Ammonium phosphate was by far the most consumed phosphate fertilizer worldwide in 2020. That year, its global consumption reached over 25 million metric tons of phosphorus pentoxide (P₂O₅). Complex NPK fertilizers ranked second, with a consumption of roughly 12.5 million tons of P₂O₅.
Consumption of phosphate fertilizers worldwide in 2020, by select product (in 1,000 metric tons of P₂O₅)
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Statistics on Fertilizer industry worldwide
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International Fertilizer Industry Association. (May 22, 2023). Consumption of phosphate fertilizers worldwide in 2020, by select product (in 1,000 metric tons of P₂O₅) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288257/global-consumption-of-phosphate-fertilizer-by-product/
International Fertilizer Industry Association. "Consumption of phosphate fertilizers worldwide in 2020, by select product (in 1,000 metric tons of P₂O₅) ." Chart. May 22, 2023. Statista. Accessed May 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288257/global-consumption-of-phosphate-fertilizer-by-product/
International Fertilizer Industry Association. (2023). Consumption of phosphate fertilizers worldwide in 2020, by select product (in 1,000 metric tons of P₂O₅) . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288257/global-consumption-of-phosphate-fertilizer-by-product/
International Fertilizer Industry Association. "Consumption of Phosphate Fertilizers Worldwide in 2020, by Select Product (in 1,000 Metric Tons of P₂o₅) ." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288257/global-consumption-of-phosphate-fertilizer-by-product/
International Fertilizer Industry Association, Consumption of phosphate fertilizers worldwide in 2020, by select product (in 1,000 metric tons of P₂O₅) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288257/global-consumption-of-phosphate-fertilizer-by-product/ (last visited May 28, 2023)
Consumption of phosphate fertilizers worldwide in 2020, by select product (in 1,000 metric tons of P₂O₅) [Graph], International Fertilizer Industry Association, May 22, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288257/global-consumption-of-phosphate-fertilizer-by-product/