Data for 1961

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1961

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1961
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1961, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1961 covers 121 countries. Singapore is highest, at 1,166.6667; Burkina Faso is lowest, at 0.0097. The middle country reads 11.4273.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1961

HighestSingapore

1,166.6667

LowestBurkina Faso

0.0097

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the highest end.

121countries
1measure
1961the year it describes
120distinct values17 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1961, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1961: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1,166.6667
2	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	765.2572
3	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	473.8911
4	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	320.3750
5	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	310.9899
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	279.8887
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	268.8715
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	268.0687
9	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	223.2556
10	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	195.2892
11	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	185.0000
12	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	172.6636
13	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	155.4914
14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	152.7228
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	148.9088
16	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	140.4874
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	123.5897
18	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	113.9151
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	103.4917
20	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	98.7453
21	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	96.9504
22	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	92.6316
23	Guyana`GUY`South America	90.8417
24	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	90.6702
=25	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	90.0000
=25	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	90.0000
27	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	85.3347
28	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	81.3614
29	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	75.0000
30	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	73.5000
31	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	72.4138
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	67.7951
33	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	65.5684
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	56.8089
35	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	55.9897
36	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	55.1149
37	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	52.0930
38	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	51.2948
39	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	46.6492
40	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	44.9253
41	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	42.2357
42	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	42.2288
43	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	41.4361
44	United States`USA`Northern America	41.3343
45	Peru`PER`South America	37.8012
46	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	33.8036
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	33.5126
48	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	31.4516
49	Suriname`SUR`South America	27.6071
50	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	25.1176
51	Colombia`COL`South America	20.1019
52	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	19.4403
53	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	18.3596
54	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	18.1818
55	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	17.9101
56	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	16.0360
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	14.5880
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	14.5319
59	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.7045
60	Chile`CHL`South America	12.7055
61	Brazil`BRA`South America	11.4273
62	Panama`PAN`Central America	11.4155
63	Canada`CAN`Northern America	10.9698
64	Belize`BLZ`Central America	10.0000
65	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9.7914
66	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	9.3255
67	Uruguay`URY`South America	9.2502
68	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	7.5711
69	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	7.0955
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	6.5517
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	6.4499
72	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	5.7889
73	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	4.9355
74	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	4.3889
75	Honduras`HND`Central America	4.3290
76	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	4.2042
77	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	4.0016
78	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3.9466
79	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3.5088
80	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.4385
81	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3.2497
82	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3.1714
83	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.7820
84	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.6406
85	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	2.6148
86	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	2.5882
87	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.2055
88	India`IND`Southern Asia	2.1713
89	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.7607
90	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	1.7199
91	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.4525
92	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.3786
93	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.3333
94	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.1538
95	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.9234
96	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.8733
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.8571
98	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.8408
99	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.8254
100	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.7730
101	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.6500
102	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.6424
103	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.6182
104	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.6168
105	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.6061
106	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.5612
107	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.5237
108	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.4507
109	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.4224
110	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.4022
111	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.3745
112	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.1827
113	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.1438
114	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.1323
115	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.1111
116	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.0825
117	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.0590
118	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.0589
119	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.0422
120	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.0403
121	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.0097

02In 1961

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore1,166.6667
2New Zealand765.2572
3Netherlands473.8911
4Barbados320.3750
5Ireland310.9899

Lowest

121Burkina Faso0.0097
120Mali0.0403
119DR Congo0.0422
118Nigeria0.0589
117Chad0.0590

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 11.4273. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1961.
120 distinct values among 121
Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 2 countries share 90.0000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 121 countries has every column.

04The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1961). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1961 [data set], describing 1961. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1961

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