Phosphate Rock Reserves by Country

Western Sahara reported 50,000,000 thousand metric tons through 2020; from 2021, the identical figure appears under Morocco. The figures come from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2019-2026 and cover phosphate rock reserves. The ranking includes 25 country rows, with 24 reporting a 2025 value, and lists 72,142,000 thousand metric tons in 2025. USGS separately lists 800,000 thousand metric tons under Other countries without country attribution. The published world reserve total is 73,000,000 thousand metric tons, rounded in the source.

Morocco's 50,000,000 thousand metric tons are nearly fifteen times China's 3,400,000. The next three — Egypt (2,800,000), Tunisia (2,500,000) and Russia (2,400,000) — total 7,700,000, less than one-sixth of Morocco's reserves.

Phosphate Rock Reserves by Country

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#	Country	Latest Data (thousand metric tons)	Year
1	Morocco MA	50,000,000	2025
2	Western Sahara EH	50,000,000	2020
3	China CN	3,400,000	2025
4	Egypt EG	2,800,000	2025
5	Tunisia TN	2,500,000	2025
6	Russia RU	2,400,000	2025
7	Algeria DZ	2,200,000	2025
8	Brazil BR	1,600,000	2025
9	South Africa ZA	1,500,000	2025
10	United States US	1,000,000	2025
11	Finland FI	1,000,000	2025
12	Saudi Arabia SA	1,000,000	2025
13	Jordan JO	820,000	2025
14	Australia AU	800,000	2025
15	Kazakhstan KZ	260,000	2025
16	Syria SY	250,000	2025
17	Peru PE	210,000	2025
18	Uzbekistan UZ	100,000	2025
19	Türkiye TR	71,000	2025
20	Israel IL	60,000	2025
21	Senegal SN	50,000	2025
22	India IN	31,000	2025
23	Mexico MX	30,000	2025
24	Togo TG	30,000	2025
25	Vietnam VN	30,000	2025

Only three of the 24 reporting countries changed in 2025; the other 21 were unchanged from 2024.

The 50-million figure appears under different rows

Western Sahara reported 50,000,000 thousand metric tons from 2018 through 2020, after which the figure no longer appears under that row. Morocco has reported the same 50,000,000 thousand metric tons in every year from 2021 through 2025. Western Sahara therefore has no 2025 country-level value, while Morocco accounts for the largest figure in the current ranking.

Large changes among the next-ranked countries

Tunisia rose from 100,000 to 2,500,000 thousand metric tons in 2022, a twenty-five-fold increase. Russia increased from 600,000 to 2,400,000 in 2023. China fell from 3,200,000 in 2021 to 1,900,000 in 2022, then rose to 3,800,000 in 2023 before easing to 3,700,000 in 2024 and 3,400,000 in 2025.

Changes among the remaining countries

In 2025, China fell by 300,000 thousand metric tons (-8.1%), Australia by 300,000 (-27.3%), and Jordan by 180,000 (-18.0%) — the only three movers among 24 reporters. Nine countries, including Algeria (2,200,000) and Vietnam (30,000), have reported unchanged reserves throughout the eight-year series.

Phosphate Rock Reserves by Country

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#	Country	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	Morocco	-	-	-	50,000,000	50,000,000	50,000,000	50,000,000	50,000,000
2	Western Sahara	50,000,000	50,000,000	50,000,000	-	-	-	-	-
3	China	3,200,000	3,200,000	3,200,000	3,200,000	1,900,000	3,800,000	3,700,000	3,400,000
4	Algeria	2,200,000	2,200,000	2,200,000	2,200,000	2,200,000	2,200,000	2,200,000	2,200,000
5	Syria	1,800,000	1,800,000	1,800,000	-	-	250,000	250,000	250,000
6	Brazil	1,700,000	1,700,000	1,600,000	1,600,000	1,600,000	1,600,000	1,600,000	1,600,000
7	South Africa	1,500,000	1,400,000	1,400,000	1,600,000	1,600,000	1,500,000	1,500,000	1,500,000
8	Saudi Arabia	1,400,000	1,400,000	1,400,000	1,400,000	1,400,000	1,400,000	1,000,000	1,000,000
9	Egypt	1,300,000	1,300,000	2,800,000	2,800,000	2,800,000	2,800,000	2,800,000	2,800,000
10	Australia	1,100,000	1,200,000	1,100,000	1,100,000	1,100,000	1,100,000	1,100,000	800,000
11	United States	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000
12	Finland	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000
13	Jordan	1,000,000	1,000,000	800,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	1,000,000	820,000
14	Russia	600,000	600,000	600,000	600,000	600,000	2,400,000	2,400,000	2,400,000
15	Peru	400,000	210,000	210,000	210,000	210,000	210,000	210,000	210,000
16	Kazakhstan	260,000	260,000	260,000	260,000	260,000	260,000	260,000	260,000
17	Tunisia	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	2,500,000	2,500,000	2,500,000	2,500,000
18	Uzbekistan	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000	100,000
19	Israel	67,000	62,000	57,000	53,000	60,000	60,000	60,000	60,000
20	Türkiye	-	-	-	50,000	50,000	71,000	71,000	71,000
21	Senegal	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000	50,000
22	India	46,000	46,000	46,000	46,000	46,000	31,000	31,000	31,000
23	Mexico	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000
24	Togo	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000
25	Vietnam	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000	30,000

Methodology

Figures come from the USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries 2019-2026. The 2025 reserve figures are those reported in the 2026 edition. Units are thousand metric tons, exactly as reported. Blank entries indicate that the source reported no value; they are not zeroes. The source's world total is rounded, so shares are computed against the sum of the listed countries. For this series the published world reserve total is 73,000,000 thousand metric tons. Reserves and production are different measures and should not be combined without equalizing units.