Data for 1981

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1981

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1981
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1981, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1981 covers 144 countries. Singapore is highest, at 2,350.000; Uganda is lowest, at 0.146. The middle country reads 51.420. Against 1980, 136 values changed (74 up, 62 down), 1 country joined, 3 left.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1981

HighestSingapore

2,350.000

LowestUganda

0.146

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

144countries
1measure
1981the year it describes
144distinct values15 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, 1981, 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, 1981: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2,350.000
2	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,115.233
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,114.079
4	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	993.333
5	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	784.788
6	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	780.000
7	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	442.857
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	440.409
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	404.552
10	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	387.023
11	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	386.546
12	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	375.000
13	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	374.818
14	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	359.500
15	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	344.026
16	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	333.140
17	France`FRA`Western Europe	317.791
18	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	306.853
19	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	305.455
20	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	300.000
21	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	295.251
22	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	273.013
23	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	255.830
24	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	254.877
25	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	250.233
26	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	250.000
27	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	234.231
28	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	231.969
29	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	230.546
30	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	226.391
31	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	223.250
32	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	220.000
33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	217.268
34	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	202.447
35	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	198.396
36	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	197.895
37	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	194.897
38	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	192.368
39	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	171.429
40	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	171.364
41	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	168.000
42	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	167.619
43	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	167.443
44	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	164.281
45	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	164.203
46	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	156.550
47	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	150.000
48	Guyana`GUY`South America	148.905
49	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	143.786
50	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	140.844
51	Suriname`SUR`South America	139.535
52	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	138.435
53	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	129.567
54	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	126.712
55	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	113.662
56	United States`USA`Northern America	106.998
57	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	99.877
58	Mexico`MEX`Central America	88.697
59	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	88.469
60	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	82.725
61	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	80.224
62	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	77.857
63	Colombia`COL`South America	75.107
64	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	70.002
65	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	69.913
66	Panama`PAN`Central America	68.636
67	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	66.768
68	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	61.228
69	Brazil`BRA`South America	56.708
70	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	54.140
71	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	52.435
72	Venezuela`VEN`South America	51.947
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	50.894
74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	50.562
75	Canada`CAN`Northern America	47.952
76	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	47.000
77	Uruguay`URY`South America	45.854
78	Ecuador`ECU`South America	44.000
79	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	43.916
80	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	42.281
81	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	41.696
82	India`IND`Southern Asia	37.349
83	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	37.115
84	Peru`PER`South America	36.372
85	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	35.678
86	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	34.752
87	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	34.655
88	Belize`BLZ`Central America	31.500
89	Chile`CHL`South America	30.639
90	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	28.125
91	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	27.833
92	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	27.582
93	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	26.464
94	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	26.220
95	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	25.000
96	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	24.924
97	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	24.125
98	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	22.000
99	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	21.789
100	Honduras`HND`Central America	19.176
101	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	18.580
102	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	17.078
103	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	15.263
104	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	15.101
105	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	14.629
106	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	14.178
107	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	13.747
108	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	13.077
109	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	10.809
110	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	10.413
111	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	9.500
112	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	8.760
113	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8.008
114	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.788
115	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	7.530
116	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	7.436
117	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	7.275
118	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	5.916
119	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	5.837
120	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	5.779
121	Paraguay`PRY`South America	5.322
122	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	5.215
123	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5.128
124	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	4.324
125	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	4.172
126	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.785
127	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	3.638
128	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.494
129	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3.474
130	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.284
131	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.734
132	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.808
133	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.467
134	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.314
135	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.183
136	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.143
137	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	1.135
138	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.055
139	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.769
140	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.672
141	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.569
142	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.387
143	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.298
144	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.146

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore2,350.000
2Ireland1,115.233
3New Zealand1,114.079
4Bermuda993.333
5Netherlands784.788

Lowest

144Uganda0.146
143Guinea0.298
142Rwanda0.387
141Niger0.569
140Central African Republic0.672

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 51.420. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031980 → 1981

Since 1980

What changed between 1980 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −3countries joined / left
136values changed, of 143 in both
74 · 62rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Singapore2,200.000 → 2,350.000+150.000
Suriname40.000 → 139.535+99.535
Guyana62.104 → 148.905+86.801
El Salvador108.158 → 171.364+63.207
Saint Lucia191.111 → 250.233+59.121

Fell most

Djibouti1,200.000 → 22.000−1,178.000
Kuwait440.000 → 250.000−190.000
Bermuda1,110.000 → 993.333−116.667
New Caledonia193.143 → 77.857−115.286
Malta133.750 → 27.833−105.917

+ Bahrain

− Cabo Verde

− Equatorial Guinea

− 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

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

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Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1981.
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FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 144 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1981). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1981

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