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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |