Data for 1965

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1965

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1965
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1965, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1965 covers 124 countries. New Zealand is highest, at 1,201.624; Niger is lowest, at 0.009. The middle country reads 17.951. Against 1964, 121 values changed (95 up, 26 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1965

HighestNew Zealand

1,201.624

LowestNiger

0.009

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

124countries
1measure
1965the year it describes
123distinct 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, 1965, 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, 1965: 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	1,201.624
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	625.000
3	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	605.843
4	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	383.182
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	352.661
6	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	345.248
7	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	344.313
8	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	337.988
9	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	247.826
10	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	233.333
11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	218.843
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	211.827
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	200.000
14	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	183.300
15	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	180.000
16	France`FRA`Western Europe	164.889
17	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	159.900
18	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	158.281
19	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	155.555
20	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	141.975
21	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	130.758
22	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	128.846
23	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	128.082
24	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	126.206
25	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	122.378
26	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	121.585
27	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	120.000
28	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	106.993
29	Guyana`GUY`South America	98.168
30	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	86.566
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	86.395
32	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	85.965
33	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	84.396
34	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	83.807
35	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	80.465
36	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	76.543
37	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	72.924
38	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	71.485
39	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	68.357
40	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	66.599
41	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	64.730
42	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	62.688
43	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	61.667
44	United States`USA`Northern America	61.038
45	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	59.196
46	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	49.002
47	Suriname`SUR`South America	40.031
48	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	39.286
49	Colombia`COL`South America	36.742
50	Peru`PER`South America	33.640
51	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	29.844
52	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	28.692
53	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	28.374
54	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	27.145
55	Belize`BLZ`Central America	26.622
56	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	26.316
57	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	25.617
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	23.485
59	Chile`CHL`South America	23.464
60	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	18.478
61	Canada`CAN`Northern America	18.294
62	Panama`PAN`Central America	18.265
63	Mexico`MEX`Central America	17.638
64	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	17.391
65	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	15.789
66	Uruguay`URY`South America	15.489
67	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	14.054
68	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	13.175
69	Venezuela`VEN`South America	12.023
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	10.832
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	8.970
72	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	7.287
73	Honduras`HND`Central America	7.208
74	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	7.019
75	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	6.876
76	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	6.864
77	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	6.296
78	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	6.252
79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	6.225
80	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	6.175
81	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	5.250
82	India`IND`Southern Asia	4.959
83	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.375
84	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4.366
85	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	4.224
86	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3.282
87	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3.014
88	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	2.941
89	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.912
90	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	2.760
91	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.753
92	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.721
93	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	2.662
94	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	2.463
95	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	2.197
96	Argentina`ARG`South America	1.979
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.971
98	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.647
99	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	1.635
100	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.549
101	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.444
=102	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.333
=102	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.333
104	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.167
105	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.158
106	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.100
107	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.095
108	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.091
109	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.916
110	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.804
111	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.736
112	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.667
113	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.614
114	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.552
115	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.465
116	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.406
117	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.350
118	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.220
119	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.160
120	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.150
121	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.141
122	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.111
123	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.033
124	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.009

02In 1965

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1New Zealand1,201.624
2Singapore625.000
3Netherlands605.843
4Ireland383.182
5Switzerland352.661

Lowest

124Niger0.009
123Burkina Faso0.033
122Haiti0.111
121Afghanistan0.141
120Nigeria0.150

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 17.951. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031964 → 1965

Since 1964

What changed between 1964 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
121values changed, of 124 in both
95 · 26rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Singapore557.000 → 625.000+68.000
Saint Lucia120.000 → 180.000+60.000
Trinidad and Tobago105.263 → 158.281+53.018
Cuba114.075 → 141.975+27.900
Netherlands580.547 → 605.843+25.295

Fell most

Barbados571.688 → 344.313−227.375
Lebanon131.863 → 71.485−60.378
Mauritius291.648 → 247.826−43.822
El Salvador108.000 → 72.924−35.076
Costa Rica115.789 → 85.965−29.825

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 1965.
123 distinct values among 124
Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 decimals. 2 countries share 1.333. 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 124 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1965). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1965 [data set], describing 1965. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1965

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