Data for 2022

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2022

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2022
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2022, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2022 covers 193 countries. New Zealand is highest, at 1,633.433; Kiribati is lowest, at 0.000. The middle country reads 72.700. Against 2021, 180 values changed (58 up, 122 down), 1 left.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 2022

HighestNew Zealand

1,633.433

LowestKiribati

0.000

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

193countries
1measure
2022the year it describes
193distinct 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, 2022, 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, 2022: 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	1,633.433
2	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1,612.105
3	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	1,358.500
4	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1,056.159
5	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	898.665
6	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	532.775
7	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	506.667
8	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	484.000
9	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	418.425
10	Colombia`COL`South America	405.133
11	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	395.139
12	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	388.941
13	Brazil`BRA`South America	363.002
14	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	344.510
15	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	343.242
16	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	326.870
17	Ecuador`ECU`South America	325.921
18	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	325.433
19	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	311.088
20	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	285.425
21	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	267.296
22	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	248.911
23	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	240.266
24	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	240.238
25	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	237.159
26	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	227.528
27	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	226.000
28	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	223.821
29	Chile`CHL`South America	220.154
30	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	215.850
31	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	210.913
32	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	201.746
33	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	200.000
34	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	199.523
35	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	198.273
36	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	195.411
37	India`IND`Southern Asia	193.755
38	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	193.507
39	Honduras`HND`Central America	191.108
40	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	191.000
41	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	188.576
42	Suriname`SUR`South America	185.720
43	Guyana`GUY`South America	185.052
44	Uruguay`URY`South America	177.999
45	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	177.250
46	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	176.160
47	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	171.429
48	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	164.093
49	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	160.681
50	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	158.565
51	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	156.491
52	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	153.938
53	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	152.140
54	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	146.917
55	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	143.873
56	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	142.779
57	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	141.394
58	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	141.002
59	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	137.500
60	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	132.597
61	France`FRA`Western Europe	130.619
62	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	128.548
63	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	127.917
64	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	127.837
65	United States`USA`Northern America	127.805
66	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	127.742
67	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	126.413
68	Belize`BLZ`Central America	126.230
69	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	126.033
70	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	123.743
71	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	120.871
72	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	119.321
73	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	118.902
74	Canada`CAN`Northern America	117.040
75	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	116.870
76	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	114.465
77	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	113.921
78	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	110.603
79	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	108.326
80	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	106.570
81	Peru`PER`South America	103.283
82	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	102.669
83	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	101.659
84	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	100.513
85	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	97.418
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	96.706
87	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	96.133
88	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	93.349
89	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	91.466
90	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	90.476
91	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	90.264
92	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	86.491
93	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	85.779
94	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	80.949
95	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	77.350
96	Mexico`MEX`Central America	76.786
97	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	72.700
98	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	69.531
99	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	69.500
100	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	68.289
101	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	68.000
102	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	67.843
103	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	65.641
104	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	64.667
105	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	64.562
106	Argentina`ARG`South America	63.304
107	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	62.005
108	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	61.043
109	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	60.000
110	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	59.858
111	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	59.292
112	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	59.289
113	Panama`PAN`Central America	59.191
114	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	58.093
115	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	55.639
116	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	51.108
117	Venezuela`VEN`South America	50.886
118	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	47.857
119	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	47.778
120	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	47.667
121	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	44.661
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	42.462
123	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	39.789
124	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	39.161
125	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	38.407
126	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	37.809
127	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	37.276
128	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	37.050
129	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	36.875
130	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	36.693
131	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	33.247
132	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	32.931
133	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	30.781
134	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	29.759
135	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	29.478
136	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	28.333
137	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	28.213
138	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	26.667
139	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	25.656
140	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	24.708
141	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	24.050
142	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	23.710
143	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	23.376
144	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20.675
145	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	20.314
146	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	18.524
147	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	16.320
148	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	14.923
149	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	13.863
150	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	13.297
151	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	13.259
152	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	13.229
153	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	12.694
154	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	12.226
155	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	11.676
156	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	11.662
157	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	11.000
158	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	10.548
159	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	8.524
160	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8.198
161	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	7.991
162	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	7.660
163	Bolivia`BOL`South America	7.531
164	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	7.491
165	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	7.281
166	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	7.250
167	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7.102
168	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	7.069
169	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	6.877
170	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.526
171	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	6.419
172	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	5.931
173	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	5.546
174	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	5.400
175	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	5.150
176	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	5.100
177	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	5.067
178	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	4.500
179	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	4.046
180	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	3.948
181	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3.873
182	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	3.809
183	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3.140
184	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2.666
185	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	2.615
186	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	2.236
187	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.060
188	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.176
189	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.468
190	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.129
191	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.085
192	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.011
193	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1New Zealand1,633.433
2Malaysia1,612.105
3Kuwait1,358.500
4Ireland1,056.159
5Costa Rica898.665

Lowest

193Kiribati0.000
192Central African Republic0.011
191South Sudan0.085
190Somalia0.129
189Niger0.468

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 72.700. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −1countries joined / left
180values changed, of 193 in both
58 · 122rose · fell
13unchanged

Rose most

New Zealand1,445.045 → 1,633.433+188.388
Kuwait1,208.250 → 1,358.500+150.250
Jordan88.584 → 223.821+135.237
Bosnia and Herzegovina62.021 → 158.565+96.544
Thailand147.621 → 227.528+79.906

Fell most

Bahrain1,395.714 → 90.476−1,305.238
Malaysia2,148.049 → 1,612.105−535.944
Belize378.140 → 126.230−251.910
Ireland1,303.106 → 1,056.159−246.946
Faroe Islands328.571 → 171.429−157.143

− Bahamas

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 2022.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 193 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2022). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/2022

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