Which has higher fertilizer use by nutrient, Greece or Iraq?

Greece, at 174,442 tonnes against 169,729 tonnes in Iraq as of 2023.

What is the difference in fertilizer use by nutrient between Greece and Iraq?

4,713 tonnes, with Greece ahead.

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

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 use by nutrient. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Greece vs Iraq: Fertilizer use by nutrient

Greece

174,442 tonnes

in 2023

Iraq

169,729 tonnes

in 2023

Greece rank

55th

Iraq rank

56th

Fertilizer use by nutrient over time

Greece
Iraq

How they compare

Greece currently reports 174,442 tonnes against 169,729 tonnes in Iraq, a difference of 4,713 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Greece ahead.

Greece ranks 55th and Iraq ranks 56th of 202 countries.

Greece has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Greece	Iraq	Difference	Ahead
1960s	137,229 tonnes	4,279 tonnes	132,950 tonnes	Greece
1970s	267,229 tonnes	31,051 tonnes	236,177 tonnes	Greece
1980s	403,349 tonnes	105,992 tonnes	297,357 tonnes	Greece
1990s	344,790 tonnes	203,310 tonnes	141,480 tonnes	Greece
2000s	234,700 tonnes	219,090 tonnes	15,610 tonnes	Greece
2010s	182,739 tonnes	134,753 tonnes	47,986 tonnes	Greece
2020s	188,390 tonnes	175,715 tonnes	12,675 tonnes	Greece

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertilizer use by nutrient, Greece or Iraq?: Greece, at 174,442 tonnes against 169,729 tonnes in Iraq as of 2023.
What is the difference in fertilizer use by nutrient between Greece and Iraq?: 4,713 tonnes, with Greece ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Greece and Iraq?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Greece and Iraq rank globally for fertilizer use by nutrient?: Greece ranks 55th and Iraq ranks 56th of 202 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 use by nutrient. 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

Greece vs Iraq: Fertilizer use by nutrient. 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-use-nutrient/greece/iraq/

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-use-nutrient/greece/iraq/">Greece vs Iraq: Fertilizer use by nutrient</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Fertilizer use by nutrient
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: 202 places, 10,271 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Fertilizer use in the agricultural sector, which includes use for crops, livestock, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture.