Rankings · food
Countries by fertilizer use
Nitrogen, phosphate and potash fertilizer applied per hectare of cropland (FAO). 195 countries ranked for 2023 (kg per hectare).
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| 1 |  Faroe Islands | 606.8 kg per hectare | -94.1% | = |
| 2 |  Kuwait | 538.2 kg per hectare | +65.1% | ▲ 5 |
| 3 |  Taiwan | 418 kg per hectare | -19.9% | ▼ 1 |
| 4 |  Egypt | 407.4 kg per hectare | +4.6% | = |
| 5 |  Bangladesh | 351 kg per hectare | +52.7% | ▲ 15 |
| 6 |  Turkmenistan | 338.8 kg per hectare | +67.0% | ▲ 23 |
| 7 |  China | 334.9 kg per hectare | -16.9% | ▼ 4 |
| 8 |  Hong Kong S.A.R. | 322.4 kg per hectare | -16.6% | ▼ 3 |
| 9 |  Costa Rica | 314.6 kg per hectare | +26.7% | ▲ 9 |
| 10 |  Brazil | 285.3 kg per hectare | +32.1% | ▲ 14 |
| 11 |  Uzbekistan | 273.3 kg per hectare | +28.1% | ▲ 14 |
| 12 |  Suriname | 272.9 kg per hectare | +75.7% | ▲ 28 |
| 13 |  Belize | 255.7 kg per hectare | -7.3% | = |
| 14 |  South Korea | 252.6 kg per hectare | -16.2% | ▼ 3 |
| 15 |  Malaysia | 246.2 kg per hectare | +20.1% | ▲ 13 |
| 16 |  Vietnam | 242.6 kg per hectare | -20.3% | ▼ 6 |
| 17 |  Ireland | 230.4 kg per hectare | -19.6% | ▼ 5 |
| 18 |  Oman | 215.8 kg per hectare | -20.3% | ▼ 3 |
| 19 |  Thailand | 210.9 kg per hectare | +65.9% | ▲ 34 |
| 20 |  Qatar | 210.2 kg per hectare | -5.7% | ▲ 2 |
| 21 |  Norway | 204.4 kg per hectare | +7.5% | ▲ 9 |
| 22 |  Belarus | 195.9 kg per hectare | -22.0% | ▼ 5 |
| 23 |  Colombia | 190.3 kg per hectare | -27.1% | ▼ 7 |
| 24 |  Belgium | 186.6 kg per hectare | -40.3% | ▼ 16 |
| 25 |  India | 182 kg per hectare | +26.0% | ▲ 18 |
| 26 |  Israel | 180.8 kg per hectare | -18.7% | ▼ 3 |
| 27 |  United Arab Emirates | 179.6 kg per hectare | -34.4% | ▼ 13 |
| 28 |  Japan | 170.3 kg per hectare | -17.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 29 |  Jordan | 164.1 kg per hectare | +70.6% | ▲ 48 |
| 30 |  Bermuda | 160.7 kg per hectare | -52.6% | ▼ 24 |
| 31 |  Montenegro | 158.7 kg per hectare | -14.0% | = |
| 32 |  Pakistan | 156.5 kg per hectare | +18.4% | ▲ 19 |
| 33 |  Guyana | 155.1 kg per hectare | -25.0% | ▼ 7 |
| 34 |  Croatia | 154.9 kg per hectare | +4.3% | ▲ 7 |
| 35 |  Uruguay | 154.2 kg per hectare | -30.9% | ▼ 14 |
| 36 |  New Caledonia | 153.2 kg per hectare | +9.8% | ▲ 11 |
| 37 |  United Kingdom | 148.9 kg per hectare | -17.2% | ▼ 5 |
| 38 |  Chile | 141.4 kg per hectare | -11.5% | ▼ 1 |
| 39 |  Paraguay | 135.2 kg per hectare | +25.8% | ▲ 27 |
| 40 |  Cyprus | 132.8 kg per hectare | -3.1% | ▲ 8 |
| 41 |  Republic of Serbia | 127.3 kg per hectare | -26.4% | ▼ 8 |
| 42 |  Netherlands | 126.5 kg per hectare | +5.0% | ▲ 14 |
| 43 |  Indonesia | 125.4 kg per hectare | -6.6% | ▲ 6 |
| 44 |  Poland | 124.2 kg per hectare | -13.4% | = |
| 45 |  Bulgaria | 123.5 kg per hectare | +17.5% | ▲ 23 |
| 46 |  Canada | 123.1 kg per hectare | +38.2% | ▲ 34 |
| 47 |  Georgia | 119.8 kg per hectare | +114.3% | ▲ 52 |
| 48 |  Honduras | 118.3 kg per hectare | +46.0% | ▲ 37 |
