Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Agriculture > Fertilizer > Consumption > Metric tons > Per capita
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DEFINITION:
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. The time reference for fertilizer consumption is the crop year (July through June). Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | South Africa | 21.29 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
2 | Mauritius | 20.66 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
3 | Malawi | 15.99 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
4 | Zimbabwe | 8.6 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
5 | Swaziland | 6.43 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
6 | Cote d'Ivoire | 6.29 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
7 | Lesotho | 6.28 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
8 | Benin | 6.24 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
9 | Zambia | 5.87 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
10 | Kenya | 4.46 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
11 | Mali | 3.4 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
12 | Senegal | 3.08 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
13 | Togo | 3 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
14 | Botswana | 2.6 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
15 | Cameroon | 2.26 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
16 | Ethiopia | 2.23 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
17 | Sudan | 2.03 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
18 | Chad | 1.99 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
19 | Rwanda | 1.78 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
20 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.66 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
21 | Ghana | 1.5 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
22 | Mozambique | 1.33 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
23 | Nigeria | 1.26 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
24 | Mauritania | 1.03 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
25 | Eritrea | 0.949 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
26 | The Gambia | 0.573 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
=27 | Comoros | 0.532 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
=27 | Madagascar | 0.532 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
29 | Cape Verde | 0.466 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
30 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.456 metric tons per 1,000 p | 1980 | ||
31 | Niger | 0.394 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
32 | Guinea | 0.376 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
33 | Burundi | 0.372 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
34 | Uganda | 0.358 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
35 | Gabon | 0.227 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
36 | Djibouti | 0.216 metric tons per 1,000 p | 1987 | ||
37 | Seychelles | 0.203 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
38 | Tanzania | 0.201 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
39 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.199 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
40 | Central African Republic | 0.154 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
41 | Namibia | 0.153 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
42 | Liberia | 0.14 metric tons per 1,000 p | 1990 | ||
43 | Burkina Faso | 0.139 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
44 | Angola | 0.101 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2000 | ||
45 | Somalia | 0.067 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 | ||
46 | Sierra Leone | 0.061 metric tons per 1,000 p | 2002 |