Fertiliser use in American Samoa

Farmers in American Samoa used 14.4 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2020. The value for 2020 is the highest since 2011.

Measure: Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land Unit: Kilograms per hectare of arable land Data: 2002 to 2020 Source: World Bank
The latest value for American Samoa is for 2020. Most countries have figures for 2024.
American Samoa, 2020 14.4 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2019 +0.2% 2019: 14.3 kg per hectare
World, 2020 144.6 kg per hectare Official aggregate

Fertiliser use in American Samoa 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 2023
Period American SamoaWorld
2023 – 136.5 kg per hectare
2022 – 134.9 kg per hectare
2021 – 142.6 kg per hectare
2020 14.4 kg per hectare 144.6 kg per hectare
2019 14.3 kg per hectare 135.5 kg per hectare
2018 10.0 kg per hectare 136.9 kg per hectare
2017 12.1 kg per hectare 138.0 kg per hectare
2016 9.9 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2015 10.9 kg per hectare 132.9 kg per hectare
2014 8.2 kg per hectare 136.1 kg per hectare
2013 10.8 kg per hectare 133.2 kg per hectare
2012 11.4 kg per hectare 130.8 kg per hectare
2011 14.7 kg per hectare 133.5 kg per hectare
2010 18.1 kg per hectare 128.9 kg per hectare
2009 18.4 kg per hectare 117.6 kg per hectare
2008 22.8 kg per hectare 116.6 kg per hectare
2007 16.8 kg per hectare 124.3 kg per hectare
2006 16.5 kg per hectare 118.8 kg per hectare
2005 16.1 kg per hectare 115.3 kg per hectare
2004 19.3 kg per hectare 114.9 kg per hectare
2003 17.4 kg per hectare 109.6 kg per hectare
2002 19.3 kg per hectare 106.4 kg per hectare
2001 – 103.1 kg per hectare
2000 – 101.1 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.2% from 14.3 kg per hectare in 2019.
  • Since 2010, when it was 18.1 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −20.6%.
  • The figure for the world in 2020 was 144.6 kg per hectare.

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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
2002 to 2020 for American Samoa
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)