Data for 1962

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1962

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1962
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1962, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1962 covers 121 countries. New Zealand is highest, at 752.604; Burkina Faso is lowest, at 0.037. The middle country reads 12.390. Against 1961, 119 values changed (82 up, 37 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1962

HighestNew Zealand

752.604

LowestBurkina Faso

0.037

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

121countries
1measure
1962the year it describes
121distinct values16 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, 1962, 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, 1962: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	752.604
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	750.000
3	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	538.159
4	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	477.438
5	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	358.635
6	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	303.030
7	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	294.457
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	291.787
9	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	250.385
10	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	195.080
11	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	191.667
12	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	176.446
13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	172.626
14	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	165.454
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	157.658
16	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	155.250
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	134.481
18	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	131.833
19	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	107.570
20	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	99.761
21	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	98.217
22	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	96.000
23	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	95.614
24	Guyana`GUY`South America	92.626
25	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	88.260
26	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	88.061
27	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	87.483
28	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	84.961
29	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	84.000
30	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	81.500
31	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	73.090
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	69.362
33	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	69.162
34	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	64.800
35	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	64.651
36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	59.927
37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	58.020
38	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	54.086
39	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	52.856
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	51.585
41	Peru`PER`South America	46.771
42	United States`USA`Northern America	46.726
43	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	46.225
44	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	46.158
45	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	42.018
46	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	38.432
47	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	36.300
48	Suriname`SUR`South America	30.138
49	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	29.851
50	Colombia`COL`South America	29.445
51	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	26.625
52	Belize`BLZ`Central America	25.500
53	Panama`PAN`Central America	22.831
54	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	21.581
55	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	20.238
56	Chile`CHL`South America	18.439
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	18.096
58	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	17.117
59	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	15.066
60	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.871
61	Canada`CAN`Northern America	12.390
62	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	11.927
63	Uruguay`URY`South America	10.935
64	Brazil`BRA`South America	10.601
65	Mexico`MEX`Central America	10.527
66	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	10.260
67	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	10.141
68	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	9.674
69	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	8.730
70	Ecuador`ECU`South America	8.632
71	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	7.739
72	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	6.857
73	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	6.717
74	Venezuela`VEN`South America	5.517
75	Honduras`HND`Central America	5.109
76	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	3.697
77	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	3.457
78	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3.448
79	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	3.355
80	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.335
81	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	3.205
82	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	3.141
83	India`IND`Southern Asia	2.886
84	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.771
85	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.757
86	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.654
87	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	2.339
88	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.119
89	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	2.055
90	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.731
91	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.469
92	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.348
93	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.333
94	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.221
95	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1.202
96	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.135
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.055
98	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.890
99	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.844
100	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.694
101	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.663
102	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.656
103	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.644
104	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.635
105	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.620
106	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.558
107	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.471
108	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.444
109	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.376
110	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.370
111	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.344
112	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.239
113	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.201
114	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.189
115	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.143
116	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.142
117	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.133
118	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.111
119	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.071
120	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.048
121	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.037

02In 1962

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1New Zealand752.604
2Singapore750.000
3Netherlands538.159
4Barbados477.438
5Ireland358.635

Lowest

121Burkina Faso0.037
120Chad0.048
119Nigeria0.071
118Haiti0.111
117Liberia0.133

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 12.390. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031961 → 1962

Since 1961

What changed between 1961 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
119values changed, of 121 in both
82 · 37rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Barbados320.375 → 477.438+157.063
Netherlands473.891 → 538.159+64.268
Ireland310.990 → 358.635+47.645
Switzerland268.871 → 303.030+34.158
Iceland103.492 → 131.833+28.342

Fell most

Singapore1,166.667 → 750.000−416.667
Lebanon90.000 → 64.800−25.200
Romania33.513 → 10.260−23.253
New Zealand765.257 → 752.604−12.654
Jamaica81.361 → 73.090−8.271

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

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 1962.
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.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1962). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1962 [data set], describing 1962. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1962

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