Fertilizer Consumption by Country
Fertilizer Consumption by country, shown on a world map with full country rankings. Data covers 190 countries for 2023, sourced from World Bank Open Data. See also Cereal Production and Cereal Yield.
Fertilizer Consumption reaches its highest value in Malaysia, at 2,926, and its lowest in Central African Republic, at 0.04.
The average across 190 countries and territories is 152.5 for 2023. That makes the Malaysia figure more than 10,000 times the Central African Republic figure.
HighestMalaysia2,926
LowestCentral African Republic0.04
Average152.5190 countries
Year2023latest available
Malaysia tops the list, while Central African Republic sits at the lower end, showing wide variation.
Top 10 countries
Fertilizer Consumption: full country ranking (2023)
| # | Country | Fertilizer Consumption |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malaysia | 2,926 |
| 2 | Kuwait | 2,009 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 1,291 |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 1,025 |
| 5 | Ireland | 895.9 |
| 6 | Faroe Islands | 614.3 |
| 7 | Seychelles | 573.3 |
| 8 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 532.8 |
| 9 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 484 |
| 10 | Viet Nam | 419.9 |
| 11 | China | 394 |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 391.9 |
| 13 | Colombia | 372.9 |
| 14 | Turkmenistan | 347.3 |
| 15 | Brazil | 344.1 |
| 16 | Belize | 337.5 |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 326.9 |
| 18 | Indonesia | 311.1 |
| 19 | Uzbekistan | 303 |
| 20 | Oman | 301.5 |
| 21 | Thailand | 287.3 |
| 22 | Suriname | 285.6 |
| 23 | Korea, Rep. | 262.3 |
| 24 | Montenegro | 251.4 |
| 25 | Chile | 249.5 |
| 26 | New Caledonia | 248.9 |
| 27 | Israel | 248.3 |
| 28 | Qatar | 240.2 |
| 29 | Netherlands | 238 |
| 30 | Jordan | 231.1 |
| 31 | Slovenia | 221 |
| 32 | Ecuador | 216.9 |
| 33 | Norway | 205.1 |
| 34 | Japan | 202.8 |
| 35 | Guyana | 201.4 |
| 36 | St. Lucia | 200 |
| 37 | West Bank and Gaza | 199.5 |
| 38 | Philippines | 199.4 |
| 39 | India | 199.1 |
| 40 | Belarus | 198.9 |
| 41 | Guatemala | 196.6 |
| 42 | Belgium | 191.7 |
| 43 | United Kingdom | 191.4 |
| 44 | Lebanon | 190.1 |
| 45 | Honduras | 188 |
| 46 | Portugal | 179.2 |
| 47 | Brunei Darussalam | 177.3 |
| 48 | Uruguay | 174.4 |
| 49 | Cyprus | 172.1 |
| 50 | Luxembourg | 171.1 |
| 51 | Georgia | 170.2 |
| 52 | Croatia | 169 |
| 53 | Pakistan | 160.3 |
| 54 | Bermuda | 160 |
| 55 | Poland | 155.6 |
| 56 | Trinidad and Tobago | 155.4 |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 153.9 |
| 58 | Switzerland | 142.7 |
| 59 | Greece | 142.2 |
| 60 | Turkiye | 139.6 |
| 61 | Serbia | 137.8 |
| 62 | Paraguay | 137.7 |
| 63 | Singapore | 137.5 |
| 64 | Canada | 132.8 |
| 65 | France | 131.3 |
| 66 | French Polynesia | 130.4 |
| 67 | Germany | 128.6 |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 128.3 |
| 69 | United States | 127.8 |
| 70 | Papua New Guinea | 123.7 |
| 71 | Saudi Arabia | 122.4 |
| 72 | Spain | 115.1 |
| 73 | Italy | 114.1 |
| 74 | Denmark | 113.6 |
| 75 | Czechia | 113.4 |
| 76 | Panama | 112.6 |
| 77 | Malta | 111.8 |
| 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 108.4 |
| 79 | Austria | 106.4 |
| 80 | Slovak Republic | 106.3 |
