ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS
             

Land and Agriculture

 
last update: August 2009
 
             
 Use of Fertilizers per 1000 hectares of Agricultural Land Area in 2007
 
 
       
Nitrogen
Phosphate
Potash
 
 
tonnes of nutrients
tonnes of nutrients
tonnes of nutrients
Afghanistan
0.44
...
...
Albania
22.59
10.12
0.00
Algeria
0.89
1.27
0.55
Angola
0.10
0.04
0.06
Argentina
7.36
5.75
0.35
Armenia
4.19
0.04
0.00
Australia
1.87
1.93
0.49
Austria
25.99
9.98
12.60
Azerbaijan
3.54
0.28
0.34
Bahrain
0.00
...
...
Bangladesh
125.01
28.29
15.12
Barbados
58.68
30.11
2.00
Belarus
49.98
21.34
63.33
Bhutan
1.42
0.45
0.31
Bolivia
0.21
0.19
0.05
Bosnia and Herzegovina
15.69
5.79
5.86
Brazil
11.20
15.38
16.35
Brunei Darussalam
38.77
29.65
30.70
Bulgaria
39.12
1.42
1.01
Burkina Faso
0.53
0.55
1.25
Burundi
0.35
0.30
0.10
Cameroon
0.86
0.79
2.19
Canada
53.82
10.03
6.39
Chile
17.85
11.13
9.20
China
58.58
21.42
4.24
Colombia
8.10
3.56
5.47
Congo
0.00
...
...
Costa Rica
24.07
8.66
24.74
Cote d'Ivoire
1.28
0.78
1.38
Croatia
42.34
18.24
49.36
Cuba
7.72
2.92
7.97
Cyprus
52.61
44.54
25.90
Czech Republic
83.57
16.22
16.55
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
0.00
...
...
Denmark
64.76
15.27
35.60
Dominica
26.52
32.52
0.70
Ecuador
413.33
0.89
1.16
Egypt
374.81
69.03
5.89
El Salvador
37.26
9.88
9.63
Eritrea
0.09
0.22
...
Estonia
30.33
9.79
15.10
Ethiopia
1.07
1.91
0.00
Fiji
9.40
0.04
0.01
Finland
80.27
18.44
53.34
France
81.65
21.52
27.02
French Polynesia
7.40
5.69
5.56
Gabon
0.15
0.05
0.08
Gambia
0.43
0.43
0.43
Georgia
7.33
0.21
0.16
Germany
94.38
15.61
26.11
Ghana
2.45
0.89
0.90
Greece
14.74
6.81
6.63
Guatemala
29.78
12.32
1.50
Guinea
0.18
0.02
0.03
Guyana
3.79
4.37
0.01
Honduras
26.66
5.05
28.03
Hungary
55.11
16.82
21.69
Iceland
6.06
2.62
1.95
India
80.15
30.67
14.65
Indonesia
50.74
8.98
17.23
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
18.40
9.05
2.41
Iraq
18.09
4.38
...
Ireland
71.24
27.76
32.56
Israel
118.56
22.55
180.39
Italy
56.21
19.75
19.28
Jamaica
7.41
0.03
0.05
Japan
116.57
81.70
122.28
Jordan
38.30
17.09
91.23
Kazakhstan
0.28
0.26
0.04
Kenya
2.07
2.24
0.70
Korea, Republic of
172.33
108.85
113.17
Kuwait
0.00
...
...
Kyrgyzstan
2.44
0.24
0.01
Latvia
25.19
7.34
7.75
Lebanon
31.62
37.38
18.52
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
4.42
2.37
0.08
Lithuania
137.57
33.81
27.69
Luxembourg
199.42
22.77
14.22
Madagascar
0.11
0.06
0.06
Malawi
14.56
3.72
2.51
Malaysia
45.38
19.84
120.38
Maldives
0.77
0.54
0.31
Mali
0.00
0.00
0.00
Malta
61.40
14.62
19.03
Mauritius
87.28
22.52
116.53
Mexico
8.60
4.13
2.29
Mongolia
0.05
...
0.00
Morocco
5.43
1.39
1.95
Mozambique
0.23
0.02
0.03
Myanmar
2.79
5.75
1.45
Namibia
0.03
0.01
0.01
Nepal
3.22
1.67
4.63
Netherlands
636.89
41.77
0.00
New Caledonia
3.13
2.01
2.08
New Zealand
22.58
57.10
1.17
Nicaragua
6.76
2.31
1.96
Niger
0.10
0.03
0.00
Nigeria
0.71
0.23
0.18
Norway
79.49
