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Phosphate rock

Unit is thousand metric tons of marketable phosphate rock.

Country panel

Import reliance: 16%2025 — USGS MCS 2026, 2025
Official critical list: Yes2025 — Final 2025 List of Critical Minerals, 2025
Top import partners: Peru 99%USGS US import sources 2021–2024

Global totals

Production: 250,000 kt2025 — USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, 2025
Reserves: 73 million kt2025 — USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2026, 2025
Reserve life: known reserves cover ~292 years at current production

Concentration

China 44.8%
Morocco 14.7%
United States 8.1%

Production share

China44.8%
Morocco14.7%
United States8.1%
Russia5.7%
Jordan4.9%
Saudi Arabia4.1%
Egypt2.2%
Brazil2.0%
Peru2.0%
Tunisia1.3%
Vietnam1.2%
Senegal1.1%
Australia1.0%
Israel1.0%
South Africa0.9%
Algeria0.8%
Kazakhstan0.8%
Togo0.7%
India0.6%
Turkey0.5%
Finland0.4%
Uzbekistan0.4%
Syria0.3%
Other countries0.3%
Mexico0.2%

Colour scale is colour-blind-safe sand to rust. Grey means no listed figure. “Other countries” is not drawn. On small screens the map is a ranked list.

Top producers

Share of listed production versus share of listed reserves.

Table alternative to the bar chart
Country	Production	Reserves
China	44.8%	4.7%
Morocco	14.7%	68.5%
United States	8.1%	1.4%
Russia	5.7%	3.3%
Jordan	4.9%	1.1%
Saudi Arabia	4.1%	1.4%
Egypt	2.2%	3.8%
Brazil	2%	2.2%
Peru	2%	0.3%
Tunisia	1.3%	3.4%

Uses

More than 95% of US phosphate rock is used to make phosphoric acid for ammonium phosphate fertilisers and animal feed. 2025
Elemental phosphorus for industrial chemicals, including glyphosate herbicide. 2025
There is no substitute for phosphorus in agriculture. 2025