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"Agriculture and Food -- Agricultural Inputs: Fertilizer use intensity"

"Units: Kilograms per hectare (kg/Ha)"

,,2007,2006,2005,2004,2003,2002,
World
"World","",177.0,173.0,168.8,164.7,158.9,154.1,

,,2007,2006,2005,2004,2003,2002,
Region/Classification
"Asia (excluding Middle East)","",222.2,231.0,212.2,204.4,194.0,195.0,
"Central America & Caribbean","",68.1,71.0,70.3,67.2,60.7,58.3,
"Europe","",152.3,131.0,142.2,162.6,140.3,142.0,
"Middle East & North Africa","",144.3,138.0,205.4,163.4,190.6,152.3,
"North America","",161.0,138.1,152.0,146.3,134.6,102.7,
"Oceania","",167.3,160.2,177.1,135.5,187.6,162.5,
"South America","",195.0,131.7,125.3,144.7,132.9,109.2,
"Sub-Saharan Africa","",9.6,10.5,10.4,10.7,..,..,
"Developed Countries","",165.3,149.9,165.0,168.9,161.2,148.3,
"Developing Countries","",180.1,179.0,169.7,163.5,158.2,155.6,
"High Income Countries","",287.6,260.1,282.3,285.9,262.0,211.5,
"Low Income Countries","",102.7,98.2,93.5,87.3,82.9,81.7,
"Middle Income Countries","",198.7,203.2,190.6,185.5,181.9,188.4,

,,2007,2006,2005,2004,2003,2002,
Country
"Afghanistan","AFG",2.0,2.9,4.7,5.3,3.4,3.8,
"Albania","ALB",52.4,49.5,86.2,76.3,70.3,70.7,
"Algeria","DZA",13.3,11.8,6.7,22.7,5.5,8.9,
"Angola","AGO",3.1,3.4,2.1,4.1,1.6,1.5,
"Argentina","ARG",53.6,44.4,38.0,44.3,40.4,28.9,
"Armenia","ARM",14.9,27.8,21.5,30.0,21.8,32.7,
"Australia","AUS",40.9,39.6,47.6,53.9,46.7,47.1,
"Austria","AUT",108.5,122.9,128.9,124.8,281.2,222.6,
"Azerbaijan","AZE",9.5,11.8,11.9,10.7,6.8,9.3,
"Bahrain","BHR",..,920.0,153.3,..,14.7,1494.1,
"Bangladesh","BGD",180.4,180.2,185.3,165.0,156.6,184.7,
"Barbados","BRB",101.5,106.3,83.4,163.8,65.6,37.8,
"Belarus","BLR",213.1,227.0,164.2,143.8,116.4,147.0,
"Belize","BLZ",..,61.3,55.6,293.7,262.4,41.2,
"Benin","BEN",..,..,0.0,0.0,0.7,14.8,
"Bhutan","BTN",7.9,7.4,8.2,..,..,..,
"Bolivia","BOL",4.3,4.2,6.2,4.8,3.5,4.1,
"Bosnia and Herzegovina","BIH",52.6,40.9,53.3,53.4,16.1,29.8,
"Brazil","BRA",170.1,128.9,124.0,154.4,147.8,111.6,
"Brunei Darussalam","BRN",141.3,19.0,88.0,43.3,29.1,..,
"Bulgaria","BGR",64.8,90.9,69.8,75.9,138.4,106.5,
"Burkina Faso","BFA",5.0,7.3,15.2,11.8,10.8,0.4,
"Burundi","BDI",1.3,2.2,2.5,0.8,0.2,1.0,
"Cambodia","KHM",..,..,..,5.2,3.7,5.6,
"Cameroon","CMR",4.9,7.5,6.6,10.4,6.3,4.9,
"Canada","CAN",91.0,68.9,53.7,47.6,51.5,50.6,
"Côte d'Ivoire","CIV",9.9,9.1,7.3,11.4,12.6,13.2,
"Chile","CHL",343.3,355.8,385.1,380.9,257.3,245.9,
"China","CHN",304.7,334.6,296.2,282.5,282.0,311.5,
"Colombia","COL",203.6,227.4,190.8,194.9,196.2,182.9,
"Congo","COG",0.0,0.4,0.1,0.2,0.2,..,
"Congo, Dem Rep","COD",..,0.0,0.1,2.4,..,..,
"Costa Rica","CRI",316.1,350.7,429.1,305.2,355.9,219.2,
"Croatia","HRV",141.7,215.3,233.8,281.1,269.4,176.1,
"Cuba","CUB",30.9,26.2,20.7,16.8,14.6,33.8,
"Cyprus","CYP",123.8,141.0,100.6,122.3,138.1,143.6,
"Czech Rep","CZE",151.1,147.6,141.4,131.6,117.8,125.4,
"Denmark","DNK",133.1,129.6,136.7,144.3,135.9,97.3,
"Dominica","DMA",65.4,31.8,24.7,47.3,35.3,21.7,
