Fertiliser use in Papua New Guinea
Farmers in Papua New Guinea used 164.2 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1961.
Papua New Guinea, 2024
164.2
Change from 2023
+32.8%
World, 2023
136.5 kg per hectare
Position in 2024
56th of 190
Fertiliser use in Papua New Guinea 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 | Papua New Guinea | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 164.2 kg per hectare | – |
| 2023 | 123.7 kg per hectare | 136.5 kg per hectare |
| 2022 | 143.9 kg per hectare | 134.9 kg per hectare |
| 2021 | 108.2 kg per hectare | 142.6 kg per hectare |
| 2020 | 108.9 kg per hectare | 144.6 kg per hectare |
| 2019 | 118.9 kg per hectare | 135.5 kg per hectare |
| 2018 | 122.2 kg per hectare | 136.9 kg per hectare |
| 2017 | 112.1 kg per hectare | 138.0 kg per hectare |
| 2016 | 103.1 kg per hectare | 135.1 kg per hectare |
| 2015 | 98.1 kg per hectare | 132.9 kg per hectare |
| 2014 | 103.5 kg per hectare | 136.1 kg per hectare |
| 2013 | 98.8 kg per hectare | 133.2 kg per hectare |
| 2012 | 107.5 kg per hectare | 130.8 kg per hectare |
| 2011 | 85.5 kg per hectare | 133.5 kg per hectare |
| 2010 | 109.5 kg per hectare | 128.9 kg per hectare |
| 2009 | 103.9 kg per hectare | 117.6 kg per hectare |
| 2008 | 71.9 kg per hectare | 116.6 kg per hectare |
| 2007 | 72.1 kg per hectare | 124.3 kg per hectare |
| 2006 | 57.1 kg per hectare | 118.8 kg per hectare |
| 2005 | 71.4 kg per hectare | 115.3 kg per hectare |
| 2004 | 76.8 kg per hectare | 114.9 kg per hectare |
| 2003 | 37.9 kg per hectare | 109.6 kg per hectare |
| 2002 | 31.2 kg per hectare | 106.4 kg per hectare |
| 2001 | 56.2 kg per hectare | 103.1 kg per hectare |
| 2000 | 57.1 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 +32.8% from 123.7 kg per hectare in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 103.5 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +58.7%.
- Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Papua New Guinea has the 56th highest value.
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