Fertiliser use in Nicaragua

Farmers in Nicaragua used 59.3 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2022.

Measure: Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land Unit: Kilograms per hectare of arable land Data: 1961 to 2022 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Nicaragua is for 2022. Most countries have figures for 2024.
Nicaragua, 2022 59.3 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2021 −13.7% 2021: 68.7 kg per hectare
World, 2022 134.9 kg per hectare Official aggregate

Fertiliser use in Nicaragua 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 2023
Period NicaraguaWorld
2023 – 136.5 kg per hectare
2022 59.3 kg per hectare 134.9 kg per hectare
2021 68.7 kg per hectare 142.6 kg per hectare
2020 77.1 kg per hectare 144.6 kg per hectare
2019 58.0 kg per hectare 135.5 kg per hectare
2018 58.3 kg per hectare 136.9 kg per hectare
2017 85.5 kg per hectare 138.0 kg per hectare
2016 59.2 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2015 57.9 kg per hectare 132.9 kg per hectare
2014 51.0 kg per hectare 136.1 kg per hectare
2013 34.4 kg per hectare 133.2 kg per hectare
2012 51.2 kg per hectare 130.8 kg per hectare
2011 51.6 kg per hectare 133.5 kg per hectare
2010 34.2 kg per hectare 128.9 kg per hectare
2009 35.0 kg per hectare 117.6 kg per hectare
2008 26.9 kg per hectare 116.6 kg per hectare
2007 31.6 kg per hectare 124.3 kg per hectare
2006 32.5 kg per hectare 118.8 kg per hectare
2005 28.9 kg per hectare 115.3 kg per hectare
2004 33.2 kg per hectare 114.9 kg per hectare
2003 33.9 kg per hectare 109.6 kg per hectare
2002 29.6 kg per hectare 106.4 kg per hectare
2001 10.1 kg per hectare 103.1 kg per hectare
2000 15.1 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 −13.7% from 68.7 kg per hectare in 2021.
  • Since 2012, when it was 51.2 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +15.9%.
  • The figure for the world in 2022 was 134.9 kg per hectare.

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 2022 for Nicaragua
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)