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Fertilizer production by nutrient type, 1961 to 2022

Total fertilizer production by nutrient type (nitrogen, phosphate and potash), measured in tonnes of nutrient.

Potash fertilizer production FAO
tonnes
Phosphate fertilizer production FAO
tonnes
Nitrogen fertilizer production FAO
tonnes
Country/area
1961
2022
Absolute Change
Relative Change
1961
2022
Absolute Change
Relative Change
1961
2022
Absolute Change
Relative Change
Afghanistan0.00 t1,541.00 t14,416.00 t
Albania0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Algeria0.00 t15,000.00 t32,400.00 t+17,400.00 t+116%1,043,200.00 t
Angola0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Antigua and Barbuda0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Argentina737.00 t1,000.00 t75,933.80 t+74,933.80 t+7,493%2,100.00 t510,238.20 t+508,138.20 t+24,197%
Armenia0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Aruba0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Australia0.00 t584,844.00 t634,946.50 t+50,102.50 t+9%24,421.00 t353,218.10 t+328,797.10 t+1,346%
Austria38,560.00 t172,380.00 t
Azerbaijan0.00 t0.00 t165,432.17 t
Bahamas0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Bahrain0.00 t0.00 t308,374.80 t
Bangladesh0.00 t82,800.00 t7,768.00 t379,840.00 t+372,072.00 t+4,790%
Barbados0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Belarus7,562,153.00 t215,017.00 t958,943.00 t
Belgium0.00 t229,609.72 t727,352.20 t
Belize0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Benin0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Bermuda0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Bhutan0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Bolivia28,279.29 t0.00 t167,717.38 t
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.00 t0.00 t22,519.32 t
Botswana0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Brazil193,116.00 t113,626.00 t2,016,994.10 t+1,903,368.10 t+1,675%12,021.00 t836,234.06 t+824,213.06 t+6,856%
Brunei0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Bulgaria0.00 t55,764.00 t0.00 t-55,764.00 t-100%87,727.00 t644,550.00 t+556,823.00 t+635%
Burkina Faso0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Burundi0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Cambodia0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Cameroon0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Canada13,551,900.00 t236,909.00 t0.00 t-236,909.00 t-100%307,284.00 t3,399,720.00 t+3,092,436.00 t+1,006%
Cape Verde0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Central African Republic0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Chad0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Chile54,738.00 t943,014.94 t+888,276.94 t+1,623%3,304.00 t173,812.00 t94,040.51 t-79,771.49 t-46%
China2,000.00 t4,134,433.20 t+4,132,433.20 t+206,622%146,000.00 t12,867,517.00 t+12,721,517.00 t+8,713%228,000.00 t25,568,398.00 t+25,340,398.00 t+11,114%
Colombia91,800.00 t5,000.00 t59,100.00 t+54,100.00 t+1,082%90,500.00 t
Comoros0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Congo0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Cook Islands0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Costa Rica0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Cote d'Ivoire0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Croatia12,894.00 t14,242.00 t49,020.16 t
Cuba0.00 t10,000.00 t0.00 t-10,000.00 t-100%2,260.27 t
Cyprus0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Czechia0.00 t0.00 t129,986.95 t
Czechoslovakia145,022.00 t146,200.00 t
Democratic Republic of Congo0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Denmark0.00 t90,048.00 t0.00 t-90,048.00 t-100%0.00 t
Djibouti0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Dominica0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Dominican Republic0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
East Timor0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Ecuador0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Egypt0.00 t25,650.00 t290,000.00 t+264,350.00 t+1,031%106,475.00 t3,605,600.00 t+3,499,125.00 t+3,286%
El Salvador0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Equatorial Guinea0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Eritrea0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Estonia0.00 t0.00 t263.98 t
