Data for 1988

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1988

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1988
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1988, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1988 covers 143 countries. Singapore is highest, at 2,800.000; Uganda is lowest, at 0.026. The middle country reads 74.468. Against 1987, 136 values changed (74 up, 62 down), 2 left.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1988

HighestSingapore

2,800.000

LowestUganda

0.026

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

143countries
1measure
1988the year it describes
141distinct 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, 1988, 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, 1988: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2,800.000
2	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,616.006
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1,151.515
4	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	972.911
5	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	866.667
6	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	791.711
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	709.020
8	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	600.000
9	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	461.242
10	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	450.000
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	441.525
12	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	433.463
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	408.007
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	404.286
15	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	360.250
16	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	357.537
17	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	352.735
18	France`FRA`Western Europe	336.816
19	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	333.333
20	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	325.000
21	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	287.611
22	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	282.090
23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	280.700
24	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	254.504
25	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	250.000
26	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	241.016
27	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	237.500
28	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	236.097
29	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	235.662
30	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	235.156
31	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	233.532
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	226.615
33	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	219.314
34	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	216.187
35	Venezuela`VEN`South America	215.197
36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	210.358
37	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	209.445
=38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	193.750
=38	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	193.750
40	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	186.207
41	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	180.031
42	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	180.000
43	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	177.130
=44	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	175.000
=44	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	175.000
46	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	164.015
47	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	163.559
48	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	160.970
49	Guyana`GUY`South America	150.091
50	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	148.525
51	Colombia`COL`South America	140.725
52	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	134.416
53	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	134.065
54	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	133.333
55	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	127.266
56	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	123.584
57	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	121.505
58	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	117.267
59	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	105.521
60	United States`USA`Northern America	95.628
61	Chile`CHL`South America	95.554
62	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	92.736
63	Belize`BLZ`Central America	89.620
64	Mexico`MEX`Central America	89.217
65	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	88.146
66	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	82.538
67	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	81.416
68	Panama`PAN`Central America	80.208
69	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	78.023
70	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	77.359
71	Brazil`BRA`South America	75.216
72	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	74.468
73	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	71.429
74	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	66.667
75	India`IND`Southern Asia	66.096
76	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	65.853
77	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	65.621
78	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	65.118
79	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	63.473
80	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	60.226
81	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	59.844
82	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	59.500
83	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	58.276
84	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	58.135
85	Peru`PER`South America	56.458
86	Uruguay`URY`South America	54.117
87	Canada`CAN`Northern America	51.375
88	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	48.833
89	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	47.583
90	Ecuador`ECU`South America	47.262
91	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	44.849
92	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	43.465
93	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	41.455
94	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	34.503
95	Suriname`SUR`South America	34.211
96	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	31.249
97	Honduras`HND`Central America	27.866
98	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	24.805
99	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	24.335
100	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	23.826
101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20.631
102	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	14.505
103	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	13.274
104	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	12.936
105	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	11.735
106	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	11.364
107	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	9.140
108	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	8.889
109	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	8.500
110	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	7.553
111	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	7.046
112	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	6.527
113	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	6.174
114	Argentina`ARG`South America	6.163
115	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	5.942
116	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	5.486
117	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4.867
118	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.673
119	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	4.577
120	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	4.294
121	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	4.164
122	Paraguay`PRY`South America	4.032
123	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.971
124	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	3.088
125	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	2.821
126	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.796
127	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.200
128	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.167
129	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2.155
130	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.523
131	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.400
132	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.107
133	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	1.087
134	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.709
135	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.661
136	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.478
137	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.418
138	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.377
139	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.309
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.230
141	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.182
142	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.029
143	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.026

02In 1988

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore2,800.000
2Ireland1,616.006
3Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1,151.515
4Malaysia972.911
5Saint Lucia866.667

Lowest

143Uganda0.026
142Cambodia0.029
141Niger0.182
140Guinea0.230
139Central African Republic0.309

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 74.468. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031987 → 1988

Since 1987

What changed between 1987 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
136values changed, of 143 in both
74 · 62rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia566.667 → 866.667+300.000
Malaysia829.377 → 972.911+143.534
Kuwait82.000 → 193.750+111.750
Ireland1,509.361 → 1,616.006+106.645
Oman59.970 → 160.970+101.000

Fell most

Suriname192.228 → 34.211−158.018
Trinidad and Tobago194.229 → 59.500−134.729
Saint Kitts and Nevis362.500 → 237.500−125.000
Bermuda433.333 → 333.333−100.000
New Zealand874.048 → 791.711−82.336

− Cabo Verde

− Djibouti

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

Read before you use

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 1988.
141 distinct values among 143
Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 2 countries share 193.750. 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 143 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1988). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1988 [data set], describing 1988. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1988

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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions