Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use by country

The Fertilizers by Nutrient dataset contains information on the totals in nutrients for Production, Trade and Agriculture Use of inorganic (chemical or mineral) fertilizers. The data are provided for the three primary plant nutrients: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (expressed as P2O5) and potassium (expressed as K2O)....

Countries reporting
212
Highest
9.34 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Median
10,054 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
12,540

What the numbers show

Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use is currently reported for 212 countries. The highest value is 9.34 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Micronesia (Federated States of).

The median across all reporting countries is 10,054 t, and the mean is 275,608 t.

Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 103 fell. The largest increase was in Guinea (up 42,833.3%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).

Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 9.34 million t 2024 down 30.7% volatile
2 China, mainland 9.24 million t 2024 down 30.8% volatile
3 India 8.40 million t 2024 up 37.7% volatile
4 USSR 6.59 million t 1991 up 12.2% rising
5 Brazil 6.20 million t 2024 up 21.6% volatile
6 Australia and New Zealand 1.75 million t 2024 up 45.1% rising
7 Australia 1.57 million t 2024 up 73.2% rising
8 Canada 1.16 million t 2024 up 22.9% rising
9 Bangladesh 1.04 million t 2024 up 83.9% volatile
10 Pakistan 994,884 t 2024 up 6.3% volatile
11 Russian Federation 766,097 t 2024 up 64.4% volatile
12 Argentina 746,381 t 2024 up 33.0% volatile
13 Türkiye 732,812 t 2024 up 28.5% rising
14 Philippines 676,099 t 2024 up 396.7% volatile
15 Viet Nam 645,547 t 2024 down 26.0% volatile
16 Indonesia 582,142 t 2024 down 54.2% volatile
17 South Africa 490,643 t 2024 up 85.8% flat
18 Mexico 399,870 t 2024 down 1.7% rising
19 Thailand 334,825 t 2024 down 37.2% volatile
20 France 329,942 t 2024 down 25.8% volatile
21 Spain 317,212 t 2024 down 20.4% flat
22 Paraguay 239,373 t 2024 up 22.2% volatile
23 Colombia 238,170 t 2024 up 5.1% volatile
24 Egypt 230,114 t 2024 down 9.1% volatile
25 Ukraine 214,301 t 2024 down 11.1% volatile
26 Poland 211,218 t 2024 down 30.4% volatile
27 Saudi Arabia 200,959 t 2024 up 121.3% volatile
28 Romania 198,687 t 2024 up 67.6% volatile
29 Ethiopia 194,069 t 2024 up 23.8% rising
30 New Zealand 181,000 t 2024 down 39.9% falling
31 Morocco 172,600 t 2024 down 23.9% volatile
32 Malaysia 161,327 t 2024 down 13.3% rising
33 Germany 139,630 t 2024 down 53.6% volatile
34 Yugoslav SFR 139,000 t 1991 down 48.1% rising
35 Nigeria 125,807 t 2024 up 225.1% volatile
36 Chile 125,453 t 2024 down 15.7% rising
37 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 116,000 t 2024 down 42.3% falling
38 Belarus 111,718 t 2024 down 27.1% volatile
39 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 109,915 t 2024 down 55.8% volatile
40 Kenya 109,043 t 2024 down 14.1% volatile
41 China, Taiwan Province of 99,037 t 2024 down 22.4% falling
42 Italy 98,699 t 2024 down 41.5% falling
43 Uruguay 94,594 t 2024 down 48.6% volatile
44 Serbia and Montenegro 79,317 t 2005 up 466.6% volatile
45 Serbia 78,913 t 2024 up 49.2% falling
46 Iraq 77,280 t 2024 up 475.2% volatile
47 Hungary 77,243 t 2024 down 6.3% volatile
48 Republic of Korea 75,121 t 2024 down 46.9% falling
49 Czechoslovakia 75,000 t 1992 down 84.3% rising
50 Burundi 73,824 t 2024 up 1,536.5% volatile
51 Cambodia 72,622 t 2024 up 95.5% volatile
52 Bulgaria 70,240 t 2024 up 29.4% volatile
53 Sudan (former) 69,150 t 2011 up 501.3% volatile
54 Guatemala 63,764 t 2024 down 11.3% volatile
55 Zambia 62,195 t 2024 up 58.6% volatile
56 Peru 60,479 t 2024 down 24.2% volatile
57 Greece 59,864 t 2024 up 15.9% falling
58 Algeria 58,800 t 2024 down 24.6% volatile
59 Ethiopia PDR 58,000 t 1992 up 181.6% volatile
