Fertiliser use in Burundi

Farmers in Burundi used 75.3 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1966.

Measure: Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land Unit: Kilograms per hectare of arable land Data: 1966 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Burundi, 2024 75.3 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 +72.7% 2023: 43.6 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Burundi (2024).
Position in 2024 102nd of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in Burundi 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 BurundiWorld
2024 75.3 kg per hectare –
2023 43.6 kg per hectare 136.5 kg per hectare
2022 40.5 kg per hectare 134.9 kg per hectare
2021 19.1 kg per hectare 142.6 kg per hectare
2020 19.5 kg per hectare 144.6 kg per hectare
2019 19.9 kg per hectare 135.5 kg per hectare
2018 24.0 kg per hectare 136.9 kg per hectare
2017 18.3 kg per hectare 138.0 kg per hectare
2016 15.2 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2015 9.0 kg per hectare 132.9 kg per hectare
2014 12.0 kg per hectare 136.1 kg per hectare
2013 10.6 kg per hectare 133.2 kg per hectare
2012 6.2 kg per hectare 130.8 kg per hectare
2011 5.6 kg per hectare 133.5 kg per hectare
2010 3.6 kg per hectare 128.9 kg per hectare
2009 1.9 kg per hectare 117.6 kg per hectare
2008 2.1 kg per hectare 116.6 kg per hectare
2007 1.8 kg per hectare 124.3 kg per hectare
2006 3.2 kg per hectare 118.8 kg per hectare
2005 3.6 kg per hectare 115.3 kg per hectare
2004 1.1 kg per hectare 114.9 kg per hectare
2003 0.3 kg per hectare 109.6 kg per hectare
2002 1.3 kg per hectare 106.4 kg per hectare
2001 3.6 kg per hectare 103.1 kg per hectare
2000 3.6 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 +72.7% from 43.6 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 12.0 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +527.1%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Burundi has the 102nd highest value.

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
1966 to 2024 for Burundi
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)