Fertilizers stand at the base of current agricultural practices, providing the nutrient sustainment required for growing plants.
Unit of Measure | 2010 | 2013 | 2016 | 2017 | |
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2.90 | 3.40 | 3.60 | |||
Ammonia, NH4 | A | 36.6 | [27][11] | ||
26.5–31.2 (BAT) z | [27][11] | ||||
40 | |||||
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16 | |||||
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Insecticides (per kg) | |||||
101.2 | |||||
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32 | |||||
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16 | |||||
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EU Member Country | Consumption of Fertilizers (kg/ha) | EU Member Country | Consumption of Fertilizers (kg/ha) | ||||||||||||
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1998 | 2008 | 2018 | 1998 | 2008 | 2018 | ||||||||||
Austria | 175.9 | 110.0 | 135.1 | Italy | 210.0 | 143.5 | 0 | 1,055,523130.6 | |||||||
1,001,488 | 0 | 1,001,488 | |||||||||||||
Fertilizers in conventional agriculture | Million tons of the main nutrient/s (Mt) |
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Belgium | 354.0 | 224.5 | |||||||||||||
Fertilizers in organic agriculture | 1.21 | 1.25 | 293.4 | Latvia | 46.5 | Phosphate66.9 | 101.2 | ||||||||
122,608 | 564 | 123,172 | 77,458 | 1.15 | 4184 | 81,642 | 1.16 | Bulgaria | 47.8 | 111.2 | 126.9 | Lithuania | 48.4 | 80.7 | 133.5 |
Total fertilizers | [ | 1 | |||||||||||||
4.40 | Cyprus | 202.7 | |||||||||||||
Potassic | 53,693 | 10,792 | 64,485 | 51,701 | 13,344 | 4.1165,035 | 4.58 | Croatia] | |||||||
4.71 | 162.0 | 495.2 | 221.0 | Luxembourg | 267.5 y | 112.0 | 157.7 | ||||||||
Compound | Binary | 386,801 | 2861 | 389,662 | 270,474 | 2936 | 273,410 | ||||||||
UAA in conventional agriculture | Hectares | Malta | 187.4 | 74 | 167.8 | ||||||||||
(ha) | 12,856,048 | 12,425,996 | 12,598,161 | 12,777,044 | Ternary | 452,369 | 0 | 452,369 | 266,974 | 9265 | |||||
UAA in organic agriculture | N.A. | 961,594 | 1,555,522 | N.A. | 276,239 | Czechia | 92.0 | 87.3 | 174.4 | Netherlands | 535.3 | 267.7 | 265.9 | ||
Containing meso-elements | 2082 | 3612 | 5693 | 592 | 4345 | 4937 | |||||||||
Total (conventional + organic) UAA | N.A. | Denmark | 174.1 | 147.7 | 108.1 | Poland | 110.8 | 157.7 | |||||||
13,387,590 | Micronutrient fertilizers | 177.6 | |||||||||||||
2800 | 10,625 | 13,425 | 3581 | 9399 | 12,980 | Estonia | 36.5 | 100.4 | 87.7 | Portugal | 140.1 | 155.5 | 198.5 | ||
Organic fertilizers | 14,172 | 269,992 | 284,164 | 23,823 | 345,758 | 369,581 | Finland | 142.6 | 122.9 | ||||||
Organo-mineral fertilizers | 215,660 | 91.6 | 36,060 | 251,756 | 220,221 | 110,957 | 331,178 | ||||||||
TOTAL FERTILIZERS | 2,305,769 | 334,506 | 2,640,250 | 1,916,312 | 500,188 | 2,416,490 | |||||||||
Other products | Amendments | 835,378 | 763,052 | 1,598,430 | 503,289 | 817,281 | 1,320,570 | ||||||||
Correctives | 122,723 | 65,683 | 188,405 | 352,509 | 58,254 | 410,763 | |||||||||
3.20 | 250.5 | 234.7 | Ammonium nitrate, NH4NO3 | AN | 29.8 | [1] | |||||||||
40.74 ± 5.43 | [28][12] | ||||||||||||||
14,153,683 | Urea, CO(NH2)2 | Urea | 51.6 | [1] | |||||||||||
44.1 (BAT) | [1] | ||||||||||||||
22 | [26][10] | ||||||||||||||
Romania | 38.6 | 45.6 | 59.2 | 5.5 *–2.7 (BAT) * y | [29][13] | ||||||||||
France | 264.1 | 152.4 | 172.7 | Slovakia | 77.8 | 75.1 | Calcium ammonium nitrate | CAN | 42.6 | [1] | |||||
129.3 | |||||||||||||||
N.A. | |||||||||||||||
Number of farms in conventional agriculture | - | Germany | 247.4 | 159.6 | 166.5 | Slovenia | 445.3 | 279.8 | 261.8 | 31.4(BAT) | [1] | ||||
Greece | 169.5 | 119.1 | 133.3 | Spain | 173.0 | 106.5 | 157.7 | Ammonium sulphate, (NH4)2SO4 | AS | 42 | [1] | ||||
Hungary | 76.9 | 96.7 | 150.7 | Sweden | 105.7 | 99.0 | 100.4 | ~6 | [26 | ||||||
N.A. | Ireland][10] | ||||||||||||||
656.2 | 857.2 | 1544.9 | P-based fertilizers (per kg of P) |
Triple superphosphate, Ca(H2PO4)2 | TSP | 30.5 | [1] | ||||||||
1,471,185 | 2.5–3 | [26][10] | |||||||||||||
15.15 | [30][14] | ||||||||||||||
Single superphosphate | SSP | 13 | [1] | ||||||||||||
~3 | [26][10] | ||||||||||||||
1,145,705 | Phosphorus pentoxide, P2O5 | P2O5 | 12.44 | [31][15] | |||||||||||
K-based fertilizers (per kg of K) |
Muriate of potash, KCl | MOP | 10.6 | [1] | |||||||||||
~3 | [26][10] | ||||||||||||||
Potassium oxide, K2O | PO | 11.15 | [31][15] | ||||||||||||
Limestone (per kg of Ca), CaCO3 | L | 2.3 | [1] | ||||||||||||
Herbicides (per kg) | 238 | [32][16] | |||||||||||||
298.9 (metolachlor, alacholor) | [33][17] | ||||||||||||||
205.4 (atrazin) | [33][17] | ||||||||||||||
Fungicides (per kg) | 216 | [32] |
2009 | 2019 | ||||||||
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Use in Conventional Agriculture | Use in Organic Agriculture | Total | Use in Conventional Agriculture | Use in Organic Agriculture | Total | ||||
N.A. | |||||||||
Number of farms in organic agriculture | |||||||||
N.A. | 47,075 | 132,299 | N.A. | ||||||
Growing substrates | |||||||||
9607 | 0 | 9607 | 128,352 | 4663 | 133,015 | ||||
Specific action products | 1348 | 0 | 1675 | 54,947 | 9618 | 64,565 | |||
TOTAL OTHER PRODUCTS | 969,056 | 828,735 | 1,798,117 | 1,039,097 | 889,816 | 1,928,913 | |||
TOTAL FERTILIZERS & OTHER PRODUCTS | 3,274,800 | 1,163,240 | 4,438,040 | 2,955,409 | 1,389,994 | 4,345,403 |