In 2023, the region with the highest consumption of fertilizers worldwide was East Asia, followed by South Asia and then Latin America and the Caribbean. The consumption of fertilizers in East Asia reached some 63.85 million metric tons, whereas South Asia consumed 38.74 million metric tons of fertilizers that year.
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Consumption of agricultural fertilizer worldwide in 2023, by nutrient and region
(in 1,000 metric tons of nutrients)
Characteristic
Nitrogen
Phosphorus
Potassium
East Asia
34,924
14,284
14,645
South Asia
25,761
10,514
2,460
Latin America and the Caribbean
10,805
8,334
9,518
North America
14,663
5,043
5,426
Western and Central Europe
9,925
2,363
2,384
Eastern Europe and Central Asia
6,686
1,766
1,664
Africa
5,155
1,940
1,058
West Asia
3,484
1,142
356
Oceania
2,012
1,071
369
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Consumption in thousand metric tons63,85363,85338,73538,73528,65728,65725,13225,13214,67214,67210,11610,1168,1538,1534,9824,9823,4523,452NitrogenPhosphorusPotassiumEast AsiaSouth AsiaLatin America and the CaribbeanNorth AmericaWestern and Central EuropeEastern Europe and Central AsiaAfricaWest AsiaOceania
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