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Potash fertiliser use Mt K2O

In 2024, Brazil used the most potash fertiliser: 8.89 Mt.

Definition. Potash fertiliser used in agriculture, in million tonnes of potassium oxide (K2O). 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.
1Brazil8.89 Mt2024
2China8.75 Mt2024
3United States4.27 Mt2024
4India2.38 Mt2024
5Indonesia1.96 Mt2024
6Malaysia0.99 Mt2024
7Canada0.84 Mt2024
8Thailand0.66 Mt2024
9Bangladesh0.59 Mt2024
10Russia0.54 Mt2024
11Belarus0.50 Mt2024
12Colombia0.49 Mt2024
13Vietnam0.42 Mt2024
14Australia0.40 Mt2024
15France0.39 Mt2024
16Poland0.38 Mt2024
17Spain0.36 Mt2024
18Germany0.34 Mt2024
19South Africa0.31 Mt2024
20Paraguay0.28 Mt2024
21Japan0.21 Mt2024
22United Kingdom0.20 Mt2024
23Ukraine0.20 Mt2024
24Mexico0.16 Mt2024
25Ecuador0.16 Mt2024
26Türkiye0.16 Mt2024
27Uzbekistan0.15 Mt2024
28Egypt0.14 Mt2024
29Italy0.14 Mt2024
30New Zealand0.13 Mt2024
31Costa Rica0.10 Mt2024
32Guatemala0.10 Mt2024
33Taiwan0.10 Mt2024
34South Korea0.09 Mt2024
35Philippines0.09 Mt2024
36Ireland0.09 Mt2024
37Uruguay0.09 Mt2024
38Greece0.09 Mt2024
39Peru0.08 Mt2024
40Saudi Arabia0.08 Mt2024
41Côte d'Ivoire0.08 Mt2024
42Romania0.08 Mt2024
43Hungary0.07 Mt2024
44Argentina0.07 Mt2024
45Serbia0.06 Mt2024
46Iran0.06 Mt2024
47Honduras0.06 Mt2024
48Netherlands0.06 Mt2024
49United Arab Emirates0.05 Mt2024
50Lithuania0.05 Mt2024
51Sri Lanka0.05 Mt2024
52Belgium0.05 Mt2024
53Morocco0.05 Mt2024
54Kenya0.05 Mt2024
55Denmark0.05 Mt2024
56Ghana0.05 Mt2024
57Pakistan0.05 Mt2024
58Mali0.04 Mt2024
59Cambodia0.04 Mt2024
60Finland0.04 Mt2024
61Norway0.04 Mt2024
62Cameroon0.04 Mt2024
63Croatia0.03 Mt2024
64Myanmar0.03 Mt2024
65Tanzania0.03 Mt2024
66Portugal0.03 Mt2024
67Zambia0.03 Mt2024
68Austria0.03 Mt2024
69Bulgaria0.03 Mt2024
70Malawi0.03 Mt2024
71Israel0.03 Mt2024
72Algeria0.03 Mt2024
73Benin0.03 Mt2024
74Sweden0.03 Mt2024
75Latvia0.03 Mt2024
76Burkina Faso0.02 Mt2024
77Laos0.02 Mt2024
78Dominican Republic0.02 Mt2024
79Czechia0.02 Mt2024
80Angola0.02 Mt2024
81Papua New Guinea0.02 Mt2024
82Oman0.02 Mt2024
83Panama0.01 Mt2024
84Switzerland0.01 Mt2024
85Turkmenistan0.01 Mt2024
86Slovakia0.01 Mt2024
87Kuwait0.01 Mt2024
88North Korea0.01 Mt2024
89Chad0.01 Mt2024
90Bosnia and Herzegovina0.01 Mt2024
91Slovenia0.01 Mt2024
92Azerbaijan0.01 Mt2024
93Venezuela0.01 Mt2024
94Senegal0.01 Mt2024
95Estonia0.01 Mt2024
96Tunisia0.01 Mt2024
97Rwanda0.01 Mt2024
98Moldova0.01 Mt2024
99Nepal0.01 Mt2024
100Gabon0.01 Mt2024
101Uganda0.01 Mt2024
102Lebanon0.01 Mt2024
103Chile0.01 Mt2024
104Iraq0.00 Mt2024
105Togo0.00 Mt2024
106Republic of the Congo0.00 Mt2024
107Zimbabwe0.00 Mt2024
