Data for 2010

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2010

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2010
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: https://www.fao.org/contact-us/terms/db-terms-of-use/en/

2010, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2010 covers 194 countries. Faroe Islands is highest, at 7,468.75; Solomon Islands is lowest, at 0.00. The middle country reads 73.02. Against 2009, 194 values changed (137 up, 57 down), the same countries are covered.

Download CSV Cite this year

Share this page

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 2010

HighestFaroe Islands

7,468.75

LowestSolomon Islands

0.00

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

194countries
1measure
2010the year it describes
194distinct values16 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, 2010, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Search this table

Showing 25 of 194 countries · select a heading to sort

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2010: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
derived
1	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	7,468.75
2	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,166.75
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,401.54
4	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1,335.92
5	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,065.37
6	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	617.87
7	Colombia`COL`South America	546.94
8	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	542.27
9	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	519.32
10	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	473.37
11	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	469.43
12	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	431.75
13	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	425.24
14	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	365.25
15	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	365.03
16	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	330.28
17	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	326.40
18	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	324.95
19	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	300.07
20	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	297.31
21	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	293.33
22	Chile`CHL`South America	285.97
23	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	270.46
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	266.57
25	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	258.19
26	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	255.09
27	Ecuador`ECU`South America	252.07
28	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	243.05
29	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	239.55
30	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	229.05
31	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	228.40
32	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	228.00
33	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	218.79
34	Suriname`SUR`South America	211.93
35	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	211.60
36	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	208.02
37	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	206.40
38	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	205.39
39	Brazil`BRA`South America	202.80
40	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	202.77
41	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	184.17
42	Venezuela`VEN`South America	181.90
43	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	180.48
44	India`IND`Southern Asia	179.04
45	Guyana`GUY`South America	170.25
46	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	170.00
47	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	163.20
48	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	153.18
49	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	151.44
50	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	150.81
51	France`FRA`Western Europe	150.54
52	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	150.00
53	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	149.41
54	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	149.10
55	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	148.96
56	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	148.70
57	Uruguay`URY`South America	145.78
58	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	139.44
59	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	138.30
60	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	135.08
61	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	134.08
62	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	130.68
63	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	130.63
64	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	129.69
65	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	127.86
66	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	126.19
67	United States`USA`Northern America	124.74
68	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	122.75
69	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	119.28
70	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	113.71
71	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	109.48
72	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	107.00
73	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	106.78
74	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	103.98
75	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	100.54
76	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	99.81
77	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	98.54
78	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	98.38
79	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	97.05
80	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	94.36
81	Peru`PER`South America	93.14
82	Paraguay`PRY`South America	90.47
83	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	90.25
84	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	89.50
85	Honduras`HND`Central America	85.66
86	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	85.18
87	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	85.06
88	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	85.02
89	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	84.33
90	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	83.13
91	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	82.05
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	81.53
93	Canada`CAN`Northern America	79.66
94	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	79.41
95	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	77.65
96	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	77.04
97	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	73.73
98	Mexico`MEX`Central America	72.30
99	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	70.30
100	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	68.87
101	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	68.39
102	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	67.11
103	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	67.10
104	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	66.05
105	Panama`PAN`Central America	63.76
106	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	63.33
107	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	62.63
108	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	58.27
109	Belize`BLZ`Central America	58.01
110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	57.17
111	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	53.78
112	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	52.55
113	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	52.17
114	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	48.03
115	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	47.43
116	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	46.89
117	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	42.69
118	Argentina`ARG`South America	39.16
119	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	38.56
120	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	37.40
121	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	37.23
122	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	34.29
123	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	34.20
124	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	34.08
125	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	33.02
126	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	32.66
127	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	32.48
128	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	32.22
129	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	32.09
130	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	29.17
131	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	25.09
132	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	22.66
133	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	21.88
134	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	21.85
135	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	21.33
136	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	20.44
137	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	19.46
138	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	18.51
139	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	18.50
140	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	15.80
141	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	15.72
142	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	15.70
143	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	15.63
144	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	14.35
145	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	12.95
146	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	11.77
147	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	11.50
148	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	11.33
149	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	11.21
150	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	11.06
151	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	10.53
152	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	10.04
153	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	9.95
154	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	9.84
155	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	9.59
156	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	9.24
157	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	9.13
158	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	8.96
159	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	8.84
160	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	8.75
161	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	8.72
162	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8.61
163	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	8.23
164	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	8.20
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	7.43
166	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	7.30
167	Bolivia`BOL`South America	7.01
168	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	7.00
169	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	6.64
170	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	4.43
171	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.04
172	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3.63
173	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	3.16
174	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	3.09
175	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	3.00
176	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	2.98
177	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	2.72
178	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	2.50
179	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.05
180	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	1.78
181	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	1.72
182	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.57
183	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.33
184	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.82
185	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.74
186	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.62
187	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.54
188	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.50
189	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.42
190	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.29
191	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.25
192	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.09
193	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.08
194	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.00

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Faroe Islands7,468.75
2Malaysia2,166.75
3New Zealand1,401.54
4Bahrain1,335.92
5Ireland1,065.37

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 73.02. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
194values changed, of 194 in both
137 · 57rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Malaysia1,301.98 → 2,166.75+864.76
Bahrain671.71 → 1,335.92+664.22
Brunei103.00 → 431.75+328.75
Qatar75.17 → 300.07+224.90
Colombia406.53 → 546.94+140.41

Fell most

Faroe Islands7,562.50 → 7,468.75−93.75
Vietnam443.78 → 365.25−78.52
Mauritius227.96 → 163.20−64.76
Belize121.44 → 58.01−63.43
Ireland1,123.80 → 1,065.37−58.43

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 2010.
The position is ours
FAO publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 194 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

.csv
For a spreadsheet or code
194 rows · 7.1 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download fertilizer-use-2010-nations-inquiry.csv
↗
The publisher’s original
FAO’s own file, on its own site.
AG.CON.FERT.ZS

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) (2010). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/2010

0663 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2009
194 countries
The year after ›
Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2011
193 countries
All of them
Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare: every year
63 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions