Data for 1992

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1992

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1992
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1992, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1992 covers 159 countries. Singapore is highest, at 5,600.000; Niger is lowest, at 0.108. The middle country reads 72.050. Against 1991, 133 values changed (74 up, 59 down), 19 countries joined.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1992

HighestSingapore

5,600.000

LowestNiger

0.108

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

159countries
1measure
1992the year it describes
159distinct 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, 1992, 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, 1992: 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	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,700.178
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,380.826
4	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	1,150.000
5	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	1,125.000
6	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,067.778
7	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1,041.446
8	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	839.161
9	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	606.038
10	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	586.842
11	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	507.745
12	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	500.000
13	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	491.200
14	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	378.447
15	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	374.304
16	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	350.000
17	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	340.217
18	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	335.506
19	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	333.333
20	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	325.000
21	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	316.775
22	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	305.615
23	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	298.994
24	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	281.844
25	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	277.479
26	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	263.559
27	France`FRA`Western Europe	253.826
28	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	248.003
29	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	240.000
30	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	237.608
31	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	234.310
32	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	229.290
33	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	228.571
34	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	219.657
35	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	219.274
36	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	205.755
37	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	200.000
38	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	199.685
39	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	188.889
40	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	185.933
41	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	168.750
42	Colombia`COL`South America	166.580
43	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	158.042
44	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	156.618
45	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	151.421
46	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	151.042
47	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	148.837
48	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	147.562
49	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	147.235
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	142.668
51	Chile`CHL`South America	140.984
52	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	139.194
53	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	137.500
54	Guyana`GUY`South America	128.050
55	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	127.498
56	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	125.000
57	Venezuela`VEN`South America	123.799
58	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	122.222
59	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	121.462
60	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	116.014
61	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	113.635
62	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	106.374
63	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	103.598
64	Belize`BLZ`Central America	103.571
65	United States`USA`Northern America	102.870
66	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	101.085
67	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	99.526
68	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	92.990
69	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	90.566
70	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	87.789
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	87.388
72	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	83.155
73	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	80.691
74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	79.554
75	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	79.298
76	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	78.631
77	Brazil`BRA`South America	78.371
78	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	77.650
79	India`IND`Southern Asia	74.702
80	Mexico`MEX`Central America	72.050
81	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	71.789
82	Panama`PAN`Central America	70.988
83	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	69.790
84	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	69.274
85	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	66.667
86	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	64.845
87	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	64.313
88	Uruguay`URY`South America	64.088
89	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	60.454
90	Ecuador`ECU`South America	59.890
91	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	59.102
92	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	59.100
93	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	58.553
94	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	55.671
95	Canada`CAN`Northern America	54.794
96	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	54.073
97	Suriname`SUR`South America	50.877
98	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	47.438
99	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	44.001
100	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	42.857
101	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	42.833
102	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	41.740
103	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	40.657
104	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	40.570
105	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	39.857
106	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	39.623
107	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	36.122
108	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	35.235
109	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	32.564
110	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	32.087
111	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	30.407
112	Honduras`HND`Central America	26.844
113	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	24.242
114	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	23.712
115	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	19.255
116	Peru`PER`South America	19.150
117	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	17.340
118	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	17.169
119	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	14.618
120	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	14.231
121	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	13.550
122	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	12.801
123	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	12.621
124	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	11.082
125	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	10.595
126	Paraguay`PRY`South America	9.520
127	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	9.402
128	Argentina`ARG`South America	9.266
129	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	7.043
130	Bolivia`BOL`South America	6.389
131	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	5.796
132	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	5.790
133	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	5.592
134	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	5.585
135	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	5.513
136	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	5.446
137	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	5.163
138	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.938
139	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	4.238
140	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4.167
141	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.607
142	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	3.600
143	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	3.507
144	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	3.033
145	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.015
146	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	2.973
147	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2.881
148	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.769
149	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	1.587
150	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1.538
151	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.392
152	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.944
153	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.784
154	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.741
155	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.588
156	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.343
157	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.185
158	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.159
159	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.108

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore5,600.000
2Ireland1,700.178
3New Zealand1,380.826
4Dominica1,150.000
5Brunei1,125.000

Lowest

159Niger0.108
158Uganda0.159
157Guinea0.185
156DR Congo0.343
155Central African Republic0.588

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 72.050. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+19 / −0countries joined / left
133values changed, of 140 in both
74 · 59rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Singapore5,100.000 → 5,600.000+500.000
New Zealand1,150.919 → 1,380.826+229.907
French Polynesia400.000 → 500.000+100.000
United Arab Emirates499.143 → 586.842+87.699
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines774.411 → 839.161+64.750

Fell most

Saint Lucia2,321.429 → 1,067.778−1,253.651
Dominica1,250.000 → 1,150.000−100.000
Egypt424.967 → 335.506−89.461
Jordan136.606 → 60.454−76.152
Bulgaria122.045 → 58.553−63.493

+ Armenia

+ Azerbaijan

+ Belarus

+ Bermuda

+ Estonia

+ Georgia

+ Croatia

+ Kazakhstan

+ Kyrgyzstan

+ Kuwait

+ Lithuania

+ Latvia

+ Moldova

+ Russia

+ Slovenia

+ Tajikistan

+ Turkmenistan

+ Ukraine

+ Uzbekistan

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 1992.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 159 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1992). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1992

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164 countries
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How it has moved, charted by country

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