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Fertilizer consumption (FAO (2017) & Federico (2008))
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2014; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
257.1kilograms per hectare
Median: 98.4kilograms per hectare
Countries Covered
163
with available data
Highest
Qatar
12,111.5kilograms per hectare
Lowest
Central African Republic
0.3kilograms per hectare
Top 5 Countries
1Qatar12,111.5kilograms per hectare
2Malaysia2,063.9kilograms per hectare
3Hong Kong1,966.5kilograms per hectare
4New Zealand1,491.0kilograms per hectare
5Bahrain1,318.8kilograms per hectare
By Region
Asia881.2kilograms per hectare(26 countries)
Oceania772.6kilograms per hectare(2 countries)
South America271.5kilograms per hectare(7 countries)
Europe176.4kilograms per hectare(32 countries)
North America145.0kilograms per hectare(4 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.3kilograms per hectare)High (12,111.5kilograms per hectare)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 257.1kilograms per hectare)
Asia (26)
Oceania (2)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
North America (4)
Other (83)
Africa (9)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2014; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 12,111.5kilograms per hectare |
| 2 | Malaysia | 2,063.9kilograms per hectare |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 1,966.5kilograms per hectare |
| 4 | New Zealand | 1,491.0kilograms per hectare |
| 5 | Bahrain | 1,318.8kilograms per hectare |
| 6 | Singapore | 1,076.8kilograms per hectare |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 870.5kilograms per hectare |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 846.4kilograms per hectare |
| 9 | Colombia | 708.6kilograms per hectare |
| 10 | Egypt | 662.5kilograms per hectare |
| 11 | Seychelles | 575.0kilograms per hectare |
| 12 | People's Republic of China | 565.3kilograms per hectare |
| 13 | Ireland | 511.0kilograms per hectare |
| 14 | Lebanon | 473.9kilograms per hectare |
| 15 | Malta | 468.0kilograms per hectare |
| 16 | Kuwait | 431.3kilograms per hectare |
| 17 | Luxembourg | 413.5kilograms per hectare |
| 18 | South Korea | 399.9kilograms per hectare |
| 19 | Vietnam | 397.4kilograms per hectare |
| 20 | Jordan | 388.0kilograms per hectare |
| 21 | Ecuador | 362.0kilograms per hectare |
| 22 | Chile | 343.3kilograms per hectare |
| 23 | New Caledonia | 287.3kilograms per hectare |
| 24 | Belgium | 287.2kilograms per hectare |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 279.2kilograms per hectare |
| 26 | Montenegro | 271.9kilograms per hectare |
| 27 | Guatemala | 269.3kilograms per hectare |
| 28 | Oman | 260.3kilograms per hectare |
| 29 | Slovenia | 260.0kilograms per hectare |
| 30 | Croatia | 251.0kilograms per hectare |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 245.2kilograms per hectare |
| 32 | United Kingdom | 243.4kilograms per hectare |
| 33 | Saudi Arabia | 242.2kilograms per hectare |
| 34 | Netherlands | 241.2kilograms per hectare |
| 35 | Japan | 240.6kilograms per hectare |
| 36 | Israel | 239.3kilograms per hectare |
| 37 | Poland | 231.6kilograms per hectare |
| 38 | Uzbekistan | 219.8kilograms per hectare |
| 39 | Germany | 217.7kilograms per hectare |
| 40 | Belarus | 214.9kilograms per hectare |
| 41 | Indonesia | 211.8kilograms per hectare |
| 42 | Mauritius | 211.7kilograms per hectare |
| 43 | Saint Lucia | 208.3kilograms per hectare |
| 44 | Maldives | 207.4kilograms per hectare |
| 45 | Iceland | 201.7kilograms per hectare |
| 46 | Norway | 201.4kilograms per hectare |
| 47 | Switzerland | 197.2kilograms per hectare |
| 48 | French Polynesia | 196.0kilograms per hectare |
| 49 | Suriname | 190.6kilograms per hectare |
| 50 | Portugal | 184.8kilograms per hectare |
| 51 | Philippines | 183.1kilograms per hectare |
| 52 | Venezuela | 179.6kilograms per hectare |
| 53 | Cyprus | 175.9kilograms per hectare |
| 54 | Brazil | 175.2kilograms per hectare |
| 55 | India | 165.1kilograms per hectare |
| 56 | Uruguay | 164.9kilograms per hectare |
| 57 | Belize | 159.1kilograms per hectare |
| 58 | Serbia | 157.2kilograms per hectare |
| 59 | Greece | 157.2kilograms per hectare |
| 60 | Thailand | 152.3kilograms per hectare |
| 61 | France | 151.5kilograms per hectare |
| 62 | Spain | 151.4kilograms per hectare |
| 63 | Georgia | 151.2kilograms per hectare |
| 64 | Brunei Darussalam | 141.8kilograms per hectare |
| 65 | United States of America | 137.6kilograms per hectare |
| 66 | Pakistan | 134.4kilograms per hectare |
| 67 | Bulgaria | 133.1kilograms per hectare |
| 68 | Italy | 130.9kilograms per hectare |
| 69 | Czech Republic | 128.8kilograms per hectare |
| 70 | Slovakia | 124.2kilograms per hectare |
