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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2002

2002, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2002 covers 188 countries. Faroe Islands is highest, at 13,171.875; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 65.218. Against 2001, 159 values changed (74 up, 85 down), 29 countries joined, 7 left.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 2002

HighestFaroe Islands

13,171.875

Lowest3 countries share it

0.000

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2002, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 188 countries · select a heading to sort

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2002: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe13,171.875
2New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1,888.690
3MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1,183.446
4IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1,153.707
5BahrainBHRWestern Asia987.129
6United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia644.800
7Costa RicaCRICentral America629.190
8EgyptEGYNorthern Africa454.360
9South KoreaKOREastern Asia417.970
10SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe403.476
11French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia400.400
12OmanOMNWestern Asia388.194
13NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe386.921
14BelizeBLZCentral America367.729
15Hong KongHKGEastern Asia359.200
16ColombiaCOLSouth America342.475
17ChinaCHNEastern Asia333.509
18BelgiumBELWestern Europe326.222
19United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe323.367
20MauritiusMUSEastern Africa318.371
21Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia309.725
22VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia295.488
23JapanJPNEastern Asia292.873
24LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe267.468
25LebanonLBNWestern Asia263.400

02In 2002

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Faroe Islands13,171.875
  2. 2New Zealand1,888.690
  3. 3Malaysia1,183.446
  4. 4Ireland1,153.707
  5. 5Bahrain987.129

Lowest

  1. 186Tongashared0.000
  2. 186Somaliashared0.000
  3. 186Kiribatishared0.000
  4. 185Central African Republic0.042
  5. 184Timor-Leste0.155

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 65.218. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032001 → 2002

Since 2001

What changed between 2001 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +29 / −7countries joined / left
  • 159values changed, of 159 in both
  • 74 · 85rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Aruba+ Angola+ American Samoa+ Antigua and Barbuda+ Belgium+ Brunei+ Bhutan+ Cayman Islands+ Djibouti+ Faroe Islands+ Micronesia+ Equatorial Guinea+ Grenada+ Hong Kong+ Cambodia+ Kiribati+ Liberia+ Luxembourg+ Maldives+ Marshall Islands+ Palau+ Puerto Rico+ Palestine+ Solomon Islands+ São Tomé and Príncipe+ Timor-Leste+ Tonga+ Vanuatu+ Samoa− Bahamas− Bermuda− Botswana− DR Congo− Republic of the Congo− Gambia− Seychelles

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 2002.

  • 186 distinct values among 188

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 3 countries share 0.000. 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 188 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2002). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2002 [data set], describing 2002. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/2002

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07Questions

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2002: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertiliser use in Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2002?

Faroe Islands, at 13,171.875, of the 188 countries in the file.

What year does Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2002 describe?

2002.

How many countries does Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2002 cover?

188.

Where can I download Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2002?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2002 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2023.

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