Data for 1963

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1963

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1963
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1963, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1963 covers 122 countries. New Zealand is highest, at 913.158; Burkina Faso is lowest, at 0.026. The middle country reads 13.945. Against 1962, 116 values changed (94 up, 22 down), 1 country joined.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1963

HighestNew Zealand

913.158

LowestBurkina Faso

0.026

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

122countries
1measure
1963the year it describes
122distinct 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, 1963, 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, 1963: 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	913.158
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	594.000
3	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	587.039
4	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	446.563
5	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	385.383
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	322.621
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	313.586
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	304.436
9	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	273.945
10	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	205.526
11	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	201.667
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	196.862
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	185.121
14	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	172.066
15	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	162.704
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	148.142
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	143.258
18	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	121.053
19	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	114.631
20	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	114.429
21	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	108.264
22	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	108.000
23	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	106.944
24	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	106.778
25	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	106.029
26	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	104.386
27	Guyana`GUY`South America	101.075
28	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	100.849
29	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	98.194
30	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	93.941
31	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	88.645
32	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	84.000
33	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	73.488
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	71.492
35	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	68.765
36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	62.742
37	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	62.726
38	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	62.134
39	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	57.674
40	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	57.151
41	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	54.333
42	United States`USA`Northern America	51.065
43	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	48.675
44	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	46.058
45	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	44.457
46	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	44.333
47	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	42.283
48	Peru`PER`South America	40.513
49	Colombia`COL`South America	39.097
50	Suriname`SUR`South America	36.448
51	Belize`BLZ`Central America	28.622
52	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	28.163
53	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	24.380
54	Panama`PAN`Central America	22.831
55	Chile`CHL`South America	22.156
56	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	21.951
57	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	19.136
58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	19.030
59	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	18.919
60	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	17.745
61	Mexico`MEX`Central America	14.486
62	Canada`CAN`Northern America	13.404
63	Uruguay`URY`South America	13.388
64	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	12.214
65	Brazil`BRA`South America	12.062
66	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	12.045
67	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	11.486
68	Ecuador`ECU`South America	10.964
69	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	9.713
70	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	8.971
71	Venezuela`VEN`South America	8.956
72	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	8.736
73	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	8.548
74	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	6.558
75	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	5.965
76	Honduras`HND`Central America	5.763
77	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	5.694
78	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.426
79	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	4.578
80	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	4.567
81	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	3.552
82	India`IND`Southern Asia	3.454
83	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3.390
84	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3.124
85	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.066
86	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.862
87	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.757
88	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2.500
89	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.437
90	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2.221
91	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	2.199
92	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.980
93	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.752
94	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	1.623
95	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.372
96	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.333
97	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.235
98	Argentina`ARG`South America	1.076
99	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.039
100	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.979
101	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.882
102	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.867
103	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.706
104	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.693
105	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.555
106	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.548
107	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.515
108	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.512
109	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.508
110	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.474
111	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.443
112	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.347
113	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.266
114	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.218
115	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.212
116	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.163
117	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.142
118	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.111
119	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.087
120	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.078
121	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.056
122	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.026

02In 1963

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1New Zealand913.158
2Singapore594.000
3Netherlands587.039
4Barbados446.563
5Ireland385.383

Lowest

122Burkina Faso0.026
121Chad0.056
120Laos0.078
119Nigeria0.087
118Haiti0.111

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 13.945. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031962 → 1963

Since 1962

What changed between 1962 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
116values changed, of 121 in both
94 · 22rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

New Zealand752.604 → 913.158+160.554
Netherlands538.159 → 587.039+48.880
Lebanon64.800 → 106.778+41.978
El Salvador54.086 → 93.941+39.855
Costa Rica84.961 → 121.053+36.091

Fell most

Singapore750.000 → 594.000−156.000
Sri Lanka165.454 → 114.631−50.823
Barbados477.438 → 446.563−30.875
United States Virgin Islands81.500 → 54.333−27.167
Peru46.771 → 40.513−6.259

+ Laos

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 1963.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 122 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1963). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1963 [data set], describing 1963. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1963

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