57.0% volatile
43 South Africa 21.67 2023 up 11.5% falling
44 Lebanon 21.52 2023 down 39.2% volatile
45 Trinidad and Tobago 21.33 2023 up 150.6% volatile
46 Eswatini 20.95 2023 up 18.8% rising
47 Guatemala 20.59 2023 down 15.9% rising
48 Portugal 20.28 2023 down 3.5% rising
49 Belarus 19.43 2023 down 46.9% volatile
50 Oman 18.71 2023 down 19.2% volatile
51 Palestine 18.55 2023 down 6.5% flat
52 Nepal 18.35 2023 up 20.7% volatile
53 Philippines 18.23 2023 down 0.7% volatile
54 Singapore 18.06 2023 down 31.6% volatile
55 Malaysia 17.86 2023 down 28.0% rising
56 Argentina 17.62 2023 up 18.4% volatile
57 Turkmenistan 17.37 2023 up 499.0% volatile
58 Albania 17.35 2023 down 47.3% volatile
59 Australia 17.23 2023 down 7.6% falling
60 Greece 16.95 2023 up 5.3% falling
61 Uzbekistan 16.94 2023 down 62.3% flat
62 Latvia 16.74 2023 down 16.8% rising
63 Seychelles 16.5 2023 up 120.3% volatile
64 Poland 16.46 2023 down 39.9% falling
65 Mexico 16.36 2023 up 23.2% rising
66 New Zealand 16.3 2023 down 25.7% falling
67 Bahamas 16.24 2021 down 39.3% falling
68 Lithuania 16.11 2023 down 10.1% rising
69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15.71 2023 up 98.6% rising
70 Bahrain 15.54 2022 down 18.6% volatile
71 Ireland 15.35 2023 down 59.4% falling
72 Panama 15.26 2023 down 17.1% rising
73 Maldives 14.8 2023 down 68.0% volatile
74 Tunisia 14.73 2023 up 43.8% rising
75 Spain 14.68 2023 down 41.9% rising
76 Mauritius 14.56 2022 down 66.8% rising
77 Georgia 14.54 2023 up 31.6% volatile
78 El Salvador 14.27 2023 down 33.2% falling
79 Iraq 14.07 2023 up 2.3% volatile
80 Slovak Republic 13.77 2023 down 7.2% rising
81 Kenya 13.47 2023 down 39.2% volatile
82 Indonesia 13.19 2023 down 47.3% volatile
83 Botswana 13.02 2023 up 843.5% volatile
84 Austria 12.81 2023 down 31.9% falling
85 Cambodia 12.71 2023 up 26.1% volatile
86 Hungary 12.67 2023 down 25.2% volatile
87 Israel 12.58 2023 down 37.9% falling
88 Saint Lucia 12.1 2023 up 61.3% volatile
89 France 12.09 2023 down 46.4% volatile
90 Jordan 12.04 2023 up 76.0% volatile
91 Zambia 11.97 2023 up 48.1% volatile
92 United Kingdom 11.73 2023 down 45.5% falling
93 Suriname 11.53 2023 down 63.1% volatile
94 Czechia 11.43 2023 down 29.8% rising
95 Morocco 11.42 2023 down 53.2% volatile
96 Ecuador 11.02 2023 down 26.4% volatile
97 Jamaica 10.96 2023 down 30.9% rising
98 Germany 10.83 2023 down 48.8% volatile
99 Malawi 10.81 2023 up 56.4% volatile
100 Libya 10.69 2023 down 27.5% volatile
101 Belgium 10.66 2023 down 63.3% volatile
102 Sweden 10.6 2023 up 1.5% volatile
103 Italy 10.55 2023 down 44.0% falling
104 Ethiopia 10.51 2023 up 60.0% rising
105 Finland 10.5 2023 down 8.8% volatile
106 Benin 10.28 2023 up 729.0% volatile
107 Denmark 9.9 2023 down 31.0% falling
108 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 9.81 2023 down 1.9% volatile
109 Switzerland 9.77 2023 down 60.1% volatile
110 Peru 9.76 2023 down 28.4% volatile
111 Rwanda 9.63 2023 up 252.7% volatile
112 Malta 9.39 2023 up 35.7% volatile
113 Estonia 9.37 2023 down 16.2% rising
114 Iceland 9.25 2023 down 83.6% falling
115 Azerbaijan 8.99 2023 up 93.3% volatile
116 Gabon 8.85 2023 up 490.0% volatile
117 Nicaragua 8.66 2023 up 28.9% volatile
118 Netherlands 8.15 2023 up 6.8% volatile
119 Moldova 8.12 2023 up 106.6% volatile
120 North Macedonia 7.88 2023 down 35.1% falling
121 Myanmar 7.14 2023 up 567.3% volatile
122 Kyrgyzstan 6.93 2023 up 58.6% volatile
123 Algeria 6.89 2023 down 18.5% volatile
124 Reunion 6.79 2023 up 25.3% volatile
125 Djibouti 6.72 2023 up 24.0% volatile
126 Ukraine 6.42 2023 down 8.8% volatile