Eswatini0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Ethiopia0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Faroe Islands0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Fiji0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Finland900.00 t0.00 t-900.00 t-100%68,162.00 t25,355.79 t-42,806.21 t-63%51,065.00 t104,779.68 t+53,714.68 t+105%
France1,691,900.00 t0.00 t-1,691,900.00 t-100%811,800.00 t0.00 t-811,800.00 t-100%772,600.00 t30,905.67 t-741,694.33 t-96%
French Polynesia
Gabon0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Gambia0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Georgia0.00 t0.00 t166,830.16 t
Germany3,710,700.00 t2,406,002.80 t-1,304,697.20 t-35%895,956.00 t0.00 t-895,956.00 t-100%1,442,281.00 t1,005,535.25 t-436,745.75 t-30%
Ghana0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Greece0.00 t50,450.00 t146,887.88 t+96,437.88 t+191%216,954.44 t
Greenland0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Grenada0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Guatemala0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Guinea0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Guinea-Bissau0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Guyana0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Haiti0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Honduras0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Hong Kong0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Hungary12,729.00 t55,871.00 t14,277.00 t-41,594.00 t-74%67,657.00 t396,910.00 t+329,253.00 t+487%
Iceland0.00 t0.00 t7,129.00 t0.00 t-7,129.00 t-100%
India0.00 t65,400.00 t5,007,700.00 t+4,942,300.00 t+7,557%154,299.00 t15,737,800.00 t+15,583,501.00 t+10,100%
Indonesia0.00 t575,938.80 t3,963,695.80 t
Iran0.00 t0.00 t1,826,568.00 t
Iraq0.00 t0.00 t109,871.92 t
Ireland0.00 t64,308.00 t0.00 t-64,308.00 t-100%0.00 t
Israel85,095.00 t2,620,311.80 t+2,535,216.80 t+2,979%13,561.00 t461,805.44 t+448,244.44 t+3,305%16,122.00 t14,773.72 t-1,348.28 t-8%
Italy87,346.00 t0.00 t-87,346.00 t-100%423,202.00 t161,680.00 t-261,522.00 t-62%688,747.00 t480,893.00 t-207,854.00 t-30%
Jamaica0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Japan0.00 t493,460.00 t170,240.55 t-323,219.45 t-66%1,088,600.00 t496,081.22 t-592,518.78 t-54%
Jordan1,598,200.00 t383,400.00 t151,100.00 t
Kazakhstan209.00 t195,729.00 t162,163.20 t
Kenya0.00 t600.00 t0.00 t-600.00 t-100%0.00 t
Kiribati0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Kuwait0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Kyrgyzstan0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Laos0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Latvia
Lebanon0.00 t5,700.00 t43,800.00 t+38,100.00 t+668%0.00 t
Lesotho0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Liberia0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Libya0.00 t0.00 t15,000.00 t
Lithuania0.00 t97,747.68 t431,096.12 t
Luxembourg0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Madagascar0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Malawi0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Malaysia0.00 t0.00 t895,200.00 t
Maldives0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Mali0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Malta0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Marshall Islands0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Mauritania0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Mauritius0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Mexico0.00 t43,517.00 t152,093.20 t+108,576.20 t+250%60,000.00 t272,444.44 t+212,444.44 t+354%
Micronesia (country)0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Moldova0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Mongolia0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Montenegro0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Morocco0.00 t12,799.00 t5,443,500.00 t+5,430,701.00 t+42,431%1,641,600.00 t
Mozambique0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Myanmar0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Namibia0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Nauru0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Nepal0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Netherlands2,600.00 t0.00 t-2,600.00 t-100%182,400.00 t14,500.00 t-167,900.00 t-92%435,400.00 t1,632,900.00 t+1,197,500.00 t+275%
New Caledonia0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
New Zealand0.00 t198,363.00 t188,700.00 t-9,663.00 t-5%96,600.00 t
