Fertiliser use by country, 2024, European Union (27 countries)
Nitrogen, potash and phosphate fertilisers used per hectare of arable land in a year.
27 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Ireland (986.6 kg per hectare). Lowest: Estonia (72.4 kg per hectare). The median is 137.7 kg per hectare.
Members since the United Kingdom left the EU on 31 January 2020. About this group
Highest 10
- 1. Ireland 986.6 kg per hectare
- 2. Netherlands 269.6 kg per hectare
- 3. Slovenia 237.9 kg per hectare
- 4. Belgium 213.8 kg per hectare
- 5. Malta 190.9 kg per hectare
- 6. Portugal 190.5 kg per hectare
- 7. Greece 186.6 kg per hectare
- 8. Croatia 181.8 kg per hectare
- 9. Luxembourg 177.7 kg per hectare
- 10. Cyprus 175.7 kg per hectare
Lowest 10
- 27. Estonia 72.4 kg per hectare
- 26. Romania 85.8 kg per hectare
- 25. Lithuania 92.8 kg per hectare
- 24. Sweden 97.5 kg per hectare
- 23. Latvia 97.9 kg per hectare
- 22. Finland 102.3 kg per hectare
- 21. Slovakia 107.6 kg per hectare
- 20. Italy 112.1 kg per hectare
- 19. Austria 117.1 kg per hectare
- 18. Denmark 117.2 kg per hectare
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Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.
Full ranking
| # | Country | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ireland | 986.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 2 | Netherlands | 269.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 3 | Slovenia | 237.9 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 4 | Belgium | 213.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 5 | Malta | 190.9 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 6 | Portugal | 190.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 7 | Greece | 186.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 8 | Croatia | 181.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 177.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 10 | Cyprus | 175.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 11 | Poland | 155.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 12 | France | 154.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 13 | Czechia | 153.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 14 | Germany | 137.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 15 | Spain | 136.0 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 119.7 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 17 | Hungary | 117.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 18 | Denmark | 117.2 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 19 | Austria | 117.1 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 20 | Italy | 112.1 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 21 | Slovakia | 107.6 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 22 | Finland | 102.3 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 23 | Latvia | 97.9 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 24 | Sweden | 97.5 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 25 | Lithuania | 92.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 26 | Romania | 85.8 kg per hectare | 2024 | |
| 27 | Estonia | 72.4 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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