ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS
             

Land and Agriculture

 
last update: October 2010
 
             
 Use of Fertilizers per 1000 hectares of Agricultural Land Area in 2008
 
 
             
Nitrogen
  
Phosphate
  
Potash
  
       
 
tonnes of nutrients
  
tonnes of nutrients
  
tonnes of nutrients
  
Afghanistan
0.66
  
...
  
...
  
Albania
15.23
  
4.60
  
0.00
  
Algeria
0.56
  
0.50
  
0.18
  
Angola
0.14
  
0.07
  
0.28
  
Antigua and Barbuda
0.69
  
0.31
  
…
  
Argentina
5.74
  
3.28
  
0.33
  
Armenia
4.60
  
0.02
  
0.02
  
Australia
1.67
  
1.66
  
0.24
  
Austria
26.52
  
9.36
  
11.62
  
Azerbaijan
6.24
  
1.27
  
0.68
  
Bahrain
2 135.71
  
1.19
  
…
  
Bangladesh
125.64
  
8.85
  
5.27
  
Barbados
80.05
  
9.32
  
2.95
  
Belarus
58.71
  
20.30
  
67.86
  
Belize
10.97
  
10.70
  
1.24
  
Bhutan
1.37
  
0.42
  
0.27
  
Bolivia
0.37
  
0.12
  
0.04
  
Bosnia and Herzegovina
5.49
  
0.04
  
0.09
  
Brazil
9.37
  
13.04
  
15.80
  
Brunei Darussalam
10.09
  
7.11
  
8.68
  
Bulgaria
34.59
  
12.31
  
1.47
  
Burkina Faso
0.73
  
0.62
  
0.63
  
Burundi
0.45
  
0.17
  
0.27
  
Cambodia
10.71
  
3.39
  
1.82
  
Cameroon
3.45
  
0.80
  
1.33
  
Canada
29.25
  
8.74
  
0.00
 1
Chile
21.41
  
7.87
  
18.05
  
China
63.56
  
23.24
  
10.50
  
Colombia
10.87
  
4.78
  
5.49
  
Congo
0.04
  
0.00
  
0.01
  
Costa Rica
37.69
  
2.66
  
38.25
  
Cote d'Ivoire
0.87
  
0.23
  
1.50
  
Croatia
132.41
  
70.35
  
56.06
  
Cuba
7.69
  
4.80
  
8.98
  
Cyprus
41.60
  
18.50
  
22.30
  
Czech Republic
75.66
  
9.08
  
11.54
  
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
0.19
  
0.04
  
0.05
  
Denmark
64.64
  
15.24
  
35.53
  
Dominica
8.78
  
0.43
  
0.43
  
Ecuador
21.00
  
3.51
  
11.03
  
Egypt
485.91
  
64.91
  
15.70
  
El Salvador
38.23
  
4.84
  
9.16
  
Estonia
44.15
  
11.94
  
18.62
  
Ethiopia
1.09
  
1.95
  
…
  
Fiji
18.35
  
0.09
  
0.08
  
Finland
74.76
  
44.54
  
12.56
  
France
68.71
  
9.92
  
12.62
  
French Polynesia
10.09
  
4.84
  
5.53
  
Gabon
0.04
  
0.02
  
0.83
  
Gambia
0.51
  
0.51
  
0.51
  
Georgia
6.70
  
0.14
  
0.03
  
Germany
92.22
  
10.30
  
10.59
  
Ghana
0.64
  
0.64
  
0.54
  
Greece
37.46
  
14.81
  
13.04
  
Guatemala
20.94
  
5.95
  
2.02
  
Guinea
0.20
  
0.03
  
0.03
  
Guyana
10.90
  
3.34
  
...
  
Honduras
14.03
  
10.38
  
10.04
  
Hungary
50.88
  
12.81
  
10.90
  
Iceland
6.72
  
2.39
  
1.84
  
India
82.97
  
33.68
  
18.43
  
Indonesia
55.63
  
7.34
  
23.51
  
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
21.99
  
7.50
  
2.59
  
Iraq
17.37
  
6.73
  
...
  
Ireland
79.64
  
19.85
  
26.41
  
Israel
91.05
  
20.04
  
40.07
  
Italy
52.44
  
15.21
  
15.40
  
Jamaica
10.64
  
3.16
  
0.02
  
Japan
101.24
  
96.91
  
60.85
  
Jordan
22.82
  
0.00
 1
29.00
  
Kazakhstan
0.29
  
0.00
 1
0.04
  
Kenya
2.70
  
3.60
  
0.21
  
Korea, Republic of
172.74
  
117.80
  
122.05
  
Kuwait
94.44
  
...
  
...
  
