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Phosphate fertiliser use Mt P2O5

In 2024, China used the most phosphate fertiliser: 9.24 Mt.

Definition. Phosphate fertiliser used in agriculture, in million tonnes of phosphorus pentoxide (P2O5). How we measure

Source: FAOSTAT2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

Countries and territories with data, ranked

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Every row is 2024, so countries are compared on the same year.
1China9.24 Mt2024
2India8.40 Mt2024
3Brazil6.20 Mt2024
4United States3.67 Mt2024
5Australia1.57 Mt2024
6Canada1.16 Mt2024
7Bangladesh1.04 Mt2024
8Pakistan0.99 Mt2024
9Russia0.77 Mt2024
10Argentina0.75 Mt2024
11Türkiye0.73 Mt2024
12Philippines0.68 Mt2024
13Vietnam0.65 Mt2024
14Indonesia0.58 Mt2024
15South Africa0.49 Mt2024
16Mexico0.40 Mt2024
17Thailand0.33 Mt2024
18France0.33 Mt2024
19Spain0.32 Mt2024
20Paraguay0.24 Mt2024
21Colombia0.24 Mt2024
22Egypt0.23 Mt2024
23Ukraine0.21 Mt2024
24Poland0.21 Mt2024
25Saudi Arabia0.20 Mt2024
26Romania0.20 Mt2024
27Ethiopia0.19 Mt2024
28New Zealand0.18 Mt2024
29Morocco0.17 Mt2024
30Malaysia0.16 Mt2024
31Germany0.14 Mt2024
32Nigeria0.13 Mt2024
33Chile0.13 Mt2024
34United Kingdom0.12 Mt2024
35Belarus0.11 Mt2024
36Iran0.11 Mt2024
37Kenya0.11 Mt2024
38Taiwan0.10 Mt2024
39Italy0.10 Mt2024
40Uruguay0.09 Mt2024
41Serbia0.08 Mt2024
42Iraq0.08 Mt2024
43Hungary0.08 Mt2024
44South Korea0.08 Mt2024
45Burundi0.07 Mt2024
46Cambodia0.07 Mt2024
47Bulgaria0.07 Mt2024
48Guatemala0.06 Mt2024
49Zambia0.06 Mt2024
50Peru0.06 Mt2024
51Greece0.06 Mt2024
52Algeria0.06 Mt2024
53Myanmar0.05 Mt2024
54Tanzania0.05 Mt2024
55Ghana0.05 Mt2024
56Tunisia0.05 Mt2024
57Libya0.04 Mt2024
58Kazakhstan0.04 Mt2024
59Czechia0.04 Mt2024
60Portugal0.04 Mt2024
61Afghanistan0.04 Mt2024
62Honduras0.04 Mt2024
63Lithuania0.04 Mt2024
64Nepal0.04 Mt2024
65Sweden0.04 Mt2024
66Sri Lanka0.03 Mt2024
67Croatia0.03 Mt2024
68Denmark0.03 Mt2024
69Ireland0.03 Mt2024
70Turkmenistan0.03 Mt2024
71Bolivia0.03 Mt2024
72Sudan0.03 Mt2024
73Japan0.03 Mt2024
74Finland0.03 Mt2024
75Latvia0.03 Mt2024
76Austria0.02 Mt2024
77Costa Rica0.02 Mt2024
78Ecuador0.02 Mt2024
79Burkina Faso0.02 Mt2024
80Malawi0.02 Mt2024
81Uzbekistan0.02 Mt2024
82Slovakia0.02 Mt2024
83Mozambique0.02 Mt2024
84Azerbaijan0.02 Mt2024
85Benin0.02 Mt2024
86Norway0.02 Mt2024
87Angola0.02 Mt2024
88Laos0.02 Mt2024
89Netherlands0.02 Mt2024
90Moldova0.01 Mt2024
91Rwanda0.01 Mt2024
92Cameroon0.01 Mt2024
93El Salvador0.01 Mt2024
94Albania0.01 Mt2024
95Senegal0.01 Mt2024
96Panama0.01 Mt2024
97Syria0.01 Mt2024
98Belgium0.01 Mt2024
99Kyrgyzstan0.01 Mt2024
100Venezuela0.01 Mt2024
101Slovenia0.01 Mt2024
102Bosnia and Herzegovina0.01 Mt2024
103Switzerland0.01 Mt2024
104North Korea0.01 Mt2024
105Estonia0.01 Mt2024
106Belize0.01 Mt2024
107Mali0.01 Mt2024
108Lebanon0.01 Mt2024
109Madagascar0.01 Mt2024
110Côte d'Ivoire0.01 Mt2024
111Cyprus0.01 Mt2024
112Uganda0.01 Mt2024
