Fertiliser use in OECD members
Farmers in OECD member countries used 132.2 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2023.
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2023
132.2
Change from 2022
+2.2%
World, 2023
136.5 kg per hectare
Fertiliser use in OECD members 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 | OECD members | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 132.2 kg per hectare | 136.5 kg per hectare |
| 2022 | 129.4 kg per hectare | 134.9 kg per hectare |
| 2021 | 142.7 kg per hectare | 142.6 kg per hectare |
| 2020 | 146.0 kg per hectare | 144.6 kg per hectare |
| 2019 | 139.1 kg per hectare | 135.5 kg per hectare |
| 2018 | 139.7 kg per hectare | 136.9 kg per hectare |
| 2017 | 140.7 kg per hectare | 138.0 kg per hectare |
| 2016 | 138.9 kg per hectare | 135.1 kg per hectare |
| 2015 | 136.2 kg per hectare | 132.9 kg per hectare |
| 2014 | 135.6 kg per hectare | 136.1 kg per hectare |
| 2013 | 137.0 kg per hectare | 133.2 kg per hectare |
| 2012 | 134.4 kg per hectare | 130.8 kg per hectare |
| 2011 | 129.3 kg per hectare | 133.5 kg per hectare |
| 2010 | 127.3 kg per hectare | 128.9 kg per hectare |
| 2009 | 115.3 kg per hectare | 117.6 kg per hectare |
| 2008 | 111.5 kg per hectare | 116.6 kg per hectare |
| 2007 | 134.4 kg per hectare | 124.3 kg per hectare |
| 2006 | 129.8 kg per hectare | 118.8 kg per hectare |
| 2005 | 127.9 kg per hectare | 115.3 kg per hectare |
| 2004 | 130.5 kg per hectare | 114.9 kg per hectare |
| 2003 | 133.8 kg per hectare | 109.6 kg per hectare |
| 2002 | 125.3 kg per hectare | 106.4 kg per hectare |
| 2001 | 126.1 kg per hectare | 103.1 kg per hectare |
| 2000 | 126.5 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 +2.2% from 129.4 kg per hectare in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 137.0 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −3.5%.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 136.5 kg per hectare.
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