Fertiliser use in Canada

Farmers in Canada used 136.7 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
Canada, 2024 136.7 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 +3.2% 2023: 132.5 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Canada (2024).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 151.5 kg per hectare Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 70th of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in Canada 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 CanadaWorld
2024 136.7 kg per hectare –
2023 132.5 kg per hectare 136.5 kg per hectare
2022 117.0 kg per hectare 134.9 kg per hectare
2021 126.1 kg per hectare 142.6 kg per hectare
2020 129.5 kg per hectare 144.6 kg per hectare
2019 106.7 kg per hectare 135.5 kg per hectare
2018 111.8 kg per hectare 136.9 kg per hectare
2017 101.8 kg per hectare 138.0 kg per hectare
2016 99.3 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2015 104.4 kg per hectare 132.9 kg per hectare
2014 102.2 kg per hectare 136.1 kg per hectare
2013 96.5 kg per hectare 133.2 kg per hectare
2012 104.2 kg per hectare 130.8 kg per hectare
2011 96.9 kg per hectare 133.5 kg per hectare
2010 79.7 kg per hectare 128.9 kg per hectare
2009 71.6 kg per hectare 117.6 kg per hectare
2008 73.6 kg per hectare 116.6 kg per hectare
2007 78.8 kg per hectare 124.3 kg per hectare
2006 54.0 kg per hectare 118.8 kg per hectare
2005 70.6 kg per hectare 115.3 kg per hectare
2004 62.1 kg per hectare 114.9 kg per hectare
2003 66.7 kg per hectare 109.6 kg per hectare
2002 64.9 kg per hectare 106.4 kg per hectare
2001 60.4 kg per hectare 103.1 kg per hectare
2000 59.7 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 +3.2% from 132.5 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 102.2 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +33.8%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Canada has the 70th 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 Canada
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)