Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity 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
214
Highest
10.55 million t
Morocco
Lowest
0 t
Naoero
Median
28.51 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
10,837
What the numbers show
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity is currently reported for 214 countries. The highest value is 10.55 million t in Morocco; the lowest is 0 t in Naoero.
The median across all reporting countries is 28.51 t, and the mean is 146,035 t.
Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 68 fell. The largest increase was in Namibia (up 321,314.0%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 100.0%).
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco | 10.55 million t | 2024 | up 409.1% | volatile |
| 2 | China | 4.19 million t | 2024 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 3 | China, mainland | 4.19 million t | 2024 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 3.77 million t | 2024 | up 68.9% | rising |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | 2.60 million t | 2024 | up 218,372.0% | volatile |
| 6 | USSR | 598,000 t | 1991 | up 135.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Israel | 456,313 t | 2024 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Norway | 440,504 t | 2024 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 342,000 t | 1999 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 10 | Belgium | 330,838 t | 2024 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 11 | Australia and New Zealand (excluding intra-trade) | 275,719 t | 2024 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Egypt | 273,488 t | 2024 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Australia and New Zealand | 187,780 t | 2024 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Australia | 187,719 t | 2024 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 186,433 t | 2024 | down 54.0% | rising |
| 16 | Tunisia | 178,309 t | 2024 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Spain | 171,469 t | 2024 | up 97.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Lithuania | 161,439 t | 2024 | down 57.8% | rising |
| 19 | Viet Nam | 154,041 t | 2024 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Türkiye | 145,219 t | 2024 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 21 | Republic of Korea | 138,537 t | 2024 | up 216.9% | falling |
| 22 | Jordan | 131,684 t | 2024 | up 204.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Poland | 117,643 t | 2024 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Bulgaria | 108,147 t | 2024 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Germany | 102,102 t | 2024 | up 42.6% | falling |
| 26 | Mexico | 97,047 t | 2024 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Kazakhstan | 81,142 t | 2024 | up 229.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Greece | 80,905 t | 2024 | up 84.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Italy | 78,757 t | 2024 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 30 | India | 78,465 t | 2024 | up 281.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Yugoslav SFR | 66,000 t | 1991 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Brazil | 59,753 t | 2024 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 33 | Serbia | 59,239 t | 2024 | up 130.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Lebanon | 59,056 t | 2024 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Portugal | 57,944 t | 2024 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 36 | Uzbekistan | 47,496 t | 2024 | up 454.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Thailand | 37,547 t | 2024 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Belarus | 34,454 t | 2024 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 39 | France | 28,829 t | 2024 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Romania | 23,288 t | 2024 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Canada | 22,973 t | 2024 | up 103.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Namibia | 22,499 t | 2024 | up 321,314.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Finland | 20,080 t | 2024 | up 5,035.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Côte d'Ivoire | 19,585 t | 2024 | up 83.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Malaysia | 19,458 t | 2024 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Indonesia | 17,897 t | 2024 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Latvia | 16,375 t | 2024 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 48 | United Republic of Tanzania | 16,239 t | 2024 | up 10,243.3% | volatile |
| 49 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 16,196 t | 2024 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Caribbean (excluding intra-trade) | 15,124 t | 2024 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Slovenia | 14,988 t | 2024 | up 121.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Senegal | 14,815 t | 2024 | up 64.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Peru | 14,279 t | 2024 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Caribbean | 10,300 t | 2024 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 10,291 t | 2024 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Colombia | 9,439 t | 2024 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Czechoslovakia | 9,400 t | 1992 | up 840.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Croatia | 9,050 t | 2024 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 59 | Japan | 7,738 t | 2024 | up 136.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Kenya | 7,280 t | 2024 | up 71.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Honduras | 6,497 t | 2024 | up 347.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Zambia | 6,379 t | 2023 | up 91,028.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Serbia and Montenegro | 6,319 t | 2005 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Mozambique | 5,992 t | 2024 | up 569.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Uruguay | 5,498 t | 2024 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Philippines | 5,421 t | 2024 | up 1,707.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Guatemala | 5,397 t | 2024 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 68 | United Arab Emirates | 5,054 t | 2024 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4,493 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Hungary | 4,413 t | 2024 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Mali | 4,363 t | 2024 | down 88.0% | volatile |
| 72 | El Salvador | 3,178 t | 2024 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Costa Rica | 3,164 t | 2024 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Austria | 2,867 t | 2024 | up 131.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Czechia | 2,763 t | 2024 | up 77.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Ireland | 2,303 t | 2024 | up 315.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Sweden | 1,669 t | 2024 | up 160.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Luxembourg | 1,472 t | 2024 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 79 | Chile | 1,209 t | 2024 | up 50.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Ghana | 1,206 t | 2024 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Estonia | 1,014 t | 2024 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Slovakia | 998 t | 2024 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 83 | China, Taiwan Province of | 769 t | 2024 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Paraguay | 654 t | 2024 | up 32,600.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Syrian Arab Republic | 609 t | 2024 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Denmark | 408 t | 2024 | down 97.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Ecuador | 329 t | 2024 | up 253.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 329 t | 2024 | down 88.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Turkmenistan | 253 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 90 | Malawi | 252 t | 2024 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Algeria | 227 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 92 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 206 t | 2024 | up 198.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Georgia | 157 t | 2024 | up 772.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Angola | 142 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Singapore | 141 t | 2024 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Ukraine | 134 t | 2024 | down 99.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Togo | 105 t | 2024 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Burkina Faso | 93 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Guyana | 89 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Micronesia (excluding intra-trade) | 88.55 t | 2022 | down 66.7% | rising |
