Potash fertilizer application per hectare of cropland by country
Countries reporting
201
Highest
251.73
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0
Guadeloupe
Median
7.47
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,745
What the numbers show
Potash fertilizer application per hectare of cropland is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 251.73 in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0 in Guadeloupe.
The median across all reporting countries is 7.47, and the mean is 19.75.
Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Armenia (up 3,612.5%), and the largest decrease in Cook Islands (down 100.0%).
Potash fertilizer application per hectare of cropland: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 251.73 | 2023 | down 91.3% | volatile |
| 1 | Cook Islands | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Kuwait | 180 | 2023 | up 58.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Malaysia | 180 | 2023 | up 65.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Taiwan, China | 127.6 | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 5 | Brazil | 124.43 | 2023 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 122.34 | 2023 | up 127.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Qatar | 100.87 | 2023 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Oman | 95.03 | 2023 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Belarus | 89.68 | 2023 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 10 | Israel | 89.5 | 2023 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 11 | Colombia | 70.49 | 2023 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 12 | China | 69.08 | 2023 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Ireland | 68.76 | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 14 | Hong Kong, China | 67.31 | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 63 | 2023 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Republic of Korea | 61.23 | 2023 | down 29.6% | rising |
| 17 | Bermuda | 58.29 | 2023 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 18 | French Guiana | 56.91 | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 19 | Paraguay | 56.52 | 2023 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Belgium | 55.62 | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 21 | New Caledonia | 54.43 | 2023 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Thailand | 50.26 | 2023 | up 88.2% | volatile |
| 23 | Norway | 48.02 | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 24 | Ecuador | 46.99 | 2023 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Belize | 45.12 | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Indonesia | 44.53 | 2023 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Japan | 43.9 | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 28 | Trinidad and Tobago | 41.55 | 2023 | up 50.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Uzbekistan | 41.2 | 2023 | up 162.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Singapore | 35.93 | 2023 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Viet Nam | 35.66 | 2023 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Croatia | 34.51 | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 33 | Egypt | 33.76 | 2023 | up 79.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Montenegro | 33.68 | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 35 | Mauritius | 32.88 | 2023 | down 66.4% | falling |
| 36 | Uruguay | 32.41 | 2023 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Honduras | 31.77 | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Sri Lanka | 30.46 | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 39 | Jordan | 28.53 | 2023 | up 172.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Netherlands | 27.75 | 2023 | up 47.4% | falling |
| 41 | Poland | 27.66 | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 42 | Cyprus | 26.81 | 2023 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Guatemala | 25.11 | 2023 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 44 | United States of America | 24.84 | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 45 | Bahrain | 23.91 | 2023 | down 52.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Brunei Darussalam | 23.4 | 2023 | up 203.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Germany | 22.9 | 2023 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Philippines | 22.9 | 2023 | up 76.3% | volatile |
| 49 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 22.67 | 2023 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 50 | Portugal | 22.28 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 51 | USSR | 22.24 | 1991 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 52 | New Zealand | 22.17 | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 53 | Saudi Arabia | 22.14 | 2023 | up 247.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Lithuania | 21.83 | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 55 | Panama | 21.42 | 2023 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Canada | 20.51 | 2023 | up 149.8% | rising |
| 57 | Denmark | 20.46 | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 58 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.48 | 2023 | up 149.4% | rising |
| 59 | Guyana | 19.21 | 2023 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Slovenia | 18.95 | 2023 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 61 | Spain | 18.48 | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 62 | Latvia | 18.45 | 2023 | down 18.4% | rising |
| 63 | Malta | 18.29 | 2023 | up 109.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Serbia | 18.21 | 2023 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 65 | Switzerland | 17.92 | 2023 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 66 | Fiji | 17.59 | 2023 | up 135.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Bahamas | 17.08 | 2021 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Iceland | 16.12 | 2023 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 69 | Eswatini | 15.32 | 2023 | up 68.7% | falling |
| 70 | United Arab Emirates | 15.3 | 2023 | up 84.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Austria | 15.12 | 2023 | down 33.0% | falling |
| 72 | South Africa | 14.99 | 2023 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 73 | Italy | 14.65 | 2023 | up 20.1% | flat |
| 74 | Lebanon | 14.62 | 2023 | down 50.2% | rising |
| 75 | Dominican Republic | 14.3 | 2023 | up 467.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Greece | 14.19 | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 77 | Peru | 13.48 | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Seychelles | 13.08 | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Gabon | 12.96 | 2023 | up 402.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Botswana | 12.38 | 2023 | up 1,929.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Maldives | 12.33 | 2023 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 82 | France | 12.29 | 2023 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 83 | Nicaragua | 12.24 | 2023 | up 547.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Hungary | 11.9 | 2023 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Finland | 11.84 | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 86 | Estonia | 11.37 | 2023 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Saint Lucia | 11.17 | 2023 | up 78.7% | volatile |
| 88 | India | 11.16 | 2023 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Romania | 10.92 | 2023 | up 199.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Papua New Guinea | 10.84 | 2023 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Vanuatu | 10.67 | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Sweden | 10.05 | 2023 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 93 | Slovakia | 9.85 | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 94 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 9.29 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Kenya | 9.03 | 2023 | up 166.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Suriname | 8.82 | 2023 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Turkmenistan | 8.48 | 2023 | — | falling |
| 98 | Georgia | 8.05 | 2023 | up 133.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Jamaica | 7.95 | 2023 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Czechia | 7.56 | 2023 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 101 | Luxembourg | 7.47 | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 102 | Bulgaria | 7.37 | 2023 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Malawi | 7.15 | 2023 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Palestine, State of | 6.91 | 2023 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 105 | Australia | 6.63 | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 106 | Myanmar | 6.6 | 2023 | up 560.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Türkiye | 6.08 | 2023 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Cameroon | 6.06 | 2023 | up 210.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Ukraine | 5.61 | 2023 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 110 | North Macedonia | 5.59 | 2023 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 111 | Morocco | 5.36 | 2023 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Senegal | 5.3 | 2023 | up 134.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Mexico | 4.98 | 2023 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Congo | 4.93 | 2023 | up 413.5% | volatile |
| 115 | Rwanda | 4.91 | 2023 | up 248.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Martinique | 4.8 | 2023 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Aruba | 4.78 | 2023 | down 44.2% | rising |
| 117 | Grenada | 4.78 | 2023 | down 44.2% | rising |
| 117 | Puerto Rico | 4.78 | 2023 | down 44.2% | rising |
| 117 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.78 | 2023 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Benin | 4.77 | 2023 | up 287.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 4.71 | 2023 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 123 | El Salvador | 4.46 | 2023 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Burkina Faso | 4.43 | 2023 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Ghana | 4.4 | 2023 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.34 | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 126 | Republic of Moldova | 4.34 | 2023 | up 267.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Russian Federation | 4.34 | 2023 | up 108.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Barbados | 4.32 | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Zambia | 4.06 | 2023 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 131 | Togo | 3.45 | 2023 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Nepal | 3.4 | 2023 | up 214.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 3.35 | 2023 | up 1,188.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Albania | 3.15 | 2023 | up 176.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Algeria | 3.13 | 2023 | down 19.9% | flat |
| 136 | Armenia | 2.97 | 2023 | up 3,612.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 2.61 | 2023 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Azerbaijan | 2.52 | 2023 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Cambodia | 2.47 | 2023 | up 258.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Chile | 2.45 | 2023 | up 14.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.4 | 2023 | up 1,042.9% | volatile |
| 142 | French Polynesia | 2.26 | 2023 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 143 | Burundi | 2.21 | 2023 | up 636.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.18 | 2023 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Liberia | 2.18 | 2023 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Mauritania | 2.18 | 2023 | up 51.4% | rising |
| 147 | Mozambique | 2.08 | 2023 | up 201.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.07 | 2023 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 148 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.07 | 2023 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 148 | Chad | 2.07 | 2023 | up 73.9% | rising |
| 151 | Réunion | 1.85 | 2023 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Djibouti | 1.83 | 2023 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Haiti | 1.57 | 2023 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Gambia | 1.55 | 2023 | up 1,450.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Angola | 1.49 | 2023 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Pakistan | 1.48 | 2023 | up 134.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Bhutan | 1.4 | 2023 | down 18.6% | rising |
| 158 | Mali | 1.26 | 2023 | up 35.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Lesotho | 1.2 | 2023 | up 313.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Libya | 1.12 | 2023 | up 187.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Zimbabwe | 1.11 | 2023 | down 70.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.08 | 2023 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Cuba | 1.02 | 2023 | down 91.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Yemen | 0.9 | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Argentina | 0.89 | 2023 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Madagascar | 0.88 | 2023 | up 66.0% | flat |
| 167 | Tunisia | 0.79 | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 168 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.76 | 2023 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 169 | Iraq | 0.74 | 2023 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.73 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Uganda | 0.7 | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Comoros | 0.68 | 2023 | up 2,166.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Nigeria | 0.52 | 2023 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Sierra Leone | 0.5 | 2023 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Cape Verde | 0.48 | 2023 | up 45.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Namibia | 0.42 | 2023 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.41 | 2023 | up 355.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Tonga | 0.4 | 2023 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Tuvalu | 0.37 | 2023 | down 83.3% | falling |
| 180 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.35 | 2023 | up 1,650.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.26 | 2023 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Tajikistan | 0.17 | 2023 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 183 | Niger | 0.12 | 2023 | up 71.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Palau | 0.12 | 2023 | down 91.6% | volatile |
| 185 | Ethiopia | 0.11 | 2023 | up 1,000.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Kazakhstan | 0.1 | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 187 | Sudan | 0.08 | 2023 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 188 | Guinea | 0.04 | 2023 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 189 | Samoa | 0.01 | 2023 | down 91.7% | volatile |
| 190 | Afghanistan | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Central African Republic | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Dominica | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Eritrea | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Kiribati | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Mongolia | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Naoero | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | South Sudan | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Guadeloupe | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |