Data for 1999

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1999

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1999
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1999, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1999 covers 166 countries. Singapore is highest, at 3,769.00; DR Congo is lowest, at 0.11. The middle country reads 75.74. Against 1998, 158 values changed (69 up, 89 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 1999

HighestSingapore

3,769.00

LowestDR Congo

0.11

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

166countries
1measure
1999the year it describes
165distinct 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, 1999, 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, 1999: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3,769.00
2	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1,866.03
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,776.26
4	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1,509.29
5	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,481.80
6	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,109.50
7	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	841.86
8	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	836.36
9	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	750.00
10	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	497.60
11	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	493.80
12	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	483.28
13	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	465.69
14	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	459.61
15	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	396.63
16	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	393.95
17	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	342.93
18	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	337.33
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	319.50
20	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	306.11
21	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	300.00
22	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	292.52
23	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	267.27
24	Chile`CHL`South America	264.00
25	France`FRA`Western Europe	259.00
26	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	256.57
27	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	250.00
28	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	248.85
29	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	242.86
30	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	236.26
31	Colombia`COL`South America	231.03
32	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	224.49
33	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	216.50
34	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	208.78
35	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	200.00
36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	199.63
37	Guyana`GUY`South America	198.73
38	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	181.84
39	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	174.29
40	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	172.99
41	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	172.32
42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	169.80
43	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	169.77
44	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	165.99
45	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	163.47
46	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	161.89
47	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	161.14
48	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	157.14
49	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	146.27
50	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	142.39
51	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	140.71
52	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	138.19
53	Brazil`BRA`South America	130.81
54	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	128.57
55	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	127.95
56	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	124.42
57	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	122.18
58	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	121.18
59	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	118.42
60	India`IND`Southern Asia	112.17
61	United States`USA`Northern America	111.76
62	Honduras`HND`Central America	111.58
63	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	110.00
64	Ecuador`ECU`South America	109.01
65	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	108.48
66	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	105.70
67	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	103.77
68	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	102.72
69	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	100.08
70	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	95.96
71	Belize`BLZ`Central America	95.23
72	Suriname`SUR`South America	92.98
73	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	91.06
74	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	90.34
75	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	90.26
76	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	89.84
77	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	89.13
78	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	82.58
79	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	81.43
80	Venezuela`VEN`South America	79.44
81	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	78.87
82	Uruguay`URY`South America	77.51
83	Mexico`MEX`Central America	77.49
84	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	73.98
85	Canada`CAN`Northern America	65.60
86	Panama`PAN`Central America	64.16
87	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	61.54
88	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	59.28
89	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	57.86
90	Peru`PER`South America	56.96
91	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	56.45
92	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	55.19
93	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	53.55
94	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	52.15
95	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	50.63
96	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	50.00
97	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	47.66
98	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	45.81
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	44.21
100	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	43.07
101	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	41.34
102	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	40.16
103	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	38.57
104	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	34.27
105	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	31.77
106	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	30.90
107	Argentina`ARG`South America	29.91
108	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	29.06
109	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	25.40
110	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	25.21
111	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	24.65
112	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	23.00
113	Paraguay`PRY`South America	22.19
114	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	21.89
115	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	20.52
116	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	19.43
117	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	19.17
118	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	18.56
119	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	18.37
120	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	16.99
121	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	16.83
122	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	15.50
123	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	13.68
124	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	13.52
125	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	12.76
126	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	12.12
127	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	11.96
128	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	11.29
129	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11.09
130	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10.99
131	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	10.89
132	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	10.10
133	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	9.75
134	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.68
135	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	8.66
136	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	8.31
137	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	7.56
138	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	7.51
=139	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	5.33
=139	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5.33
141	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.86
142	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4.79
143	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	4.62
144	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	4.25
145	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	4.17
146	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	4.14
147	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.72
148	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.41
149	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.35
150	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	2.14
151	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	2.03
152	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.77
153	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.17
154	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	1.13
155	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.07
156	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.92
157	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.88
158	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.65
159	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.63
160	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.48
161	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.37
162	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.35
163	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.32
164	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.30
165	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.19
166	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.11

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore3,769.00
2Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1,866.03
3New Zealand1,776.26
4Malaysia1,509.29
5Ireland1,481.80

Lowest

166DR Congo0.11
165Sierra Leone0.19
164Niger0.30
163Central African Republic0.32
162Rwanda0.35

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 75.74. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −1countries joined / left
158values changed, of 165 in both
69 · 89rose · fell
7unchanged

Rose most

Saint Lucia621.50 → 1,109.50+488.00
Lebanon340.64 → 493.80+153.16
New Zealand1,652.37 → 1,776.26+123.88
United States Virgin Islands200.00 → 300.00+100.00
French Polynesia400.00 → 497.60+97.60

Fell most

Bahrain564.00 → 216.50−347.50
Singapore4,027.00 → 3,769.00−258.00
Dominica1,000.00 → 750.00−250.00
United Arab Emirates983.33 → 841.86−141.47
Ireland1,596.77 → 1,481.80−114.97

+ Seychelles

− Cambodia

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 1999.
165 distinct values among 166
Values are stored exactly as published, to 15 decimals. 2 countries share 5.33. 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 166 countries has every column.

05The files

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Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1999). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/1999

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