Urea was by far the most consumed nitrogenous fertilizer in 2021. That year, the consumption of urea reached 53.83 million metric tons of nitrogen. Complex NPK fertilizers ranked second, with a consumption of roughly 17.31 million tons of nitrogen.
Consumption of nitrogenous fertilizers worldwide in 2021, by product
(in 1,000 metric tons of nitrogen)
NPK, NP, and NK are types of fertilizers that contain varying amounts of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, or combinations of nitrogen and phosphorus, or nitrogen and potassium.
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