Data for 2021

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2021

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2021
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2021, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2021 covers 194 countries. Malaysia is highest, at 2,148.05; Micronesia is lowest, at 0.00. The middle country reads 91.69. Against 2020, 178 values changed (67 up, 111 down), 5 left.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 2021

HighestMalaysia

2,148.05

LowestMicronesia

0.00

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

194countries
1measure
2021the 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, 2021, 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, 2021: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,148.05
2	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,445.05
3	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	1,395.71
4	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,303.11
5	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,208.25
6	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	866.29
7	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	546.67
8	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	541.89
9	Colombia`COL`South America	511.66
10	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	502.00
11	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	460.04
12	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	406.23
13	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	395.72
14	Brazil`BRA`South America	386.64
15	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	381.23
16	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	380.14
17	Belize`BLZ`Central America	378.14
18	Ecuador`ECU`South America	367.85
19	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	328.57
20	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	327.42
21	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	312.80
22	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	311.91
23	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	296.84
24	Chile`CHL`South America	287.17
25	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	282.19
26	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	281.48
27	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	273.26
28	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	270.93
29	Guyana`GUY`South America	263.64
30	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	252.75
31	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	249.03
32	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	248.91
33	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	241.44
34	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	240.24
35	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	232.03
36	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	227.00
37	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	219.35
38	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	216.11
39	Uruguay`URY`South America	211.08
40	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	210.72
41	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	209.81
42	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	208.08
43	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	200.00
44	India`IND`Southern Asia	193.60
45	Honduras`HND`Central America	191.12
46	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	188.19
47	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	186.49
48	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	184.55
49	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	177.25
50	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	177.19
51	Suriname`SUR`South America	175.48
52	France`FRA`Western Europe	171.65
53	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	169.46
54	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	169.36
55	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	165.49
56	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	162.50
57	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	161.93
58	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	157.99
59	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	157.44
60	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	156.23
61	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	156.06
62	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	153.94
63	Paraguay`PRY`South America	149.33
64	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	148.62
65	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	148.59
66	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	147.62
67	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	143.93
68	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	139.87
69	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	139.68
70	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	139.42
71	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	134.49
72	United States`USA`Northern America	130.59
73	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	130.14
74	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	129.53
75	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	128.26
76	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	127.80
77	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	126.36
78	Canada`CAN`Northern America	126.06
79	Panama`PAN`Central America	123.91
80	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	120.13
81	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	117.36
82	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	112.91
83	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	112.80
84	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	112.61
85	Peru`PER`South America	111.82
86	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	111.81
87	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	110.26
88	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	108.21
89	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	104.64
90	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	103.49
91	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	103.33
92	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	102.38
93	Mexico`MEX`Central America	101.24
94	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	98.31
95	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	98.08
96	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	92.50
97	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	92.19
98	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	91.19
99	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	90.37
100	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	88.58
101	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	86.67
102	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	81.47
103	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	78.49
104	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	76.17
105	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	74.99
106	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	73.00
107	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	72.10
108	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	68.71
109	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	68.52
110	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	68.29
111	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	65.29
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	63.90
113	Argentina`ARG`South America	62.15
114	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	62.02
115	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	59.27
116	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	58.22
117	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	53.70
118	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	53.05
119	Venezuela`VEN`South America	50.89
120	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	50.76
121	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	50.49
122	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	49.58
123	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	49.25
124	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	48.92
125	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	46.58
126	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	46.31
127	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	41.86
128	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	41.77
129	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	38.66
130	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	37.36
131	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	37.14
132	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	36.87
133	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	36.58
134	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	36.16
135	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	32.69
136	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	30.33
137	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	28.25
138	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	27.50
139	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	26.67
140	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	26.10
141	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	25.57
142	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	23.90
143	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	22.39
144	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20.67
145	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	19.07
146	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	18.87
147	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	17.97
148	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	17.96
149	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	16.83
150	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	16.00
151	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	15.77
152	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	15.50
153	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	14.72
154	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	12.26
155	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	11.35
156	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	11.32
157	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	11.09
158	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	10.26
159	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	9.93
160	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	9.75
161	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	9.34
162	Bolivia`BOL`South America	9.33
163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	8.85
164	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8.84
165	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	8.50
166	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8.09
167	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	7.43
168	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7.10
169	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	6.53
170	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	5.63
171	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	5.40
172	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	5.20
173	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4.72
174	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	4.61
175	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	4.45
176	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	4.05
177	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	4.04
178	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	3.98
179	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.81
180	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	3.73
181	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	3.38
182	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3.00
183	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2.67
184	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.44
185	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.24
186	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.09
187	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	2.06
188	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	2.00
189	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1.34
190	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.25
191	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.47
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.24
193	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.10
194	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	0.00

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Malaysia2,148.05
2New Zealand1,445.05
3Bahrain1,395.71
4Ireland1,303.11
5Kuwait1,208.25

Lowest

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 91.69. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −5countries joined / left
178values changed, of 194 in both
67 · 111rose · fell
16unchanged

Rose most

Malaysia1,591.18 → 2,148.05+556.87
Ireland1,220.26 → 1,303.11+82.85
Bangladesh325.39 → 395.72+70.33
French Polynesia266.40 → 312.80+46.40
Indonesia336.11 → 381.23+45.12

Fell most

Faroe Islands842.86 → 328.57−514.29
New Zealand1,725.89 → 1,445.05−280.84
Sri Lanka298.95 → 153.94−145.02
Costa Rica960.38 → 866.29−94.09
Serbia160.31 → 74.99−85.33

− American Samoa

− Cayman Islands

− Northern Mariana Islands

− San Marino

− United States Virgin Islands

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

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Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2021.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 194 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2021). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/2021

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