| 49 |  Turkey | 118 kg per hectare | +21.5% | ▲ 27 |
| 50 |  Singapore | 115.6 kg per hectare | -10.4% | ▲ 2 |
| 51 |  Saudi Arabia | 115.5 kg per hectare | +49.8% | ▲ 38 |
| 52 |  Denmark | 112.2 kg per hectare | -2.8% | ▲ 8 |
| 53 |  Czechia | 111.6 kg per hectare | -29.6% | ▼ 15 |
| 54 |  Guatemala | 111.6 kg per hectare | -5.7% | ▲ 3 |
| 55 |  France | 111.4 kg per hectare | -23.0% | ▼ 13 |
| 56 |  United States | 107.7 kg per hectare | -6.3% | ▲ 5 |
| 57 |  Slovenia | 106.5 kg per hectare | -14.7% | ▼ 3 |
| 58 |  Slovakia | 105 kg per hectare | -2.5% | ▲ 7 |
| 59 |  Germany | 103.7 kg per hectare | -36.9% | ▼ 24 |
| 60 |  Philippines | 99.4 kg per hectare | +25.2% | ▲ 27 |
| 61 |  Malta | 98.4 kg per hectare | +37.6% | ▲ 31 |
| 62 |  Iceland | 97.3 kg per hectare | -42.4% | ▼ 28 |
| 63 |  Mauritius | 96.1 kg per hectare | -59.2% | ▼ 44 |
| 64 |  Switzerland | 93.9 kg per hectare | -30.0% | ▼ 14 |
| 65 |  Latvia | 93.8 kg per hectare | -6.4% | ▲ 7 |
| 66 |  Panama | 93.4 kg per hectare | +37.0% | ▲ 28 |
| 67 |  Sweden | 93.4 kg per hectare | +10.5% | ▲ 14 |
| 68 |  Lebanon | 93 kg per hectare | -34.3% | ▼ 23 |
| 69 |  Ecuador | 92.6 kg per hectare | -12.6% | ▼ 2 |
| 70 |  Lithuania | 92.5 kg per hectare | -14.4% | ▼ 6 |
| 71 |  Botswana | 92.4 kg per hectare | +15.6% | ▲ 15 |
| 72 |  Portugal | 91.9 kg per hectare | -9.2% | ▼ 1 |
| 73 |  Greece | 91.4 kg per hectare | +12.8% | ▲ 11 |
| 74 |  Austria | 91.3 kg per hectare | -18.8% | ▼ 12 |
| 75 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 90.3 kg per hectare | -1.8% | ▲ 3 |
| 76 |  New Zealand | 88.3 kg per hectare | -2.6% | ▲ 3 |
| 77 |  Romania | 87.4 kg per hectare | +63.4% | ▲ 24 |
| 78 |  Hungary | 86.4 kg per hectare | -20.7% | ▼ 15 |
| 79 |  Australia | 85.5 kg per hectare | +45.7% | ▲ 18 |
| 80 |  Italy | 85.2 kg per hectare | -12.3% | ▼ 5 |
| 81 |  Malawi | 83.2 kg per hectare | +196.1% | ▲ 41 |
| 82 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 82.6 kg per hectare | -49.6% | ▼ 46 |
| 83 |  Sri Lanka | 82.3 kg per hectare | -16.3% | ▼ 10 |
| 84 |  Spain | 79.7 kg per hectare | -21.9% | ▼ 14 |
| 85 |  Mexico | 77.2 kg per hectare | -6.8% | ▼ 3 |
| 86 |  Zambia | 76.5 kg per hectare | +57.7% | ▲ 21 |
| 87 |  Maldives | 75.7 kg per hectare | -45.9% | ▼ 41 |
| 88 |  Tajikistan | 74.8 kg per hectare | +605.7% | ▲ 67 |
| 89 |  Estonia | 74.5 kg per hectare | -9.1% | ▼ 6 |
| 90 |  Palestine | 73.9 kg per hectare | -0.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 91 |  Eswatini | 73.5 kg per hectare | +32.7% | ▲ 9 |
| 92 |  Luxembourg | 71.4 kg per hectare | -31.5% | ▼ 23 |
| 93 |  Brunei | 70.9 kg per hectare | +217.9% | ▲ 38 |
| 94 |  South Africa | 67.2 kg per hectare | +14.5% | ▲ 4 |
| 95 |  Finland | 66.1 kg per hectare | -0.8% | = |
| 96 |  Nepal | 62.8 kg per hectare | +23.4% | ▲ 8 |
| 97 |  El Salvador | 61.1 kg per hectare | -48.0% | ▼ 39 |
| 98 |  Iran | 60.9 kg per hectare | +20.4% | ▲ 7 |
