Data for 1990

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1990

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1990
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1990, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1990 covers 141 countries. Singapore is highest, at 5,600.000; Uganda is lowest, at 0.038. The middle country reads 76.432. Against 1989, 138 values changed (60 up, 78 down), 2 left.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1990

HighestSingapore

5,600.000

LowestUganda

0.038

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

141countries
1measure
1990the year it describes
141distinct 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, 1990, 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, 1990: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,600.000
2	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,972.759
3	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,754.435
4	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,050.000
5	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	977.326
6	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	902.895
7	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	746.753
8	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	680.000
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	606.447
10	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	490.375
11	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	450.000
12	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	419.854
13	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	417.692
14	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	416.532
15	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	385.487
16	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	363.811
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	360.725
18	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	357.143
19	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	325.000
20	France`FRA`Western Europe	319.531
21	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	301.000
22	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	299.125
23	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	282.990
24	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	279.901
25	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	270.829
26	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	247.247
27	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	243.709
28	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	240.083
29	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	220.305
30	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	215.755
31	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	215.265
32	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	212.693
33	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	200.000
34	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	197.222
35	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	195.095
36	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	192.447
37	Colombia`COL`South America	182.239
38	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	177.619
39	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	176.166
40	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	171.041
41	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	170.316
42	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	168.750
43	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	160.504
44	Venezuela`VEN`South America	153.249
45	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	144.248
46	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	143.750
47	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	138.798
48	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	138.000
49	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	135.993
50	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	134.536
51	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	128.849
52	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	128.307
53	Guyana`GUY`South America	125.950
54	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	123.478
55	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	118.771
56	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	115.543
57	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	110.250
58	Chile`CHL`South America	109.451
59	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	107.134
60	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	107.131
61	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	104.941
62	United States`USA`Northern America	100.456
63	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	98.733
64	Belize`BLZ`Central America	98.077
65	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	94.520
66	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	93.750
67	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	90.000
68	Mexico`MEX`Central America	82.841
69	Panama`PAN`Central America	77.479
70	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	76.582
71	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	76.432
72	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	74.428
73	India`IND`Southern Asia	73.523
74	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	68.917
75	Brazil`BRA`South America	67.761
76	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	64.063
77	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	63.627
78	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	62.266
79	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	61.335
80	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	59.666
81	Uruguay`URY`South America	57.924
82	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	55.945
83	Canada`CAN`Northern America	50.133
84	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	45.333
85	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	42.992
86	Ecuador`ECU`South America	42.407
87	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	41.400
88	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	40.198
89	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	31.250
90	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	30.777
91	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	28.842
92	Peru`PER`South America	25.666
93	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	21.383
94	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	21.333
95	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	20.581
96	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	17.935
97	Suriname`SUR`South America	17.544
98	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	15.226
99	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	14.747
100	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	14.511
101	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	14.286
102	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	14.262
103	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	10.653
104	Honduras`HND`Central America	10.256
105	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	9.750
106	Paraguay`PRY`South America	8.494
107	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7.895
108	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.404
109	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6.813
110	Argentina`ARG`South America	6.228
111	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	5.626
112	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	5.556
113	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5.454
114	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5.200
115	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4.815
116	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.991
117	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	3.800
118	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.670
119	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	3.605
120	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	3.397
121	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	3.288
122	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	3.276
123	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	3.209
124	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2.675
125	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	2.642
126	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.458
127	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.344
128	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.258
129	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.143
130	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.877
131	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	1.772
132	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.282
133	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.110
134	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.930
135	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.857
136	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.754
137	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.741
138	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.503
139	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.424
140	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.208
141	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.038

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore5,600.000
2Saint Lucia1,972.759
3Ireland1,754.435
4Brunei1,050.000
5Malaysia977.326

Lowest

141Uganda0.038
140Niger0.208
139Guinea0.424
138Central African Republic0.503
137Bhutan0.741

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 76.432. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

What changed between 1989 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
138values changed, of 141 in both
60 · 78rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Brunei100.000 → 1,050.000+950.000
Oman151.943 → 270.829+118.886
Trinidad and Tobago91.667 → 197.222+105.556
New Caledonia133.333 → 200.000+66.667
Ireland1,704.392 → 1,754.435+50.043

Fell most

Saint Lucia2,396.000 → 1,972.759−423.241
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1,034.483 → 746.753−287.730
Dominica880.000 → 680.000−200.000
Poland229.645 → 107.131−122.514
Germany384.208 → 279.901−104.306

− Bermuda

− Kuwait

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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How values are stored

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Nothing missing
Every one of the 141 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1990). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1990

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