Urea was by far the most consumed nitrogenous fertilizer in 2022. That year, the consumption of urea reached 54.17 million metric tons of nitrogen. Complex NPK fertilizers ranked second, with a consumption of roughly 18.97 million tons of nitrogen.
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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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