| 99 |  Peru | 59.1 kg per hectare | -20.6% | ▼ 9 |
| 100 |  Laos | 58.8 kg per hectare | +160.2% | ▲ 29 |
| 101 |  Albania | 57.5 kg per hectare | -26.5% | ▼ 13 |
| 102 |  Dominican Republic | 57.5 kg per hectare | +16.4% | ▲ 4 |
| 103 |  Fiji | 57.1 kg per hectare | +46.8% | ▲ 9 |
| 104 |  Saint Lucia | 55.7 kg per hectare | +58.2% | ▲ 13 |
| 105 |  Seychelles | 55.7 kg per hectare | +68.3% | ▲ 13 |
| 106 |  Nicaragua | 53.7 kg per hectare | +86.5% | ▲ 15 |
| 107 |  North Macedonia | 49.5 kg per hectare | -22.5% | ▼ 11 |
| 108 |  Argentina | 48.9 kg per hectare | +38.1% | ▲ 8 |
| 109 |  Mongolia | 47.2 kg per hectare | +139.6% | ▲ 25 |
| 110 |  Iraq | 45.7 kg per hectare | -3.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 111 |  Cambodia | 45.2 kg per hectare | +94.8% | ▲ 17 |
| 112 |  Kenya | 44.8 kg per hectare | -3.9% | ▼ 3 |
| 113 |  Moldova | 44.7 kg per hectare | +110.8% | ▲ 19 |
| 114 |  Ukraine | 41.5 kg per hectare | -6.5% | ▼ 4 |
| 115 |  Ethiopia | 40.3 kg per hectare | +139.9% | ▲ 26 |
| 116 |  Morocco | 40.2 kg per hectare | -21.5% | ▼ 13 |
| 117 |  Venezuela | 40.1 kg per hectare | -74.6% | ▼ 78 |
| 118 |  Azerbaijan | 38.8 kg per hectare | +118.0% | ▲ 20 |
| 119 |  Jamaica | 37.8 kg per hectare | -28.1% | ▼ 17 |
| 120 |  Armenia | 35.3 kg per hectare | -69.8% | ▼ 61 |
| 121 |  Papua New Guinea | 33.6 kg per hectare | +24.4% | ▲ 2 |
| 122 |  Gabon | 33 kg per hectare | +392.5% | ▲ 47 |
| 123 |  Burundi | 30.8 kg per hectare | +285.0% | ▲ 39 |
| 124 |  Tunisia | 28.6 kg per hectare | +27.1% | ▲ 6 |
| 125 |  Barbados | 28.3 kg per hectare | -76.6% | ▼ 70 |
| 126 |  Russia | 28.3 kg per hectare | +87.4% | ▲ 17 |
| 127 |  Benin | 28.2 kg per hectare | +623.1% | ▲ 51 |
| 128 |  Grenada | 27.8 kg per hectare | -24.0% | ▼ 15 |
| 129 |  Puerto Rico | 27.8 kg per hectare | -24.0% | ▼ 15 |
| 130 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27.8 kg per hectare | -24.0% | ▼ 15 |
| 131 |  Namibia | 26.7 kg per hectare | +149.5% | ▲ 23 |
| 132 |  Zimbabwe | 25.9 kg per hectare | +3.2% | ▼ 7 |
| 133 |  Rwanda | 24.6 kg per hectare | +192.9% | ▲ 27 |
| 134 |  Kyrgyzstan | 24.2 kg per hectare | -6.6% | ▼ 10 |
| 135 |  Bahrain | 23.9 kg per hectare | -92.3% | ▼ 126 |
| 136 |  Djibouti | 22 kg per hectare | +31.7% | ▲ 6 |
| 137 |  Myanmar | 21.7 kg per hectare | +26.9% | ▲ 3 |
| 138 |  Libya | 18.5 kg per hectare | -38.9% | ▼ 18 |
| 139 |  Ghana | 18.4 kg per hectare | +5.1% | = |
| 140 |  Algeria | 18.2 kg per hectare | -9.0% | ▼ 7 |
| 141 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 18 kg per hectare | +66.7% | ▲ 12 |
| 142 |  Burkina Faso | 16.3 kg per hectare | +21.6% | ▲ 2 |
| 143 |  Togo | 16.3 kg per hectare | +48.2% | ▲ 8 |
| 144 |  Gambia | 15.3 kg per hectare | +3725.0% | ▲ 46 |
| 145 |  Ivory Coast | 14.7 kg per hectare | +25.6% | ▲ 4 |
| 146 |  Mozambique | 14.1 kg per hectare | +151.8% | ▲ 24 |
| 147 |  Syria | 14 kg per hectare | +27.3% | ▲ 3 |
| 148 |  North Korea | 13.2 kg per hectare | -80.8% | ▼ 55 |
