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"Agriculture and Food -- Agricultural Inputs: Fertilizer consumption"

"Units: Thousand Metric tons of nutrient"

,,2006,2005,2004,2003,2002,
World
"World","",169783.1,168173.7,168937.7,153086.0,145267.7,

,,2006,2005,2004,2003,2002,
Region/Classification
"Asia (excluding Middle East)","",93194.5,86002.7,83416.5,73423.7,76694.4,
"Central America & Caribbean","",2533.5,2543.0,2549.8,2373.3,2256.7,
"Europe","",22415.9,21744.4,23835.1,21926.8,22573.7,
"Middle East & North Africa","",7743.9,9125.9,8557.5,8361.9,6638.5,
"North America","",27066.0,31291.6,30268.8,28447.7,21988.4,
"Oceania","",2329.4,3448.8,3653.0,3257.7,3189.3,
"South America","",12745.3,12148.4,14600.3,13391.2,10217.2,
"Developed Countries","",55872.1,60732.2,61770.9,57980.3,51687.0,
"Developing Countries","",..,108370.9,107981.9,95767.7,94424.4,
"High Income Countries","",46123.3,52742.2,53763.8,51330.8,43751.7,
"Middle Income Countries","",95721.9,86245.1,88810.9,77547.6,77498.7,

,,2006,2005,2004,2003,2002,
Country
"Afghanistan","AFG",..,39.8,42.6,30.4,28.8,
"Albania","ALB",34.9,57.5,53.6,49.2,49.4,
"Algeria","DZA",86.9,171.4,155.9,45.0,72.8,
"Angola","AGO",12.1,7.5,14.9,5.9,5.1,
"Argentina","ARG",1446.3,1395.6,1493.1,1200.3,842.4,
"Armenia","ARM",12.6,10.3,13.7,10.5,15.7,
"Australia","AUS",1903.5,2366.9,2590.0,2211.0,2265.2,
"Austria","AUT",508.1,519.9,398.0,410.1,324.1,
"Azerbaijan","AZE",24.4,24.6,22.0,14.1,19.2,
"Bahrain","BHR",11.0,1.8,0.2,0.2,17.9,
"Bangladesh","BGD",1522.8,1499.6,1296.5,1318.7,1556.8,
"Barbados","BRB",1.8,1.4,2.8,1.1,0.6,
"Belarus","BLR",1285.1,929.4,815.1,662.0,843.7,
"Belize","BLZ",6.2,5.7,30.0,26.8,4.2,
"Benin","BEN",..,0.0,0.1,2.1,41.7,
"Bolivia","BOL",15.5,24.6,18.1,12.9,13.3,
"Bosnia and Herzegovina","BIH",45.9,59.7,60.1,18.0,32.6,
"Brazil","BRA",8467.6,8068.3,10118.7,9602.2,7018.5,
"Brunei Darussalam","BRN",0.1,0.0,0.1,0.2,..,
"Bulgaria","BGR",501.2,565.2,520.1,489.6,381.7,
"Burkina Faso","BFA",36.9,61.1,25.0,22.7,2.0,
"Burundi","BDI",..,3.4,1.1,0.3,1.3,
"Cambodia","KHM",..,..,19.9,14.3,21.6,
"Cameroon","CMR",53.8,46.9,75.7,45.9,34.9,
"Canada","CAN",1787.3,2798.4,2481.4,2685.5,2635.2,
"Côte d'Ivoire","CIV",63.8,49.8,76.2,82.2,86.9,
"Chile","CHL",609.3,588.7,636.4,495.2,507.8,
"China","CHN",55925.6,47129.3,47036.8,40004.0,44186.1,
"Colombia","COL",766.5,689.5,718.3,735.4,683.2,
"Costa Rica","CRI",193.2,232.8,165.0,177.9,107.4,
"Croatia","HRV",197.9,154.8,185.4,152.0,220.5,
"Cuba","CUB",107.2,82.2,68.7,61.9,160.3,
"Cyprus","CYP",22.6,17.1,19.8,21.6,20.0,
"Czech Rep","CZE",483.9,464.6,433.3,388.6,414.4,
"Denmark","DNK",247.3,133.9,343.9,309.1,222.0,
"Dominica","DMA",0.7,0.4,0.7,0.7,0.4,
"Ecuador","ECU",256.2,195.5,277.8,203.7,228.0,
"Egypt","EGY",1342.4,2199.2,1930.8,1824.2,1269.9,
"El Salvador","SLV",56.3,72.0,56.0,51.0,47.9,
"Eritrea","ERI",0.0,1.4,0.0,1.0,3.5,
"Estonia","EST",42.3,36.1,43.8,39.0,208.3,
"Ethiopia","ETH",186.9,151.6,237.3,62.3,167.6,
"Fiji","FJI",4.3,6.7,7.7,3.3,12.2,
"Finland","FIN",308.9,300.2,294.8,262.1,300.2,
"France","FRA",3491.4,3537.0,3896.0,4099.8,3881.6,
"French Polynesia","PYF",0.8,0.8,1.0,0.9,1.0,
"Gabon","GAB",2.7,2.7,1.7,1.2,1.8,
"Gambia","GMB",0.2,3.1,2.5,2.8,..,
"Georgia","GEO",23.1,21.9,13.6,11.5,26.4,
"Germany","DEU",2302.6,2485.0,2559.6,2598.4,2594.9,
"Ghana","GHA",51.9,23.4,46.4,28.1,20.4,
"Greece","GRC",424.6,433.9,479.6,439.6,424.9,
"Guatemala","GTM",228.8,198.5,179.1,177.7,142.2,
"Guinea","GIN",2.8,3.4,4.0,2.0,2.4,
"Guyana","GUY",13.7,9.3,20.2,10.4,14.9,
"Honduras","HND",81.6,62.5,53.5,58.6,0.6,
"Hungary","HUN",559.6,544.5,565.9,479.6,562.9,
"Iceland","ISL",24.4,15.1,23.1,16.8,16.1,
"India","IND",19257.7,20588.3,17903.6,16092.8,16114.9,
"Indonesia","IDN",4062.2,3912.3,3743.9,3025.4,3165.1,
"Iran, Islamic Rep","IRN",1901.4,1563.1,1698.6,1300.4,1262.1,
"Ireland","IRL",530.0,561.2,534.7,535.7,549.9,
