Data for 2009

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2009

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2009
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2009, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2009 covers 194 countries. Faroe Islands is highest, at 7,562.500; Timor-Leste is lowest, at 0.205. The middle country reads 63.192. Against 2008, 192 values changed (90 up, 102 down), 2 countries joined.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 2009

HighestFaroe Islands

7,562.500

LowestTimor-Leste

0.205

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

194countries
1measure
2009the year it describes
194distinct 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, 2009, 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, 2009: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	7,562.500
2	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,329.917
3	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1,301.985
4	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,123.803
5	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	671.707
6	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	558.497
7	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	483.079
8	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	443.777
9	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	432.270
10	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	414.000
11	Colombia`COL`South America	406.534
12	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	383.968
13	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	382.968
14	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	338.611
15	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	295.642
16	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	282.014
17	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	281.115
18	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	272.400
19	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	257.928
20	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	244.585
21	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	239.604
22	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	238.171
23	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	233.834
24	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	227.963
25	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	224.000
26	Chile`CHL`South America	219.142
27	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	212.432
28	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	208.493
29	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	200.460
30	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	197.897
31	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	191.200
32	Ecuador`ECU`South America	187.279
33	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	184.291
34	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	181.450
35	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	181.414
36	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	179.125
37	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	172.081
38	Venezuela`VEN`South America	171.715
39	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	169.718
40	India`IND`Southern Asia	167.457
41	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	164.679
42	Suriname`SUR`South America	158.293
43	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	151.342
44	Brazil`BRA`South America	148.486
45	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	146.801
46	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	144.327
47	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	131.333
48	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	123.847
49	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	122.924
50	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	121.445
51	Belize`BLZ`Central America	121.438
52	France`FRA`Western Europe	120.563
53	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	120.112
54	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	120.000
55	United States`USA`Northern America	118.957
56	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	118.566
57	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	109.023
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	109.014
59	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	108.759
60	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	105.578
61	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	104.600
62	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	104.566
63	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	103.969
64	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	103.853
65	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	103.000
66	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	102.918
67	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	102.449
68	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	99.412
69	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	98.876
70	Peru`PER`South America	97.507
71	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	96.927
72	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	95.238
73	Uruguay`URY`South America	93.926
74	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	90.393
75	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	90.379
76	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	90.000
77	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	88.000
78	Guyana`GUY`South America	87.701
79	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	86.581
80	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	84.180
81	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	78.587
82	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	78.310
83	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	77.482
84	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	77.000
85	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	76.773
86	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	75.168
87	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	72.785
88	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	72.300
89	Canada`CAN`Northern America	71.584
90	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	69.413
91	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	68.941
92	Mexico`MEX`Central America	68.505
93	Paraguay`PRY`South America	68.292
94	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	65.422
95	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	65.279
96	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	64.884
97	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	64.163
98	Honduras`HND`Central America	62.222
99	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	60.928
100	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	60.196
101	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	59.142
102	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	58.192
103	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	58.167
104	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	57.550
105	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	57.375
106	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	56.698
107	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	56.353
108	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	55.750
109	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	54.333
110	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	52.000
111	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	48.763
112	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	48.604
113	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	48.493
114	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	48.393
115	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	48.344
116	Panama`PAN`Central America	47.546
117	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	45.000
118	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	41.320
119	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	41.065
120	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	35.031
121	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	34.043
122	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	33.489
123	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	31.441
124	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	30.846
125	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	28.778
126	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	27.303
127	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	25.778
128	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	23.960
129	Argentina`ARG`South America	22.852
130	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	22.068
131	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	21.000
132	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	20.891
133	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	20.000
134	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18.203
135	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	18.000
136	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	17.662
137	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	17.646
138	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	15.635
139	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	15.308
140	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	14.280
141	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	13.411
142	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	13.253
143	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	13.250
144	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	12.750
145	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	12.128
146	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	12.041
147	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	12.022
148	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	11.338
149	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	11.329
150	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	11.000
151	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	9.993
152	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	9.853
153	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	9.536
154	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	9.364
155	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	8.590
156	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	8.500
157	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7.520
158	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	7.302
159	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	7.003
160	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	7.000
161	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6.741
162	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6.544
163	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	6.343
164	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	6.236
165	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	6.227
166	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	6.056
167	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	5.472
168	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	5.398
169	Bolivia`BOL`South America	5.314
170	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4.578
171	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4.566
172	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	4.430
173	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	4.033
174	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	3.299
175	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3.120
176	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.909
177	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	2.896
178	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	2.783
179	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.605
180	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.083
181	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	1.971
182	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.888
183	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	1.865
184	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.590
185	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.322
186	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.247
187	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.000
188	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.682
189	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.611
190	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.369
191	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.353
192	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.300
193	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.218
194	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.205

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Faroe Islands7,562.500
2New Zealand1,329.917
3Malaysia1,301.985
4Ireland1,123.803
5Bahrain671.707

Lowest

194Timor-Leste0.205
193Central African Republic0.218
192Somalia0.300
191Niger0.353
190Comoros0.369

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 63.192. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+2 / −0countries joined / left
192values changed, of 192 in both
90 · 102rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Ireland857.198 → 1,123.803+266.605
Vietnam303.464 → 443.777+140.313
Maldives22.333 → 131.333+109.000
Saint Lucia6.742 → 98.876+92.135
Belize49.757 → 121.438+71.681

Fell most

Faroe Islands8,531.250 → 7,562.500−968.750
Malaysia2,110.610 → 1,301.985−808.625
Bahrain1,219.512 → 671.707−547.805
Costa Rica915.710 → 382.968−532.742
Kuwait533.540 → 95.238−438.302

+ Botswana

+ 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

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Every one of the 194 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2009). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/2009

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