| 149 |  Cameroon | 12.9 kg per hectare | +59.3% | ▲ 12 |
| 150 |  French Polynesia | 11.5 kg per hectare | -51.7% | ▼ 23 |
| 151 |  Vanuatu | 10.7 kg per hectare | +11.5% | ▲ 6 |
| 152 |  Republic of the Congo | 8.7 kg per hectare | +234.6% | ▲ 28 |
| 153 |  Bhutan | 8.6 kg per hectare | -20.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 154 |  Lesotho | 8.6 kg per hectare | -53.3% | ▼ 17 |
| 155 |  Aruba | 8.3 kg per hectare | -54.9% | ▼ 19 |
| 156 |  Guinea-Bissau | 8.3 kg per hectare | +5.1% | ▲ 8 |
| 157 |  Liberia | 8.3 kg per hectare | +5.1% | ▲ 8 |
| 158 |  Mali | 8.3 kg per hectare | -38.1% | ▼ 13 |
| 159 |  Mauritania | 8.3 kg per hectare | +5.1% | ▲ 7 |
| 160 |  Senegal | 8.3 kg per hectare | -29.7% | ▼ 12 |
| 161 |  Bolivia | 8.2 kg per hectare | -4.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 162 |  Federated States of Micronesia | 7.2 kg per hectare | +242.9% | ▲ 21 |
| 163 |  Yemen | 7.1 kg per hectare | -70.8% | ▼ 37 |
| 164 |  Sudan | 7 kg per hectare | +169.2% | ▲ 17 |
| 165 |  Equatorial Guinea | 6.5 kg per hectare | +62.5% | ▲ 9 |
| 166 |  São Tomé and Principe | 6.5 kg per hectare | +62.5% | ▲ 10 |
| 167 |  Chad | 6.5 kg per hectare | +62.5% | ▲ 10 |
| 168 |  Afghanistan | 6.4 kg per hectare | +33.3% | ▲ 4 |
| 169 |  Madagascar | 6.1 kg per hectare | +52.5% | ▲ 6 |
| 170 |  Angola | 5.7 kg per hectare | -35.2% | ▼ 12 |
| 171 |  Cook Islands | 5.3 kg per hectare | -56.9% | ▼ 24 |
| 172 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.1 kg per hectare | – | ▲ 22 |
| 173 |  Kazakhstan | 3.9 kg per hectare | +34.5% | ▲ 6 |
| 174 |  Palau | 3.7 kg per hectare | -81.0% | ▼ 39 |
| 175 |  Nigeria | 3.5 kg per hectare | -52.1% | ▼ 7 |
| 176 |  Haiti | 3.4 kg per hectare | -57.5% | ▼ 13 |
| 177 |  Cabo Verde | 3.3 kg per hectare | +37.5% | ▲ 5 |
| 178 |  Cuba | 3.1 kg per hectare | -92.3% | ▼ 67 |
| 179 |  Tonga | 3 kg per hectare | -42.3% | ▼ 8 |
| 180 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.5 kg per hectare | +212.5% | ▲ 8 |
| 181 |  Uganda | 2.5 kg per hectare | +38.9% | ▲ 5 |
| 182 |  Guinea | 2.4 kg per hectare | +33.3% | ▲ 2 |
| 183 |  Sierra Leone | 2.4 kg per hectare | +33.3% | ▲ 2 |
| 184 |  Comoros | 2.2 kg per hectare | +2100.0% | ▲ 9 |
| 185 |  Eritrea | 1.9 kg per hectare | +58.3% | ▲ 2 |
| 186 |  Tuvalu | 1.4 kg per hectare | -81.1% | ▼ 19 |
| 187 |  Niger | 0.8 kg per hectare | +33.3% | ▲ 2 |
| 188 |  Samoa | 0.3 kg per hectare | -25.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 189 |  South Sudan | 0.2 kg per hectare | – | ▲ 7 |
| 190 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 0 kg per hectare | -100.0% | ▼ 34 |
| 191 |  Central African Republic | 0 kg per hectare | -100.0% | ▲ 1 |
| 192 |  Dominica | 0 kg per hectare | -100.0% | ▼ 73 |
| 193 |  Kiribati | 0 kg per hectare | -100.0% | ▼ 20 |
| 194 |  Nauru | 0 kg per hectare | – | ▲ 1 |
| 195 |  Solomon Islands | 0 kg per hectare | -100.0% | ▼ 49 |
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