"Ecuador","ECU",1274.8,104.7,77.9,110.1,81.9,87.7,
"Egypt","EGY",449.7,385.4,624.2,555.2,535.1,370.9,
"El Salvador","SLV",96.1,45.0,72.3,57.9,53.7,54.6,
"Eritrea","ERI",3.6,0.0,2.3,0.0,1.6,6.2,
"Estonia","EST",74.9,74.4,59.8,82.0,69.6,330.1,
"Ethiopia","ETH",6.9,6.9,6.6,5.3,5.4,15.8,
"Fiji","FJI",16.0,16.9,26.3,30.4,12.9,48.0,
"Finland","FIN",154.3,151.4,133.9,132.5,118.2,135.9,
"France","FRA",196.2,178.2,180.1,198.9,209.3,198.2,
"French Polynesia","PYF",33.6,31.4,30.2,38.3,34.2,40.0,
"Gabon","GAB",2.9,5.6,5.5,3.4,2.4,3.7,
"Gambia","GMB",3.0,0.4,9.1,7.4,9.0,..,
"Georgia","GEO",33.6,39.3,43.6,24.9,10.8,24.8,
"Germany","DEU",191.1,206.0,211.5,214.7,215.9,216.3,
"Ghana","GHA",9.7,7.9,3.6,7.1,4.4,3.2,
"Greece","GRC",63.4,84.1,99.0,119.3,115.7,110.5,
"Guatemala","GTM",77.4,87.0,88.5,86.9,69.3,70.2,
"Guinea","GIN",1.1,1.0,1.3,1.7,0.9,1.1,
"Guyana","GUY",30.5,30.4,20.6,42.0,21.6,31.2,
"Honduras","HND",130.9,138.8,118.3,99.2,41.1,0.4,
"Hungary","HUN",113.5,116.7,113.3,117.8,99.8,117.6,
"Iceland","ISL",3467.3,3092.7,2461.3,2541.7,2264.6,2686.0,
"India","IND",133.2,127.8,120.1,108.5,98.9,94.9,
"Indonesia","IDN",99.5,105.3,96.4,93.1,83.8,95.1,
"Iran, Islamic Rep","IRN",77.4,103.8,86.3,94.9,73.6,72.4,
"Iraq","IRQ",39.0,37.1,30.3,19.3,..,..,
"Ireland","IRL",529.2,532.4,534.6,525.2,519.4,503.3,
"Israel","ISR",428.4,377.1,1829.5,732.3,2328.5,1305.1,
"Italy","ITA",136.3,109.4,125.8,134.3,131.4,144.2,
"Jamaica","JAM",13.5,28.6,51.8,57.8,2.8,45.0,
"Japan","JPN",320.6,343.7,322.0,328.5,311.2,309.5,
"Jordan","JOR",638.9,477.4,535.2,337.6,616.6,1095.9,
"Kazakhstan","KAZ",5.3,4.5,6.3,7.9,5.9,5.4,
"Kenya","KEN",23.7,35.4,35.9,42.0,31.3,25.0,
"Korea, Rep","KOR",407.2,315.7,459.3,473.1,421.3,370.3,
"Kuwait","KWT",..,1277.8,2657.8,..,..,1175.6,
"Kyrgyzstan","KGZ",21.3,21.0,23.3,20.6,23.5,6.7,
"Latvia","LVA",61.8,62.0,67.2,63.4,48.9,50.0,
"Lebanon","LBN",209.5,140.2,157.1,69.7,65.0,171.7,
"Libyan Arab Jamahiriya","LBY",52.0,36.0,56.3,43.4,27.9,56.0,
"Lithuania","LTU",287.7,186.0,117.3,169.2,143.3,107.3,
"Luxembourg","LUX",491.6,284.2,303.0,328.3,263.2,571.9,
"Macedonia, FYR","MKD",61.0,51.4,57.1,48.4,30.0,28.4,
"Madagascar","MDG",2.7,2.0,4.5,1.8,1.8,1.7,
"Malawi","MWI",33.1,42.7,41.0,33.1,31.4,28.5,
"Malaysia","MYS",192.6,212.2,200.1,233.0,174.6,156.9,
"Maldives","MDV",1.8,2.3,7.4,2.6,2.0,1.4,
"Mali","MLI",0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,..,..,
"Malta","MLT",95.1,123.2,93.0,117.0,79.6,92.9,
"Marshall Islands","MHL",..,..,0.1,0.1,0.2,0.2,
"Mauritius","MUS",243.2,222.9,308.6,276.0,266.2,286.2,
"Mexico","MEX",59.6,57.1,59.4,61.8,57.4,55.0,
"Moldova, Rep","MDA",16.8,7.7,12.9,11.6,7.2,10.5,
"Mongolia","MNG",7.1,7.9,4.3,6.9,4.7,4.9,
"Morocco","MAR",29.3,40.3,42.6,44.5,50.7,59.3,
"Mozambique","MOZ",2.9,4.6,1.5,2.1,7.3,5.6,
"Myanmar","MMR",10.3,3.9,2.0,15.2,2.1,1.5,
"Namibia","NAM",2.3,2.8,1.9,3.1,1.4,3.9,
"Nepal","NPL",16.2,20.1,18.2,33.9,22.9,22.5,
"Netherlands","NLD",1188.4,451.9,794.3,1433.9,621.9,684.4,
"New Caledonia","NCL",140.0,136.0,192.7,157.3,364.8,196.9,
"New Zealand","NZL",1065.9,1021.0,1103.6,743.9,1049.7,946.0,
"Nicaragua","NIC",26.3,28.1,24.6,28.5,28.3,25.0,
"Niger","NER",0.4,0.5,0.4,0.2,0.3,0.6,
"Nigeria","NGA",2.2,5.8,6.4,1.9,6.6,4.8,
"Norway","NOR",248.7,248.1,250.8,249.2,237.2,180.0,
"Oman","OMN",102.9,126.7,386.3,130.5,87.6,146.6,
"Pakistan","PAK",160.2,172.9,168.6,152.4,141.7,136.6,
"Panama","PAN",26.1,29.8,27.1,33.2,40.3,31.9,
"Papua New Guinea","PNG",22.3,17.3,20.4,21.3,107.3,42.7,
"Paraguay","PRY",78.0,60.1,56.9,66.1,62.1,46.3,
"Peru","PER",88.4,75.5,69.4,77.1,73.1,72.0,
"Philippines","PHL",72.0,68.5,72.5,83.1,88.8,75.0,
"Poland","POL",206.0,188.5,178.3,191.2,107.9,123.8,
"Portugal","PRT",127.8,119.1,133.4,152.0,125.7,144.0,
"Qatar","QAT",3351.4,..,350.0,2350.1,..,24.3,
"Romania","ROU",43.0,38.6,48.6,40.7,36.8,33.1,
"Russian Federation","RUS",13.9,12.3,11.6,11.3,10.8,13.4,
"Rwanda","RWA",6.0,2.7,2.4,1.4,..,..,
"Saint Kitts and Nevis","KNA",13.5,14.0,13.5,7.7,..,..,
"Samoa","WSM",0.5,0.3,0.7,0.5,0.3,0.1,
"Saudi Arabia","SAU",113.0,92.8,88.4,99.1,113.0,53.6,
"Senegal","SEN",2.0,7.2,9.6,12.3,10.6,11.4,
"Serbia","SRB",116.9,96.6,..,..,..,..,
"Serbia and Montenegro","YUG",..,..,98.9,116.0,87.6,86.9,
"Seychelles","SYC",16.2,2.0,5.7,1.8,..,..,
"Singapore","SGP",14212.5,13432.5,11346.3,11837.5,8675.0,1525.0,
"Slovakia","SVK",117.4,79.9,81.7,83.0,60.3,73.9,
"Slovenia","SVN",279.8,276.9,282.9,308.0,342.8,342.3,
"South Africa","ZAF",41.2,44.6,42.6,53.6,51.0,41.3,
"Spain","ESP",113.0,102.0,101.7,118.1,127.8,112.5,
"Sri Lanka","LKA",151.2,156.7,142.7,138.1,127.6,148.8,
"Sudan","SDN",3.5,2.5,2.6,4.6,3.5,3.4,
"Suriname","SUR",99.3,123.1,78.0,115.0,89.5,71.5,
"Sweden","SWE",89.1,103.3,88.9,108.4,117.9,93.1,
"Switzerland","CHE",202.9,216.4,214.8,203.7,192.4,185.4,
"Syrian Arab Rep","SYR",67.2,70.7,71.4,61.9,64.0,57.9,
"Tajikistan","TJK",27.3,26.0,33.0,30.5,..,..,
"Tanzania","TZA",4.9,6.0,8.9,5.0,4.1,3.0,
"Thailand","THA",94.0,95.1,91.1,106.7,120.9,90.0,
"Togo","TGO",5.5,4.4,7.7,3.0,6.7,4.7,
"Tonga","TON",5.6,28.2,54.8,56.6,174.0,..,
"Trinidad and Tobago","TTO",48.6,615.2,85.6,46.0,85.3,450.9,
"Tunisia","TUN",18.8,21.7,35.9,21.2,20.6,14.2,
"Turkey","TUR",88.3,101.7,101.1,100.1,95.0,63.6,
"Uganda","UGA",1.0,1.0,0.8,1.2,1.3,1.0,
"Ukraine","UKR",31.8,25.8,23.1,16.0,15.3,15.5,
"United Arab Emirates","ARE",169.9,159.0,58.7,122.4,236.7,189.5,
"United Kingdom","GBR",252.7,254.6,287.5,305.2,305.7,316.3,
"United States","USA",168.5,145.5,162.6,156.9,143.6,108.3,
"Uruguay","URY",178.8,146.3,141.6,134.7,114.2,62.8,
"Venezuela","VEN",152.8,111.2,131.0,150.2,133.0,109.4,
"Viet Nam","VNM",286.2,269.3,243.7,291.3,253.3,228.4,
"Yemen","YEM",18.0,7.1,3.2,11.6,3.8,7.0,
"Zambia","ZMB",27.4,13.8,12.9,16.2,14.2,12.7,
"Zimbabwe","ZWE",32.3,39.6,25.4,25.8,43.6,38.9,

Footnotes
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Source
"Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2009.  FAOSTAT Online Statistical Service.  Rome: FAO.  Available online at: http://faostat.fao.org/."


