FAOSTAT nations ranked by agricultural use of phosphate rock; tonnes, 2023.
Agricultural use of phosphate rock is compared across nations for 2023. Values are annual fertilizer-use quantities measured in tonnes and ranked from highest to lowest. Brazil ranks first at 5.05 million tonnes, ahead of Tanzania by 5.01 million tonnes. Ireland is the lowest listed nation at 116 tonnes, making Brazil 43,553x larger.
| Rank | Entry | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 5.05M | 2023 |
| 2 | Tanzania | 43,027 | 2023 |
| 3 | India | 13,150 | 2023 |
| 4 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7,008 | 2023 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 1,881 | 2023 |
| 6 | Ecuador | 1,206 | 2023 |
| 7 | Ireland | 116 | 2023 |
Source 1: FAOSTAT Fertilizers by Product
Publisher: FAOSTAT
Dataset/table: FAOSTAT Fertilizers by Product
Units: tonnes
Date checked: 2026-07-02
Evidence: Provides nation agricultural-use quantities for Phosphate Rock in 2023.
Values are annual agricultural-use quantities in tonnes from FAOSTAT Fertilizers by Product. Shares are not included because this ranking compares nation quantities rather than a separately supplied total. Product labels are reader-facing, while official FAOSTAT product wording is retained in the source card. Values are rounded for display while preserving the ranking order.
The ranking uses FAOSTAT Fertilizers by Product nation observations for agricultural use of phosphate rock in 2023. Aggregate reporting groups are excluded where they appear in the source. Values are ordered from highest to lowest using the same source family, period and unit. Gaps and multiples compare the ranked tonne values directly.
Entries use the same FAOSTAT Fertilizers by Product source family, product, metric, unit and year, supporting a like-for-like ranking across nations.
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