Data for 1989

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1989

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1989
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1989, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1989 covers 143 countries. Singapore is highest, at 5,600.00; Uganda is lowest, at 0.07. The middle country reads 79.88. Against 1988, 137 values changed (77 up, 60 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1989

HighestSingapore

5,600.00

LowestUganda

0.07

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

143countries
1measure
1989the 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, 1989, 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, 1989: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,600.00
2	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,396.00
3	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,704.39
4	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1,034.48
5	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	987.85
6	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	983.70
7	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	880.00
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	654.65
9	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	494.46
10	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	450.00
11	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	433.42
12	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	417.93
13	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	411.54
14	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	409.50
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	404.42
16	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	384.21
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	374.66
18	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	356.54
19	France`FRA`Western Europe	344.63
20	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	333.33
21	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	325.00
22	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	310.10
23	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	294.08
24	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	259.17
25	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	255.64
26	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	252.00
27	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	241.80
28	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	239.25
29	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	238.68
30	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	229.64
31	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	227.96
32	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	224.51
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	219.24
34	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	209.68
35	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	208.09
36	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	201.59
37	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	194.47
38	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	187.94
39	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	187.50
40	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	182.99
41	Venezuela`VEN`South America	181.11
42	Guyana`GUY`South America	171.08
43	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	165.42
44	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	153.67
45	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	152.19
46	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	151.94
47	Colombia`COL`South America	151.00
48	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	150.00
49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	145.70
50	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	144.39
51	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	133.33
52	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	132.30
53	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	127.78
54	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	125.00
55	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	124.49
56	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	115.50
57	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	115.22
58	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	111.77
59	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	104.26
60	Chile`CHL`South America	101.15
61	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	100.00
62	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	99.54
63	United States`USA`Northern America	98.82
64	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	97.76
65	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	94.94
66	Belize`BLZ`Central America	94.23
67	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	91.67
68	Mexico`MEX`Central America	84.23
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	82.58
70	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	81.58
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	81.22
72	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	79.88
73	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	72.27
74	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	71.93
75	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	71.43
76	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	70.01
77	Brazil`BRA`South America	69.39
78	India`IND`Southern Asia	69.21
79	Panama`PAN`Central America	67.95
80	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	62.15
81	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	61.72
82	Uruguay`URY`South America	56.20
83	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	53.98
84	Canada`CAN`Northern America	52.30
85	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	52.06
86	Ecuador`ECU`South America	46.89
87	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	46.57
88	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	43.66
89	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	43.08
90	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	42.67
91	Peru`PER`South America	37.58
92	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	37.35
93	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	35.64
94	Suriname`SUR`South America	30.46
95	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	29.08
96	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	27.43
97	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	27.14
98	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	24.91
99	Honduras`HND`Central America	23.15
100	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	20.12
101	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	16.41
102	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	15.28
103	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	14.46
104	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	13.05
105	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	12.62
106	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	12.45
107	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	10.92
108	Paraguay`PRY`South America	9.48
109	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	8.71
110	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8.67
111	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	8.14
112	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	7.03
113	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	6.75
114	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	6.10
115	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	6.05
116	Argentina`ARG`South America	5.78
117	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5.49
118	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5.05
119	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	4.92
120	Bolivia`BOL`South America	4.90
121	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	4.81
122	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.74
123	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.99
124	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	3.88
125	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	3.58
126	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.26
127	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	3.21
128	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2.64
129	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.29
130	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.17
131	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2.04
132	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.52
133	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.18
134	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.07
135	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.75
136	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.71
137	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.69
138	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.41
139	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.38
140	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.30
141	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.29
142	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.08
143	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.07

02In 1989

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore5,600.00
2Saint Lucia2,396.00
3Ireland1,704.39
4Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1,034.48
5New Zealand987.85

Lowest

143Uganda0.07
142Cambodia0.08
141Niger0.29
140Guinea0.30
139Laos0.38

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 79.88. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031988 → 1989

Since 1988

What changed between 1988 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
137values changed, of 143 in both
77 · 60rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Singapore2,800.00 → 5,600.00+2,800.00
Saint Lucia866.67 → 2,396.00+1,529.33
Dominica600.00 → 880.00+280.00
United Arab Emirates186.21 → 417.93+231.72
New Zealand791.71 → 987.85+196.14

Fell most

Saint Kitts and Nevis237.50 → 115.50−122.00
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1,151.52 → 1,034.48−117.03
Brunei175.00 → 100.00−75.00
Kuwait193.75 → 125.00−68.75
Netherlands709.02 → 654.65−54.37

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 1989.
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FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 143 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1989). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1989 [data set], describing 1989. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1989

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