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Fertilizer consumption (kilograms per hectare of arable land) by country

Fertilizer consumption measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. For the purpose of data dissemination, FAO has...

Countries reporting
199
Highest
2,926 kilograms per hectare of arable land
Malaysia
Lowest
0 kilograms per hectare of arable land
Solomon Islands
Median
87.17 kilograms per hectare of arable land
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,687

What the numbers show

Fertilizer consumption (kilograms per hectare of arable land) is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 2,926 kilograms per hectare of arable land in Malaysia; the lowest is 0 kilograms per hectare of arable land in Solomon Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 87.17 kilograms per hectare of arable land, and the mean is 147.7 kilograms per hectare of arable land.

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 consumption: full country ranking

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

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Fertilizer consumption (kilograms per hectare of arable land)
Unit
kilograms per hectare of arable land
Source
FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
246 places, 12,687 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Fertilizer consumption measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. For the purpose of data dissemination, FAO has adopted the concept of a calendar year (January to December). Some countries compile fertilizer data on a calendar year basis, while others are on a split-year basis. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.