Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare) by Country
As of 2024, Kuwait leads globally in fertilizer consumption (kg per hectare) at 2,487.5, followed by Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, Costa Rica. At the lower end, Aruba, Kiribati, Central African Republic rank among the lowest. The global median is 92.8 (Lithuania). This indicator falls under the "Agriculture" category and is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators. Data is available for 201 countries.
All Countries Ranked
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| # | Country | Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kuwait | 2,487.5 | 2024 |
| 2 |  Malaysia | 1,869.4 | 2024 |
| 3 |  United Arab Emirates | 1,648.5 | 2024 |
| 4 |  Costa Rica | 1,402.5 | 2024 |
| 5 |  New Zealand | 1,341.4 | 2024 |
| 6 |  Ireland | 986.6 | 2024 |
| 7 |  Bahrain | 769 | 2024 |
| 8 |  Egypt | 597.8 | 2024 |
| 9 |  Faroe Islands | 571.4 | 2024 |
| 10 |  Hong Kong | 482.5 | 2024 |
| 11 |  Vietnam | 420.4 | 2024 |
| 12 |  Colombia | 416 | 2024 |
| 13 |  Bangladesh | 398.9 | 2024 |
| 14 |  Brazil | 397.1 | 2024 |
| 15 |  China | 393.3 | 2024 |
| 16 |  Oman | 340.7 | 2024 |
| 17 |  Turkmenistan | 337 | 2024 |
| 18 |  Indonesia | 312.6 | 2024 |
| 19 |  Seychelles | 286.7 | 2024 |
| 20 |  South Korea | 285.6 | 2024 |
| 21 |  Netherlands | 269.6 | 2024 |
| 22 |  Uzbekistan | 267.2 | 2024 |
| 23 |  Montenegro | 266.6 | 2024 |
| 24 |  Chile | 263.8 | 2024 |
| 25 |  Ecuador | 263.7 | 2024 |
| 26 |  Suriname | 262.2 | 2024 |
| 27 |  Lebanon | 259 | 2024 |
| 28 |  Philippines | 254.5 | 2024 |
| 29 |  Guyana | 252 | 2024 |
| 30 |  New Caledonia | 248.9 | 2024 |
| 31 |  Israel | 246.9 | 2024 |
| 32 |  Qatar | 241 | 2024 |
| 33 |  Slovenia | 237.9 | 2024 |
| 34 |  San Marino | 232 | 2020 |
| 35 |  India | 214.1 | 2024 |
| 36 |  Belgium | 213.8 | 2024 |
| 37 |  Guatemala | 204.9 | 2024 |
| 38 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 203 | 2024 |
| 39 |  St. Lucia | 199.6 | 2024 |
| 40 |  Honduras | 198 | 2024 |
| 41 |  Belarus | 194.4 | 2024 |
| 42 |  United Kingdom | 193.7 | 2024 |
| 43 |  Norway | 193.2 | 2024 |
| 44 |  Malta | 190.9 | 2024 |
| 45 |  Portugal | 190.5 | 2024 |
| 46 |  Dominican Republic | 188.1 | 2024 |
| 47 |  Uruguay | 186.8 | 2024 |
| 48 |  Greece | 186.6 | 2024 |
| 49 |  Cayman Islands | 181.9 | 2020 |
| 50 |  Croatia | 181.8 | 2024 |
| 51 |  Georgia | 181.5 | 2024 |
| 52 |  Luxembourg | 177.7 | 2024 |
| 53 |  Brunei | 177.3 | 2024 |
| 54 |  Belize | 176.5 | 2024 |
| 55 |  Cyprus | 175.7 | 2024 |
| 56 |  Thailand | 171.4 | 2024 |
| 57 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 169.5 | 2024 |
| 58 |  Papua New Guinea | 164.2 | 2024 |
| 59 |  Sri Lanka | 160.6 | 2024 |
| 60 |  Serbia | 158.3 | 2024 |
| 61 |  Pakistan | 158 | 2024 |
| 62 |  Poland | 155.8 | 2024 |
| 63 |  France | 154.7 | 2024 |
| 64 |  Czechia | 153.6 | 2024 |
