Nutrient potash K2O (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
213
Highest
13.75 million t
Canada
Lowest
0 t
Naoero
Median
38 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
9,999
What the numbers show
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Export quantity is currently reported for 213 countries. The highest value is 13.75 million t in Canada; the lowest is 0 t in Naoero.
The median across all reporting countries is 38 t, and the mean is 190,093 t.
Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Namibia (up 764,500.0%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 100.0%).
Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Export quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 13.75 million t | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 10.63 million t | 2024 | up 53.2% | volatile |
| 3 | USSR | 2.86 million t | 1991 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Israel | 2.27 million t | 2024 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Belarus | 2.18 million t | 2024 | down 62.3% | rising |
| 6 | Germany | 1.91 million t | 2024 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 7 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.62 million t | 2024 | up 1,176.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Turkmenistan | 552,761 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 9 | Chile | 494,968 t | 2024 | down 54.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Norway | 428,998 t | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 11 | Belgium | 387,473 t | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 12 | Spain | 356,415 t | 2024 | down 37.1% | rising |
| 13 | China | 330,549 t | 2024 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 309,196 t | 2024 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 256,000 t | 1999 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 16 | China, mainland | 243,723 t | 2024 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Morocco | 223,543 t | 2024 | up 376.1% | volatile |
| 18 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 209,750 t | 2024 | up 860.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Poland | 108,205 t | 2024 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 20 | China, Taiwan Province of | 86,612 t | 2024 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Malaysia | 86,392 t | 2024 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Jordan | 85,602 t | 2024 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Sweden | 81,127 t | 2024 | up 60.6% | rising |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 77,933 t | 2024 | up 423.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Viet Nam | 72,954 t | 2024 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Brazil | 71,410 t | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Yugoslav SFR | 55,000 t | 1991 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 28 | Türkiye | 48,763 t | 2024 | up 450.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Thailand | 48,102 t | 2024 | up 126.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Italy | 47,311 t | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Serbia | 42,304 t | 2024 | up 213.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Republic of Korea | 31,846 t | 2024 | up 28.1% | falling |
| 33 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 31,398 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 34 | Portugal | 31,371 t | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Lithuania | 30,412 t | 2024 | down 23.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Kazakhstan | 27,455 t | 2024 | up 130,638.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Greece | 27,355 t | 2024 | up 48.1% | rising |
| 38 | France | 26,187 t | 2024 | down 56.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Côte d'Ivoire | 22,120 t | 2024 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Caribbean (excluding intra-trade) | 21,226 t | 2024 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 41 | India | 18,687 t | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Saudi Arabia | 18,178 t | 2024 | up 1,144.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Romania | 15,673 t | 2024 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Denmark | 15,444 t | 2024 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 45 | Latvia | 14,979 t | 2024 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Slovenia | 13,936 t | 2024 | up 287.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Indonesia | 13,019 t | 2024 | down 58.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Colombia | 11,291 t | 2024 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Hungary | 11,274 t | 2024 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Honduras | 11,040 t | 2024 | up 1,900.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Croatia | 10,705 t | 2024 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 52 | Austria | 10,113 t | 2024 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Bulgaria | 9,584 t | 2024 | up 1,532.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Caribbean | 9,255 t | 2024 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 9,230 t | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Kenya | 8,531 t | 2024 | up 373.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Philippines | 8,179 t | 2024 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Namibia | 7,646 t | 2024 | up 764,500.0% | volatile |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 7,578 t | 2024 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Oman | 6,398 t | 2024 | up 13,512.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Zambia | 6,112 t | 2023 | up 87,214.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Czechia | 5,855 t | 2024 | up 79.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Japan | 5,852 t | 2024 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 64 | Guatemala | 5,456 t | 2024 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Costa Rica | 4,978 t | 2024 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Senegal | 4,607 t | 2024 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Mali | 4,363 t | 2024 | down 87.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Singapore | 4,301 t | 2024 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 69 | El Salvador | 3,891 t | 2024 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Serbia and Montenegro | 3,770 t | 2005 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 3,244 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 72 | Mozambique | 2,497 t | 2024 | up 81.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Ireland | 2,301 t | 2024 | up 303.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Australia and New Zealand (excluding intra-trade) | 2,151 t | 2024 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Egypt | 2,063 t | 2024 | down 49.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Peru | 1,713 t | 2024 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Australia and New Zealand | 1,558 t | 2024 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Australia | 1,457 t | 2024 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1,265 t | 2024 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Luxembourg | 1,235 t | 2024 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 81 | Kuwait | 1,203 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Mexico | 1,179 t | 2024 | up 99.8% | volatile |
