Data for 1971

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1971

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1971
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1971, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1971 covers 130 countries. Singapore is highest, at 1,500.000; Niger is lowest, at 0.022. The middle country reads 32.237. Against 1970, 128 values changed (87 up, 41 down), 1 left.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1971

HighestSingapore

1,500.000

LowestNiger

0.022

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

130countries
1measure
1971the year it describes
129distinct 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, 1971, 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, 1971: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1,500.000
2	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,258.519
3	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	784.332
4	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	736.826
5	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	680.000
6	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	433.333
7	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	423.088
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	409.585
9	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	373.659
10	France`FRA`Western Europe	290.803
11	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	280.319
12	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	277.217
13	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	273.261
14	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	268.750
15	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	259.701
16	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	238.938
17	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	237.500
18	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	215.380
19	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	214.525
20	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	200.958
21	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	199.583
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	198.239
23	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	192.804
24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	186.150
25	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	183.954
26	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	178.571
27	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	176.960
28	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	172.378
29	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	165.574
30	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	157.256
31	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	154.100
32	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	153.886
33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	152.430
34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	147.090
35	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	137.623
36	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	136.161
37	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	128.239
38	Guyana`GUY`South America	127.294
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	116.222
40	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	110.433
41	Suriname`SUR`South America	109.727
42	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	103.400
43	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	101.509
44	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	91.421
45	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	85.379
46	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	84.981
47	United States`USA`Northern America	82.875
48	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	65.111
49	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	63.846
50	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	63.350
51	Panama`PAN`Central America	54.454
52	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	54.109
53	Colombia`COL`South America	51.559
54	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	51.101
55	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	50.367
56	Uruguay`URY`South America	50.000
57	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	48.826
58	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	46.195
59	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	44.983
60	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	43.769
61	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	41.379
62	Brazil`BRA`South America	38.280
63	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	37.037
64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	34.749
65	Chile`CHL`South America	32.441
66	Peru`PER`South America	32.034
67	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	28.056
68	Belize`BLZ`Central America	26.375
69	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	25.079
70	Venezuela`VEN`South America	22.812
71	Canada`CAN`Northern America	22.804
72	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	22.562
73	Honduras`HND`Central America	20.630
74	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	19.799
75	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	18.429
76	India`IND`Southern Asia	16.630
77	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	15.333
78	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	14.615
79	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	14.126
80	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	13.924
81	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13.486
82	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	12.923
83	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12.597
84	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11.719
85	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	11.362
86	Ecuador`ECU`South America	10.636
87	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10.308
88	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	10.116
89	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	9.421
90	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	8.621
91	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	8.425
92	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.724
93	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	6.119
94	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.759
95	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	5.191
96	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4.416
97	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4.240
98	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.201
99	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.191
100	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4.176
101	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	4.125
102	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	4.080
103	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.826
104	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.572
105	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.182
106	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	3.008
107	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.978
108	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2.805
109	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2.734
110	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	2.595
111	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.577
112	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.486
113	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.194
114	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.132
115	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.786
116	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.746
117	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.697
118	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.180
119	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.058
120	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.848
121	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.770
122	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.726
123	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.393
124	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.389
125	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.368
=126	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.299
=126	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.299
128	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.295
129	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.275
130	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.022

02In 1971

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore1,500.000
2New Zealand1,258.519
3Ireland784.332
4Netherlands736.826
5Saint Lucia680.000

Lowest

130Niger0.022
129Togo0.275
128Burkina Faso0.295
126Yemenshared0.299
126Laosshared0.299

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 32.237. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031970 → 1971

Since 1970

What changed between 1970 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
128values changed, of 130 in both
87 · 41rose · fell
2unchanged

Rose most

Singapore750.000 → 1,500.000+750.000
New Zealand1,192.713 → 1,258.519+65.806
Italy111.670 → 152.430+40.760
Suriname71.333 → 109.727+38.394
Costa Rica173.211 → 200.958+27.747

Fell most

Barbados356.250 → 268.750−87.500
United States Virgin Islands180.000 → 103.400−76.600
Belize84.615 → 26.375−58.240
Netherlands780.583 → 736.826−43.757
Cuba171.558 → 128.239−43.320

− Mauritania

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 1971.
129 distinct values among 130
Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 2 countries share 0.299. 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 130 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1971). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1971 [data set], describing 1971. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1971

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