Fertiliser use in European Union
Farmers in the European Union used 126.4 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2023. The value for 2023 is the lowest since 2009.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2023
126.4
Change from 2022
−0.6%
World, 2023
136.5 kg per hectare
Fertiliser use in European Union 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 | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 126.4 kg per hectare | 136.5 kg per hectare |
| 2022 | 127.2 kg per hectare | 134.9 kg per hectare |
| 2021 | 150.6 kg per hectare | 142.6 kg per hectare |
| 2020 | 157.2 kg per hectare | 144.6 kg per hectare |
| 2019 | 153.2 kg per hectare | 135.5 kg per hectare |
| 2018 | 155.4 kg per hectare | 136.9 kg per hectare |
| 2017 | 159.2 kg per hectare | 138.0 kg per hectare |
| 2016 | 154.2 kg per hectare | 135.1 kg per hectare |
| 2015 | 153.9 kg per hectare | 132.9 kg per hectare |
| 2014 | 150.8 kg per hectare | 136.1 kg per hectare |
| 2013 | 149.9 kg per hectare | 133.2 kg per hectare |
| 2012 | 142.9 kg per hectare | 130.8 kg per hectare |
| 2011 | 138.5 kg per hectare | 133.5 kg per hectare |
| 2010 | 142.4 kg per hectare | 128.9 kg per hectare |
| 2009 | 121.2 kg per hectare | 117.6 kg per hectare |
| 2008 | 135.1 kg per hectare | 116.6 kg per hectare |
| 2007 | 167.6 kg per hectare | 124.3 kg per hectare |
| 2006 | 153.1 kg per hectare | 118.8 kg per hectare |
| 2005 | 154.5 kg per hectare | 115.3 kg per hectare |
| 2004 | 160.5 kg per hectare | 114.9 kg per hectare |
| 2003 | 165.4 kg per hectare | 109.6 kg per hectare |
| 2002 | 157.4 kg per hectare | 106.4 kg per hectare |
| 2001 | 158.0 kg per hectare | 103.1 kg per hectare |
| 2000 | 157.6 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 −0.6% from 127.2 kg per hectare in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 149.9 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −15.6%.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 136.5 kg per hectare.
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