Fertiliser use in Latin America and Caribbean
Farmers in Latin America and Caribbean used 173.9 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2023.
Latin America and Caribbean is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Latin America and Caribbean, 2023
173.9
Change from 2022
−3.8%
World, 2023
136.5 kg per hectare
Fertiliser use in Latin America and Caribbean 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 | Latin America and Caribbean | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 173.9 kg per hectare | 136.5 kg per hectare |
| 2022 | 180.8 kg per hectare | 134.9 kg per hectare |
| 2021 | 197.3 kg per hectare | 142.6 kg per hectare |
| 2020 | 190.3 kg per hectare | 144.6 kg per hectare |
| 2019 | 165.4 kg per hectare | 135.5 kg per hectare |
| 2018 | 168.1 kg per hectare | 136.9 kg per hectare |
| 2017 | 160.5 kg per hectare | 138.0 kg per hectare |
| 2016 | 143.8 kg per hectare | 135.1 kg per hectare |
| 2015 | 135.1 kg per hectare | 132.9 kg per hectare |
| 2014 | 158.0 kg per hectare | 136.1 kg per hectare |
| 2013 | 150.4 kg per hectare | 133.2 kg per hectare |
| 2012 | 134.9 kg per hectare | 130.8 kg per hectare |
| 2011 | 143.1 kg per hectare | 133.5 kg per hectare |
| 2010 | 121.1 kg per hectare | 128.9 kg per hectare |
| 2009 | 92.5 kg per hectare | 117.6 kg per hectare |
| 2008 | 119.0 kg per hectare | 116.6 kg per hectare |
| 2007 | 131.5 kg per hectare | 124.3 kg per hectare |
| 2006 | 111.3 kg per hectare | 118.8 kg per hectare |
| 2005 | 106.3 kg per hectare | 115.3 kg per hectare |
| 2004 | 128.5 kg per hectare | 114.9 kg per hectare |
| 2003 | 111.3 kg per hectare | 109.6 kg per hectare |
| 2002 | 99.9 kg per hectare | 106.4 kg per hectare |
| 2001 | 98.8 kg per hectare | 103.1 kg per hectare |
| 2000 | 95.4 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 −3.8% from 180.8 kg per hectare in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 150.4 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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