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Fertiliser use in Namibia

Farmers in Namibia used 27.1 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2024.

Measure: Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land Unit: Kilograms per hectare of arable land Data: 1998 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Namibia, 2024 27.1 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 0% 2023: 27.1 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Namibia (2024).
Position in 2024 138th of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in Namibia 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), 1998 to 2024
Period Namibia
2024 27.1 kg per hectare
2023 27.1 kg per hectare
2022 14.9 kg per hectare
2021 3.7 kg per hectare
2020 3.7 kg per hectare
2019 25.5 kg per hectare
2018 40.0 kg per hectare
2017 25.0 kg per hectare
2016 26.1 kg per hectare
2015 13.7 kg per hectare
2014 6.1 kg per hectare
2013 10.9 kg per hectare
2012 15.0 kg per hectare
2011 6.6 kg per hectare
2010 4.4 kg per hectare
2009 1.6 kg per hectare
2008 0.3 kg per hectare
2007 2.5 kg per hectare
2006 2.8 kg per hectare
2005 1.9 kg per hectare
2004 3.2 kg per hectare
2003 1.4 kg per hectare
2002 3.9 kg per hectare
2001 0.4 kg per hectare
2000 0.4 kg per hectare
1999 0.4 kg per hectare
1998 0.1 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 6.1 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +341.8%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Namibia has the 138th highest value.

More for Namibia

All statistics for Namibia
Cereal yield 184 kg per hectare 2024 · World Bank Agricultural land 47.1% 2024 · World Bank Cost of a healthy diet Int$4.88e (Estimate) per person per day 2025 · FAOSTAT Healthy diet unaffordable 47.9%e (Estimate) 2025 · FAOSTAT Pesticide use 1.22e (Estimate) kg/ha 2024 · FAOSTAT Nitrogen fertiliser use 25.6e (Estimate) kg/ha 2024 · FAOSTAT

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
1998 to 2024 for Namibia
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)