Nicaragua0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Niger0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Nigeria0.00 t0.00 t1,317,151.00 t
Niue0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
North Korea0.00 t28,000.00 t0.00 t-28,000.00 t-100%84,000.00 t0.00 t-84,000.00 t-100%
North Macedonia0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Norway0.00 t50,300.00 t386,174.88 t+335,874.88 t+668%285,600.00 t548,691.30 t+263,091.30 t+92%
Oman0.00 t0.00 t939,335.00 t
Pakistan19,325.00 t1,442.00 t622,274.00 t+620,832.00 t+43,054%13,906.00 t3,506,756.00 t+3,492,850.00 t+25,118%
Palau0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Palestine0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Panama0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Papua New Guinea0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Paraguay0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Peru30,386.00 t43,546.00 t
Philippines267,758.22 t5,048.00 t267,722.75 t+262,674.75 t+5,204%7,656.00 t267,891.03 t+260,235.03 t+3,399%
Poland321,509.00 t235,324.00 t324,833.00 t+89,509.00 t+38%281,768.00 t1,754,955.00 t+1,473,187.00 t+523%
Portugal0.00 t81,969.00 t48,062.06 t-33,906.94 t-41%54,945.00 t70,024.68 t+15,079.68 t+27%
Qatar0.00 t0.00 t2,590,600.00 t
Romania0.00 t228,000.00 t81,508.05 t-146,491.95 t-64%823,000.00 t0.00 t-823,000.00 t-100%
Russia7,297,200.00 t4,345,700.00 t11,921,200.00 t
Rwanda0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Saint Kitts and Nevis0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Saint Lucia0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Samoa0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Sao Tome and Principe0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Saudi Arabia28,399.16 t3,320,377.00 t4,758,191.00 t
Senegal0.00 t8,824.67 t
Serbia0.00 t90,146.91 t82,560.53 t
Serbia and Montenegro
Seychelles0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Sierra Leone0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Singapore
Slovakia0.00 t0.00 t245,277.64 t
Slovenia0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Solomon Islands0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Somalia0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
South Africa0.00 t118,579.00 t188,600.00 t+70,021.00 t+59%38,185.00 t145,600.00 t+107,415.00 t+281%
South Korea154,262.00 t246,420.00 t36,413.00 t361,779.00 t+325,366.00 t+894%
South Sudan0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Spain236,324.00 t583,261.06 t+346,937.06 t+147%302,888.00 t221,730.52 t-81,157.48 t-27%137,527.00 t719,816.50 t+582,289.50 t+423%
Sri Lanka0.00 t14,452.14 t0.00 t
Sudan0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Sudan (former)
Suriname0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Sweden0.00 t113,737.00 t0.00 t-113,737.00 t-100%58,200.00 t0.00 t-58,200.00 t-100%
Switzerland0.00 t9,500.00 t0.00 t-9,500.00 t-100%20,000.00 t0.00 t-20,000.00 t-100%
Syria0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Taiwan0.00 t31,404.20 t66,748.92 t
Tajikistan0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Tanzania0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Thailand0.00 t0.00 t118,700.00 t
Togo0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Tonga0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Trinidad and Tobago0.00 t0.00 t25,956.00 t599,311.25 t+573,355.25 t+2,209%
Tunisia0.00 t66,000.00 t0.00 t-66,000.00 t-100%133,154.11 t
Turkey132,688.00 t9,669.00 t582,016.00 t+572,347.00 t+5,919%21,529.00 t1,014,085.00 t+992,556.00 t+4,610%
Turkmenistan39,195.00 t16,191.00 t761,421.00 t
Tuvalu0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
USSR1,165,000.00 t1,275,000.00 t1,168,000.00 t
Uganda0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Ukraine0.00 t0.00 t
United Arab Emirates0.00 t0.00 t
United Kingdom233,560.94 t429,600.00 t0.00 t-429,600.00 t-100%465,600.00 t308,500.00 t-157,100.00 t-34%
United States2,329,000.00 t339,358.75 t-1,989,641.25 t-85%2,743,000.00 t5,061,700.00 t+2,318,700.00 t+85%3,042,000.00 t13,816,258.00 t+10,774,258.00 t+354%
Uruguay0.00 t4,000.00 t0.00 t-4,000.00 t-100%0.00 t
Uzbekistan241,127.00 t43,909.00 t1,106,859.00 t
Vanuatu0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Venezuela0.00 t2,000.00 t0.00 t-2,000.00 t-100%194,800.00 t
Vietnam100,800.00 t75,000.00 t539,458.06 t+464,458.06 t+619%1,798,315.60 t
Yemen0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Yugoslavia70,127.00 t12,960.00 t
