Data for 1984

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1984

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1984
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1984, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1984 covers 143 countries. Singapore is highest, at 2,500.000; Guinea is lowest, at 0.072. The middle country reads 61.304. Against 1983, 140 values changed (87 up, 53 down), 3 countries joined, 3 left.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1984

HighestSingapore

2,500.000

LowestGuinea

0.072

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

143countries
1measure
1984the year it describes
143distinct 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, 1984, 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, 1984: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2,500.000
2	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,314.736
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,131.579
4	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1,025.000
5	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	976.667
6	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	900.000
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	851.610
8	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	680.251
9	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	496.000
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	447.113
11	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	433.809
12	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	416.667
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	396.681
14	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	385.771
15	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	374.169
16	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	349.850
17	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	340.283
18	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	337.500
19	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	334.354
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	324.555
21	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	303.135
22	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	292.683
23	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	291.688
24	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	291.080
25	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	270.430
26	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	270.104
27	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	260.000
28	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	255.000
29	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	252.422
30	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	246.388
31	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	242.356
32	Suriname`SUR`South America	231.220
33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	229.815
34	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	225.677
35	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	222.656
36	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	217.175
37	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	215.437
38	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	211.250
39	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	200.870
40	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	198.813
41	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	189.443
42	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	175.986
43	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	171.616
44	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	166.667
45	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	160.526
46	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	159.593
47	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	157.143
48	Guyana`GUY`South America	155.937
49	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	155.839
50	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	155.148
51	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	142.727
52	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	114.290
53	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	113.958
54	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	111.243
55	United States`USA`Northern America	105.162
56	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	104.711
57	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	104.206
58	Venezuela`VEN`South America	98.819
59	Colombia`COL`South America	96.049
60	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	93.500
61	Mexico`MEX`Central America	91.053
62	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	90.137
63	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	77.965
64	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	75.250
65	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	70.816
66	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	69.385
67	Brazil`BRA`South America	66.856
68	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	64.416
69	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	63.337
70	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	63.186
71	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	62.891
72	Panama`PAN`Central America	61.304
73	Canada`CAN`Northern America	59.954
74	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	57.759
75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	55.256
76	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	53.594
77	Chile`CHL`South America	51.815
78	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	50.296
79	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	50.091
80	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	50.000
81	India`IND`Southern Asia	48.891
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	46.404
83	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	44.896
84	Belize`BLZ`Central America	42.891
85	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	41.355
86	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	40.490
87	Uruguay`URY`South America	39.611
88	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	39.022
89	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	37.756
90	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	34.074
91	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	31.427
92	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	29.492
93	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	29.486
94	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	28.237
95	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	25.613
96	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	24.957
97	Honduras`HND`Central America	24.895
98	Peru`PER`South America	22.676
99	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	22.009
100	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	21.948
101	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	21.841
102	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	19.623
103	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18.914
104	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	18.036
105	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	15.488
106	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	14.240
107	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	12.669
108	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	12.426
109	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	9.836
110	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	9.178
111	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	9.030
112	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.163
113	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	6.250
114	Argentina`ARG`South America	6.127
115	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.780
116	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	5.556
117	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.946
118	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.872
119	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4.689
120	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	4.538
121	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.845
122	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	3.665
123	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.652
124	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	3.450
125	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.963
126	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	2.895
127	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2.766
128	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.519
129	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.459
130	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2.411
131	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.239
132	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.951
133	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.945
134	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1.929
135	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.763
136	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.724
137	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	1.310
138	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.258
139	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.833
140	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.642
141	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.239
142	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.104
143	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.072

02In 1984

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore2,500.000
2Ireland1,314.736
3New Zealand1,131.579
4Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1,025.000
5Bermuda976.667

Lowest

143Guinea0.072
142Uganda0.104
141Niger0.239
140Central African Republic0.642
139Cambodia0.833

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 61.304. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031983 → 1984

Since 1983

What changed between 1983 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −3countries joined / left
140values changed, of 140 in both
87 · 53rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

French Polynesia503.000 → 900.000+397.000
Bermuda740.000 → 976.667+236.667
Malaysia496.749 → 680.251+183.502
Brunei53.250 → 211.250+158.000
Singapore2,350.000 → 2,500.000+150.000

Fell most

United Arab Emirates199.783 → 113.958−85.824
Kuwait250.000 → 166.667−83.333
Eswatini130.075 → 50.296−79.779
New Caledonia120.857 → 50.000−70.857
El Salvador174.651 → 114.290−60.361

+ Cabo Verde

+ Guinea

+ Uganda

− Guinea-Bissau

− Laos

− Seychelles

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.

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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 1984.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 143 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1984). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1984 [data set], describing 1984. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1984

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