Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland 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
211
Highest
257.14 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0 kg/ha
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Median
10.78 kg/ha
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,699
What the numbers show
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland is currently reported for 211 countries. The highest value is 257.14 kg/ha in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0 kg/ha in Micronesia (Federated States of).
The median across all reporting countries is 10.78 kg/ha, and the mean is 18.69 kg/ha.
Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 106 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 2,546.2%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per area of cropland: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 257.14 kg/ha | 2024 | up 157.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Kuwait | 190 kg/ha | 2024 | up 290.7% | volatile |
| 3 | China, Taiwan Province of | 127.48 kg/ha | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 118.05 kg/ha | 2024 | up 77.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Brazil | 97.27 kg/ha | 2024 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Malta | 82.54 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1,218.5% | volatile |
| 7 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 73 kg/ha | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 8 | China | 72.15 kg/ha | 2024 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 9 | China, mainland | 71.82 kg/ha | 2024 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Philippines | 60.12 kg/ha | 2024 | up 384.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Viet Nam | 55.42 kg/ha | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Egypt | 54.41 kg/ha | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 13 | Australia and New Zealand | 54.4 kg/ha | 2024 | up 48.3% | falling |
| 14 | Burundi | 51.72 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1,491.4% | volatile |
| 15 | Paraguay | 51.55 kg/ha | 2024 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 16 | New Caledonia | 51.1 kg/ha | 2024 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 50.39 kg/ha | 1999 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 18 | India | 49.97 kg/ha | 2024 | up 38.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Republic of Korea | 49.91 kg/ha | 2024 | down 40.4% | rising |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 48.46 kg/ha | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Belize | 48.4 kg/ha | 2024 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 22 | French Guiana | 47.4 kg/ha | 2024 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Bermuda | 46.67 kg/ha | 2024 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Chile | 46 kg/ha | 2024 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Qatar | 44.46 kg/ha | 2024 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Costa Rica | 44.05 kg/ha | 2024 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 27 | Colombia | 43.97 kg/ha | 2024 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 43.78 kg/ha | 2024 | up 74.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Cyprus | 40.99 kg/ha | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 30 | Uruguay | 38.56 kg/ha | 2024 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 31 | South Africa | 35.57 kg/ha | 2024 | up 85.8% | flat |
| 32 | Australia | 34.8 kg/ha | 2024 | up 76.8% | falling |
| 33 | Guyana | 33.59 kg/ha | 2024 | down 27.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Montenegro | 32.12 kg/ha | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 35 | Pakistan | 31.7 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Croatia | 31.19 kg/ha | 2024 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 37 | Türkiye | 30.5 kg/ha | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 38 | Canada | 30.29 kg/ha | 2024 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 39 | Iceland | 29.4 kg/ha | 2024 | down 59.9% | falling |
| 40 | USSR | 28.81 kg/ha | 1991 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 41 | Serbia | 28.67 kg/ha | 2024 | up 51.5% | falling |
| 42 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 28.6 kg/ha | 2024 | up 248.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Bahamas | 27 kg/ha | 2024 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Bahrain | 23.64 kg/ha | 2024 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Lebanon | 23.48 kg/ha | 2024 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Norway | 23.39 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 47 | Slovenia | 23.16 kg/ha | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 48 | Romania | 22.61 kg/ha | 2024 | up 75.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Portugal | 22.52 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 50 | Honduras | 22.27 kg/ha | 2024 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.08 kg/ha | 2024 | up 135.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Libya | 21.47 kg/ha | 2024 | up 111.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Oman | 21.37 kg/ha | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Guatemala | 20.85 kg/ha | 2024 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 55 | Serbia and Montenegro | 20.75 kg/ha | 2005 | up 505.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Greece | 20.73 kg/ha | 2024 | up 33.6% | falling |
| 57 | Malaysia | 20.51 kg/ha | 2024 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 58 | Belarus | 19.96 kg/ha | 2024 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Brunei Darussalam | 19.5 kg/ha | 2024 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 19.36 kg/ha | 2024 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Spain | 19.25 kg/ha | 2024 | down 17.0% | rising |
| 62 | Morocco | 19.18 kg/ha | 2024 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Latvia | 18.36 kg/ha | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 64 | Nepal | 18.35 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Mauritius | 18.29 kg/ha | 2024 | down 66.9% | flat |
| 66 | Yugoslav SFR | 18.23 kg/ha | 1991 | down 46.5% | rising |
