Data for 2020

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2020

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2020
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2020, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2020 covers 199 countries. New Zealand is highest, at 1,725.89; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.00. The middle country reads 92.79. Against 2019, 190 values changed (116 up, 74 down), the same countries are covered.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 2020

HighestNew Zealand

1,725.89

Lowest2 countries share it

0.00

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

199countries
1measure
2020the 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, 2020, 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, 2020: 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	1,725.89
2	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1,591.18
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1,395.71
4	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,220.26
5	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,208.25
6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	960.38
7	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	842.86
8	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	546.67
9	Colombia`COL`South America	524.54
10	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	514.00
11	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	506.63
12	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	456.87
13	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	424.98
14	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	414.49
15	Belize`BLZ`Central America	402.60
16	Brazil`BRA`South America	365.71
17	Ecuador`ECU`South America	362.89
18	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	351.98
19	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	336.11
20	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	332.08
21	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	325.39
22	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	306.81
23	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	304.81
24	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	298.95
25	Chile`CHL`South America	291.55
26	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	276.61
27	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	268.26
28	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	266.40
29	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	263.00
30	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	258.58
31	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	257.64
32	Suriname`SUR`South America	252.35
33	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	248.91
34	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	243.05
35	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	240.31
36	Honduras`HND`Central America	238.37
37	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	237.09
38	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	233.17
39	Guyana`GUY`South America	228.35
40	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	218.72
41	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	217.11
42	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	216.01
43	India`IND`Southern Asia	210.69
44	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	208.41
45	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	204.74
46	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	199.73
47	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	197.75
48	Uruguay`URY`South America	193.95
49	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	181.95
50	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	181.52
51	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	180.73
52	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	180.00
53	France`FRA`Western Europe	179.54
54	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	178.20
55	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	177.26
56	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	177.25
57	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	175.13
58	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	170.65
59	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	167.56
60	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	167.14
61	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	163.24
62	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	162.62
63	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	160.31
64	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	155.15
65	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	155.07
66	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	151.28
67	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	150.48
68	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	150.00
69	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	149.64
70	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	147.56
71	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	144.22
72	Peru`PER`South America	141.50
73	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	140.00
74	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	137.97
75	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	136.49
76	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	136.30
77	United States`USA`Northern America	134.60
78	Paraguay`PRY`South America	133.44
79	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	130.92
80	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	130.28
81	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	130.10
82	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	129.81
83	Canada`CAN`Northern America	129.49
84	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	129.28
85	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	125.33
86	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	116.95
87	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	115.33
88	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	113.43
89	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	108.93
90	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	102.94
91	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	102.38
92	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	101.43
93	Panama`PAN`Central America	99.56
94	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	99.00
95	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	97.72
96	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	96.75
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	95.55
98	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	94.78
99	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	94.25
100	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	92.79
101	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	92.33
102	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	91.03
103	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	87.05
104	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	84.79
105	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	82.81
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	82.46
107	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	82.45
108	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	80.96
109	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	79.76
110	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	77.06
111	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	75.59
112	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	73.31
113	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	72.17
114	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	72.14
115	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	68.46
116	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	67.72
117	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	66.20
118	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	65.29
119	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	64.84
120	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	63.54
121	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	60.06
122	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	57.56
123	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	55.58
124	Argentina`ARG`South America	55.26
125	Venezuela`VEN`South America	53.98
126	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	52.13
127	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	51.50
128	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	50.57
129	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	50.11
130	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	48.17
131	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	47.49
132	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	44.74
133	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	44.24
134	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	42.30
135	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	39.89
136	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	38.61
137	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	38.45
138	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	36.84
139	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	35.79
140	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	33.80
141	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	33.67
142	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	29.10
143	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	26.67
144	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	25.57
145	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	25.33
146	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	24.18
147	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	22.65
148	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	22.56
149	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	21.57
150	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	21.27
151	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20.67
152	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	20.38
153	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	20.20
154	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	19.49
155	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	18.94
156	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	18.67
157	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	18.64
158	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	18.48
159	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	16.93
160	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	16.17
161	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	14.88
162	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	13.85
163	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.47
164	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	13.00
165	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	11.85
166	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	11.37
167	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	11.21
168	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	10.77
169	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	10.66
170	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	10.58
171	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9.96
172	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	9.51
173	Bolivia`BOL`South America	9.27
174	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	8.75
175	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	8.71
176	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	7.89
177	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	6.65
178	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	6.38
179	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	5.57
180	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	5.46
181	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	5.40
182	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	5.08
183	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	5.06
184	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.29
185	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	3.73
186	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.68
187	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2.67
188	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	2.48
189	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.44
190	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.09
191	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.85
192	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.79
193	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.78
194	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.59
195	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.24
196	Northern Mariana Islands`MNP`Micronesia	0.13
197	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.08
=198	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.00
=198	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.00

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1New Zealand1,725.89
2Malaysia1,591.18
3Bahrain1,395.71
4Ireland1,220.26
5Kuwait1,208.25

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 92.79. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
190values changed, of 199 in both
116 · 74rose · fell
9unchanged

Rose most

Faroe Islands242.42 → 842.86+600.43
Bahrain827.62 → 1,395.71+568.10
Kuwait946.88 → 1,208.25+261.38
Malaysia1,347.49 → 1,591.18+243.69
Suriname127.06 → 252.35+125.29

Fell most

Seychelles846.67 → 546.67−300.00
Dominica144.00 → 72.17−71.83
Bahamas170.63 → 102.38−68.25
South Korea366.53 → 304.81−61.72
Oman479.19 → 424.98−54.21

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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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 2020.
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.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2020). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/2020

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