Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production 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
206
Highest
13.24 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
Naoero
Median
0 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
8,083
What the numbers show
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production is currently reported for 206 countries. The highest value is 13.24 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Naoero.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 t, and the mean is 310,980 t.
Over the past decade 28 countries rose and 35 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 1,042.1%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 100.0%).
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 13.24 million t | 2024 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 13.22 million t | 2024 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 3 | USSR | 7.69 million t | 1991 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 4 | Morocco | 6.20 million t | 2024 | up 174.6% | volatile |
| 5 | India | 5.10 million t | 2024 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 5.08 million t | 2024 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 2.35 million t | 2024 | up 160.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Brazil | 1.99 million t | 2024 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Australia and New Zealand | 958,865 t | 2024 | up 78.2% | falling |
| 10 | Australia | 770,165 t | 2024 | up 139.7% | falling |
| 11 | Indonesia | 575,938 t | 2024 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 12 | Viet Nam | 539,458 t | 2024 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Türkiye | 536,143 t | 2024 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Pakistan | 493,668 t | 2024 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Norway | 446,153 t | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 16 | Israel | 441,397 t | 2024 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Jordan | 383,400 t | 2024 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Republic of Korea | 244,669 t | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 19 | Belgium | 242,894 t | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 20 | Egypt | 230,114 t | 2024 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Yugoslav SFR | 225,000 t | 1991 | down 34.4% | rising |
| 22 | Belarus | 215,017 t | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 23 | Poland | 213,000 t | 2024 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 24 | New Zealand | 188,700 t | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 25 | Italy | 178,983 t | 2024 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Tunisia | 178,310 t | 2024 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 170,000 t | 1999 | down 58.7% | falling |
| 28 | Mexico | 169,086 t | 2024 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Greece | 146,888 t | 2024 | up 62.1% | falling |
| 30 | Spain | 144,023 t | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 31 | Lithuania | 139,852 t | 2024 | down 63.0% | rising |
| 32 | Japan | 131,710 t | 2024 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Kazakhstan | 120,716 t | 2024 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Argentina | 104,013 t | 2024 | up 52.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Germany | 102,102 t | 2024 | up 98.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Serbia | 84,703 t | 2024 | up 117.7% | rising |
| 37 | Bangladesh | 82,800 t | 2024 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 38 | Romania | 81,508 t | 2024 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Austria | 74,200 t | 2001 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 40 | Philippines | 71,730 t | 2024 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Colombia | 59,100 t | 2024 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Portugal | 48,062 t | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 43 | Lebanon | 43,800 t | 2024 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Zimbabwe | 43,400 t | 2024 | up 1,042.1% | falling |
| 45 | Serbia and Montenegro | 40,421 t | 2005 | up 188.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Czechoslovakia | 40,000 t | 1992 | down 88.1% | rising |
| 47 | Finland | 35,704 t | 2024 | down 77.7% | falling |
| 48 | Uzbekistan | 32,807 t | 2024 | down 73.8% | falling |
| 49 | Algeria | 32,400 t | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 50 | France | 28,829 t | 2024 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 51 | China, Taiwan Province of | 28,044 t | 2024 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 52 | Turkmenistan | 16,191 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 14,500 t | 2024 | down 87.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 14,452 t | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 55 | Croatia | 14,242 t | 2024 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 56 | Hungary | 10,802 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Senegal | 7,367 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Afghanistan | 1,541 t | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 59 | Aruba | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Angola | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Albania | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Armenia | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Azerbaijan | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Burundi | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Benin | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Burkina Faso | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Bulgaria | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Bahrain | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Bahamas | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Belize | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Bermuda | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Barbados | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Bhutan | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Botswana | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Canada | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 59 | Switzerland | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Chile | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Cameroon | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Congo | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Comoros | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Costa Rica | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Cuba | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Cyprus | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Czechia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Djibouti | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Dominica | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Denmark | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Dominican Republic | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Ecuador | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Eritrea | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Estonia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Ethiopia | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Fiji | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Faroe Islands | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Gabon | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Georgia | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Ghana | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Guinea | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Gambia | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Grenada | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Greenland | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Guatemala | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Guyana | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Honduras | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Haiti | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Ireland | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Iraq | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Iceland | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Jamaica | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Kenya | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Cambodia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Kiribati | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Kuwait | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Liberia | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Libya | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Saint Lucia | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Lesotho | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Luxembourg | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Latvia | 0 t | 2020 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Madagascar | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Maldives | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Marshall Islands | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | North Macedonia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Mali | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Malta | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Myanmar | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Montenegro | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Mongolia | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Mozambique | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Mauritania | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Mauritius | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Malawi | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Malaysia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Namibia | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | New Caledonia | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Niger | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Nigeria | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Nicaragua | 0 t | 2022 | — | flat |
| 59 | Nepal | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Oman | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Panama | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Peru | 0 t | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Palau | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Papua New Guinea | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Paraguay | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Palestine | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | French Polynesia | 0 t | 2020 | — | flat |
| 59 | Qatar | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Rwanda | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Sudan | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Singapore | 0 t | 2019 | — | flat |
| 59 | Solomon Islands | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Sierra Leone | 0 t | 2022 | — | flat |
| 59 | El Salvador | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | South Sudan | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Suriname | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Slovakia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Slovenia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Sweden | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Eswatini | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Seychelles | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Chad | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Togo | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Thailand | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Tajikistan | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Tonga | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Tuvalu | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Uganda | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Ukraine | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Uruguay | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Vanuatu | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Samoa | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Yemen | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Zambia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Cook Islands | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Micronesia | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Sudan (former) | 0 t | 2011 | — | flat |
| 59 | Cabo Verde | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Melanesia | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Polynesia | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Caribbean | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Republic of Moldova | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 59 | Naoero | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 47.04 million t
- Asia 24.42 million t
- Eastern Asia 13.62 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 7.59 million t
- Americas 7.38 million t
- Europe 7.23 million t
- Africa 7.05 million t
- Northern Africa 6.64 million t
- Southern Asia 5.69 million t
- Eastern Europe 5.60 million t
- Northern America 5.06 million t
- United States of America 5.06 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