Data for 1968

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1968

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1968
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1968, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1968 covers 130 countries. New Zealand is highest, at 1,104.630; Niger is lowest, at 0.021. The middle country reads 26.378. Against 1967, 129 values changed (94 up, 35 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1968

HighestNew Zealand

1,104.630

LowestNiger

0.021

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

130countries
1measure
1968the year it describes
130distinct 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, 1968, 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, 1968: 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	1,104.630
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1,000.000
3	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	681.586
4	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	651.707
5	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	440.000
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	404.211
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	379.761
8	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	363.250
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	354.466
10	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	350.000
11	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	246.709
12	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	230.354
13	France`FRA`Western Europe	230.040
14	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	227.041
15	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	220.083
16	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	217.690
17	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	215.696
18	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	205.357
19	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	202.775
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	198.417
21	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	175.000
22	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	167.719
23	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	163.262
24	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	152.128
25	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	150.688
26	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	149.677
27	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	142.857
28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	142.531
29	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	140.760
30	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	140.272
31	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	139.263
32	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	125.546
33	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	120.797
34	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	120.000
35	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	119.491
36	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	116.279
37	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	106.956
38	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	103.282
39	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	94.940
40	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	93.926
41	Guyana`GUY`South America	91.325
42	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	87.179
43	United States`USA`Northern America	76.857
44	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	74.000
45	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	73.086
46	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	68.028
47	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	67.763
48	Suriname`SUR`South America	60.000
49	Belize`BLZ`Central America	56.053
50	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	53.308
51	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	49.464
52	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	48.485
53	Colombia`COL`South America	41.502
54	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	41.449
55	Panama`PAN`Central America	39.171
56	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	37.159
57	Ecuador`ECU`South America	36.893
58	Uruguay`URY`South America	33.728
59	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	31.409
60	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	30.922
61	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	28.462
62	Peru`PER`South America	27.715
63	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	26.895
64	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	26.557
65	Mexico`MEX`Central America	26.455
66	Chile`CHL`South America	26.301
67	Brazil`BRA`South America	22.015
68	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	21.154
69	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	20.303
70	Canada`CAN`Northern America	18.809
71	Venezuela`VEN`South America	18.306
72	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	17.366
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	15.775
74	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	14.028
75	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	13.850
76	Honduras`HND`Central America	13.514
77	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12.232
78	India`IND`Southern Asia	11.000
79	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	10.892
80	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	10.588
81	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	9.371
82	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	9.049
83	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	8.415
84	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	7.722
85	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	7.643
86	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	7.061
87	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	6.885
88	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	5.967
89	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5.472
90	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5.152
91	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.889
92	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3.750
93	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.575
94	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.291
95	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	3.261
96	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.217
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	2.981
98	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	2.898
99	Argentina`ARG`South America	2.837
100	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2.821
101	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2.715
102	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2.657
103	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2.403
104	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.375
105	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.305
106	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2.268
107	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.248
108	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.912
109	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	1.781
110	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.687
111	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.500
112	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.404
113	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.392
114	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.250
115	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.210
116	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.914
117	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.912
118	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.899
119	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.798
120	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.746
121	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.531
122	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.483
123	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.409
124	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.177
125	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.167
126	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.125
127	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.111
128	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.067
129	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.026
130	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.021

02In 1968

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1New Zealand1,104.630
2Singapore1,000.000
3Ireland681.586
4Netherlands651.707
5Saint Lucia440.000

Lowest

130Niger0.021
129Yemen0.026
128Burkina Faso0.067
127Togo0.111
126Burundi0.125

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 26.378. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031967 → 1968

Since 1967

What changed between 1967 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
129values changed, of 130 in both
94 · 35rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Singapore625.000 → 1,000.000+375.000
New Zealand948.907 → 1,104.630+155.722
Saint Lucia320.000 → 440.000+120.000
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines283.333 → 350.000+66.667
Costa Rica107.368 → 167.719+60.351

Fell most

Barbados444.438 → 363.250−81.188
Austria260.348 → 227.041−33.306
Mauritius234.085 → 217.690−16.395
Jamaica162.645 → 149.677−12.968
Eswatini42.484 → 30.922−11.562

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

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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 1968.
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FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 130 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1968). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1968 [data set], describing 1968. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1968

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