Data for 1970

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1970

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1970
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1970, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1970 covers 131 countries. New Zealand is highest, at 1,192.713; Niger is lowest, at 0.016. The middle country reads 32.955. Against 1969, 131 values changed (101 up, 30 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1970

HighestNew Zealand

1,192.713

LowestNiger

0.016

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

131countries
1measure
1970the year it describes
131distinct 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, 1970, 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, 1970: 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	1,192.713
2	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	795.378
3	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	780.583
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	750.000
5	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	680.000
6	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	433.333
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	414.442
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	398.561
9	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	376.174
10	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	356.250
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	267.064
12	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	266.643
13	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	262.500
14	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	261.450
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	257.136
16	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	244.951
17	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	224.611
18	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	219.960
19	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	202.914
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	192.959
21	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	188.821
22	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	187.234
23	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	180.000
24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	176.354
25	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	173.211
26	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	171.558
27	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	171.429
28	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	170.446
29	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	164.847
30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	161.210
31	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	154.386
32	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	154.228
33	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	150.579
34	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	144.416
35	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	143.907
36	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	136.841
37	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	129.753
38	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	111.845
39	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	111.670
40	Guyana`GUY`South America	105.494
41	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	88.761
42	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	87.690
43	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	84.645
44	Belize`BLZ`Central America	84.615
45	United States`USA`Northern America	80.635
46	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	77.502
47	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	77.221
48	Suriname`SUR`South America	71.333
49	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	63.333
50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	61.060
51	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	55.288
52	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	52.516
53	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	52.242
54	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	49.077
55	Panama`PAN`Central America	48.611
56	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	46.196
57	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	45.545
58	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	44.390
59	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	43.073
60	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	42.102
61	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	40.423
62	Colombia`COL`South America	40.421
63	Uruguay`URY`South America	38.402
64	Brazil`BRA`South America	35.521
65	Chile`CHL`South America	33.185
66	Peru`PER`South America	32.955
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	30.400
68	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	24.875
69	Canada`CAN`Northern America	20.833
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	20.290
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	19.767
72	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	19.608
73	Honduras`HND`Central America	18.045
74	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	17.766
75	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	17.374
76	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	16.205
77	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	15.080
78	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	14.143
79	India`IND`Southern Asia	14.055
80	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	13.733
81	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	13.101
82	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	12.408
83	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	12.044
84	Paraguay`PRY`South America	11.181
85	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	10.680
86	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	9.602
87	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	9.225
88	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	7.223
89	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	7.157
90	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	6.990
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	6.589
92	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	6.305
93	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	6.284
94	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	6.269
95	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.111
96	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4.750
97	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	4.250
98	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	3.897
99	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.751
100	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.611
101	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	3.507
102	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	3.456
103	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	3.201
104	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2.778
105	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.744
106	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	2.514
107	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2.465
108	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.357
109	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.254
110	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	2.201
111	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.151
112	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.143
113	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.966
114	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.852
115	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.286
116	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.256
117	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.095
118	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1.079
119	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.016
120	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.988
121	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.730
122	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.659
123	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.590
124	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.398
125	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.383
126	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.304
127	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.276
128	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.242
129	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.191
130	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.075
131	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.016

02In 1970

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1New Zealand1,192.713
2Ireland795.378
3Netherlands780.583
4Singapore750.000
5Saint Lucia680.000

Lowest

131Niger0.016
130Yemen0.075
129Burkina Faso0.191
128Togo0.242
127Nigeria0.276

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 32.955. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031969 → 1970

Since 1969

What changed between 1969 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
131values changed, of 131 in both
101 · 30rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia580.000 → 680.000+100.000
United States Virgin Islands120.000 → 180.000+60.000
Netherlands722.229 → 780.583+58.354
Ireland741.316 → 795.378+54.062
Barbados312.438 → 356.250+43.813

Fell most

Singapore1,000.000 → 750.000−250.000
Cuba240.196 → 171.558−68.637
Japan408.795 → 376.174−32.621
Portugal81.832 → 52.242−29.590
Costa Rica190.105 → 173.211−16.895

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 1970.
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) (1970). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1970 [data set], describing 1970. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1970

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