108Bolivia0.00 Mt2024
109Democratic Republic of the Congo0.00 Mt2024
110North Macedonia0.00 Mt2024
111El Salvador0.00 Mt2024
112Madagascar0.00 Mt2024
113Cyprus0.00 Mt2024
114Eswatini0.00 Mt2024
115Georgia0.00 Mt2024
116Burundi0.00 Mt2024
117Guyana0.00 Mt2024
118Jordan0.00 Mt2024
119Guinea0.00 Mt2024
120Botswana0.00 Mt2024
121Nigeria0.00 Mt2024
122Kazakhstan0.00 Mt2024
123Mauritius0.00 Mt2024
124Ethiopia0.00 Mt2024
125Syria0.00 Mt2024
126Cuba0.00 Mt2024
127Qatar0.00 Mt2024
128Belize0.00 Mt2024
129Albania0.00 Mt2024
130Haiti0.00 Mt2024
131Fiji0.00 Mt2024
132Niger0.00 Mt2024
133Iceland0.00 Mt2024
134Yemen0.00 Mt2024
135Trinidad and Tobago0.00 Mt2024
136Libya0.00 Mt2024
137Sudan0.00 Mt2024
138Armenia0.00 Mt2024
139Bahrain0.00 Mt2024
140French Guiana0.00 Mt2024
141Jamaica0.00 Mt2024
142Mauritania0.00 Mt2024
143Liberia0.00 Mt2024
144Tajikistan0.00 Mt2024
145Suriname0.00 Mt2024
146Luxembourg0.00 Mt2024
147Solomon Islands0.00 Mt2024
148Lesotho0.00 Mt2024
149Mozambique0.00 Mt2024
150Montenegro0.00 Mt2024
151New Caledonia0.00 Mt2024
152Palestine0.00 Mt2024
153Kyrgyzstan0.00 Mt2024
154Namibia0.00 Mt2024
155Puerto Rico0.00 Mt2024
156Bhutan0.00 Mt2024
157Brunei0.00 Mt2024
158Mongolia0.00 Mt2024
159Bahamas0.00 Mt2024
160Hong Kong0.00 Mt2024
161Gambia0.00 Mt2024
162Dominica0.00 Mt2024
162Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.00 Mt2024
164Saint Lucia0.00 Mt2024
165Malta0.00 Mt2024
166Afghanistan0.00 Mt2024
167Comoros0.00 Mt2024
167Equatorial Guinea0.00 Mt2024
169Barbados0.00 Mt2024
170Guinea-Bissau0.00 Mt2024
171Maldives0.00 Mt2024
172French Polynesia0.00 Mt2024
173Réunion0.00 Mt2024
174São Tomé and Príncipe0.00 Mt2024
175Cabo Verde0.00 Mt2024
176Singapore0.00 Mt2024
177Antigua and Barbuda0.00 Mt2024
177Faroe Islands0.00 Mt2024
179Grenada0.00 Mt2024
180Bermuda0.00 Mt2024
181Tonga0.00 Mt2024
182Djibouti0.00 Mt2024
182South Sudan0.00 Mt2024
184Cook Islands0.00 Mt2024
184Seychelles0.00 Mt2024
186Saint Kitts and Nevis0.00 Mt2024
187Central African Republic0.00 Mt2024
187Greenland0.00 Mt2024
187Vanuatu0.00 Mt2024
190Aruba0.00 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
190Samoa0.00 Mt2024

Source: FAOSTAT2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

Potash use, 2024
under 3,800 t3,800 t–0.087 Mt0.087 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 0.00 Mt to 0.01 Mt between 2010 and 2024.

0.00 Mt2.50 Mt5.00 Mt7.50 Mt10.00 Mt12.50 Mt2010201520202024BrazilChinaUnited StatesUnited Stat…IndiaIndonesiaMedian

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

Source: FAOSTAT2010–2024Updated 24 Oct 2026

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