Data for 2019

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2019

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2019
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2019, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2019 covers 199 countries. New Zealand is highest, at 1,677.29; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 84.49. Against 2018, 193 values changed (92 up, 101 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 2019

HighestNew Zealand

1,677.29

Lowest2 countries share it

0.00

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

199countries
1measure
2019the year it describes
198distinct 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, 2019, 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, 2019: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,677.29
2	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1,347.49
3	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,183.58
4	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	946.88
5	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	869.96
6	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	846.67
7	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	827.62
8	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	504.72
9	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	479.19
10	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	474.00
11	Colombia`COL`South America	464.19
12	Belize`BLZ`Central America	449.78
13	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	432.70
14	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	427.75
15	Ecuador`ECU`South America	380.86
16	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	366.53
17	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	320.45
18	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	304.32
19	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	298.68
20	Brazil`BRA`South America	296.98
21	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	292.78
22	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	275.20
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	273.80
24	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	272.47
25	Chile`CHL`South America	269.19
26	Guyana`GUY`South America	269.16
27	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	265.88
28	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	260.23
29	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	258.15
30	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	248.91
31	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	245.00
32	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	242.42
33	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	240.07
34	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	236.33
35	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	234.67
36	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	226.50
37	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	225.81
38	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	220.14
39	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	211.75
40	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	211.68
41	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	210.27
42	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	195.48
43	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	194.88
44	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	190.04
45	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	187.75
46	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	186.50
47	India`IND`Southern Asia	186.46
48	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	183.54
49	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	177.25
50	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	176.95
51	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	176.51
52	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	174.10
53	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	173.33
54	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	170.63
55	Uruguay`URY`South America	167.01
56	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	165.69
57	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	163.43
58	France`FRA`Western Europe	157.72
59	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	157.48
60	Honduras`HND`Central America	157.45
61	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	154.68
62	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	153.88
63	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	152.39
64	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	146.81
65	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	145.99
66	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	144.00
67	Peru`PER`South America	141.66
68	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	141.51
69	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	137.08
70	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	136.08
71	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	135.84
72	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	135.71
73	United States`USA`Northern America	130.09
74	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	129.18
75	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	128.01
76	Suriname`SUR`South America	127.06
77	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	125.97
78	Paraguay`PRY`South America	124.40
79	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	121.86
80	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	118.95
81	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	118.51
82	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	117.69
83	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	113.53
84	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	112.31
85	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	111.00
86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	108.62
87	Canada`CAN`Northern America	106.73
88	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	105.57
89	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	103.67
90	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	97.69
91	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	97.57
92	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	97.01
93	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	95.28
94	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	94.44
95	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	91.93
96	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	91.79
97	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	90.27
98	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	87.63
99	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	87.10
100	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	84.49
101	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	83.60
102	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	81.42
103	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	81.16
104	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	77.59
105	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	73.12
106	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	71.79
107	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	68.69
108	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	68.57
109	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	67.58
110	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	65.13
111	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	65.07
112	Panama`PAN`Central America	63.94
113	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	63.58
114	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	63.25
115	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	61.26
116	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	60.36
117	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	60.30
118	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	59.93
119	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	59.39
120	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	58.55
121	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	57.98
122	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	55.94
123	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	54.43
124	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	52.86
125	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	52.50
126	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	52.45
127	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	52.30
128	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	51.29
129	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	51.19
130	Argentina`ARG`South America	50.82
131	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	50.10
132	Venezuela`VEN`South America	47.14
133	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	46.32
134	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	43.89
135	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	43.63
136	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	42.76
137	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	42.35
138	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	40.14
139	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	39.86
140	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	32.93
141	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	29.98
142	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	29.50
143	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	29.43
144	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	26.67
145	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	26.31
146	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	25.57
147	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	25.51
148	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	25.04
149	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	22.67
150	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	22.59
151	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	22.31
152	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20.67
153	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	20.37
154	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	19.92
155	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	18.61
156	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	18.57
157	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	18.35
158	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	18.11
159	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	17.50
160	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	17.01
161	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	15.55
162	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	14.32
163	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	13.03
164	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	12.42
165	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	11.95
166	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	11.78
167	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	10.97
168	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	10.80
169	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	10.25
170	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	9.62
171	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	8.98
172	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	7.60
173	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	7.13
174	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	6.68
175	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	6.47
176	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	5.99
177	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	5.67
178	Bolivia`BOL`South America	5.64
179	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	5.40
180	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.14
181	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.32
182	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	4.26
183	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	4.22
184	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3.60
185	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.37
186	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	2.92
187	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.68
188	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2.67
189	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.41
190	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	1.78
191	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	1.50
192	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.29
193	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.85
194	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.84
195	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	0.25
196	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.24
197	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.09
=198	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00
=198	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.00

02In 2019

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1New Zealand1,677.29
2Malaysia1,347.49
3Ireland1,183.58
4Kuwait946.88
5Costa Rica869.96

Lowest

198Mongoliashared0.00
198Kiribatishared0.00
197South Sudan0.09
196Central African Republic0.24
195Northern Mariana Islands0.25

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 84.49. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032018 → 2019

Since 2018

What changed between 2018 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
193values changed, of 199 in both
92 · 101rose · fell
6unchanged

Rose most

Seychelles520.00 → 846.67+326.67
Bahrain534.76 → 827.62+292.86
Oman320.92 → 479.19+158.27
Dominica65.67 → 144.00+78.33
Tajikistan14.72 → 91.93+77.22

Fell most

Faroe Islands12,227.27 → 242.42−11,984.85
Malaysia1,953.73 → 1,347.49−606.23
Bermuda363.33 → 173.33−190.00
Bahamas348.50 → 170.63−177.88
Kuwait1,122.25 → 946.88−175.38

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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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 2019.
198 distinct values among 199
Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 2 countries share 0.00. 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 199 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2019). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2019 [data set], describing 2019. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/2019

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