Fertilizer consumption measures the quantity of plant nutrients used per unit of arable land. Fertilizer products cover nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers (including ground rock phosphate). Traditional nutrients--animal and plant manures--are not included. For the purpose of data dissemination, FAO has adopted the concept of a calendar year (January to December). Some countries compile fertilizer data on a calendar year basis, while others are on a split-year basis. Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Djibouti | 11.5 | 15.4 | 16.1 | 17.9 | 17.7 | 19.1 | 18.6 | 21.5 | 24.4 | 23.2 | 31.0 | 36.9 | 34.0 | 34.0 | |||
| Egypt | 136.8 | 419.9 | 449.7 | 600.1 | 473.4 | 503.6 | 463.0 | 536.7 | 547.0 | 569.5 | 568.0 | 574.2 | 535.3 | 504.7 | 496.1 | 542.6 | 538.0 |
| Libya | 7.2 | 43.0 | 30.3 | 30.0 | 38.6 | 47.2 | 48.0 | 36.2 | 22.9 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 26.1 | 16.4 | 18.1 | 18.5 | 14.7 | 16.3 |
| Tunisia | 10.7 | 28.8 | 38.9 | 45.5 | 47.4 | 48.4 | 49.5 | 40.4 | 45.7 | 53.1 | 62.0 | 48.8 | 57.2 | 55.7 | 43.8 | 60.1 | 52.1 |
| Burundi | 0.6 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 10.6 | 12.0 | 9.0 | 15.2 | 18.3 | 24.0 | 19.9 | 19.5 | 19.1 | 39.8 |
| Comoros | 4.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 6.4 | 3.4 | 3.9 | ||||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| Eritrea | 19.5 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 6.8 | 6.0 | 5.1 | 3.0 | 3.9 | ||
| Ethiopia | 16.0 | 10.9 | 21.8 | 20.8 | 30.6 | 18.3 | 25.4 | 28.1 | 33.8 | 34.5 | 26.0 | 26.3 | 39.9 | 41.8 | 37.8 | ||
| Kenya | 14.1 | 21.4 | 29.8 | 34.3 | 32.5 | 37.8 | 43.6 | 51.0 | 43.3 | 35.5 | 43.2 | 59.5 | 42.4 | 50.1 | 59.9 | 54.6 | 35.1 |
| Madagascar | 7.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 5.6 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 7.0 | 4.8 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 6.0 | 13.0 | 12.6 | 11.9 | 10.6 | 6.5 | 6.9 |
| Malawi | 6.1 | 21.3 | 18.1 | 30.5 | 37.4 | 30.4 | 26.4 | 29.3 | 39.8 | 42.0 | 23.8 | 34.0 | 34.3 | 29.4 | 47.5 | 41.9 | 23.7 |
| Mauritius | 220.0 | 283.0 | 416.7 | 352.2 | 163.2 | 243.2 | 274.8 | 248.1 | 313.3 | 183.8 | 273.3 | 257.6 | 187.1 | 194.9 | 150.5 | 186.5 | 126.4 |
| Rwanda | 0.4 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4.7 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 17.6 | 8.8 | 17.4 | 14.9 | 25.0 | 29.1 | 23.9 | 29.1 |
| Seychelles | 42.0 | 34.0 | 32.2 | 333.3 | 525.0 | 341.7 | 337.1 | 816.7 | 521.7 | 646.0 | 515.7 | 845.1 | 542.5 | 542.5 | 511.0 | ||
| Somalia | 2.8 | 2.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.1 |
| Sudan | 3.3 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 9.4 | 8.3 | 7.1 | 6.5 | 13.8 | 7.1 | 7.1 | ||||||
| इस्वातिनी | 40.4 | 74.4 | 32.6 | 46.2 | 53.5 | 58.6 | 60.9 | 66.9 | 65.1 | 62.1 | 57.3 | 71.8 | 63.6 | 82.9 | 81.3 | 92.0 | 92.0 |
| Uganda | 1.9 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
| Zambia | 13.1 | 20.6 | 11.0 | 28.0 | 29.2 | 46.1 | 37.6 | 49.0 | 51.8 | 57.4 | 65.7 | 72.1 | 52.5 | 67.6 | 79.8 | 63.9 | 64.6 |
| Zimbabwe | 77.2 | 55.9 | 44.7 | 21.8 | 34.1 | 26.5 | 18.1 | 27.6 | 31.0 | 24.0 | 38.8 | 45.3 | 40.1 | 42.4 | 32.3 | 33.8 | 33.3 |