Technical Notes
"Definition:"
"Fertilizer use intensity is the amount of fertilizer consumed for agriculture per hectare of temporary and permanent cropland. Data are in terms of kilograms per hectare and reported on an annual basis."
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"Fertilizer consumption data refer to the amount of the nutrients nitrogen (N), potash (K2O), and phosphate (P2O5), consumed in agriculture on an annual basis."
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"Temporary and permanent cropland is comprised of both temporary and permanent farm land in a given country for each year. "
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"Temporary cropland, called ""arable land"" in FAO terminology, refers to land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted only once), temporary meadows for mowing or pasture, land under market and kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow (less than five years). The abandoned land resulting from shifting cultivation is not included in this category. Data for ""arable land"" are not meant to indicate the amount of land that is potentially cultivable. "
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"Permanent cropland refers to land cultivated with crops that occupy the land for long periods and need not be replanted after each harvest, such as cocoa, coffee and rubber; this category includes land under flowering shrubs, fruit trees, nut trees and vines, but excludes land under trees grown for wood or timber."
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"Years Covered and Frequency of Updates:"
"Data are available for most countries and regions from 2002 to 2007. 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:"
"This variable is calculated by WRI; a country's total fertilizer consumption is divided by its total reported temporary and permanent cropland area."
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"FAO collects data on fertilizer use through surveys distributed to participating governments in the ""Annual Fertilizer Questionnaire."" In addition, the Ad Hoc Working Party on Fertilizer Statistics works to improve geographic coverage of the data."
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"Hectares of temporary and permanent cropland are determined through a variety of means, including self-reporting from governments and FAO estimation methods."
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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 are 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."
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"Definitions of temporary and permanent cropland used by reporting countries vary considerably and items classified under the same category often relate to greatly differing kinds of land, making accurate cross-country comparisons difficult. Also, countries have different levels of capacity for collecting accurate land use data."