Kyrgyzstan
2.10
  
0.16
  
0.00
  
Latvia
39.77
  
19.89
  
20.00
  
Lebanon
8.06
  
1.76
  
1.97
  
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
2.75
  
0.24
  
0.08
  
Lithuania
6.42
  
27.35
  
21.36
  
Luxembourg
113.36
  
12.78
  
5.82
  
Madagascar
0.18
  
0.06
  
0.07
  
Malawi
0.47
  
0.59
  
...
  
Malaysia
82.54
  
18.20
  
111.94
  
Maldives
1.44
  
0.22
  
0.67
  
Mali
0.74
  
0.21
  
0.15
  
Malta
33.90
  
12.10
  
13.20
  
Marshall Islands
...
  
0.00
  
...
  
Mauritius
74.43
  
60.86
  
51.20
  
Mexico
8.21
  
0.81
  
1.80
  
Mongolia
0.06
  
0.00
  
0.00
  
Morocco
9.17
  
3.24
  
2.05
  
Mozambique
0.00
  
...
  
...
  
Myanmar
1.31
  
1.11
  
0.48
  
Namibia
0.01
  
0.00
  
0.00
 1
Nepal
1.31
  
0.08
  
2.94
  
Netherlands
108.54
  
19.50
  
20.73
  
New Caledonia
2.13
  
1.51
  
1.73
  
New Zealand
23.10
  
44.46
  
0.99
  
Nicaragua
8.92
  
1.28
  
1.71
  
Niger
0.11
  
0.02
  
0.01
  
Nigeria
4.88
  
0.86
  
0.60
  
Norway
101.85
  
26.40
  
52.31
  
Oman
4.92
  
0.94
  
6.24
  
Pakistan
107.58
  
18.40
  
0.86
  
Panama
6.93
  
0.78
  
0.96
  
Papua New Guinea
12.34
  
2.39
  
4.38
  
Paraguay
2.88
  
5.69
  
5.19
  
Peru
9.47
  
2.08
  
2.34
  
Philippines
40.13
  
9.20
  
9.59
  
Poland
91.19
  
28.81
  
28.17
  
Portugal
28.47
  
19.51
  
23.79
  
Qatar
0.00
 1
...
  
54.55
  
Republic of Moldova
8.01
  
0.68
  
0.44
  
Romania
20.66
  
7.56
  
1.16
  
Russian Federation
5.61
  
2.00
  
1.35
  
Rwanda
1.39
  
2.14
  
1.80
  
Saint Kitts and Nevis
4.51
  
2.94
  
2.94
  
Samoa
0.26
  
0.23
  
0.21
  
Saudi Arabia
1.04
  
0.37
  
0.08
  
Senegal
0.20
  
0.45
  
0.26
  
Serbia
43.50
  
13.20
  
18.55
  
Seychelles
2.25
  
2.25
  
2.75
  
Singapore
9 665.71
  
171.43
  
4 104.29
  
Slovakia
67.51
  
14.85
  
10.41
  
Slovenia
49.47
  
23.63
  
28.94
  
South Africa
4.27
  
1.86
  
1.12
  
Spain
26.52
  
9.73
  
11.44
  
Sri Lanka
77.59
  
29.42
  
27.59
  
Sudan
0.40
  
0.08
  
0.05
  
Suriname
193.18
  
75.67
  
75.90
  
Sweden
73.82
  
28.25
  
18.60
  
Switzerland
33.89
  
10.07
  
15.22
  
Syrian Arab Republic
19.44
  
9.44
  
0.87
  
Thailand
60.41
  
19.16
  
21.67
  
The Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia
14.74
  
4.33
  
3.59
  
Togo
1.28
  
0.43
  
1.59
  
Tonga
12.32
  
13.52
  
6.77
  
Trinidad and Tobago
1 045.69
  
6.46
  
29.89
  
Tunisia
4.84
  
4.29
  
0.09
  
Turkey
35.78
  
10.62
  
2.47
  
Uganda
0.82
  
0.42
  
0.22
  
Ukraine
17.82
  
4.20
  
3.76
  
United Arab Emirates
34.91
  
1.07
  
2.37
  
United Kingdom
51.63
  
7.29
  
11.76
  
United Rep. of Tanzania
0.97
  
0.42
  
0.24
  
United States
26.66
  
8.13
  
7.95
  
Uruguay
6.69
  
6.11
  
0.26
  
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
17.60
  
4.45
  
7.41
  
Viet Nam
69.28
  
66.05
  
44.19
  
Yemen
0.72
  
...
  
0.05
  
Zambia
2.38
  
0.40
  
2.50
  
Zimbabwe
3.25
  
2.21
  
1.07
  
             


Sources:

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

Footnotes:

  1. When the Fertilizer Utilization Account (FUA) does not balance due to utilization from stockpiles, apparent consumption has been set to zero.

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