127 Barbados 6.33 2023 up 603.3% volatile
128 Iran 6.25 2023 down 49.5% volatile
129 Luxembourg 6.19 2023 down 52.0% falling
130 Russia 6.05 2023 up 70.4% rising
131 Fiji 5.96 2023 up 5.3% volatile
132 Sri Lanka 5.37 2023 down 71.9% rising
133 Tanzania 4.81 2023 up 142.9% volatile
134 Côte d’Ivoire 4.38 2023 up 12.0% volatile
135 Burkina Faso 4.33 2023 up 34.5% volatile
136 Bolivia 4.04 2023 up 34.2% volatile
137 Aruba 3.48 2023 down 61.5% volatile
137 Grenada 3.48 2023 down 61.5% volatile
137 Puerto Rico 3.48 2023 down 61.5% volatile
137 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.48 2023 down 61.5% volatile
141 Togo 3.45 2023 up 13.5% volatile
142 Ghana 3.31 2023 down 42.5% volatile
143 Tajikistan 2.93 2023 up 10.2% volatile
144 Mozambique 2.71 2023 up 515.9% volatile
144 Syria 2.71 2023 down 58.6% volatile
146 Venezuela 2.63 2023 down 93.0% volatile
147 Micronesia (country) 2.4 2023 up 566.7% volatile
148 French Polynesia 2.26 2023 down 67.0% falling
149 Guinea-Bissau 1.99 2023 up 30.9% volatile
149 Liberia 1.99 2023 up 30.9% volatile
149 Mauritania 1.99 2023 up 30.9% volatile
149 Papua New Guinea 1.99 2023 up 541.9% volatile
153 Afghanistan 1.97 2023 up 418.4% volatile
154 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.89 2023 volatile
155 Cameroon 1.72 2023 up 31.3% volatile
156 Yemen 1.67 2023 down 70.5% volatile
157 Bhutan 1.57 2023 down 33.5% volatile
158 Haiti 1.56 2023 down 39.1% volatile
159 Congo 1.54 2023 up 165.5% volatile
160 Gambia 1.49 2023 up 727.8% volatile
161 Armenia 1.45 2023 up 30.6% volatile
162 Lesotho 1.43 2023 up 142.4% volatile
163 Kazakhstan 1.4 2023 up 60.9% volatile
164 Sudan 1.27 2023 up 807.1% volatile
165 Equatorial Guinea 1.24 2023 up 63.2% volatile
165 Sao Tome and Principe 1.24 2023 up 63.2% rising
165 Chad 1.24 2023 up 63.2% volatile
168 Madagascar 1.11 2023 up 79.0% volatile
169 Zimbabwe 1.05 2023 down 87.9% falling
170 Nigeria 1.03 2023 up 139.5% volatile
171 Angola 1 2023 down 45.7% volatile
172 Senegal 0.91 2023 down 71.3% volatile
173 Mali 0.84 2023 down 53.1% volatile
174 Namibia 0.69 2023 down 15.9% volatile
175 Comoros 0.64 2023 up 3,100.0% volatile
176 Cuba 0.59 2023 down 92.3% volatile
177 Uganda 0.55 2023 up 22.2% volatile
178 Sierra Leone 0.5 2023 up 31.6% volatile
179 Tonga 0.4 2023 down 71.0% volatile
180 Tuvalu 0.38 2023 down 82.0% falling
181 Cabo Verde 0.33 2023 down 19.5% falling
182 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.28 2023 up 180.0% volatile
183 Niger 0.19 2023 up 35.7% volatile
184 Palau 0.12 2023 down 95.7% volatile
185 Guinea 0.02 2023 down 96.8% volatile
186 Samoa 0.01 2023 down 93.3% volatile
187 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
187 Central African Republic 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
187 Dominica 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
187 Dominican Republic 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
187 Eritrea 0 2023 volatile
187 Kiribati 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
187 Mongolia 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
187 Nauru 0 2023 volatile
187 North Korea 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
187 Solomon Islands 0 2023 volatile
187 South Sudan 0 2023 volatile
187 Vanuatu 0 2023 volatile
187 Guadeloupe 0 2023 volatile
187 Martinique 0 2023 volatile

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Indicator
Phosphate application per hectare of cropland
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
201 places, 9,965 data points, 1961–2023
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