| 71 | El Salvador | 123.1kilograms per hectare |
| 72 | Denmark | 120.5kilograms per hectare |
| 73 | Peru | 110.8kilograms per hectare |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 109.2kilograms per hectare |
| 75 | Papua New Guinea | 107.3kilograms per hectare |
| 76 | Türkiye | 105.3kilograms per hectare |
| 77 | Paraguay | 105.2kilograms per hectare |
| 78 | Austria | 103.9kilograms per hectare |
| 79 | Lithuania | 102.3kilograms per hectare |
| 80 | Latvia | 100.4kilograms per hectare |
| 81 | Hungary | 99.1kilograms per hectare |
| 82 | Honduras | 98.4kilograms per hectare |
| 83 | Sweden | 92.8kilograms per hectare |
| 84 | Finland | 92.2kilograms per hectare |
| 85 | Canada | 89.4kilograms per hectare |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 88.2kilograms per hectare |
| 87 | Albania | 87.7kilograms per hectare |
| 88 | Estonia | 86.1kilograms per hectare |
| 89 | Tajikistan | 84.4kilograms per hectare |
| 90 | Mexico | 83.6kilograms per hectare |
| 91 | Dominica | 78.8kilograms per hectare |
| 92 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 71.7kilograms per hectare |
| 93 | Panama | 70.1kilograms per hectare |
| 94 | Trinidad and Tobago | 68.4kilograms per hectare |
| 95 | Nepal | 67.4kilograms per hectare |
| 96 | Morocco | 66.7kilograms per hectare |
| 97 | Jamaica | 65.5kilograms per hectare |
| 98 | South Africa | 60.6kilograms per hectare |
| 99 | Botswana | 58.3kilograms per hectare |
| 100 | Cuba | 58.2kilograms per hectare |
| 101 | Australia | 54.2kilograms per hectare |
| 102 | Romania | 51.5kilograms per hectare |
| 103 | Algeria | 51.3kilograms per hectare |
| 104 | Nicaragua | 50.9kilograms per hectare |
| 105 | Barbados | 46.6kilograms per hectare |
| 106 | Zambia | 46.2kilograms per hectare |
| 107 | Ukraine | 45.2kilograms per hectare |
| 108 | Armenia | 42.3kilograms per hectare |
| 109 | Cote d'Ivoire | 40.2kilograms per hectare |
| 110 | Moldova, Republic of | 39.8kilograms per hectare |
| 111 | Guyana | 39.5kilograms per hectare |
| 112 | Malawi | 36.5kilograms per hectare |
| 113 | Argentina | 36.0kilograms per hectare |
| 114 | Mongolia | 33.0kilograms per hectare |
| 115 | Tonga | 32.9kilograms per hectare |
| 116 | Iraq | 31.9kilograms per hectare |
| 117 | Tunisia | 31.8kilograms per hectare |
| 118 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 31.6kilograms per hectare |
| 119 | Fiji | 30.0kilograms per hectare |
| 120 | Cambodia | 29.7kilograms per hectare |
| 121 | Zimbabwe | 29.4kilograms per hectare |
| 122 | Mali | 29.1kilograms per hectare |
| 123 | Azerbaijan | 26.3kilograms per hectare |
| 124 | Ethiopia | 26.0kilograms per hectare |
| 125 | Kyrgyzstan | 23.1kilograms per hectare |
| 126 | Myanmar | 20.5kilograms per hectare |
| 127 | Yemen | 18.5kilograms per hectare |
| 128 | Burkina Faso | 15.8kilograms per hectare |
| 129 | Russian Federation | 15.7kilograms per hectare |
| 130 | Ghana | 15.7kilograms per hectare |
| 131 | Bhutan | 15.1kilograms per hectare |
| 132 | Mozambique | 14.9kilograms per hectare |
| 133 | Afghanistan | 12.3kilograms per hectare |
| 134 | Benin | 12.2kilograms per hectare |
| 135 | Rwanda | 11.8kilograms per hectare |
| 136 | Gabon | 11.4kilograms per hectare |
| 137 | Kenya | 11.3kilograms per hectare |
| 138 | Sudan | 11.1kilograms per hectare |
| 139 | Nigeria | 10.9kilograms per hectare |
| 140 | Burundi | 10.9kilograms per hectare |
| 141 | Cameroon | 9.3kilograms per hectare |
| 142 | Togo | 9.2kilograms per hectare |
| 143 | Bolivia | 9.1kilograms per hectare |
| 144 | United Republic of Tanzania | 8.4kilograms per hectare |
| 145 | Antigua and Barbuda | 8.0kilograms per hectare |
| 146 | Angola | 7.0kilograms per hectare |
| 147 | Senegal | 6.7kilograms per hectare |
| 148 | Republic of The Gambia | 5.6kilograms per hectare |
| 149 | Madagascar | 5.5kilograms per hectare |
| 150 | Syrian Arab Republic | 5.4kilograms per hectare |
| 151 | Libya | 4.6kilograms per hectare |
| 152 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.0kilograms per hectare |
| 153 | Samoa | 4.0kilograms per hectare |
| 154 | Kazakhstan | 3.4kilograms per hectare |
| 155 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2.6kilograms per hectare |
| 156 | Namibia | 2.2kilograms per hectare |
| 157 | Republic of the Congo | 1.9kilograms per hectare |
| 158 | Uganda | 1.7kilograms per hectare |
| 159 | Niger | 1.1kilograms per hectare |
| 160 | Guinea | 1.0kilograms per hectare |
| 161 | Eritrea | 0.7kilograms per hectare |
| 162 | Marshall Islands | 0.5kilograms per hectare |
| 163 | Central African Republic | 0.3kilograms per hectare |
Showing 163 of 163 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2014).
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