Fertiliser use in Europe and Central Asia
Farmers in Europe and Central Asia used 76.0 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2023.
Europe and Central Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Europe and Central Asia, 2023
76.0
Change from 2022
+1.5%
World, 2023
136.5 kg per hectare
Fertiliser use in Europe and Central Asia 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.
| Period | Europe and Central Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 76.0 kg per hectare | 136.5 kg per hectare |
| 2022 | 74.9 kg per hectare | 134.9 kg per hectare |
| 2021 | 85.1 kg per hectare | 142.6 kg per hectare |
| 2020 | 88.3 kg per hectare | 144.6 kg per hectare |
| 2019 | 82.7 kg per hectare | 135.5 kg per hectare |
| 2018 | 81.0 kg per hectare | 136.9 kg per hectare |
| 2017 | 83.8 kg per hectare | 138.0 kg per hectare |
| 2016 | 81.7 kg per hectare | 135.1 kg per hectare |
| 2015 | 78.7 kg per hectare | 132.9 kg per hectare |
| 2014 | 77.7 kg per hectare | 136.1 kg per hectare |
| 2013 | 78.1 kg per hectare | 133.2 kg per hectare |
| 2012 | 74.9 kg per hectare | 130.8 kg per hectare |
| 2011 | 73.0 kg per hectare | 133.5 kg per hectare |
| 2010 | 73.0 kg per hectare | 128.9 kg per hectare |
| 2009 | 66.5 kg per hectare | 117.6 kg per hectare |
| 2008 | 68.9 kg per hectare | 116.6 kg per hectare |
| 2007 | 78.7 kg per hectare | 124.3 kg per hectare |
| 2006 | 73.5 kg per hectare | 118.8 kg per hectare |
| 2005 | 71.5 kg per hectare | 115.3 kg per hectare |
| 2004 | 72.8 kg per hectare | 114.9 kg per hectare |
| 2003 | 73.7 kg per hectare | 109.6 kg per hectare |
| 2002 | 71.0 kg per hectare | 106.4 kg per hectare |
| 2001 | 71.3 kg per hectare | 103.1 kg per hectare |
| 2000 | 71.8 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 +1.5% from 74.9 kg per hectare in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 78.1 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −2.6%.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 136.5 kg per hectare.
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