Data for 1991

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1991

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1991
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1991, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1991 covers 140 countries. Singapore is highest, at 5,100.000; Niger is lowest, at 0.044. The middle country reads 66.692. Against 1990, 134 values changed (69 up, 65 down), 1 country joined, 2 left.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1991

HighestSingapore

5,100.000

LowestNiger

0.044

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

140countries
1measure
1991the year it describes
140distinct 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, 1991, 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, 1991: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	5,100.000
2	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2,321.429
3	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,697.728
4	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,250.000
5	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,150.919
6	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,100.000
7	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1,004.805
8	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	774.411
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	628.442
10	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	499.143
11	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	481.422
12	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	447.692
13	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	424.967
14	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	400.000
15	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	390.138
16	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	369.620
17	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	352.652
18	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	350.000
19	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	330.592
20	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	325.000
21	France`FRA`Western Europe	312.092
22	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	284.278
23	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	269.741
24	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	256.827
25	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	237.510
26	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	234.347
27	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	232.771
28	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	227.865
29	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	227.450
30	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	223.224
31	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	208.512
32	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	203.968
33	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	202.500
34	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	199.792
35	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	198.715
36	Colombia`COL`South America	197.893
37	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	168.750
38	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	168.515
39	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	166.667
40	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	164.088
41	Guyana`GUY`South America	163.736
42	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	147.432
43	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	145.659
44	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	141.939
45	Venezuela`VEN`South America	139.451
46	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	137.500
47	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	137.173
48	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	136.606
49	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	133.333
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	132.742
51	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	123.328
52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	122.045
53	Chile`CHL`South America	113.966
54	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	111.737
55	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	110.154
56	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	107.022
57	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	106.259
58	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	104.805
59	United States`USA`Northern America	100.837
60	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	97.805
61	Belize`BLZ`Central America	96.296
62	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	81.871
63	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	81.614
64	India`IND`Southern Asia	77.999
65	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	74.983
66	Brazil`BRA`South America	73.266
67	Mexico`MEX`Central America	72.220
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	71.794
69	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	70.244
70	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	68.881
71	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	64.503
72	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	63.205
73	Uruguay`URY`South America	62.857
74	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	62.842
75	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	59.867
76	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	57.372
77	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	55.729
78	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	54.946
79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	54.152
80	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	53.793
81	Canada`CAN`Northern America	52.595
82	Panama`PAN`Central America	51.401
83	Ecuador`ECU`South America	50.243
84	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	49.135
85	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	46.851
86	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	42.857
87	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	38.833
88	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	34.897
89	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	34.010
90	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	33.119
91	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	29.787
92	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	26.486
93	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	24.944
94	Honduras`HND`Central America	23.861
95	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	22.683
96	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	22.111
97	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	18.495
98	Peru`PER`South America	18.211
99	Suriname`SUR`South America	17.544
100	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	15.796
101	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	14.800
102	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	12.827
103	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	12.603
104	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	12.561
105	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	11.692
106	Paraguay`PRY`South America	9.568
107	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	8.694
108	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	7.294
109	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.271
110	Argentina`ARG`South America	6.271
111	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	6.144
112	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	5.619
113	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.594
114	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5.518
115	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5.163
116	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.592
117	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3.718
118	Bolivia`BOL`South America	3.674
119	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.444
120	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.194
121	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.042
122	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3.000
123	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	2.911
124	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	2.857
125	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	2.589
126	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	2.339
127	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	2.258
128	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.176
129	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1.917
130	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.799
131	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.541
132	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1.538
133	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.457
134	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.235
135	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	1.228
136	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.741
137	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.707
138	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.481
139	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.239
140	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.044

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore5,100.000
2Saint Lucia2,321.429
3Ireland1,697.728
4Dominica1,250.000
5New Zealand1,150.919

Lowest

140Niger0.044
139Uganda0.239
138Central African Republic0.481
137Guinea0.707
136Bhutan0.741

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 66.692. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −2countries joined / left
134values changed, of 139 in both
69 · 65rose · fell
5unchanged

Rose most

Dominica680.000 → 1,250.000+570.000
Saint Lucia1,972.759 → 2,321.429+348.670
New Zealand902.895 → 1,150.919+248.024
United Arab Emirates357.143 → 499.143+142.000
Brunei1,050.000 → 1,100.000+50.000

Fell most

Singapore5,600.000 → 5,100.000−500.000
Albania176.166 → 54.152−122.014
Romania128.307 → 49.135−79.172
Hungary134.536 → 64.503−70.032
New Caledonia200.000 → 133.333−66.667

+ Comoros

− Liberia

− Somalia

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 140 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1991). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1991

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159 countries
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How it has moved, charted by country

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