Phosphate rock — Production by country

The Fertilizers by Product dataset contains information on the Production, Trade and Agriculture Use of inorganic (chemical or mineral) fertilizers products. The fertilizer statistics data are for a set of 23 product categories. Both straight and compound fertilizers are included. Methodological details can be...

Countries reporting
32
Highest
5.85 million t
Brazil
Lowest
0 t
Bulgaria
Median
0 t
Years covered
23
2002–2024
Data points
315

What the numbers show

Phosphate rock — Production is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 5.85 million t in Brazil; the lowest is 0 t in Bulgaria.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 t, and the mean is 671,516 t.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 400.0%), and the largest decrease in Peru (down 100.0%).

Phosphate rock — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 5.85 million t 2024 up 0.9% falling
2 Egypt 5.00 million t 2016 up 127.3% rising
2 Saudi Arabia 5.00 million t 2017 up 400.0% rising
4 Tunisia 3.66 million t 2016 down 54.2% falling
5 Algeria 1.27 million t 2016 down 29.4% falling
6 Senegal 587,216 t 2019 down 9.7% falling
7 Sri Lanka 48,174 t 2019 up 12.5% rising
8 India 45,000 t 2024 down 97.0% volatile
9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 31,112 t 2015 down 85.9% volatile
10 Peru 0 t 2019 down 100.0% volatile
10 Mauritius 0 t 2024 flat
10 Philippines 0 t 2023 down 100.0% volatile
10 Portugal 0 t 2020 flat
10 French Polynesia 0 t 2020 flat
10 Romania 0 t 2023 flat
10 El Salvador 0 t 2022 flat
10 Slovenia 0 t 2024 flat
10 Ukraine 0 t 2022 flat
10 Pakistan 0 t 2023 flat
10 Malaysia 0 t 2022 flat
10 Malawi 0 t 2024 flat
10 Albania 0 t 2017 flat
10 Malta 0 t 2023 flat
10 Luxembourg 0 t 2024 flat
10 Iceland 0 t 2023 flat
10 Greece 0 t 2017 flat
10 Ghana 0 t 2019 flat
10 Denmark 0 t 2021 flat
10 Czechia 0 t 2024 flat
10 Cyprus 0 t 2024 flat
10 Bermuda 0 t 2021 flat
10 Bulgaria 0 t 2023 flat

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

Indicator
Phosphate rock — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
33 places, 315 data points, 2002–2024
Last refreshed

The Fertilizers by Product dataset contains information on the Production, Trade and Agriculture Use of inorganic (chemical or mineral) fertilizers products. The fertilizer statistics data are for a set of 23 product categories. Both straight and compound fertilizers are included. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/RFB/RFB_EN_README.pdf