Fertiliser use in Cambodia

Farmers in Cambodia used 78.4 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1961.

Measure: Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land Unit: Kilograms per hectare of arable land Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Cambodia, 2024 78.4 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 +53.4% 2023: 51.1 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Cambodia (2024).
Position in 2024 101st of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in Cambodia 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 CambodiaWorld
2024 78.4 kg per hectare –
2023 51.1 kg per hectare 136.5 kg per hectare
2022 32.9 kg per hectare 134.9 kg per hectare
2021 49.6 kg per hectare 142.6 kg per hectare
2020 44.2 kg per hectare 144.6 kg per hectare
2019 42.8 kg per hectare 135.5 kg per hectare
2018 42.2 kg per hectare 136.9 kg per hectare
2017 39.8 kg per hectare 138.0 kg per hectare
2016 21.3 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2015 29.7 kg per hectare 132.9 kg per hectare
2014 26.9 kg per hectare 136.1 kg per hectare
2013 24.2 kg per hectare 133.2 kg per hectare
2012 26.9 kg per hectare 130.8 kg per hectare
2011 20.1 kg per hectare 133.5 kg per hectare
2010 15.6 kg per hectare 128.9 kg per hectare
2009 13.3 kg per hectare 117.6 kg per hectare
2008 9.9 kg per hectare 116.6 kg per hectare
2007 10.2 kg per hectare 124.3 kg per hectare
2006 10.3 kg per hectare 118.8 kg per hectare
2005 10.5 kg per hectare 115.3 kg per hectare
2004 6.8 kg per hectare 114.9 kg per hectare
2003 5.5 kg per hectare 109.6 kg per hectare
2002 6.9 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 +53.4% from 51.1 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 26.9 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +190.9%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Cambodia has the 101st 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
1961 to 2024 for Cambodia
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)