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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2003

2003, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2003 covers 191 countries. Faroe Islands is highest, at 8,734.375; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 55.876. Against 2002, 179 values changed (95 up, 84 down), 3 countries joined.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 2003

HighestFaroe Islands

8,734.375

Lowest4 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, 2003, 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 191 countries · select a heading to sort

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2003: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe8,734.375
2New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2,054.014
3MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1,235.830
4IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1,187.659
5BahrainBHRWestern Asia987.129
6Costa RicaCRICentral America919.671
7United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia755.625
8Saint LuciaLCACaribbean680.000
9New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia536.471
10EgyptEGYNorthern Africa477.667
11South KoreaKOREastern Asia427.046
12SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe400.289
13BelizeBLZCentral America382.371
14NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe363.937
15ColombiaCOLSouth America361.783
16Hong KongHKGEastern Asia352.600
17French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia342.000
18BelgiumBELWestern Europe339.422
19VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia332.929
20ChinaCHNEastern Asia328.658
21United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe315.957
22LebanonLBNWestern Asia307.875
23JapanJPNEastern Asia301.859
24MauritiusMUSEastern Africa299.455
25CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe292.802

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Faroe Islands8,734.375
  2. 2New Zealand2,054.014
  3. 3Malaysia1,235.830
  4. 4Ireland1,187.659
  5. 5Bahrain987.129

Lowest

  1. 188Tongashared0.000
  2. 188Somaliashared0.000
  3. 188Kiribatishared0.000
  4. 188Central African Republicshared0.000
  5. 187Timor-Leste0.026

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 55.876. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 179values changed, of 188 in both
  • 95 · 84rose · fell
  • 9unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Faroe Islands13,171.875 → 8,734.375−4,437.500
  • Oman388.194 → 205.161−183.032
  • Grenada229.000 → 104.500−124.500
  • Brunei168.000 → 51.000−117.000
  • Iraq141.022 → 25.489−115.533
+ DR 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 2003.

  • 188 distinct values among 191

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 4 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 191 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) (2003). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/2003

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07Questions

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertiliser use in Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2003?

Faroe Islands, at 8,734.375, of the 191 countries in the file.

What year does Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2003 cover?

191.

Where can I download Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2003?

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, 2003 the newest?

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

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