| 67 | Hungary | 18.08 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Singapore | 18.06 kg/ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Eswatini | 17.84 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 70 | Panama | 17.41 kg/ha | 2024 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Albania | 17.38 kg/ha | 2024 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Turkmenistan | 16.87 kg/ha | 2024 | up 343.9% | volatile |
| 73 | France | 16.59 kg/ha | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Poland | 16.49 kg/ha | 2024 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 75 | Mexico | 16.39 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 76 | Zambia | 16.19 kg/ha | 2024 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Lithuania | 16.07 kg/ha | 2024 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 78 | Suriname | 16.04 kg/ha | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Austria | 15.97 kg/ha | 2024 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 80 | Cambodia | 15.72 kg/ha | 2024 | up 73.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Thailand | 15.52 kg/ha | 2024 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15.36 kg/ha | 2024 | up 112.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Czechia | 15.27 kg/ha | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 84 | Argentina | 15.25 kg/ha | 2024 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Slovakia | 15.19 kg/ha | 2024 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 86 | New Zealand | 15.18 kg/ha | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 87 | Czechoslovakia | 14.92 kg/ha | 1992 | down 83.9% | rising |
| 88 | Ireland | 14.57 kg/ha | 2024 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 89 | Iraq | 14.28 kg/ha | 2024 | up 460.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 14.15 kg/ha | 2024 | up 86.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Israel | 14.11 kg/ha | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 92 | Kenya | 14.04 kg/ha | 2024 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Sweden | 13.91 kg/ha | 2024 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 94 | El Salvador | 13.85 kg/ha | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 95 | Indonesia | 13.3 kg/ha | 2024 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 96 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 13.17 kg/ha | 2024 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 97 | Botswana | 13.04 kg/ha | 2024 | up 369.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Maldives | 12.86 kg/ha | 2024 | up 147.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Jamaica | 12.22 kg/ha | 2024 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 100 | Denmark | 12.07 kg/ha | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Saint Lucia | 12.03 kg/ha | 2024 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Finland | 11.89 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Switzerland | 11.82 kg/ha | 2024 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Sri Lanka | 11.49 kg/ha | 2024 | down 57.8% | rising |
| 105 | Belgium | 11.04 kg/ha | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 106 | North Macedonia | 10.78 kg/ha | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 107 | Georgia | 10.67 kg/ha | 2024 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Germany | 10.6 kg/ha | 2024 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Italy | 10.56 kg/ha | 2024 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 110 | Ethiopia | 10.51 kg/ha | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 111 | Ecuador | 10.41 kg/ha | 2024 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Tunisia | 10.41 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 113 | Jordan | 10.33 kg/ha | 2024 | up 396.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 10.27 kg/ha | 2024 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Peru | 9.76 kg/ha | 2024 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Fiji | 9.58 kg/ha | 2024 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Estonia | 9.3 kg/ha | 2024 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 118 | Gabon | 8.85 kg/ha | 2024 | up 289.9% | volatile |
| 119 | Rwanda | 8.62 kg/ha | 2024 | up 222.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Seychelles | 8.44 kg/ha | 2024 | up 243.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Azerbaijan | 8.2 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Republic of Moldova | 7.14 kg/ha | 2024 | up 209.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Ghana | 7.02 kg/ha | 2024 | up 207.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Kyrgyzstan | 6.94 kg/ha | 2024 | up 89.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Réunion | 6.92 kg/ha | 2024 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 126 | Algeria | 6.91 kg/ha | 2024 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Nicaragua | 6.8 kg/ha | 2022 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Luxembourg | 6.69 kg/ha | 2024 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 129 | Dominica | 6.67 kg/ha | 2024 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Ukraine | 6.34 kg/ha | 2024 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Japan | 6.27 kg/ha | 2024 | down 92.1% | falling |
| 132 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 6.25 kg/ha | 2024 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Russian Federation | 6.2 kg/ha | 2024 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 134 | Djibouti | 5.79 kg/ha | 2024 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Malawi | 5.32 kg/ha | 2024 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Ethiopia PDR | 5.13 kg/ha | 1992 | up 231.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Barbados | 5 kg/ha | 2024 | up 92.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Afghanistan | 4.82 kg/ha | 2024 | up 641.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Uzbekistan | 4.65 kg/ha | 2024 | down 90.6% | falling |
| 140 | Benin | 4.43 kg/ha | 2024 | up 317.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 4.28 kg/ha | 2024 | up 72.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Myanmar | 4.27 kg/ha | 2024 | up 268.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Melanesia | 3.85 kg/ha | 2024 | up 89.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Angola | 3.59 kg/ha | 2024 | up 112.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Papua New Guinea | 3.59 kg/ha | 2024 | up 734.9% | volatile |
| 146 | Sudan (former) | 3.45 kg/ha | 2011 | up 392.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Congo | 3.44 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2,546.2% | volatile |
