Data for 1977

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1977

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1977
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1977, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1977 covers 143 countries. Singapore is highest, at 1,500.00; Republic of the Congo is lowest, at 0.01. The middle country reads 50.51. Against 1976, 135 values changed (87 up, 48 down), 2 countries joined, 2 left.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1977

HighestSingapore

1,500.00

LowestRepublic of the Congo

0.01

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

143countries
1measure
1977the year it describes
143distinct values17 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, 1977, 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, 1977: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1,500.00
2	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,392.62
3	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	1,300.00
4	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,215.92
5	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	1,060.00
6	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	828.57
7	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	780.00
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	771.70
9	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	600.00
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	432.50
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	420.65
12	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	418.41
13	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	356.13
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	302.91
15	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	300.50
16	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	299.79
17	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	297.95
18	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	290.28
19	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	277.55
20	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	270.50
21	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	262.50
22	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	262.22
23	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	261.89
24	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	257.14
25	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	246.22
26	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	245.52
27	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	244.62
28	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	235.13
29	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	225.60
30	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	224.44
31	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	222.18
32	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	217.39
33	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	200.00
34	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	191.76
35	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	188.37
36	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	181.21
37	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	176.44
38	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	175.66
39	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	150.00
40	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	140.00
41	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	137.91
42	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	135.69
43	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	122.37
44	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	115.85
45	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	115.54
46	Suriname`SUR`South America	111.11
47	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	110.76
48	United States`USA`Northern America	102.81
49	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	102.07
50	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	100.00
51	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	95.47
52	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	94.53
53	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	93.80
54	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	90.29
55	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	82.74
56	Guyana`GUY`South America	82.15
57	Brazil`BRA`South America	81.63
58	Colombia`COL`South America	79.76
59	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	75.00
60	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	72.08
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	70.54
62	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	70.17
63	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	65.48
64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	60.05
65	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	59.72
66	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	59.29
67	Venezuela`VEN`South America	59.25
68	Panama`PAN`Central America	52.30
69	Ecuador`ECU`South America	52.08
70	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	51.10
71	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	50.67
72	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	50.51
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	50.23
74	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	49.62
75	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	45.62
76	Uruguay`URY`South America	41.47
77	Canada`CAN`Northern America	41.18
78	Peru`PER`South America	40.83
79	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	37.34
80	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	36.25
81	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	29.34
82	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	27.28
83	India`IND`Southern Asia	26.51
84	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	25.43
85	Chile`CHL`South America	24.84
86	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	24.09
87	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	23.43
88	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	23.41
89	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	21.74
90	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20.43
91	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	18.71
92	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	18.68
93	Honduras`HND`Central America	18.56
94	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	17.33
95	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	17.25
96	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	16.75
97	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	14.96
98	Belize`BLZ`Central America	14.12
99	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	13.56
100	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	12.42
101	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	11.75
102	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	11.73
103	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	10.90
104	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	10.63
105	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	9.73
106	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	7.85
107	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	7.64
108	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.34
109	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	6.86
110	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	6.49
111	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.00
112	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	5.64
113	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	5.24
114	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	5.05
115	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4.60
116	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	4.25
117	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	4.17
118	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.03
119	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.25
120	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.20
121	Argentina`ARG`South America	2.97
122	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	2.84
123	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	2.63
124	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.44
125	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2.29
126	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.19
127	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	2.16
128	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.96
129	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.33
130	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.92
131	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.87
132	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.83
133	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.81
134	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.77
135	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	0.67
136	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.51
137	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.42
138	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.29
139	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.27
140	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.21
141	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.13
142	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.10
143	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.01

02In 1977

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore1,500.00
2New Zealand1,392.62
3Djibouti1,300.00
4Ireland1,215.92
5Bermuda1,060.00

Lowest

143Republic of the Congo0.01
142Somalia0.10
141Laos0.13
140Niger0.21
139Uganda0.27

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 50.51. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031976 → 1977

Since 1976

What changed between 1976 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −2countries joined / left
135values changed, of 141 in both
87 · 48rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Ireland1,028.52 → 1,215.92+187.40
Dominica742.86 → 828.57+85.71
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines700.00 → 780.00+80.00
New Zealand1,320.79 → 1,392.62+71.83
Mauritius214.77 → 261.89+47.12

Fell most

Bermuda1,156.67 → 1,060.00−96.67
Barbados300.00 → 224.44−75.56
Cyprus144.04 → 95.47−48.56
Saint Lucia640.00 → 600.00−40.00
Dominican Republic78.96 → 50.51−28.45

+ Kuwait

+ Somalia

− Guinea-Bissau

− Cambodia

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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Every one of the 143 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1977). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1977 [data set], describing 1977. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1977

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