Which has higher fertilizer consumption, Denmark or Greece?

Denmark, at 268,767 tonnes against 264,633 tonnes in Greece as of 2023.

What is the difference in fertilizer consumption between Denmark and Greece?

4,134 tonnes, with Denmark ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Greece?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertilizer consumption. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Denmark vs Greece: Fertilizer consumption

Denmark

268,767 tonnes

in 2023

Greece

264,633 tonnes

in 2023

Denmark rank

54th

Greece rank

55th

Fertilizer consumption over time

Denmark
Greece

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 268,767 tonnes against 264,633 tonnes in Greece, a difference of 4,134 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 54th and Greece ranks 55th of 201 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Denmark averaged higher in 5 and Greece in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Denmark	Greece	Difference	Ahead
1960s	495,136 tonnes	249,542 tonnes	245,594 tonnes	Denmark
1970s	658,508 tonnes	450,744 tonnes	207,764 tonnes	Denmark
1980s	640,027 tonnes	627,682 tonnes	12,346 tonnes	Denmark
1990s	478,080 tonnes	552,210 tonnes	74,130 tonnes	Greece
2000s	317,093 tonnes	378,007 tonnes	60,914 tonnes	Greece
2010s	308,368 tonnes	284,401 tonnes	23,967 tonnes	Denmark
2020s	310,332 tonnes	297,788 tonnes	12,543 tonnes	Denmark

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertilizer consumption, Denmark or Greece?: Denmark, at 268,767 tonnes against 264,633 tonnes in Greece as of 2023.
What is the difference in fertilizer consumption between Denmark and Greece?: 4,134 tonnes, with Denmark ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Denmark and Greece?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Denmark and Greece rank globally for fertilizer consumption?: Denmark ranks 54th and Greece ranks 55th of 201 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertilizer consumption. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Denmark vs Greece: Fertilizer consumption. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/fertilizer-total-use/denmark/greece/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/compare/fertilizer-total-use/denmark/greece/">Denmark vs Greece: Fertilizer consumption</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Fertilizer consumption
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 201 places, 10,286 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Agricultural use from all fertilizer products (including nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers).