Data for 1969

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1969

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1969
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1969, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1969 covers 131 countries. New Zealand is highest, at 1,174.23; Niger is lowest, at 0.03. The middle country reads 27.97. Against 1968, 124 values changed (93 up, 31 down), 1 country joined.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1969

HighestNew Zealand

1,174.23

LowestNiger

0.03

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

131countries
1measure
1969the year it describes
131distinct values15 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, 1969, 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, 1969: 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	1,174.23
2	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1,000.00
3	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	741.32
4	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	722.23
5	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	580.00
6	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	408.80
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	405.56
8	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	400.00
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	380.09
10	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	312.44
11	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	265.90
12	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	247.95
13	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	240.20
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	239.37
15	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	238.55
16	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	237.50
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	226.68
18	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	218.20
19	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	216.45
20	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	190.11
21	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	188.43
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	178.47
23	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	175.07
24	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	166.49
25	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	165.47
26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	159.98
27	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	155.06
28	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	147.10
29	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	143.86
30	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	143.48
31	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	142.86
32	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	134.34
33	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	127.66
34	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	120.00
35	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	118.68
36	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	116.79
37	Guyana`GUY`South America	113.45
38	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	110.70
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	106.62
40	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	100.74
41	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	86.88
42	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	81.83
43	United States`USA`Northern America	76.13
44	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	71.71
45	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	70.59
46	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	69.15
47	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	65.68
48	Belize`BLZ`Central America	64.92
49	Suriname`SUR`South America	60.00
50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	55.07
51	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	53.38
52	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	50.00
53	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	49.21
54	Panama`PAN`Central America	44.68
55	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	44.23
56	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	43.23
57	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	41.58
58	Colombia`COL`South America	39.36
59	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	37.18
60	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	36.04
61	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	34.82
62	Peru`PER`South America	33.15
63	Uruguay`URY`South America	30.73
64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	29.88
65	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	29.77
66	Chile`CHL`South America	27.97
67	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	26.10
68	Ecuador`ECU`South America	24.07
69	Brazil`BRA`South America	22.63
70	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	20.88
71	Canada`CAN`Northern America	18.95
72	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	17.68
73	Honduras`HND`Central America	16.94
74	Venezuela`VEN`South America	16.08
75	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.72
76	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	13.50
77	India`IND`Southern Asia	12.39
78	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	12.18
79	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	12.10
80	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	12.09
81	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	11.28
82	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	11.23
83	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	10.08
84	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	9.15
85	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	8.76
86	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	8.14
87	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	6.29
88	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	6.00
89	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.79
90	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5.75
91	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	5.13
92	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	5.00
93	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	4.89
94	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4.13
95	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.85
96	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	3.83
97	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.76
98	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3.75
99	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	3.62
100	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.60
101	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.32
102	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3.03
103	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	2.99
104	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.70
105	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2.66
106	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.48
107	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.39
108	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2.16
109	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2.04
110	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.91
111	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	1.83
112	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1.69
113	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	1.44
114	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.23
115	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.21
116	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.10
117	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.09
118	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.91
119	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.72
120	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.70
121	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.62
122	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.61
123	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.54
124	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.42
125	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.41
126	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.40
127	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.30
128	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.26
129	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.15
130	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.14
131	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.03

02In 1969

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1New Zealand1,174.23
2Singapore1,000.00
3Ireland741.32
4Netherlands722.23
5Saint Lucia580.00

Lowest

131Niger0.03
130Togo0.14
129Burkina Faso0.15
128Burundi0.26
127Haiti0.30

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 27.97. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031968 → 1969

Since 1968

What changed between 1968 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
124values changed, of 130 in both
93 · 31rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia440.00 → 580.00+140.00
Netherlands651.71 → 722.23+70.52
New Zealand1,104.63 → 1,174.23+69.60
Saint Kitts and Nevis175.00 → 237.50+62.50
Ireland681.59 → 741.32+59.73

Fell most

Sri Lanka163.26 → 110.70−52.57
Barbados363.25 → 312.44−50.81
Bulgaria202.77 → 166.49−36.28
Cyprus94.94 → 65.68−29.26
United Kingdom246.71 → 226.68−20.03

+ Mongolia

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 1969.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 131 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1969). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1969 [data set], describing 1969. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1969

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