Data for 1987

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1987

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1987
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1987, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1987 covers 145 countries. Singapore is highest, at 2,750.00; Cambodia is lowest, at 0.20. The middle country reads 73.46. Against 1986, 137 values changed (82 up, 55 down), 3 countries joined.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1987

HighestSingapore

2,750.00

LowestCambodia

0.20

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

145countries
1measure
1987the 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, 1987, 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, 1987: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2,750.00
2	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,509.36
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1,114.37
4	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	874.05
5	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	829.38
6	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	711.30
7	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	566.67
8	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	500.00
9	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	450.62
10	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	450.00
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	444.69
12	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	441.04
13	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	433.33
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	423.06
15	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	402.68
16	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	362.50
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	358.18
18	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	333.33
19	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	328.42
20	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	326.30
21	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	325.00
22	France`FRA`Western Europe	320.27
23	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	289.09
24	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	271.90
25	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	265.20
26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	251.13
27	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	234.99
28	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	232.44
29	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	228.90
30	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	226.29
31	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	213.91
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	210.94
33	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	208.24
34	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	207.64
35	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	199.89
36	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	196.43
37	Venezuela`VEN`South America	196.22
38	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	194.23
39	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	193.75
40	Suriname`SUR`South America	192.23
41	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	188.75
42	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	177.83
43	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	172.87
44	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	165.38
45	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	161.02
46	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	155.76
47	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	155.00
48	Guyana`GUY`South America	139.60
49	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	138.93
50	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	137.90
51	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	133.33
52	Colombia`COL`South America	130.31
53	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	129.67
54	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	116.88
55	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	107.59
56	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	107.45
57	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	105.51
=58	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	100.00
=58	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	100.00
60	Mexico`MEX`Central America	98.15
61	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	96.46
62	United States`USA`Northern America	94.80
63	Chile`CHL`South America	90.18
64	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	89.62
65	Belize`BLZ`Central America	83.37
66	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	82.25
67	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	82.00
68	Panama`PAN`Central America	79.58
69	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	79.03
70	Brazil`BRA`South America	76.70
71	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	76.43
72	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	76.30
73	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	73.46
74	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	71.43
75	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	71.22
76	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	70.90
77	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	61.45
78	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	59.97
79	Peru`PER`South America	58.83
80	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	56.75
81	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	56.72
82	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	56.50
83	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	55.56
84	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	55.05
85	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	54.78
86	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	54.02
87	Canada`CAN`Northern America	53.48
88	India`IND`Southern Asia	51.12
89	Uruguay`URY`South America	46.94
90	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	42.60
91	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	41.47
92	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	40.32
93	Ecuador`ECU`South America	39.14
94	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	37.15
95	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	35.13
96	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	35.10
97	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	34.99
98	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	34.12
99	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	23.71
100	Honduras`HND`Central America	23.50
101	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	23.46
102	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	22.51
103	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	18.44
104	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	14.13
105	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	13.10
106	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	12.27
107	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	9.99
108	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	9.13
109	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.97
110	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	8.55
111	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.40
112	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.67
113	Paraguay`PRY`South America	7.54
114	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	7.12
115	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	6.77
116	Argentina`ARG`South America	6.40
117	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.09
118	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	5.92
119	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	5.39
120	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5.32
121	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5.10
122	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4.35
123	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	3.63
124	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	3.55
125	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3.41
126	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	3.24
127	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.16
128	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.95
129	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.80
130	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.77
131	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2.37
132	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.34
133	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.20
134	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.97
135	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.84
136	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.70
137	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.03
138	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.93
139	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.68
140	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.63
141	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.43
142	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.33
143	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.30
144	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.24
145	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.20

02In 1987

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore2,750.00
2Ireland1,509.36
3Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1,114.37
4New Zealand874.05
5Malaysia829.38

Lowest

145Cambodia0.20
144Uganda0.24
143Niger0.30
142Guinea0.33
141Central African Republic0.43

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 73.46. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031986 → 1987

Since 1986

What changed between 1986 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+3 / −0countries joined / left
137values changed, of 142 in both
82 · 55rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines950.00 → 1,114.37+164.37
Singapore2,600.00 → 2,750.00+150.00
New Zealand756.99 → 874.05+117.06
Bermuda333.33 → 433.33+100.00
Malaysia735.61 → 829.38+93.76

Fell most

Bahrain710.00 → 155.00−555.00
Brunei315.00 → 100.00−215.00
Guyana225.54 → 139.60−85.94
Netherlands795.63 → 711.30−84.33
Barbados237.50 → 193.75−43.75

+ Guinea-Bissau

+ Cambodia

+ Laos

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 1987.
144 distinct values among 145
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 100.00. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 145 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1987). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1987 [data set], describing 1987. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1987

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