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Updated: April 23, 2002

 
Data: Environment
Total Fertilizer Consumption in kg per hectare
Country (1)
Fertilizer per arable land in kg/ha (1961-1963)		 (2)
Fertilizer per arable land in kg/ha (1996-1998)		 Difference
(2) - (1)
kg/ha		 Difference
(2) - (1)
in %
Ireland 142 514 371.2 260.8
Spain 46 147 101.7 222.4
Italy 69 217 148.3 216.1
Greece 66 181 115.1 174.4
Portugal 56 129 72.5 128.8
France 135 271 135.4 100.0
Poland 59 115 55.9 94.9
Romania 21 39 18.2 87.3
Hungary 51 93 42.3 83.5
United Kingdom 199 358 160.0 80.6
Finland 95 144 49.0 51.6
Norway 178 220 42.0 23.6
Sweden 91 107 15.9 17.5
Bulgaria 37 42 4.3 11.4
Austria 173 184 10.9 6.3
Denmark 22 24 1.4 6.2
Netherlands 532 554 22.3 4.2
Belgium-Luxembourg 442 383 -58.5 -13.2
Germany 288 242 -45.7 -15.9

Source:

 FAO Statistical Database, FAO Rome (FAOSTAT)

Note:

 Please note that these are survey data based on voluntary replies from questionnaires. Total fertilizer consumption includes the consumption of nitrogenous fertilizers, phosphate fertilizers and potash fertilizers 
With the exception of Belgium / Luxembourg and Germany the intensity of fertilizer consumption (in kg per hectare) increased in all EU(15) countries between 1961-1963 and 1996-1998. The highest increase in the intensity of fertilizer consumption was reported from Ireland, Spain, and Italy, where it grew by more than 200 percent. 

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