Fertiliser use in Cuba

Farmers in Cuba used 3.3 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest 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
Cuba, 2024 3.3 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 −11.7% 2023: 3.8 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Cuba (2024).
Position in 2024 177th of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in Cuba 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 CubaWorld
2024 3.3 kg per hectare –
2023 3.8 kg per hectare 136.5 kg per hectare
2022 5.9 kg per hectare 134.9 kg per hectare
2021 25.6 kg per hectare 142.6 kg per hectare
2020 25.6 kg per hectare 144.6 kg per hectare
2019 25.6 kg per hectare 135.5 kg per hectare
2018 25.6 kg per hectare 136.9 kg per hectare
2017 34.2 kg per hectare 138.0 kg per hectare
2016 33.2 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2015 44.4 kg per hectare 132.9 kg per hectare
2014 54.9 kg per hectare 136.1 kg per hectare
2013 45.4 kg per hectare 133.2 kg per hectare
2012 43.5 kg per hectare 130.8 kg per hectare
2011 33.9 kg per hectare 133.5 kg per hectare
2010 37.2 kg per hectare 128.9 kg per hectare
2009 9.5 kg per hectare 117.6 kg per hectare
2008 37.3 kg per hectare 116.6 kg per hectare
2007 26.8 kg per hectare 124.3 kg per hectare
2006 29.8 kg per hectare 118.8 kg per hectare
2005 20.3 kg per hectare 115.3 kg per hectare
2004 16.2 kg per hectare 114.9 kg per hectare
2003 14.9 kg per hectare 109.6 kg per hectare
2002 37.3 kg per hectare 106.4 kg per hectare
2001 54.3 kg per hectare 103.1 kg per hectare
2000 34.8 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 −11.7% from 3.8 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 54.9 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −93.9%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Cuba has the 177th 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 Cuba
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)