60 Myanmar 53,515 t 2024 up 275.4% volatile
61 United Republic of Tanzania 52,348 t 2024 up 93.3% volatile
62 Ghana 52,100 t 2024 up 233.2% volatile
63 Tunisia 50,900 t 2024 up 2.2% rising
64 Belgium-Luxembourg 45,000 t 1999 down 48.0% falling
65 Libya 44,004 t 2024 up 111.0% volatile
66 Kazakhstan 41,700 t 2024 up 28.9% volatile
67 Czechia 39,185 t 2024 down 6.7% falling
68 Portugal 39,075 t 2024 down 7.6% falling
69 Afghanistan 38,955 t 2024 up 660.7% volatile
70 Honduras 38,420 t 2024 up 51.9% volatile
71 Lithuania 37,428 t 2024 down 15.8% rising
72 Nepal 35,751 t 2024 down 14.8% volatile
73 Sweden 35,066 t 2024 up 26.7% volatile
74 Sri Lanka 29,609 t 2024 down 52.7% rising
75 Croatia 29,042 t 2024 down 24.9% falling
76 Denmark 28,751 t 2024 down 10.2% volatile
77 Ireland 28,736 t 2024 down 19.2% falling
78 Turkmenistan 28,344 t 2024 up 372.4% volatile
79 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 27,016 t 2024 up 108.3% volatile
80 Sudan 26,957 t 2024 down 26.4% volatile
81 Japan 26,792 t 2024 down 92.5% falling
82 Finland 26,697 t 2024 down 1.7% volatile
83 Latvia 25,073 t 2024 up 7.3% volatile
84 Austria 24,570 t 2024 down 24.9% volatile
85 Costa Rica 23,976 t 2024 up 35.2% rising
86 Ecuador 23,673 t 2024 down 50.4% volatile
87 Burkina Faso 23,031 t 2024 up 7.7% volatile
88 Malawi 22,789 t 2024 up 95.2% volatile
89 Uzbekistan 20,373 t 2024 down 90.7% falling
90 Slovakia 20,054 t 2024 down 11.7% rising
91 Mozambique 19,425 t 2024 up 237.9% volatile
92 Azerbaijan 19,421 t 2024 up 10.9% volatile
93 Benin 19,113 t 2024 up 423.8% volatile
94 Norway 18,926 t 2024 down 1.5% falling
95 Angola 17,685 t 2024 up 124.8% volatile
96 Lao People's Democratic Republic 16,421 t 2024 down 29.1% volatile
97 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 16,319 t 2024 up 79.0% volatile
98 Republic of Moldova 14,859 t 2024 up 227.0% volatile
99 Rwanda 14,424 t 2024 up 211.4% volatile
100 Cameroon 13,782 t 2024 up 16.6% volatile
101 Nicaragua 12,241 t 2022 up 25.0% volatile
102 El Salvador 12,070 t 2024 down 7.9% falling
103 Albania 11,772 t 2024 down 48.6% volatile
104 Senegal 11,180 t 2024 up 10.5% volatile
105 Panama 10,327 t 2024 up 13.8% rising
106 Syrian Arab Republic 10,319 t 2024 — volatile
107 Belgium 9,788 t 2024 down 41.3% volatile
108 Kyrgyzstan 9,454 t 2024 up 90.3% volatile
109 Caribbean 8,705 t 2024 down 84.1% falling
110 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 8,677 t 2024 down 92.8% volatile
111 Slovenia 7,628 t 2024 down 16.6% falling
112 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7,472 t 2024 down 7.0% rising
113 Switzerland 7,156 t 2024 down 49.3% falling
114 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 6,959 t 2024 up 163.7% volatile
115 Estonia 6,592 t 2024 down 23.8% volatile
116 Belize 6,582 t 2024 down 7.0% volatile
117 Melanesia 6,096 t 2024 up 100.1% volatile
118 Mali 5,995 t 2024 down 78.8% volatile
119 Lebanon 5,900 t 2024 down 40.4% volatile
120 Madagascar 5,561 t 2024 up 39.2% volatile
121 Côte d'Ivoire 5,110 t 2024 down 85.5% volatile
122 Cyprus 5,054 t 2024 up 27.7% falling
123 Uganda 5,012 t 2024 up 49.3% volatile
124 Israel 4,970 t 2024 down 15.8% falling
125 Chad 4,857 t 2024 up 34.5% volatile
126 North Macedonia 4,817 t 2024 down 11.9% falling
127 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4,807 t 2024 up 181.1% volatile
128 United Arab Emirates 4,732 t 2024 up 32.4% volatile
129 Gabon 4,381 t 2024 up 289.1% volatile
130 Papua New Guinea 4,359 t 2024 up 810.0% volatile
131 Georgia 4,295 t 2024 down 22.5% volatile
132 Zimbabwe 4,289 t 2024 down 86.4% falling
133 Guyana 4,232 t 2024 down 26.1% volatile
134 Niger 4,000 t 2024 up 128.4% volatile
135 Guinea 3,864 t 2024 up 42,833.3% volatile
136 Iceland 3,557 t 2024 down 60.0% falling
137 Eswatini 3,521 t 2024 up 5.3% rising
138 Botswana 3,410 t 2024 up 203.7% volatile
139 Tajikistan 3,346 t 2024 down 15.7% volatile
140 Togo 3,067 t 2024 down 2.9% volatile