| 101 | Oman | 66 t | 2024 | up 153.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Panama | 63 t | 2024 | up 293.8% | volatile |
| 103 | New Zealand | 61 t | 2024 | down 73.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Switzerland | 48 t | 2024 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 104 | North Macedonia | 48 t | 2024 | up 220.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Botswana | 38 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Melanesia (excluding intra-trade) | 29.02 t | 2024 | up 169.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Kuwait | 28 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19 t | 2024 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Benin | 18 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 111 | Armenia | 17 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Uganda | 16 t | 2024 | up 128.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Mauritius | 13 t | 2024 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Albania | 12 t | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Qatar | 9 t | 2024 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Iraq | 7 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Eswatini | 7 t | 2024 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7 t | 2024 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | 5 t | 2024 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Liberia | 3 t | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Cuba | 2 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Montenegro | 1 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Polynesia (excluding intra-trade) | 0.28 t | 2020 | down 99.0% | falling |
| 125 | Aruba | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Afghanistan | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Argentina | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Azerbaijan | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Burundi | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Bangladesh | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Bahrain | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Bahamas | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Belize | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Bermuda | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Barbados | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Bhutan | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Cameroon | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Congo | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Comoros | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Cyprus | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Djibouti | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Dominica | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Eritrea | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Ethiopia | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Fiji | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Faroe Islands | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Gabon | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Guinea | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Gambia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Grenada | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Greenland | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Haiti | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Iceland | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Jamaica | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Cambodia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Kiribati | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Libya | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Saint Lucia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Sri Lanka | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Lesotho | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Madagascar | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Maldives | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Marshall Islands | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Malta | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Myanmar | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Mongolia | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Mauritania | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | New Caledonia | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Niger | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Nigeria | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Nicaragua | 0 t | 2022 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Nepal | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Pakistan | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Palau | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Papua New Guinea | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Palestine | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | French Polynesia | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Rwanda | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Sudan | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Solomon Islands | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Sierra Leone | 0 t | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 125 | South Sudan | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Suriname | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Seychelles | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Chad | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Tajikistan | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Tonga | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Tuvalu | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Vanuatu | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Samoa | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Yemen | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Zimbabwe | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | French Guiana | 0 t | 2001 | — | flat |
| 125 | Guadeloupe | 0 t | 2001 | — | flat |
| 125 | Martinique | 0 t | 2001 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Cook Islands | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Micronesia | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Sudan (former) | 0 t | 2011 | — | flat |
| 125 | Cabo Verde | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Melanesia | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Polynesia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Republic of Moldova | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 125 | Naoero | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 27.08 million t
- Northern Africa (excluding intra-trade) 11.45 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 11.26 million t
- Africa 11.15 million t
- Northern Africa 11.00 million t
- Africa (excluding intra-trade) 10.30 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (excluding intra-trade) 9.86 million t
- Asia 8.18 million t
- Europe 5.84 million t
- Asia (excluding intra-trade) 4.34 million t
- Eastern Asia (excluding intra-trade) 4.34 million t
- Eastern Asia 4.33 million t
About this data
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