113Israel0.00 Mt2024
114Chad0.00 Mt2024
115North Macedonia0.00 Mt2024
116Democratic Republic of the Congo0.00 Mt2024
117United Arab Emirates0.00 Mt2024
118Gabon0.00 Mt2024
119Papua New Guinea0.00 Mt2024
120Georgia0.00 Mt2024
121Zimbabwe0.00 Mt2024
122Guyana0.00 Mt2024
123Niger0.00 Mt2024
124Guinea0.00 Mt2024
125Iceland0.00 Mt2024
126Eswatini0.00 Mt2024
127Botswana0.00 Mt2024
128Tajikistan0.00 Mt2024
129Togo0.00 Mt2024
130Jordan0.00 Mt2024
131Kuwait0.00 Mt2024
132Oman0.00 Mt2024
133Jamaica0.00 Mt2024
134Yemen0.00 Mt2024
135Republic of the Congo0.00 Mt2024
136Haiti0.00 Mt2024
137Cuba0.00 Mt2024
138Gambia0.00 Mt2024
139Mauritius0.00 Mt2024
140Fiji0.00 Mt2024
141Trinidad and Tobago0.00 Mt2024
142Qatar0.00 Mt2024
143Armenia0.00 Mt2024
144Suriname0.00 Mt2024
145Mauritania0.00 Mt2024
146Liberia0.00 Mt2024
147French Guiana0.00 Mt2024
148Lesotho0.00 Mt2024
149Malta0.00 Mt2024
150Montenegro0.00 Mt2024
151Luxembourg0.00 Mt2024
152Namibia0.00 Mt2024
153New Caledonia0.00 Mt2024
154Mongolia0.00 Mt2024
155Bahamas0.00 Mt2024
156Bhutan0.00 Mt2024
157Palestine0.00 Mt2024
158Brunei0.00 Mt2024
159Puerto Rico0.00 Mt2024
160Hong Kong0.00 Mt2024
161Réunion0.00 Mt2024
162Dominica0.00 Mt2024
163Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.00 Mt2024
164Saint Lucia0.00 Mt2024
165Bahrain0.00 Mt2024
166São Tomé and Príncipe0.00 Mt2024
167Comoros0.00 Mt2024
168Guinea-Bissau0.00 Mt2024
169French Polynesia0.00 Mt2024
170Maldives0.00 Mt2024
171Cabo Verde0.00 Mt2024
172Barbados0.00 Mt2024
173Djibouti0.00 Mt2024
174Grenada0.00 Mt2024
175Faroe Islands0.00 Mt2024
176Antigua and Barbuda0.00 Mt2024
176Greenland0.00 Mt2024
178Bermuda0.00 Mt2024
179Seychelles0.00 Mt2024
179Tonga0.00 Mt2024
181Singapore0.00 Mt2024
181Solomon Islands0.00 Mt2024
183Saint Kitts and Nevis0.00 Mt2024
183South Sudan0.00 Mt2024
185Cook Islands0.00 Mt2024
185Equatorial Guinea0.00 Mt2024
187Samoa0.00 Mt2024
188Central African Republic0.00 Mt2024
188Vanuatu0.00 Mt2024
190Aruba0.00 Mt2024
190Dominican Republic0.00 Mt2024
190Eritrea0.00 Mt2024
190Micronesia0.00 Mt2024
190Guadeloupe0.00 Mt2024
190Kiribati0.00 Mt2024
190Martinique0.00 Mt2024
190Nauru0.00 Mt2024
190Palau0.00 Mt2024
190Tuvalu0.00 Mt2024

Source: FAOSTAT2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

Phosphate use, 2024
under 4,900 t4,900 t–0.099 Mt0.099 Mt–0.50 Mt0.50 Mt–2.00 Mt2.00 Mt+
No data

199 of 201 countries and territories reported for 2024. The rest have no figure for that year yet; “Latest available” includes their most recent year, up to two years earlier.

Over time

The median country’s value ranged from 0.01 Mt to 0.01 Mt between 2010 and 2024.

0.00 Mt5.00 Mt10.00 Mt15.00 Mt2010201520202024ChinaIndiaBrazilUnited StatesUnited Stat…AustraliaMedian

The median of reporting countries and the five highest in 2024. Dashed: median.

Source: FAOSTAT2010–2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

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