"Israel","ISR",141.3,696.7,280.1,987.3,565.1,
"Italy","ITA",1085.2,1299.5,1413.9,1384.9,1570.5,
"Jamaica","JAM",8.1,14.7,16.4,0.8,12.8,
"Japan","JPN",1761.4,1751.1,1851.1,1795.3,1734.0,
"Jordan","JOR",131.8,145.0,99.6,162.2,310.1,
"Kazakhstan","KAZ",102.1,143.7,180.6,134.6,123.3,
"Kenya","KEN",195.0,199.5,214.9,174.3,138.2,
"Korea, Rep","KOR",599.3,865.4,814.8,777.7,689.9,
"Kuwait","KWT",23.0,47.8,..,..,21.2,
"Kyrgyzstan","KGZ",28.5,31.6,28.9,33.2,9.5,
"Latvia","LVA",58.3,22.9,60.6,47.4,49.2,
"Lebanon","LBN",40.5,44.5,19.4,18.0,46.5,
"Libyan Arab Jamahiriya","LBY",73.7,117.5,90.4,60.0,120.3,
"Lithuania","LTU",355.9,228.3,280.9,224.8,180.5,
"Luxembourg","LUX",26.8,18.8,20.7,16.6,36.0,
"Macedonia, FYR","MKD",26.3,27.8,24.7,15.5,15.4,
"Madagascar","MDG",7.5,15.8,6.4,6.3,6.2,
"Malawi","MWI",54.9,91.7,36.9,51.9,48.4,
"Malaysia","MYS",1609.9,1517.8,1585.6,1324.4,1189.9,
"Maldives","MDV",0.0,0.1,0.0,0.0,0.0,
"Malta","MLT",1.1,0.9,1.2,0.9,0.9,
"Marshall Islands","MHL",..,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,
"Mauritius","MUS",23.7,25.7,13.7,29.6,22.1,
"Mexico","MEX",1652.6,1792.4,1884.5,1695.7,1678.3,
"Moldova, Rep","MDA",16.5,27.5,24.8,15.3,22.6,
"Mongolia","MNG",5.7,3.7,5.9,4.0,4.4,
"Morocco","MAR",451.0,361.0,588.1,500.8,550.8,
"Mozambique","MOZ",22.8,7.1,24.4,35.4,26.6,
"Myanmar","MMR",19.0,2.1,7.7,22.0,16.1,
"Namibia","NAM",2.3,1.6,2.6,1.2,3.2,
"Nepal","NPL",49.7,44.9,84.0,56.6,55.6,
"Netherlands","NLD",394.5,626.2,1276.6,583.3,649.5,
"New Caledonia","NCL",1.6,1.9,1.6,3.6,1.8,
"New Zealand","NZL",418.4,1053.9,1033.6,945.8,874.1,
"Nicaragua","NIC",162.7,56.2,62.5,64.6,55.9,
"Niger","NER",..,4.6,5.1,6.5,8.5,
"Nigeria","NGA",..,215.2,152.2,229.7,166.2,
"Norway","NOR",522.7,217.4,217.8,207.8,158.9,
"Oman","OMN",7.2,38.2,13.7,7.0,11.9,
"Pakistan","PAK",3812.1,3720.1,3357.7,3149.3,3043.0,
"Panama","PAN",17.0,18.9,23.1,28.0,22.1,
"Papua New Guinea","PNG",..,17.1,17.7,88.5,35.0,
"Paraguay","PRY",258.2,227.5,264.3,217.3,153.2,
"Peru","PER",339.9,301.9,329.9,315.6,306.6,
"Philippines","PHL",542.7,746.8,872.5,858.7,722.3,
"Poland","POL",1793.2,1554.9,1895.6,1391.6,1650.7,
"Portugal","PRT",216.0,254.9,320.2,271.1,323.5,
"Qatar","QAT",..,7.3,49.4,..,0.5,
"Romania","ROU",363.0,461.4,380.0,362.3,326.1,
"Russian Federation","RUS",1517.3,1436.1,1394.9,1348.6,1673.3,
"Samoa","WSM",..,0.1,0.0,0.0,0.0,
"Saudi Arabia","SAU",340.8,328.7,367.5,429.1,203.3,
"Senegal","SEN",21.9,30.8,38.0,32.1,36.0,
"Serbia","SRB",387.1,..,..,..,..,
"Singapore","SGP",10.7,9.1,9.5,6.9,1.8,
"Slovakia","SVK",112.1,115.7,117.9,87.6,106.3,
"Slovenia","SVN",54.1,56.1,62.0,66.4,75.8,
"South Africa","ZAF",689.6,666.0,838.2,800.6,648.7,
"Spain","ESP",1795.7,1834.1,2435.7,2298.6,2012.5,
"Sri Lanka","LKA",..,281.3,258.8,249.4,285.1,
"Sudan","SDN",47.8,50.2,83.0,63.1,57.4,
"Suriname","SUR",8.0,4.8,7.5,6.0,4.1,
"Sweden","SWE",248.2,240.2,288.5,314.7,249.6,
"Switzerland","CHE",93.1,92.6,88.0,82.8,80.1,
"Syrian Arab Rep","SYR",393.2,480.0,402.7,342.0,313.9,
"Tanzania","TZA",64.7,95.4,53.4,43.7,30.4,
"Thailand","THA",1797.2,1713.5,2001.8,2267.5,1700.8,
"Togo","TGO",..,20.4,7.9,17.6,12.3,
"Tonga","TON",0.7,1.4,1.5,4.5,..,
"Trinidad and Tobago","TTO",17.4,5.4,7.7,28.5,23.9,
"Tunisia","TUN",108.0,175.8,104.7,101.4,69.9,
"Turkey","TUR",2611.3,2671.2,2644.6,2472.2,1691.4,
"Uganda","UGA",7.7,5.8,8.8,9.3,7.5,
"Ukraine","UKR",858.8,770.6,533.3,512.5,519.1,
"United Arab Emirates","ARE",46.1,14.9,31.2,60.1,50.4,
"United Kingdom","GBR",1502.0,1660.4,1791.1,1745.0,1846.0,
"United States","USA",25278.8,28493.2,27787.4,25762.2,19353.2,
"Uruguay","URY",191.6,204.0,213.0,153.2,84.3,
"Venezuela","VEN",372.6,438.7,503.1,439.0,360.9,
"Viet Nam","VNM",2027.8,1984.9,2307.5,2252.7,2012.8,
"Yemen","YEM",11.6,4.9,18.1,..,11.6,
"Zambia","ZMB",73.1,..,..,..,..,
"Zimbabwe","ZWE",132.7,85.0,86.4,146.0,130.3,

