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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2004

2004, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2004 covers 191 countries. Faroe Islands is highest, at 12,843.750; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 67.138. Against 2003, 186 values changed (124 up, 62 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 2004

HighestFaroe Islands

12,843.750

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, 2004, 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, 2004: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe12,843.750
2New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2,124.314
3MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia1,802.751
4IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1,077.447
5BahrainBHRWestern Asia982.266
6United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia767.619
7Costa RicaCRICentral America751.062
8EgyptEGYNorthern Africa541.282
9OmanOMNWestern Asia492.345
10South KoreaKOREastern Asia453.196
11ColombiaCOLSouth America408.707
12French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia382.800
13Hong KongHKGEastern Asia376.200
14VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia367.815
15SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe358.699
16NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe357.314
17LebanonLBNWestern Asia357.278
18ChinaCHNEastern Asia352.264
19BelgiumBELWestern Europe337.281
20LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe333.613
21IsraelISRWestern Asia320.900
22CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe312.584
23MauritiusMUSEastern Africa307.690
24United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe305.551
25JapanJPNEastern Asia295.087

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Faroe Islands12,843.750
  2. 2New Zealand2,124.314
  3. 3Malaysia1,802.751
  4. 4Ireland1,077.447
  5. 5Bahrain982.266

Lowest

  1. 189Tongashared0.000
  2. 189Somaliashared0.000
  3. 189Kiribatishared0.000
  4. 188Eritrea0.005
  5. 187Benin0.055

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 67.138. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −1countries joined / left
  • 186values changed, of 190 in both
  • 124 · 62rose · fell
  • 4unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Republic of the Congo− Timor-Leste

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 2004.

  • 189 distinct values among 191

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 17 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 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) (2004). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/2004

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07Questions

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertiliser use in Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2004?

Faroe Islands, at 12,843.750, of the 191 countries in the file.

What year does Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2004 cover?

191.

Where can I download Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2004?

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, 2004 the newest?

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

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