Data for 2000

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2000

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2000
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2000, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2000 covers 166 countries. Singapore is highest, at 3,005.000; DR Congo is lowest, at 0.119. The middle country reads 73.864. Against 1999, 153 values changed (69 up, 84 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 2000

HighestSingapore

3,005.000

LowestDR Congo

0.119

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

166countries
1measure
2000the year it describes
166distinct 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, 2000, 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, 2000: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	3,005.000
2	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2,012.310
3	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1,950.000
4	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1,367.877
5	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,228.048
6	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	1,061.500
7	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	795.238
8	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	600.000
9	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	585.000
10	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	480.000
11	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	455.959
12	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	449.743
13	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	436.717
14	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	416.667
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	408.722
16	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	405.093
17	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	365.645
18	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	343.000
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	324.609
20	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	300.204
21	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	300.000
22	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	287.448
23	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	278.107
24	Chile`CHL`South America	275.429
25	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	274.284
26	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	264.846
27	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	262.971
28	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	250.000
29	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	242.857
30	Colombia`COL`South America	233.570
31	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	232.360
32	France`FRA`Western Europe	225.821
33	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	219.568
34	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	217.975
35	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	204.269
36	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	200.000
37	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	185.677
38	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	172.139
39	Honduras`HND`Central America	169.007
40	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	166.363
41	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	164.341
42	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	163.214
43	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	161.139
44	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	160.403
45	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	160.000
46	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	158.108
47	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	153.003
48	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	146.494
49	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	145.918
50	Brazil`BRA`South America	144.517
51	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	138.983
52	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	136.648
53	Guyana`GUY`South America	132.080
54	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	131.875
55	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	131.257
56	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	128.571
57	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	125.154
58	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	125.124
59	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	124.030
60	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	115.422
61	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	111.304
62	United States`USA`Northern America	108.684
63	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	108.676
64	Venezuela`VEN`South America	108.671
65	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	108.542
66	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	107.071
67	India`IND`Southern Asia	103.786
68	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	102.481
69	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	101.981
70	Suriname`SUR`South America	101.754
71	Ecuador`ECU`South America	101.733
72	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	97.316
73	Belize`BLZ`Central America	95.938
74	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	95.441
75	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	93.377
76	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	90.618
77	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	88.310
78	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	87.669
79	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	86.326
80	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	80.471
81	Mexico`MEX`Central America	79.983
82	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	77.308
83	Uruguay`URY`South America	75.835
84	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	71.892
85	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	64.767
86	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	62.900
87	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	62.877
88	Peru`PER`South America	60.997
89	Canada`CAN`Northern America	59.686
90	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	57.073
91	Panama`PAN`Central America	56.903
92	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	53.598
93	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	53.162
94	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	52.963
95	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	51.844
96	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	44.663
97	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	42.967
98	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	42.857
99	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	42.000
100	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	41.909
101	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	41.800
102	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	41.548
103	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	38.862
104	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	38.462
105	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	37.215
106	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	32.584
107	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	32.436
108	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	32.353
109	Argentina`ARG`South America	31.222
110	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	31.017
111	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	30.303
112	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	29.790
113	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	24.224
114	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	23.964
115	Paraguay`PRY`South America	21.589
116	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	21.533
117	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	20.759
118	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	19.464
119	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	18.106
120	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	16.032
121	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	15.952
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	15.556
123	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	15.076
124	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	14.790
125	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	13.512
126	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	13.143
127	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	12.046
128	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	11.499
129	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	11.417
130	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	11.352
131	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	11.038
132	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	10.204
133	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	9.837
134	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8.796
135	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	8.739
136	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	8.000
137	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	7.732
138	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	6.601
139	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	6.526
140	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	5.357
141	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.861
142	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	4.615
143	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	3.667
144	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.646
145	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	3.419
146	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3.174
147	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	3.142
148	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	2.932
149	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.894
150	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	2.791
151	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	2.605
152	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.386
153	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	2.246
154	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.253
155	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.227
156	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	1.168
157	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.923
158	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.651
159	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.479
160	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.467
161	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.368
162	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.324
163	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.321
164	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.306
165	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.300
166	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.119

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Singapore3,005.000
2New Zealand2,012.310
3Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1,950.000
4Malaysia1,367.877
5Ireland1,228.048

Lowest

166DR Congo0.119
165Rwanda0.300
164Sierra Leone0.306
163Central African Republic0.321
162Niger0.324

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 73.864. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −1countries joined / left
153values changed, of 165 in both
69 · 84rose · fell
12unchanged

Rose most

New Zealand1,776.257 → 2,012.310+236.053
Trinidad and Tobago174.286 → 262.971+88.686
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1,866.029 → 1,950.000+83.971
Croatia181.835 → 264.846+83.010
Honduras111.580 → 169.007+57.427

Fell most

Singapore3,769.000 → 3,005.000−764.000
United Arab Emirates841.860 → 585.000−256.860
Ireland1,481.799 → 1,228.048−253.751
Dominica750.000 → 600.000−150.000
Malaysia1,509.292 → 1,367.877−141.415

+ San Marino

− Mauritania

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 2000.
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FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 166 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2000). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/2000

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