| 83 | Estonia | 1,061 t | 2024 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 84 | United Republic of Tanzania | 958 t | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Slovakia | 906 t | 2024 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Ghana | 837 t | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Ecuador | 766 t | 2024 | up 666.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Tunisia | 764 t | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Zimbabwe | 570 t | 2023 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Eswatini | 443 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Uruguay | 403 t | 2024 | down 83.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Qatar | 309 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Panama | 306 t | 2024 | up 2,450.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Angola | 290 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Ukraine | 257 t | 2024 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Malawi | 252 t | 2024 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 97 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 214 t | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Georgia | 157 t | 2024 | up 256.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Togo | 105 t | 2024 | down 95.4% | volatile |
| 100 | New Zealand | 101 t | 2024 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Burkina Faso | 93 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Guyana | 89 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 103 | North Macedonia | 48 t | 2024 | up 1,100.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Paraguay | 48 t | 2024 | up 2,300.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Armenia | 43 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 106 | Switzerland | 41 t | 2024 | down 92.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Botswana | 38 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Algeria | 37 t | 2024 | up 516.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Lebanon | 30 t | 2024 | up 900.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Trinidad and Tobago | 23 t | 2024 | up 360.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19 t | 2024 | down 70.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Benin | 18 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Congo | 18 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Uganda | 17 t | 2024 | up 466.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Yemen | 13 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Brunei Darussalam | 13 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 117 | Albania | 12 t | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Mauritius | 12 t | 2024 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Cyprus | 7 t | 2024 | up 250.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Finland | 7 t | 2024 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Liberia | 3 t | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Cuba | 2 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Cambodia | 2 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Bangladesh | 1 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Montenegro | 1 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Polynesia (excluding intra-trade) | 0.28 t | 2020 | down 99.6% | falling |
| 127 | Micronesia (excluding intra-trade) | 0.17 t | 2020 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Melanesia (excluding intra-trade) | 0.15 t | 2024 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Aruba | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Afghanistan | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Argentina | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Azerbaijan | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Burundi | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Bahrain | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Bahamas | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Belize | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Bermuda | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Barbados | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Bhutan | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Cameroon | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Comoros | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Djibouti | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Dominica | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Eritrea | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Ethiopia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Fiji | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Faroe Islands | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Gabon | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Guinea | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Gambia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Grenada | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Greenland | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Haiti | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Iraq | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Iceland | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Jamaica | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Kiribati | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Libya | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Saint Lucia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Sri Lanka | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Lesotho | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Madagascar | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Maldives | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Marshall Islands | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Malta | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Myanmar | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Mongolia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Mauritania | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | New Caledonia | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Niger | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Nigeria | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Nicaragua | 0 t | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Nepal | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Pakistan | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Palau | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Papua New Guinea | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Palestine | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | French Polynesia | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Rwanda | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Sudan | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Solomon Islands | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Sierra Leone | 0 t | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 129 | South Sudan | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Suriname | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Seychelles | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Chad | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Tajikistan | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Tonga | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Tuvalu | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Vanuatu | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Samoa | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | French Guiana | 0 t | 2001 | — | flat |
| 129 | Guadeloupe | 0 t | 2001 | — | flat |
| 129 | Martinique | 0 t | 2001 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Cook Islands | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Micronesia | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Sudan (former) | 0 t | 2011 | — | flat |
| 129 | Cabo Verde | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | Melanesia | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Polynesia | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Republic of Moldova | 0 t | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 129 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0 t | 2024 | — | flat |
| 129 | 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 39.85 million t
- Americas 17.27 million t
- Europe 16.92 million t
- Northern America 16.63 million t
- Europe (excluding intra-trade) 15.00 million t
- Eastern Europe (excluding intra-trade) 13.51 million t
- Eastern Europe 12.96 million t
- Northern America (excluding intra-trade) 9.72 million t
- Americas (excluding intra-trade) 6.15 million t
- Asia 5.34 million t
- European Union (27) 3.43 million t
- Western Asia (excluding intra-trade) 3.41 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