Key Agricultural Facts and Figures

Chemical Fertilizer Imports

2021 (MTs) 2022 (MTs)


Urea 1,967,029 1,514,854

AS 451,381 358,596

DAP 630,035 424,712

MAP 31,879 16,280

MOP 903,788 710,248

SOP 11,985 5,461

16-20-0 316,822 231,758

15-15-15 341,575 407,567

16-16-16 156,731 131,177

All Other 623,666 477,419


Total 6,622,299 4,886,976

Estimated Harvested Land & Fertilizer Use

2022 Ha (mil) MTs (mil)


Rice 11.6 2.5

Maize 1.1 0.33

Cassava 1.6 0.25

Sugarcane 1.6 0.45

Para Rubber 3.5 0.35

Oil Palm 0.9 0.36

All Other 0.7 0.73


Total 21 4.97

Facts and Figures

GDP - $1.255 trillion USD (2022 est.)

GDP per capita - $17,500 USD (2022 est.)

Exports - $324.1 billion USD (2022 est.)

Imports - $334.5 billion USD (2022 est.)


Major Fertilizer Imports by Country:

Urea: KSA, Malaysia, China, Qatar, Oman

DAP: China, Russia, Saudi Arabia

MOP: Canada, Belarus, Israel, Jordan, Laos


Total IFOAM ‘Organic Certified’ Farmland:

208,000 hectares (2023)

Sources: Office of Agricultural Economics (OAE), Royal Thai Customs, CIA Factbook, BAY Research