Fertiliser use in Afghanistan

Farmers in Afghanistan used 18.0 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2017.

Measure: Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land Unit: Kilograms per hectare of arable land Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Afghanistan, 2024 18.0 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 +172.6% 2023: 6.6 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Afghanistan (2024).
Position in 2024 148th of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in Afghanistan over time

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Kilograms per hectare of arable land. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land (kilograms per hectare of arable land), 2000 to 2024
Period AfghanistanWorld
2024 18.0 kg per hectare –
2023 6.6 kg per hectare 136.5 kg per hectare
2022 5.1 kg per hectare 134.9 kg per hectare
2021 5.2 kg per hectare 142.6 kg per hectare
2020 8.7 kg per hectare 144.6 kg per hectare
2019 11.0 kg per hectare 135.5 kg per hectare
2018 17.4 kg per hectare 136.9 kg per hectare
2017 20.5 kg per hectare 138.0 kg per hectare
2016 13.7 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2015 13.3 kg per hectare 132.9 kg per hectare
2014 10.2 kg per hectare 136.1 kg per hectare
2013 4.9 kg per hectare 133.2 kg per hectare
2012 2.4 kg per hectare 130.8 kg per hectare
2011 3.8 kg per hectare 133.5 kg per hectare
2010 1.8 kg per hectare 128.9 kg per hectare
2009 1.9 kg per hectare 117.6 kg per hectare
2008 1.9 kg per hectare 116.6 kg per hectare
2007 2.1 kg per hectare 124.3 kg per hectare
2006 3.2 kg per hectare 118.8 kg per hectare
2005 3.8 kg per hectare 115.3 kg per hectare
2004 4.2 kg per hectare 114.9 kg per hectare
2003 3.5 kg per hectare 109.6 kg per hectare
2002 3.2 kg per hectare 106.4 kg per hectare
2001 2.4 kg per hectare 103.1 kg per hectare
2000 0.7 kg per hectare 101.1 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +172.6% from 6.6 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 10.2 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +76.9%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Afghanistan has the 148th highest value.

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Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.CON.FERT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Afghanistan
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)