| 65 |  Switzerland | 151.8 | 2024 |
| 66 |  Australia | 151.2 | 2024 |
| 67 |  Paraguay | 148.2 | 2024 |
| 68 |  Mauritius | 140.8 | 2024 |
| 69 |  Türkiye | 138.8 | 2024 |
| 70 |  Germany | 137.7 | 2024 |
| 71 |  Singapore | 137.5 | 2024 |
| 72 |  Canada | 136.7 | 2024 |
| 73 | World | 136.5 | 2023 |
| 74 |  Spain | 136 | 2024 |
| 75 |  Iceland | 133.7 | 2024 |
| 76 |  French Polynesia | 130.4 | 2024 |
| 77 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 127.9 | 2024 |
| 78 |  United States | 127.8 | 2024 |
| 79 |  Bermuda | 126.7 | 2024 |
| 80 |  Saudi Arabia | 125.5 | 2024 |
| 81 |  Bahamas | 123 | 2024 |
| 82 |  South Africa | 120.3 | 2024 |
| 83 |  Bulgaria | 119.7 | 2024 |
| 84 |  West Bank and Gaza | 118.7 | 2024 |
| 85 |  Hungary | 117.8 | 2024 |
| 86 |  Denmark | 117.2 | 2024 |
| 87 |  Austria | 117.1 | 2024 |
| 88 |  Laos | 115.4 | 2024 |
| 89 |  Italy | 112.1 | 2024 |
| 90 |  Jordan | 111.9 | 2024 |
| 91 |  Japan | 111 | 2024 |
| 92 |  Slovakia | 107.6 | 2024 |
| 93 |  Finland | 102.3 | 2024 |
| 94 |  Latvia | 97.9 | 2024 |
| 95 |  Sweden | 97.5 | 2024 |
| 96 |  Fiji | 96.9 | 2024 |
| 97 |  Mexico | 96.2 | 2024 |
| 98 |  Panama | 95.6 | 2024 |
| 99 |  Peru | 93.5 | 2024 |
| 100 |  Botswana | 93.1 | 2024 |
| 101 |  Lithuania | 92.8 | 2024 |
| 102 |  Romania | 85.8 | 2024 |
| 103 |  Zambia | 78.9 | 2024 |
| 104 |  Cambodia | 78.4 | 2024 |
| 105 |  Burundi | 75.3 | 2024 |
| 106 |  Eswatini | 74.6 | 2024 |
| 107 |  Dominica | 72.9 | 2024 |
| 108 |  Estonia | 72.4 | 2024 |
| 109 |  North Macedonia | 72.4 | 2024 |
| 110 |  Maldives | 70.5 | 2024 |
| 111 |  Iran | 68.3 | 2024 |
| 112 |  U.S. Virgin Islands | 68.1 | 2020 |
| 113 |  Nepal | 67.8 | 2024 |
| 114 |  Albania | 66.2 | 2024 |
| 115 |  El Salvador | 63.6 | 2024 |
| 116 |  Nicaragua | 59.3 | 2022 |
| 117 |  Morocco | 56.5 | 2024 |
| 118 |  Jamaica | 56.4 | 2024 |
| 119 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 54.8 | 2024 |
| 120 |  Iraq | 51.4 | 2024 |
| 121 |  Venezuela | 50.9 | 2024 |
| 122 |  Gabon | 50.3 | 2024 |
| 123 |  Kenya | 48.4 | 2024 |
| 124 |  Argentina | 47 | 2024 |
| 125 |  Tunisia | 46.4 | 2024 |
| 126 |  Tajikistan | 46 | 2024 |
| 127 |  Mongolia | 45.7 | 2024 |
| 128 |  Ethiopia | 45.4 | 2024 |
| 129 |  Ghana | 43.3 | 2024 |
| 130 |  Moldova | 42.5 | 2024 |
| 131 |  Ukraine | 41.7 | 2024 |
| 132 |  Armenia | 41.2 | 2024 |
| 133 |  Malawi | 36.6 | 2024 |
| 134 |  Libya | 34.5 | 2024 |
| 135 |  Barbados | 32.3 | 2024 |
| 136 |  Solomon Islands | 32.2 | 2024 |
| 137 |  Azerbaijan | 32.1 | 2024 |
| 138 |  Rwanda | 31.7 | 2024 |
| 139 |  Puerto Rico | 31.3 | 2024 |
| 140 |  Djibouti | 31 | 2024 |
| 141 |  Russia | 29.1 | 2024 |
| 142 |  Côte d'Ivoire | 28.4 | 2024 |
| 143 |  Namibia | 27.1 | 2024 |
| 144 |  Palau | 26.7 | 2024 |
| 145 |  Zimbabwe | 26.2 | 2024 |
| 146 |  Kyrgyzstan | 25.6 | 2024 |
| 147 |  Benin | 25.5 | 2024 |
| 148 |  Myanmar | 23.5 | 2024 |
| 149 |  Grenada | 23.3 | 2024 |
| 150 |  Algeria | 20.7 | 2024 |
| 151 |  Senegal | 19.3 | 2024 |
| 152 |  Republic of the Congo | 19.1 | 2024 |
| 153 |  Afghanistan | 18 | 2024 |
| 154 |  Tanzania | 17.7 | 2024 |
| 155 |  Cameroon | 16.3 | 2024 |
| 156 |  Togo | 15.7 | 2024 |
| 157 |  Angola | 15.6 | 2024 |
| 158 |  American Samoa | 14.4 | 2020 |
| 159 |  Mozambique | 14.4 | 2024 |
| 160 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 13.3 | 2024 |
| 161 |  Nigeria | 13 | 2024 |
| 162 |  Burkina Faso | 12.8 | 2024 |
| 163 |  Mali | 12 | 2024 |
| 164 |  Bhutan | 11.7 | 2024 |
| 165 |  Syria | 11.5 | 2024 |
| 166 |  Yemen | 11.4 | 2024 |
| 167 |  North Korea | 9.5 | 2024 |
| 168 |  Bolivia | 9.3 | 2024 |
| 169 |  Comoros | 8.3 | 2024 |
| 170 |  Mauritania | 8 | 2024 |
| 171 |  Liberia | 7.5 | 2024 |
| 172 |  Haiti | 7.3 | 2024 |
| 173 |  Sudan | 7.1 | 2024 |
| 174 |  Madagascar | 6.5 | 2024 |
| 175 |  Lesotho | 6.1 | 2024 |
| 176 |  Chad | 5.9 | 2024 |
| 177 |  The Gambia | 5.6 | 2024 |
| 178 |  St. Kitts and Nevis | 4.8 | 2024 |
| 179 |  Equatorial Guinea | 4.8 | 2024 |
| 180 |  Guinea | 4.2 | 2024 |
| 181 |  Kazakhstan | 3.8 | 2024 |
| 182 |  Cabo Verde | 3.5 | 2024 |
| 183 |  Cuba | 3.3 | 2024 |
| 184 |  Micronesia | 3.3 | 2024 |
| 185 |  Uganda | 3.2 | 2024 |
| 186 |  Tonga | 2.9 | 2024 |
| 187 |  Sierra Leone | 2.7 | 2023 |
| 188 |  DR Congo | 2.5 | 2024 |
| 189 |  Eritrea | 2.4 | 2024 |
| 190 |  Marshall Islands | 2 | 2005 |
| 191 |  Timor-Leste | 1.2 | 2022 |
| 192 |  Guinea-Bissau | 1.1 | 2024 |
| 193 |  Niger | 0.8 | 2024 |
| 194 |  Samoa | 0.8 | 2024 |
| 195 |  Vanuatu | 0.5 | 2024 |
| 196 |  Somalia | 0.1 | 2022 |
| 197 |  South Sudan | 0.1 | 2024 |
| 198 |  Northern Mariana Islands | 0.1 | 2020 |
| 199 |  Central African Republic | 0 | 2024 |
| 200 |  Kiribati | 0 | 2024 |
| 201 |  Aruba | 0 | 2024 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which country has the highest fertilizer consumption (kg per hectare) in 2024?
Kuwait ranks #1 with fertilizer consumption (kg per hectare) of 2,487.5 as of 2024, based on data from the World Bank World Development Indicators.
Which country has the lowest fertilizer consumption (kg per hectare)?
Aruba ranks last (#201) with 0 as of 2024.
What is the global median for fertilizer consumption (kg per hectare)?
The median value is 92.8 (Lithuania, ranked #101 out of 201 countries).
How many countries report data for fertilizer consumption (kg per hectare)?
201 countries have available data for fertilizer consumption (kg per hectare). Data is sourced from the World Bank World Development Indicators and updated regularly.
What category does fertilizer consumption (kg per hectare) belong to?
Fertilizer Consumption (kg per hectare) is classified under the "Agriculture" category. Statistics of the World tracks 337 indicators across 27 categories.
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