Fertiliser use in Lebanon

Farmers in Lebanon used 259.0 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2018.

Measure: Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land Unit: Kilograms per hectare of arable land Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Lebanon, 2024 259.0 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 +37.8% 2023: 188.0 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Lebanon (2024).
Position in 2024 27th of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in Lebanon 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 LebanonWorld
2024 259.0 kg per hectare –
2023 188.0 kg per hectare 136.5 kg per hectare
2022 121.2 kg per hectare 134.9 kg per hectare
2021 146.3 kg per hectare 142.6 kg per hectare
2020 191.1 kg per hectare 144.6 kg per hectare
2019 231.7 kg per hectare 135.5 kg per hectare
2018 293.3 kg per hectare 136.9 kg per hectare
2017 288.0 kg per hectare 138.0 kg per hectare
2016 279.7 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2015 262.2 kg per hectare 132.9 kg per hectare
2014 288.0 kg per hectare 136.1 kg per hectare
2013 296.9 kg per hectare 133.2 kg per hectare
2012 331.7 kg per hectare 130.8 kg per hectare
2011 366.4 kg per hectare 133.5 kg per hectare
2010 365.0 kg per hectare 128.9 kg per hectare
2009 295.6 kg per hectare 117.6 kg per hectare
2008 290.8 kg per hectare 116.6 kg per hectare
2007 289.2 kg per hectare 124.3 kg per hectare
2006 228.2 kg per hectare 118.8 kg per hectare
2005 288.5 kg per hectare 115.3 kg per hectare
2004 357.3 kg per hectare 114.9 kg per hectare
2003 314.5 kg per hectare 109.6 kg per hectare
2002 263.4 kg per hectare 106.4 kg per hectare
2001 488.1 kg per hectare 103.1 kg per hectare
2000 405.1 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 +37.8% from 188.0 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 288.0 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −10.1%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Lebanon has the 27th 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
1961 to 2024 for Lebanon
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)