Fertiliser use in Kuwait

Farmers in Kuwait used 2,487.5 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1977.

Measure: Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land Unit: Kilograms per hectare of arable land Data: 1977 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Kuwait, 2024 2,487.5 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 +23.9% 2023: 2,008.1 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Kuwait (2024).
Position in 2024 1st of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in Kuwait 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 Kuwait
2024 2,487.5 kg per hectare
2023 2,008.1 kg per hectare
2022 1,358.1 kg per hectare
2021 1,207.9 kg per hectare
2020 1,218.5 kg per hectare
2019 946.9 kg per hectare
2018 1,122.0 kg per hectare
2017 1,147.4 kg per hectare
2016 1,050.5 kg per hectare
2015 1,204.4 kg per hectare
2014 777.1 kg per hectare
2013 494.4 kg per hectare
2012 447.9 kg per hectare
2011 405.9 kg per hectare
2010 194.6 kg per hectare
2009 83.1 kg per hectare
2008 488.1 kg per hectare
2007 272.5 kg per hectare
2006 273.6 kg per hectare
2005 79.4 kg per hectare
2004 80.3 kg per hectare
2003 81.3 kg per hectare
2002 82.3 kg per hectare
2001 80.5 kg per hectare
2000 62.9 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +23.9% from 2,008.1 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 777.1 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +220.1%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Kuwait has the 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
1977 to 2024 for Kuwait
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)