Zambia0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Zimbabwe0.00 t11,000.00 t43,400.00 t+32,400.00 t+295%5,500.00 t
Other
Africa (FAO)0.00 t249,628.00 t5,997,900.00 t+5,748,272.00 t+2,303%144,660.00 t7,915,630.00 t+7,770,970.00 t+5,372%
Americas (FAO)2,383,738.00 t15,148,206.00 t+12,764,468.00 t+535%3,192,742.00 t7,365,821.00 t+4,173,079.00 t+131%3,666,719.00 t19,983,524.00 t+16,316,805.00 t+445%
Asia (FAO)87,095.00 t9,336,709.00 t+9,249,614.00 t+10,620%843,280.00 t25,474,696.00 t+24,631,416.00 t+2,921%1,658,293.00 t67,251,224.00 t+65,592,931.00 t+3,955%
Belgium-Luxembourg (FAO)461,240.00 t264,180.00 t
Caribbean (FAO)0.00 t10,000.00 t0.00 t-10,000.00 t-100%25,956.00 t601,571.56 t+575,615.56 t+2,218%
Central America (FAO)0.00 t43,517.00 t152,093.20 t+108,576.20 t+250%60,000.00 t272,444.44 t+212,444.44 t+354%
Central Asia (FAO)280,531.00 t255,829.00 t2,030,443.20 t
China (FAO)2,000.00 t4,134,433.20 t+4,132,433.20 t+206,622%146,000.00 t12,898,921.00 t+12,752,921.00 t+8,735%228,000.00 t25,635,146.00 t+25,407,146.00 t+11,143%
Eastern Africa (FAO)0.00 t11,600.00 t43,400.00 t+31,800.00 t+274%5,500.00 t
Eastern Asia (FAO)2,000.00 t4,288,695.50 t+4,286,695.50 t+214,335%667,460.00 t13,315,582.00 t+12,648,122.00 t+1,895%1,437,013.00 t26,493,008.00 t+25,055,995.00 t+1,744%
Eastern Europe (FAO)1,165,000.00 t15,193,591.00 t+14,028,591.00 t+1,204%1,994,981.00 t4,981,335.00 t+2,986,354.00 t+150%2,574,352.00 t16,051,823.00 t+13,477,471.00 t+524%
Europe (FAO)6,894,770.00 t18,429,310.00 t+11,534,540.00 t+167%6,139,228.00 t6,417,472.50 t+278,244.50 t+5%7,442,966.00 t22,483,636.00 t+15,040,670.00 t+202%
European Union (27) (FAO)5,729,770.00 t3,336,395.80 t-2,393,374.20 t-42%4,159,679.00 t1,380,433.80 t-2,779,245.20 t-67%5,337,477.00 t8,641,221.00 t+3,303,744.00 t+62%
Land Locked Developing Countries (FAO)308,810.28 t11,000.00 t300,770.00 t+289,770.00 t+2,634%2,383,508.80 t
Least Developed Countries (FAO)0.00 t84,341.00 t7,768.00 t403,080.66 t+395,312.66 t+5,089%
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (FAO)241,127.00 t39,600.00 t88,850.00 t+49,250.00 t+124%84,000.00 t1,135,599.60 t+1,051,599.60 t+1,252%
Melanesia0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Micronesia (FAO)0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Middle Africa (FAO)0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (FAO)1,617,525.00 t148,877.00 t6,837,967.00 t+6,689,090.00 t+4,493%197,651.00 t10,237,662.00 t+10,040,011.00 t+5,080%
Northern Africa (FAO)0.00 t119,449.00 t5,765,900.00 t+5,646,451.00 t+4,727%106,475.00 t6,438,554.00 t+6,332,079.00 t+5,947%
Northern America (FAO)2,329,000.00 t13,891,259.00 t+11,562,259.00 t+496%2,979,909.00 t5,061,700.00 t+2,081,791.00 t+70%3,349,284.00 t17,215,978.00 t+13,866,694.00 t+414%
Northern Europe (FAO)900.00 t233,560.94 t+232,660.94 t+25,851%816,155.00 t509,278.34 t-306,876.66 t-38%867,594.00 t1,393,331.10 t+525,737.10 t+61%
Oceania (FAO)0.00 t783,207.00 t823,646.50 t+40,439.50 t+5%24,421.00 t449,818.10 t+425,397.10 t+1,742%
Polynesia0.00 t0.00 t0.00 t
Small Island Developing States (FAO)0.00 t10,000.00 t0.00 t-10,000.00 t-100%25,956.00 t601,571.56 t+575,615.56 t+2,218%
South America (FAO)54,738.00 t1,256,947.20 t+1,202,209.20 t+2,196%159,316.00 t2,152,028.00 t+1,992,712.00 t+1,251%231,479.00 t1,893,530.10 t+1,662,051.10 t+718%
South-eastern Asia (FAO)368,558.22 t80,048.00 t1,383,119.60 t+1,303,071.60 t+1,628%7,656.00 t7,043,802.50 t+7,036,146.50 t+91,904%
Southern Africa (FAO)0.00 t118,579.00 t188,600.00 t+70,021.00 t+59%38,185.00 t145,600.00 t+107,415.00 t+281%
Southern Asia (FAO)19,325.00 t66,842.00 t5,728,767.00 t+5,661,925.00 t+8,471%175,973.00 t21,465,380.00 t+21,289,407.00 t+12,098%
Southern Europe (FAO)323,670.00 t596,155.06 t+272,485.06 t+84%928,636.00 t682,749.40 t-245,886.60 t-26%894,179.00 t1,641,788.60 t+747,609.60 t+84%
Western Africa (FAO)0.00 t0.00 t1,325,975.60 t
Western Asia (FAO)85,095.00 t4,379,599.00 t+4,294,504.00 t+5,047%28,930.00 t4,791,398.50 t+4,762,468.50 t+16,462%37,651.00 t10,218,594.00 t+10,180,943.00 t+27,040%
Western Europe (FAO)5,405,200.00 t2,406,002.80 t-2,999,197.20 t-55%2,399,456.00 t244,109.72 t-2,155,346.28 t-90%3,106,841.00 t3,396,693.00 t+289,852.00 t+9%
World9,365,603.00 t42,914,224.00 t+33,548,621.00 t+358%11,208,085.00 t46,079,536.00 t+34,871,451.00 t+311%12,937,059.00 t118,083,830.00 t+105,146,771.00 t+813%
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