Data for 1974

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1974

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1974
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1974, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1974 covers 139 countries. Singapore is highest, at 1,500.000; Niger is lowest, at 0.016. The middle country reads 33.396. Against 1973, 138 values changed (81 up, 57 down), 1 country joined.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1974

HighestSingapore

1,500.000

LowestNiger

0.016

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

139countries
1measure
1974the year it describes
139distinct 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, 1974, 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, 1974: 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	1,251.268
3	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,094.340
4	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	840.000
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	791.302
6	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	765.143
7	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	462.500
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	423.348
9	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	411.933
10	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	408.864
11	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	406.250
12	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	397.373
13	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	293.805
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	269.470
15	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	269.140
16	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	260.526
17	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	256.184
18	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	242.004
19	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	238.248
20	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	234.370
21	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	225.130
22	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	223.524
23	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	217.415
24	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	206.856
25	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	202.049
26	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	195.000
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	190.381
28	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	189.273
29	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	176.878
30	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	176.552
31	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	175.857
32	Guyana`GUY`South America	171.083
33	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	160.631
34	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	158.330
35	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	144.603
36	Suriname`SUR`South America	141.571
37	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	140.000
38	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	138.459
39	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	136.503
40	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	125.629
41	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	122.182
42	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	114.722
43	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	114.719
44	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	110.820
45	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	94.929
46	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	93.791
47	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	90.399
48	United States`USA`Northern America	88.704
49	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	86.589
50	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	79.889
51	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	75.000
52	Colombia`COL`South America	69.052
53	Panama`PAN`Central America	64.016
54	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	59.419
55	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	59.355
56	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	58.656
57	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	58.319
58	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	57.937
59	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	57.627
60	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	56.629
61	Brazil`BRA`South America	55.804
62	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	55.220
63	Belize`BLZ`Central America	51.220
64	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	49.789
65	Mexico`MEX`Central America	48.874
66	Venezuela`VEN`South America	44.255
67	Peru`PER`South America	43.720
68	Uruguay`URY`South America	41.302
69	Chile`CHL`South America	38.243
70	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	33.396
71	Canada`CAN`Northern America	31.844
72	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	30.195
73	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	26.131
74	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	25.615
75	Ecuador`ECU`South America	23.313
76	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	21.088
77	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	20.778
78	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	20.776
79	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	20.311
80	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	20.000
81	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	17.393
82	India`IND`Southern Asia	15.934
83	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	15.931
84	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	15.086
85	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	15.049
86	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	14.140
87	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	13.937
88	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	13.757
89	Honduras`HND`Central America	13.512
90	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	12.622
91	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11.625
92	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	9.272
93	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	9.016
94	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	8.175
95	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	7.696
96	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	6.753
97	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	6.388
98	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	5.824
99	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	5.723
100	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	5.207
101	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	5.185
102	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	5.131
103	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	4.890
104	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	4.707
105	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	4.449
106	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	4.370
107	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4.286
108	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.209
109	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	4.076
110	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.571
111	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.507
112	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3.444
113	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.083
114	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.052
115	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.051
116	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.037
117	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	2.454
118	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.443
119	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2.405
120	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.259
121	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.104
122	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.911
123	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1.776
124	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.684
125	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	1.619
126	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.190
127	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1.129
128	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	1.063
129	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.023
130	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.022
131	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.911
132	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.757
133	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.722
134	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.693
135	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.667
136	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.400
137	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.270
138	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.136
139	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.016

02In 1974

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore1,500.000
2New Zealand1,251.268
3Saint Lucia1,094.340
4Saint Vincent and the Grenadines840.000
5Netherlands791.302

Lowest

139Niger0.016
138Gabon0.136
137Laos0.270
136Burkina Faso0.400
135Guinea0.667

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 33.396. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031973 → 1974

Since 1973

What changed between 1973 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
138values changed, of 138 in both
81 · 57rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Singapore1,000.000 → 1,500.000+500.000
Barbados326.875 → 406.250+79.375
Fiji117.114 → 175.857+58.743
French Polynesia25.000 → 75.000+50.000
Jamaica128.276 → 176.552+48.276

Fell most

New Zealand1,772.915 → 1,251.268−521.647
Ireland1,046.350 → 765.143−281.207
Lebanon303.063 → 176.878−126.185
France340.839 → 269.470−71.369
Saint Lucia1,160.000 → 1,094.340−65.660

+ Bhutan

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 1974.
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FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 139 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1974). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1974 [data set], describing 1974. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1974

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How it has moved, charted by country

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