62.92
64.36
Oman
0.52
0.69
4.45
Pakistan
99.39
29.89
1.61
Panama
6.45
0.76
0.92
Papua New Guinea
11.73
3.29
3.21
Paraguay
3.77
6.86
6.20
Peru
11.44
3.04
4.22
Philippines
46.52
10.47
5.65
Poland
92.33
35.83
36.17
Portugal
22.03
23.88
15.19
Qatar
991.27
...
...
Republic of Moldova
12.13
1.42
0.78
Romania
19.60
7.63
1.36
Russian Federation
4.80
1.87
1.29
Rwanda
1.34
2.21
1.04
Saint Kitts and Nevis
4.80
3.00
3.00
Samoa
0.19
0.13
0.13
Saudi Arabia
1.47
0.76
0.12
Senegal
0.17
0.39
0.15
Serbia
46.25
18.15
18.81
Seychelles
4.50
3.83
7.83
Singapore
12 121.25
297.50
1 793.75
Slovakia
58.65
14.77
11.87
Slovenia
58.44
25.33
29.82
South Africa
4.42
0.85
1.14
Spain
35.49
17.29
16.44
Sri Lanka
68.49
21.65
32.88
Sudan
0.41
0.02
0.08
Suriname
57.13
6.86
13.77
Sweden
53.51
17.14
4.61
Switzerland
31.13
9.08
15.81
Syrian Arab Republic
18.93
7.85
0.70
Tajikistan
4.84
0.00
0.00
Thailand
62.41
24.19
3.55
The Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia
17.29
4.94
4.25
Togo
1.51
1.24
1.24
Tonga
0.19
2.10
2.61
Trinidad and Tobago
10.06
7.33
24.87
Tunisia
5.68
3.76
0.00
Turkey
40.66
11.19
3.75
Uganda
0.31
0.17
0.11
Ukraine
17.70
5.43
2.59
United Arab Emirates
77.51
1.03
4.29
United Kingdom
57.12
12.69
17.96
United Rep. of Tanzania
0.99
0.30
0.18
United States
40.72
13.15
17.09
Uruguay
7.64
9.20
0.00
Venezuela
15.67
4.12
4.19
Viet Nam
162.78
82.12
23.09
Yemen
1.11
...
0.13
Zambia
3.39
0.66
1.60
Zimbabwe
3.72
1.96
1.32
       


Sources:

FAO ResourceSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; proportions calculated by UNSD Environment Statistics Section.

Definitions & Technical notes:

Proportions of use of fertilizers (by nutrient group) per unit of agricultural land area are calculated by UNSD using available consumption and land use data from FAOSTAT. The indicator units are tonnes of nutrients per 1000 hectares (or 10 km2) of agricultural land area for each country or area.

Fertilizers use refers to the consumption of the three main types of nutrients used: Nitrogen (N), Phosphate (P2O5) and Potash (K2O). Data are either official as reported to FAO through the Fertilizers and Land and Irrigation questionnaires (http://www.fao.org/es/ess/questionnaires/default.asp) or obtained as a balance or otherwise estimated by FAO and other expert sources. For more information on individual values and calculations visit the FAOSTAT ResourceSTAT website.

Definitions for land areas can vary across countries. For more information on the country/area calculations for agricultural area visit the FAOSTAT ResourceSTAT website.

In some cases, a portion of fertilizer consumption may be for purposes unrelated to agricultural land. Therefore, the proportions should be treated as estimations.


Data Quality:

For more information visit the FAOSTAT ResourceSTAT website: http://faostat.fao.org/site/405/default.aspx

 


United Nations Statistics Division - Environment Statistics