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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2008

2008, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2008 covers 192 countries. Faroe Islands is highest, at 8,531.2500; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.0000. The middle country reads 69.4244. Against 2007, 190 values changed (84 up, 106 down), 1 country joined, 1 left.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 2008

HighestFaroe Islands

8,531.2500

Lowest2 countries share it

0.0000

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, 2008, 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 192 countries · select a heading to sort

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2008: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe8,531.2500
2MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia2,110.6101
3New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1,721.5651
4BahrainBHRWestern Asia1,219.5122
5Costa RicaCRICentral America915.7100
6IrelandIRLNorthern Europe857.1976
7OmanOMNWestern Asia808.6667
8United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia798.6434
9SurinameSURSouth America548.6596
10KuwaitKWTWestern Asia533.5398
11EgyptEGYNorthern Africa520.2498
12CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe495.2283
13ColombiaCOLSouth America437.2504
14Hong KongHKGEastern Asia403.7500
15ChinaCHNEastern Asia372.6581
16French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia368.8000
17QatarQATWestern Asia326.2411
18Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia311.7117
19South KoreaKOREastern Asia304.4805
20VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia303.4636
21LebanonLBNWestern Asia290.8293
22ChileCHLSouth America287.7138
23IsraelISRWestern Asia280.6139
24SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe279.8430
25NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe267.7086

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Faroe Islands8,531.2500
  2. 2Malaysia2,110.6101
  3. 3New Zealand1,721.5651
  4. 4Bahrain1,219.5122
  5. 5Costa Rica915.7100

Lowest

  1. 191Somaliashared0.0000
  2. 191Kiribatishared0.0000
  3. 190Togo0.0004
  4. 189Timor-Leste0.0008
  5. 188Niger0.1534

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 69.4244. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −1countries joined / left
  • 190values changed, of 191 in both
  • 84 · 106rose · fell
  • 1unchanged

Rose most

  • Bahrain661.7647 → 1,219.5122+557.7475
  • Suriname149.4348 → 548.6596+399.2248
  • Qatar74.6269 → 326.2411+251.6143
  • Kuwait294.4248 → 533.5398+239.1150
  • Oman602.1429 → 808.6667+206.5238

Fell most

+ Timor-Leste− Eritrea

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 2008.

  • 191 distinct values among 192

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 18 decimals. 2 countries share 0.0000. 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 192 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) (2008). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/2008

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07Questions

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest fertiliser use in Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2008?

Faroe Islands, at 8,531.2500, of the 192 countries in the file.

What year does Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2008 cover?

192.

Where can I download Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2008?

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, 2008 the newest?

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

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