Fertiliser use in Guinea-Bissau

Farmers in Guinea-Bissau used 1.1 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 1995.

Measure: Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land Unit: Kilograms per hectare of arable land Data: 1973 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Guinea-Bissau, 2024 1.1 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 −91.4% 2023: 12.7 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Guinea-Bissau (2024).
Position in 2024 183rd of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in Guinea-Bissau 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 Guinea-BissauWorld
2024 1.1 kg per hectare –
2023 12.7 kg per hectare 136.5 kg per hectare
2022 13.4 kg per hectare 134.9 kg per hectare
2021 17.9 kg per hectare 142.6 kg per hectare
2020 24.1 kg per hectare 144.6 kg per hectare
2019 20.3 kg per hectare 135.5 kg per hectare
2018 21.9 kg per hectare 136.9 kg per hectare
2017 23.7 kg per hectare 138.0 kg per hectare
2016 18.7 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2015 14.4 kg per hectare 132.9 kg per hectare
2014 14.5 kg per hectare 136.1 kg per hectare
2013 14.6 kg per hectare 133.2 kg per hectare
2012 14.1 kg per hectare 130.8 kg per hectare
2011 9.8 kg per hectare 133.5 kg per hectare
2010 15.7 kg per hectare 128.9 kg per hectare
2009 10.0 kg per hectare 117.6 kg per hectare
2008 9.9 kg per hectare 116.6 kg per hectare
2007 8.7 kg per hectare 124.3 kg per hectare
2006 14.2 kg per hectare 118.8 kg per hectare
2005 10.6 kg per hectare 115.3 kg per hectare
2004 9.7 kg per hectare 114.9 kg per hectare
2003 10.8 kg per hectare 109.6 kg per hectare
2002 9.7 kg per hectare 106.4 kg per hectare
2001 8.0 kg per hectare 103.1 kg per hectare
2000 8.0 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 −91.4% from 12.7 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 14.5 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −92.5%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Guinea-Bissau has the 183rd highest value.

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Source and dates

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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
1973 to 2024 for Guinea-Bissau
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)