Data for 2023

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2023

Name: Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2023
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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2023, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2023 covers 191 countries. Malaysia is highest, at 2,926.429; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 87.356. Against 2022, 162 values changed (89 up, 73 down), 2 left.

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Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare · Data for 2023

HighestMalaysia

2,926.429

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

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

191countries
1measure
2023the year it describes
188distinct 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, 2023, 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, 2023: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	2,926.429
2	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	2,008.500
3	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1,291.131
4	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1,024.547
5	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	895.870
6	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	614.286
7	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	573.333
8	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	532.775
9	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	484.000
10	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	419.950
11	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	394.020
12	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	391.888
13	Colombia`COL`South America	372.911
14	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	347.310
15	Brazil`BRA`South America	344.086
16	Belize`BLZ`Central America	337.540
17	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	326.889
18	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	311.072
19	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	303.042
20	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	301.458
21	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	287.332
22	Suriname`SUR`South America	285.641
23	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	262.313
24	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	251.381
25	Chile`CHL`South America	249.516
26	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	248.911
27	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	248.257
28	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	240.238
29	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	238.020
30	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	231.132
31	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	221.030
32	Ecuador`ECU`South America	216.911
33	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	205.144
34	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	202.844
35	Guyana`GUY`South America	201.443
36	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	200.000
37	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	199.523
38	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	199.449
39	India`IND`Southern Asia	199.141
40	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	198.942
41	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	196.647
42	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	191.662
43	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	191.439
44	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	190.092
45	Honduras`HND`Central America	187.971
46	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	179.157
47	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	177.250
48	Uruguay`URY`South America	174.383
49	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	172.120
50	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	171.102
51	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	170.243
52	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	169.020
53	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	160.258
54	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	160.000
55	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	155.601
56	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	155.360
57	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	153.938
58	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	142.697
59	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	142.180
60	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	139.557
61	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	137.801
62	Paraguay`PRY`South America	137.652
63	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	137.500
64	Canada`CAN`Northern America	132.841
65	France`FRA`Western Europe	131.323
66	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	130.400
67	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	128.576
68	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	128.295
69	United States`USA`Northern America	127.797
70	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	123.658
71	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	122.423
72	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	115.139
73	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	114.107
74	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	113.645
75	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	113.435
76	Panama`PAN`Central America	112.579
77	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	111.781
78	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	108.397
79	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	106.416
80	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	106.321
81	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	103.138
82	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	102.689
83	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	101.160
84	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	97.289
85	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	94.504
86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	94.249
87	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	93.803
88	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	93.520
89	Peru`PER`South America	93.465
90	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	93.077
91	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	92.938
92	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	92.750
93	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	91.567
94	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	89.551
95	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	89.525
96	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	87.356
97	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	87.168
98	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	80.949
99	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	77.406
100	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	77.350
101	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	77.271
102	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	77.187
103	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	74.862
104	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	74.596
105	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	69.500
106	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	68.289
107	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	68.000
108	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	67.843
109	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	66.084
110	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	64.667
111	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	64.218
112	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	59.192
113	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	55.054
114	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	54.267
115	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	51.090
116	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	51.083
117	Venezuela`VEN`South America	50.886
118	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	50.531
119	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	50.461
120	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	50.268
121	Argentina`ARG`South America	50.189
122	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	49.897
123	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	47.432
124	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	46.667
125	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	45.322
126	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	43.844
127	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	43.785
128	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	42.522
129	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	40.202
130	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	38.955
131	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	36.693
132	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	33.171
133	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	32.429
134	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	31.835
135	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	28.890
136	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	28.729
137	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	28.333
138	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	27.065
139	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	26.667
140	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	26.213
141	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	25.656
142	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	24.721
143	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	22.041
144	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	20.706
145	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	20.675
146	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	17.772
147	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	17.362
148	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	17.318
149	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	16.403
150	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	15.575
151	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	15.130
152	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	14.683
153	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	13.599
154	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	12.226
155	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	11.676
156	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	10.336
157	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	9.810
158	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	8.930
159	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	8.698
160	Bolivia`BOL`South America	8.548
161	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	8.539
162	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	8.524
163	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	8.500
164	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	8.497
165	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	7.500
166	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	7.283
167	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	7.103
168	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	6.595
169	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	6.526
170	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	6.000
171	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	5.400
172	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	4.550
173	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	4.406
174	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4.239
175	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	4.031
176	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	3.879
177	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3.783
178	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	3.540
179	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	3.329
180	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	2.909
181	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	2.788
182	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	2.666
183	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	1.874
184	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.027
185	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.772
186	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.187
187	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.044
=188	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	0.000
=188	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	0.000
=188	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.000
=188	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.000

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Malaysia2,926.429
2Kuwait2,008.500
3New Zealand1,291.131
4Costa Rica1,024.547
5Ireland895.870

Lowest

188Solomon Islandsshared0.000
188Kiribatishared0.000
188Dominicashared0.000
188Antigua and Barbudashared0.000
187Central African Republic0.044

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 87.356. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −2countries joined / left
162values changed, of 191 in both
89 · 73rose · fell
29unchanged

Rose most

Malaysia1,612.105 → 2,926.429+1,314.324
Kuwait1,358.500 → 2,008.500+650.000
Faroe Islands171.429 → 614.286+442.857
Belize126.230 → 337.540+211.310
Costa Rica898.665 → 1,024.547+125.881

Fell most

New Zealand1,633.433 → 1,291.131−342.303
Ireland1,056.159 → 895.870−160.289
Ecuador325.921 → 216.911−109.010
French Polynesia226.000 → 130.400−95.600
Philippines285.425 → 199.449−85.976

− Somalia

− Timor-Leste

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 2023.
188 distinct values among 191
Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 4 countries share 0.000. 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 191 countries has every column.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2023). Fertilizer Consumption per Hectare, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/fertilizer-use/2023

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