Fertiliser use by country, 2024
Nitrogen, potash and phosphate fertilisers used per hectare of arable land in a year.
190 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Kuwait (2,487.5 kg per hectare). Lowest: Kiribati (0.0 kg per hectare). The median is 94.5 kg per hectare.
Highest 10
- 1. Kuwait 2,487.5 kg per hectare
- 2. Malaysia 1,869.4 kg per hectare
- 3. United Arab Emirates 1,648.5 kg per hectare
- 4. Costa Rica 1,402.5 kg per hectare
- 5. New Zealand 1,341.4 kg per hectare
- 6. Ireland 986.6 kg per hectare
- 7. Bahrain 769.0 kg per hectare
- 8. Egypt 597.8 kg per hectare
- 9. Faroe Islands 571.4 kg per hectare
- 10. Hong Kong SAR, China 482.5 kg per hectare
Lowest 10
- 190. Kiribati 0.0 kg per hectare
- 189. Aruba 0.0 kg per hectare
- 188. Central African Republic 0.0 kg per hectare
- 187. South Sudan 0.1 kg per hectare
- 186. Vanuatu 0.5 kg per hectare
- 185. Samoa 0.8 kg per hectare
- 184. Niger 0.8 kg per hectare
- 183. Guinea-Bissau 1.1 kg per hectare
- 182. Eritrea 2.4 kg per hectare
- 181. Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.5 kg per hectare
The chart loads when you scroll to it.
The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 190. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
In short
- Among the 190 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Kuwait (2,487.5 kg per hectare) and the lowest Kiribati (0.0 kg per hectare).
- Half of the countries are above 94.5 kg per hectare and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 100 countries and fell in 69.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuwait | 2,487.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 2 | Malaysia | 1,869.4 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 3 | United Arab Emirates | 1,648.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 1,402.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 5 | New Zealand | 1,341.4 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 6 | Ireland | 986.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 7 | Bahrain | 769.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 8 | Egypt | 597.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 9 | Faroe Islands | 571.4 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 10 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 482.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 11 | Viet Nam | 420.4 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 12 | Colombia | 416.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 398.9 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 14 | Brazil | 397.1 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 15 | China | 393.3 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 16 | Oman | 340.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 17 | Turkmenistan | 337.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 18 | Indonesia | 312.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 19 | Seychelles | 286.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 20 | South Korea | 285.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 21 | Netherlands | 269.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 267.2 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 23 | Montenegro | 266.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 24 | Chile | 263.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 25 | Ecuador | 263.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 26 | Suriname | 262.2 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 27 | Lebanon | 259.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 28 | Philippines | 254.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 29 | Guyana | 252.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 30 | New Caledonia | 248.9 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 31 | Israel | 246.9 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 32 | Qatar | 241.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 33 | Slovenia | 237.9 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 34 | India | 214.1 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 35 | Belgium | 213.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 36 | Guatemala | 204.9 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 37 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 203.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 38 | Saint Lucia | 199.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 39 | Honduras | 198.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 40 | Belarus | 194.4 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 41 | United Kingdom | 193.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 42 | Norway | 193.2 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 43 | Malta | 190.9 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 44 | Portugal | 190.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 45 | Dominican Republic | 188.1 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 46 | Uruguay | 186.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 47 | Greece | 186.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 48 | Croatia | 181.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 49 | Georgia | 181.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 50 | Luxembourg | 177.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 51 | Brunei | 177.3 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 52 | Belize | 176.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 53 | Cyprus | 175.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 54 | Thailand | 171.4 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 55 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 169.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 56 | Papua New Guinea | 164.2 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 160.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 58 | Serbia | 158.3 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 59 | Pakistan | 158.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 60 | Poland | 155.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 61 | France | 154.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 62 | Czechia | 153.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 63 | Switzerland | 151.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 64 | Australia | 151.2 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 65 | Paraguay | 148.2 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 66 | Mauritius | 140.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 67 | Türkiye | 138.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 68 | Germany | 137.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 69 | Singapore | 137.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 70 | Canada | 136.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 71 | Spain | 136.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 72 | Iceland | 133.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 73 | French Polynesia | 130.4 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 74 | Trinidad and Tobago | 127.9 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 75 | United States | 127.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 76 | Bermuda | 126.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 77 | Saudi Arabia | 125.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 78 | Bahamas | 123.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 79 | South Africa | 120.3 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 80 | Bulgaria | 119.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 81 | West Bank and Gaza | 118.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 82 | Hungary | 117.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 83 | Denmark | 117.2 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 84 | Austria | 117.1 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 85 | Laos | 115.4 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 86 | Italy | 112.1 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 87 | Jordan | 111.9 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 88 | Japan | 111.