Data for 1973

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1973

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1973
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1973, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1973 covers 138 countries. New Zealand is highest, at 1,772.915; Niger is lowest, at 0.036. The middle country reads 30.837. Against 1972, 132 values changed (86 up, 46 down), 5 countries joined.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1973

HighestNew Zealand

1,772.915

LowestNiger

0.036

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

138countries
1measure
1973the year it describes
138distinct 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, 1973, 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, 1973: 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	1,772.915
2	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,160.000
3	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,046.350
4	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1,000.000
5	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	800.000
6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	787.888
7	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	450.000
8	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	447.677
9	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	437.431
10	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	411.670
11	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	361.381
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	340.839
13	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	326.875
14	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	303.063
15	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	277.480
16	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	273.573
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	264.537
18	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	263.325
19	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	263.264
20	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	261.640
21	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	242.571
22	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	232.861
23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	232.263
24	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	227.016
25	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	226.148
26	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	225.876
27	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	225.000
28	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	188.442
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	170.015
30	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	168.818
31	Guyana`GUY`South America	168.564
32	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	153.619
33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	152.006
34	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	148.542
35	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	148.058
36	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	140.465
37	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	134.179
38	Suriname`SUR`South America	130.257
39	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	128.276
40	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	126.000
41	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	117.114
42	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	114.935
43	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	106.022
44	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	102.760
45	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	99.605
46	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	96.349
47	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	94.761
48	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	94.717
49	United States`USA`Northern America	91.544
50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	88.424
51	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	87.673
52	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	75.857
53	Colombia`COL`South America	70.921
54	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	66.250
55	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	65.807
56	Belize`BLZ`Central America	63.634
57	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	56.731
58	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	54.430
59	Brazil`BRA`South America	52.973
60	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	51.905
61	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	51.667
62	Panama`PAN`Central America	51.630
63	Uruguay`URY`South America	45.831
64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	44.028
65	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	43.845
66	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	43.732
67	Chile`CHL`South America	41.755
68	Venezuela`VEN`South America	31.414
69	Canada`CAN`Northern America	31.147
70	Peru`PER`South America	30.527
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	30.121
72	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	29.536
73	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	28.870
74	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	28.462
75	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	28.290
76	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	25.000
77	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	19.934
78	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	19.436
79	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	18.582
80	India`IND`Southern Asia	17.626
81	Honduras`HND`Central America	17.417
82	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	17.145
83	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	14.921
84	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	14.561
85	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	14.000
86	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	13.889
87	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	12.902
88	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	12.000
89	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	10.889
90	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	10.789
91	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.995
92	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8.184
93	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	7.996
94	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	7.662
95	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	7.379
96	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.039
97	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	6.971
98	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	6.413
99	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	5.734
100	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	5.715
101	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	5.696
102	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.628
103	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	5.451
104	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	5.190
105	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	4.738
106	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4.456
107	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4.371
108	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	4.238
109	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.907
110	Paraguay`PRY`South America	3.818
111	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.400
112	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.366
113	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.333
114	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.158
115	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	3.110
116	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	2.969
117	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2.944
118	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.848
119	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.530
120	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.947
121	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.843
122	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.823
123	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.642
124	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.111
125	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.012
126	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.978
127	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.921
128	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.900
129	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.625
130	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.597
131	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.546
132	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.400
133	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.365
134	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.357
135	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.278
136	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.201
137	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.100
138	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.036

02In 1973

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1New Zealand1,772.915
2Saint Lucia1,160.000
3Ireland1,046.350
4Singapore1,000.000
5Saint Vincent and the Grenadines800.000

Lowest

138Niger0.036
137Gabon0.100
136Burkina Faso0.201
135Laos0.278
134Togo0.357

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 30.837. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031972 → 1973

Since 1972

What changed between 1972 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+5 / −0countries joined / left
132values changed, of 133 in both
86 · 46rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

New Zealand1,425.535 → 1,772.915+347.381
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines633.333 → 800.000+166.667
Lebanon230.833 → 303.063+72.229
Saint Lucia1,100.000 → 1,160.000+60.000
Costa Rica167.719 → 226.148+58.429

Fell most

Mauritius319.580 → 261.640−57.940
Equatorial Guinea38.710 → 3.333−35.376
Malta57.769 → 28.462−29.308
Jamaica156.552 → 128.276−28.276
Trinidad and Tobago174.417 → 148.058−26.359

+ Cabo Verde

+ Guinea-Bissau

+ Mauritania

+ Oman

+ French Polynesia

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 1973.
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FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 138 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1973). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1973 [data set], describing 1973. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1973

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