Footnotes
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Source
"Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2008.  FAOSTAT Online Statistical Service.  Rome: FAO.  Available online at: http://faostat.fao.org/."


Technical Notes
"Definition:"
"Fertilizer consumption refers to the amount, in thousand metric tons, of the nutrients nitrogen (N), potash (K2O), and phosphate (P2O5) consumed in agriculture on an annual basis."
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"Years Covered and Frequency of Update:"
"Data are available for most countries and regions from 2002 to 2006. Earlier data can be obtained from FAO archives; however, methodology changed in 2002, and at this point the two datasets cannot be combined. Data are updated annually by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO)."
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"Some countries compile fertilizer data on a calendar year basis, while others are on a split-year basis. For the purpose of data dissemination, the concept of a calendar year (January to December) has been adopted. Fertilizer data reported by a country following a split year basis will be treated on a calendar year basis, January to December. If country data were reported produced, imported, exported or consumed, for example, in June 2004/July 2005, but actual activity occurred in half year June 2004, the half year 2004 will be recorded to represent the calendar year 2004. See ""About the Fertilizer Module"" at the FAOSTAT website for more on measurement and conversion."
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"Methodology:"
"Data are primarily collected through the FAO fertilizer questionnaire. Additional sources include: national statistical publications, country project reports, studies available in other FAO Divisions, economic journals, national statistics, Internet websites, and country trade data received from custom departments and industry experts. Country fertilizer data are carefully scrutinized in an attempt to eliminate any products intended for intermediate use and not the final fertilizer product. Straight fertilizers and ammonium phosphate domestically produced or imported are often used to manufacture other fertilizers. Country data are examined to ensure that when finished fertilizer materials are produced, they are not included in the production data, thus avoiding double counting."
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"The figure is calculated by selecting nitrogen (N), potash (K2O), and phosphate (P2O5) in the items column and the element consumption in nutrients. The sum of these numbers is then calculated for each country. "
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"Data Reliability:"
"As far as possible the data provided by individual countries through the fertilizer resources questionnaire are considered official for computing and summarizing the various level aggregates such as Gross Production, Trade, and Consumption. The summary of the aggregates is given in nutrient terms. In cases where official data are not available from the country for certain products, reliable information from other sources is used for the period not covered by official data. "