Data for 1972

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1972

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1972
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1972, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1972 covers 133 countries. New Zealand is highest, at 1,425.535; Niger is lowest, at 0.036. The middle country reads 38.188. Against 1971, 130 values changed (92 up, 38 down), 3 countries joined.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1972

HighestNew Zealand

1,425.535

LowestNiger

0.036

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

133countries
1measure
1972the year it describes
133distinct 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, 1972, 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, 1972: 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	1,425.535
2	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,100.000
3	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,036.688
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1,000.000
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	746.950
6	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	633.333
7	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	425.000
8	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	407.811
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	404.595
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	380.813
11	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	319.580
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	311.351
13	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	307.843
14	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	285.000
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	260.707
16	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	255.261
17	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	248.676
18	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	243.064
19	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	230.833
20	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	214.512
21	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	212.323
22	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	207.143
23	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	205.244
24	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	205.094
25	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	196.376
26	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	193.648
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	192.877
28	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	174.417
29	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	171.346
30	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	168.000
31	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	167.719
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	164.092
33	Guyana`GUY`South America	156.567
34	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	156.552
35	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	156.510
36	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	153.650
37	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	141.429
38	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	121.533
39	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	121.497
40	Suriname`SUR`South America	121.212
41	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	112.400
42	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	102.963
43	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	97.346
44	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	93.130
45	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	89.485
46	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	87.701
47	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	87.101
48	United States`USA`Northern America	85.723
49	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	81.912
50	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	79.571
51	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	76.724
52	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	65.788
53	Panama`PAN`Central America	60.403
54	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	57.769
55	Colombia`COL`South America	57.486
56	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	56.781
57	Brazil`BRA`South America	53.341
58	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	53.331
59	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	45.689
60	Uruguay`URY`South America	45.423
61	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	41.106
62	Belize`BLZ`Central America	40.350
63	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	39.625
64	Peru`PER`South America	38.767
65	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	38.710
66	Mexico`MEX`Central America	38.406
67	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	38.188
68	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	35.088
69	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	33.026
70	Chile`CHL`South America	31.629
71	Venezuela`VEN`South America	29.176
72	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	28.077
73	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	27.772
74	Canada`CAN`Northern America	26.253
75	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	24.768
76	Ecuador`ECU`South America	24.431
77	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	19.939
78	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	17.951
79	Honduras`HND`Central America	17.471
80	India`IND`Southern Asia	17.279
81	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	16.074
82	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	15.197
83	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	14.391
84	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	14.382
85	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	13.846
86	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	12.355
87	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	12.160
88	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	11.146
89	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	10.488
90	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	10.202
91	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	9.595
92	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	9.000
93	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	8.558
94	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	7.690
95	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	6.672
96	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	6.473
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	6.353
98	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	6.159
99	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5.536
100	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	5.166
101	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	4.857
102	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4.817
103	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4.645
104	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4.534
105	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	4.364
106	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.218
107	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	3.995
108	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.805
109	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3.680
110	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.539
111	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.040
112	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2.990
113	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2.648
114	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.290
115	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2.250
116	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.999
117	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.820
118	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.780
119	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	1.734
120	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.278
121	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.022
122	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.013
123	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.900
124	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.851
125	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.773
126	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.660
127	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.533
128	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.528
129	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.367
130	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.311
131	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.286
132	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.235
133	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.036

02In 1972

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1New Zealand1,425.535
2Saint Lucia1,100.000
3Ireland1,036.688
4Singapore1,000.000
5Netherlands746.950

Lowest

133Niger0.036
132Gabon0.235
131Laos0.286
130Togo0.311
129Burkina Faso0.367

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 38.188. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031971 → 1972

Since 1971

What changed between 1971 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
130values changed, of 130 in both
92 · 38rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia680.000 → 1,100.000+420.000
Ireland784.332 → 1,036.688+252.356
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines433.333 → 633.333+200.000
Saint Kitts and Nevis237.500 → 425.000+187.500
New Zealand1,258.519 → 1,425.535+167.016

Fell most

Singapore1,500.000 → 1,000.000−500.000
Switzerland423.088 → 380.813−42.275
Cuba128.239 → 87.701−40.538
Costa Rica200.958 → 167.719−33.239
United Kingdom273.261 → 243.064−30.198

+ United Arab Emirates

+ Bahrain

+ Gabon

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 1972.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 133 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1972). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1972 [data set], describing 1972. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1972

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