141 Jordan 2,945 t 2024 up 338.9% volatile
142 Kuwait 2,838 t 2024 up 262.5% volatile
143 Oman 2,760 t 2024 up 21.9% volatile
144 Jamaica 2,370 t 2024 down 18.7% falling
145 Yemen 2,296 t 2024 up 89.6% volatile
146 Congo 2,244 t 2024 up 2,740.5% volatile
147 Haiti 2,114 t 2024 down 69.7% volatile
148 Cuba 2,023 t 2024 down 90.0% volatile
149 Gambia 1,685 t 2024 up 2,117.1% volatile
150 Mauritius 1,367 t 2024 down 66.9% falling
151 Fiji 1,328 t 2024 down 38.4% volatile
152 Trinidad and Tobago 1,177 t 2024 up 135.4% volatile
153 Qatar 1,067 t 2024 up 77.8% volatile
154 Armenia 1,047 t 2024 down 62.3% volatile
155 Suriname 914 t 2024 down 47.9% volatile
156 Mauritania 901 t 2024 up 30.6% volatile
157 Sierra Leone 872 t 2022 up 63.9% volatile
158 Liberia 849 t 2024 down 20.3% volatile
159 French Guiana 823 t 2024 down 11.0% volatile
160 Lesotho 724 t 2024 up 596.2% volatile
161 Malta 662 t 2024 up 934.4% volatile
162 Montenegro 612 t 2024 up 11.1% falling
163 Luxembourg 600 t 2024 down 49.2% falling
164 Namibia 559 t 2024 down 7.6% volatile
165 New Caledonia 396 t 2024 down 3.4% volatile
166 Mongolia 339 t 2024 up 160.8% volatile
167 Bahamas 297 t 2024 up 8.4% falling
168 Bhutan 289 t 2024 down 6.2% rising
169 Palestine 273 t 2024 down 88.4% falling
170 Brunei Darussalam 232 t 2024 unchanged volatile
171 Puerto Rico 230 t 2024 down 64.6% volatile
172 China, Hong Kong SAR 219 t 2024 down 45.4% falling
173 Réunion 195 t 2024 down 8.9% volatile
174 Dominica 150 t 2024 down 32.4% volatile
175 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 143 t 2024 up 248.8% volatile
176 Saint Lucia 115 t 2024 down 29.9% volatile
177 Bahrain 100 t 2024 up 11.1% volatile
178 Sao Tome and Principe 91 t 2024 up 279.2% volatile
179 Polynesia 84 t 2024 down 52.5% falling
180 Comoros 77 t 2024 — volatile
181 Guinea-Bissau 69 t 2024 down 91.6% volatile
182 French Polynesia 64 t 2024 down 52.2% falling
183 Maldives 63 t 2024 up 125.0% volatile
184 Cabo Verde 41 t 2024 up 215.4% rising
185 Barbados 40 t 2024 up 53.8% volatile
186 Djibouti 26 t 2024 up 73.3% volatile
187 Grenada 20 t 2024 down 65.5% volatile
188 Faroe Islands 18 t 2024 up 200.0% volatile
189 Antigua and Barbuda 17 t 2024 up 112.5% volatile
189 Greenland 17 t 2024 up 54.5% volatile
191 Bermuda 14 t 2024 down 44.0% volatile
192 Seychelles 13 t 2024 up 333.3% volatile
192 Tonga 13 t 2024 down 64.9% volatile
194 Singapore 12 t 2024 — volatile
194 Solomon Islands 12 t 2024 — volatile
196 Saint Kitts and Nevis 9 t 2024 down 76.3% volatile
196 South Sudan 9 t 2024 — volatile
198 Equatorial Guinea 4 t 2024 down 94.2% volatile
198 Cook Islands 4 t 2024 unchanged volatile
200 Samoa 3 t 2024 — volatile
201 Central African Republic 1 t 2024 — volatile
201 Vanuatu 1 t 2024 — volatile
203 Aruba 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
203 Dominican Republic 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
203 Eritrea 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
203 Kiribati 0 t 2024 — volatile
203 Palau 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
203 Tuvalu 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
203 Guadeloupe 0 t 2024 — volatile
203 Martinique 0 t 2024 — volatile
203 Micronesia 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
203 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Agricultural Use
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
243 places, 12,540 data points, 1961–2024
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The Fertilizers by Nutrient dataset contains information on the totals in nutrients for Production, Trade and Agriculture Use of inorganic (chemical or mineral) fertilizers. The data are provided for the three primary plant nutrients: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (expressed as P2O5) and potassium (expressed as K2O). Both straight and compound fertilizers are included. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/RFN/RFN_EN_README.pdf