| 81 | Fiji | 103.1 |
| 82 | Australia | 102.7 |
| 83 | Bahamas, The | 102.4 |
| 84 | Mauritius | 101.2 |
| 85 | Iceland | 97.3 |
| 86 | Latvia | 94.5 |
| 87 | Mexico | 94.2 |
| 88 | Lithuania | 93.8 |
| 89 | Sweden | 93.5 |
| 90 | Peru | 93.5 |
| 91 | Botswana | 93.1 |
| 92 | Tajikistan | 92.9 |
| 93 | Maldives | 92.8 |
| 94 | Romania | 91.6 |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 89.6 |
| 96 | Hungary | 89.5 |
| 97 | Malawi | 87.4 |
| 98 | Finland | 87.2 |
| 99 | Eswatini | 80.9 |
| 100 | Lao PDR | 77.4 |
| 101 | Vanuatu | 77.4 |
| 102 | Zambia | 77.3 |
| 103 | South Africa | 77.2 |
| 104 | Estonia | 74.9 |
| 105 | El Salvador | 74.6 |
| 106 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 69.5 |
| 107 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 68.3 |
| 108 | Sao Tome and Principe | 68 |
| 109 | Nepal | 67.8 |
| 110 | Albania | 66.1 |
| 111 | Grenada | 64.7 |
| 112 | Nicaragua | 64.2 |
| 113 | Jamaica | 59.2 |
| 114 | Morocco | 55.1 |
| 115 | North Macedonia | 54.3 |
| 116 | Cambodia | 51.1 |
| 117 | Moldova | 51.1 |
| 118 | Venezuela, RB | 50.9 |
| 119 | Iraq | 50.5 |
| 120 | Kenya | 50.5 |
| 121 | Gabon | 50.3 |
| 122 | Argentina | 50.2 |
| 123 | Tunisia | 49.9 |
| 124 | Mongolia | 47.4 |
| 125 | Bahrain | 46.7 |
| 126 | Ethiopia | 45.3 |
| 127 | Azerbaijan | 43.8 |
| 128 | Cote d'Ivoire | 43.8 |
| 129 | Ukraine | 42.5 |
| 130 | Armenia | 40.2 |
| 131 | Burundi | 39 |
| 132 | Puerto Rico (US) | 36.7 |
| 133 | Benin | 33.2 |
| 134 | Barbados | 32.4 |
| 135 | Rwanda | 31.8 |
| 136 | Ghana | 28.9 |
| 137 | Russian Federation | 28.7 |
| 138 | Djibouti | 28.3 |
| 139 | Namibia | 27.1 |
| 140 | Palau | 26.7 |
| 141 | Zimbabwe | 26.2 |
| 142 | Kyrgyz Republic | 25.7 |
| 143 | Myanmar | 24.7 |
| 144 | Libya | 22 |
| 145 | Tanzania | 20.7 |
| 146 | Algeria | 20.7 |
| 147 | Burkina Faso | 17.8 |
| 148 | Togo | 17.4 |
| 149 | Syrian Arab Republic | 17.3 |
| 150 | Cameroon | 16.4 |
| 151 | Gambia, The | 15.6 |
| 152 | Mozambique | 15.1 |
| 153 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 14.7 |
| 154 | Guinea-Bissau | 13.6 |
| 155 | Equatorial Guinea | 12.2 |
| 156 | Liberia | 11.7 |
| 157 | Congo, Rep. | 10.3 |
| 158 | Bhutan | 9.8 |
| 159 | Yemen, Rep. | 8.9 |
| 160 | Lesotho | 8.7 |
| 161 | Bolivia | 8.5 |
| 162 | Mali | 8.5 |
| 163 | Mauritania | 8.5 |
| 164 | Aruba | 8.5 |
| 165 | Senegal | 8.5 |
| 166 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 7.5 |
| 167 | Madagascar | 7.3 |
| 168 | Sudan | 7.1 |
| 169 | Afghanistan | 6.6 |
| 170 | Chad | 6.5 |
| 171 | Angola | 6 |
| 172 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 5.4 |
| 173 | Tonga | 4.6 |
| 174 | Haiti | 4.4 |
| 175 | Nigeria | 4.2 |
| 176 | Comoros | 4 |
| 177 | Kazakhstan | 3.9 |
| 178 | Cuba | 3.8 |
| 179 | Cabo Verde | 3.5 |
| 180 | Uganda | 3.3 |
| 181 | Guinea | 2.9 |
| 182 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 2.8 |
| 183 | Sierra Leone | 2.7 |
| 184 | Eritrea | 1.9 |
| 185 | Timor-Leste | 1.2 |
| 186 | Samoa | 1 |
| 187 | Niger | 0.77 |
| 188 | South Sudan | 0.19 |
| 189 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 0.13 |
| 190 | Central African Republic | 0.04 |
Source: World Bank Open Data. Latest available year: 2023. Values shown are the most recent reported figure per country.