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 89 | Slovakia | 107.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 90 | Finland | 102.3 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 91 | Latvia | 97.9 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 92 | Sweden | 97.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 93 | Fiji | 96.9 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 94 | Mexico | 96.2 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 95 | Panama | 95.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 96 | Peru | 93.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 97 | Botswana | 93.1 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 98 | Lithuania | 92.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 99 | Romania | 85.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 100 | Zambia | 78.9 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 101 | Cambodia | 78.4 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 102 | Burundi | 75.3 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 103 | Eswatini | 74.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 104 | Dominica | 72.9 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 105 | Estonia | 72.4 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 106 | North Macedonia | 72.4 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 107 | Maldives | 70.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 108 | Iran | 68.3 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 109 | Nepal | 67.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 110 | Albania | 66.2 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 111 | El Salvador | 63.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 112 | Morocco | 56.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 113 | Jamaica | 56.4 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 114 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 54.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 115 | Iraq | 51.4 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 116 | Venezuela | 50.9 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 117 | Gabon | 50.3 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 118 | Kenya | 48.4 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 119 | Argentina | 47.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 120 | Tunisia | 46.4 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 121 | Tajikistan | 46.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 122 | Mongolia | 45.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 123 | Ethiopia | 45.4 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 124 | Ghana | 43.3 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 125 | Moldova | 42.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 126 | Ukraine | 41.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 127 | Armenia | 41.2 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 128 | Malawi | 36.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 129 | Libya | 34.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 130 | Barbados | 32.3 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 131 | Solomon Islands | 32.2 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 132 | Azerbaijan | 32.1 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 133 | Rwanda | 31.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 134 | Puerto Rico (US) | 31.3 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 135 | Djibouti | 31.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 136 | Russia | 29.1 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 137 | Côte d'Ivoire | 28.4 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 138 | Namibia | 27.1 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 139 | Palau | 26.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 140 | Zimbabwe | 26.2 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 141 | Kyrgyzstan | 25.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 142 | Benin | 25.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 143 | Myanmar | 23.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 144 | Grenada | 23.3 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 145 | Algeria | 20.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 146 | Senegal | 19.3 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 147 | Republic of the Congo | 19.1 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 148 | Afghanistan | 18.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 149 | Tanzania | 17.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 150 | Cameroon | 16.3 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 151 | Togo | 15.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 152 | Angola | 15.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 153 | Mozambique | 14.4 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 154 | Antigua and Barbuda | 13.3 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 155 | Nigeria | 13.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 156 | Burkina Faso | 12.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 157 | Mali | 12.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 158 | Bhutan | 11.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 159 | Syria | 11.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 160 | Yemen | 11.4 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 161 | North Korea | 9.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 162 | Bolivia | 9.3 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 163 | Comoros | 8.3 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 164 | Mauritania | 8.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 165 | Liberia | 7.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 166 | Haiti | 7.3 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 167 | Sudan | 7.1 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 168 | Madagascar | 6.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 169 | Lesotho | 6.1 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 170 | Chad | 5.9 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 171 | Gambia | 5.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 172 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 173 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 174 | Guinea | 4.2 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 175 | Kazakhstan | 3.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 176 | Cabo Verde | 3.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 177 | Cuba | 3.3 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 178 | Micronesia | 3.3 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 179 | Uganda | 3.2 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 180 | Tonga | 2.9 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 181 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 182 | Eritrea | 2.4 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 183 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.1 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 184 | Niger | 0.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 185 | Samoa | 0.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 186 | Vanuatu | 0.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 187 | South Sudan | 0.1 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 188 | Central African Republic | 0.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 189 | Aruba | 0.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 190 | Kiribati | 0.0 kg per hectare | 2024 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every country is ranked on its value for 2024, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2024 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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