| 148 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.29 kg/ha | 2024 | up 73.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.21 kg/ha | 2024 | up 112.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Puerto Rico | 3.19 kg/ha | 2024 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Tajikistan | 3.19 kg/ha | 2024 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Grenada | 2.86 kg/ha | 2024 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Senegal | 2.86 kg/ha | 2024 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Nigeria | 2.79 kg/ha | 2024 | up 203.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Gambia | 2.74 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1,612.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2.73 kg/ha | 2024 | up 167.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Burkina Faso | 2.68 kg/ha | 2024 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 2.63 kg/ha | 2024 | down 92.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Bhutan | 2.54 kg/ha | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Palestine | 2.41 kg/ha | 2024 | down 85.8% | falling |
| 161 | French Polynesia | 2.38 kg/ha | 2024 | down 53.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Mozambique | 2.24 kg/ha | 2024 | up 194.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.1 kg/ha | 2024 | up 233.3% | rising |
| 164 | Armenia | 2.08 kg/ha | 2024 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 165 | Mauritania | 1.96 kg/ha | 2024 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.89 kg/ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.76 kg/ha | 2024 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Cameroon | 1.73 kg/ha | 2024 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Haiti | 1.62 kg/ha | 2024 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 170 | Yemen | 1.58 kg/ha | 2024 | up 90.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Madagascar | 1.53 kg/ha | 2024 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Kazakhstan | 1.36 kg/ha | 2024 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 173 | Caribbean | 1.28 kg/ha | 2024 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Sudan | 1.27 kg/ha | 2024 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Lesotho | 1.24 kg/ha | 2024 | up 226.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Liberia | 1.19 kg/ha | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Cook Islands | 1.17 kg/ha | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 178 | Togo | 1.11 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Zimbabwe | 1.05 kg/ha | 2024 | down 86.4% | falling |
| 180 | Chad | 0.91 kg/ha | 2024 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 181 | Mali | 0.85 kg/ha | 2024 | down 81.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Namibia | 0.69 kg/ha | 2024 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Comoros | 0.58 kg/ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Cuba | 0.57 kg/ha | 2024 | down 90.1% | volatile |
| 185 | Cabo Verde | 0.55 kg/ha | 2024 | up 223.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Guinea | 0.53 kg/ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Sierra Leone | 0.5 kg/ha | 2022 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 188 | Uganda | 0.44 kg/ha | 2024 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 189 | Tonga | 0.42 kg/ha | 2024 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 190 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.38 kg/ha | 2024 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 191 | Mongolia | 0.3 kg/ha | 2024 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 192 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.26 kg/ha | 2024 | up 136.4% | volatile |
| 193 | Niger | 0.22 kg/ha | 2024 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Polynesia | 0.17 kg/ha | 2024 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 195 | Solomon Islands | 0.12 kg/ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 196 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1 kg/ha | 2024 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 197 | Samoa | 0.07 kg/ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 198 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.04 kg/ha | 2024 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 199 | Vanuatu | 0.01 kg/ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 200 | Aruba | 0 kg/ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 200 | Central African Republic | 0 kg/ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 200 | Dominican Republic | 0 kg/ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 200 | Eritrea | 0 kg/ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 200 | Kiribati | 0 kg/ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 200 | Palau | 0 kg/ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 200 | South Sudan | 0 kg/ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 200 | Tuvalu | 0 kg/ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 200 | Guadeloupe | 0 kg/ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 200 | Martinique | 0 kg/ha | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 200 | Micronesia | 0 kg/ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 200 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0 kg/ha | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Asia 68.03 kg/ha
- South America 53.52 kg/ha
- Oceania 51.77 kg/ha
- Southern Asia 44.63 kg/ha
- Asia 40.14 kg/ha
- Southern Africa 34.97 kg/ha
- Americas 34.89 kg/ha
- World 27.23 kg/ha
- Northern America 25.03 kg/ha
- United States of America 23.73 kg/ha
- Western Asia 23.62 kg/ha
- Southern Europe 18.21 kg/ha
- Central America 17.47 kg/ha
- European Union (27) 17.28 kg/ha
- Northern Europe 17.1 kg/ha
- South-eastern Asia 16.49 kg/ha
- Western Europe 15.74 kg/ha
- Northern Africa 11.69 kg/ha
- Europe 11.31 kg/ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 11.04 kg/ha
- Eastern Europe 8.74 kg/ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 7.93 kg/ha
- Africa 6.03 kg/ha
- Eastern Africa 5.81 kg/ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 5.4 kg/ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 3.46 kg/ha
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 2.83 kg/ha
- Central Asia 2.64 kg/ha
- Western Africa 2.11 kg/ha
- Middle Africa 1.17 kg/ha
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