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Fertilizer Production Statistics India Data: Dataset Structure and Field Coverage
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Which datasets publish official fertilizer production statistics for India?
Two sources in Datadory's fertilizers-agricultural-chemicals slice carry Indian production figures, and they answer different questions.
India Open Government Data - Fertilizer production is the official government series: all-India annual production of urea, DAP and NPK complex fertilizers in lakh metric tonnes, published by the Dept of Fertilizers on the data.gov.in open government data platform. It is small by design - 11 rows by 3 product columns, or 33 values covering the 2014-15 to 2024-25 fertilizer years.
Dataful - Chemicals & Fertilizers sector datasets (India) casts the wider net: nine curated datasets spanning fertilizer production from 2001-02, subsidy disbursement from 2000-01 to 2025-26, nutrient-based subsidy rates, black-marketing enforcement actions and chemicals trade, each offered as CSV, XLSX and Parquet.
For a global frame around those domestic numbers, FAOSTAT - Fertilizers by Nutrient is the only dataset in this slice whose elements cover production alongside trade and agricultural use - more than 245 countries and territories from 1961.
What does the data.gov.in fertilizer production table actually contain?
The resource is a single annual table, and every attribute matters when you cite it:
How far back do Indian fertilizer production series go?
The two Indian sources overlap for only ten fiscal years (2014-15 to 2023-24), and they disagree on scope: the government table counts three products nationally, while Dataful's production dataset is one of nine sector tables that also carry the subsidy and enforcement context around that output.
| Attribute | India Open Government Data - Fertilizer production | Dataful - Chemicals & Fertilizers sector datasets (India) |
|---|---|---|
| Primary role | Official all-India urea, DAP and NPK production | Nine-dataset sector pack: production, subsidy, enforcement, trade |
| Production history | 2014-15 to 2024-25 (11 fertilizer years) | 2001-02 to 2023-24 |
| Companion series | None - single 11-row artefact | Subsidy disbursement 2000-01 to 2025-26; subsidy outgo 2005-06 to 2025-26; enforcement actions 2019-20 to 2025-26 (about 656 rows); chemicals trade and production 2016-17 to 2021-22 |
| Geography | All India, no subnational split | National aggregates; state-level breakdowns for enforcement actions |
| Datadory quality score | 6 | 7 |
How do you put India's production numbers in a global context?
Production figures mean little without a comparator, and three cataloged datasets supply one.
On the demand side, the World Bank - Fertilizer consumption indicator (AG.CON.FERT.ZS) reports kilograms per hectare of arable land for roughly 260 economies from 1961 to 2023 under commercial delivery terms 4.0 - the cleanest way to test whether domestic output keeps pace with applied nutrients. Pairing production tonnes with consumption intensity is exactly how the slice's own use cases frame market sizing.
What should you pair production volumes with?
Volumes alone leave three questions open, and each has a cataloged companion.
Policy. Dataful's subsidy tables turn production into fiscal exposure: disbursement from 2000-01 to 2025-26 and outgo from 2005-06 to 2025-26, plus nutrient-based subsidy rates. Our India fertilizer subsidy dataset walkthrough covers those tables in detail.
Where to go next
This page is one cluster in the fertilizers-agricultural-chemicals data guide, which maps all 22 pooled datasets for the industry. From here:
- India fertilizer subsidy dataset - the NBS rates and subsidy-outgo tables that sit beside these production volumes.
- Fertilizer consumption by country - putting India's demand in a 245-country frame.
- The fertilizers-agricultural-chemicals data hub lists every dataset, comparison and API in the industry.
| Attribute | India Open Government Data - Fertilizer production | Dataful - Chemicals & Fertilizers sector datasets (India) |
|---|---|---|
| Primary role | Official all-India urea, DAP and NPK production | Nine-dataset sector pack: production, subsidy, enforcement, trade |
| Production history | 2014-15 to 2024-25 (11 fertilizer years) | 2001-02 to 2023-24 |
| Companion series | None - single 11-row artefact | Subsidy disbursement 2000-01 to 2025-26; subsidy outgo 2005-06 to 2025-26; enforcement actions 2019-20 to 2025-26; chemicals trade 2016-17 to 2021-22 |
| Granularity | Annual, All India aggregate | Fiscal year x fertilizer type, national or state |
| Datadory quality score | 6 | 7 |
Pick up where this leaves off
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India Open Government Data — Fertilizer Production
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Chemicals & Fertilizers sector datasets (India)
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FAOSTAT - Fertilizers by Nutrient
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IFASTAT - Global Fertilizer and Raw Materials Statistics
World Bank — Fertilizer consumption indicator (AG.CON.FERT.ZS)
IndexMundi Fertilizer Commodity Prices Data
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Can I compare Indian fertilizer production with other countries?
Three cataloged sources support comparison: FAOSTAT - Fertilizers by Nutrient for production, trade and use across 245+ countries from 1961; IFASTAT for capacity and production as South Asia regional totals from 2000; and the World Bank's AG.CON.FERT.ZS consumption intensity for roughly 260 economies, 1961-2023.