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Fertiliser use in Paraguay

Farmers in Paraguay used 148.2 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1961.

Measure: Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land Unit: Kilograms per hectare of arable land Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Paraguay, 2024 148.2 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 +7.6% 2023: 137.7 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Paraguay (2024).
Position in 2024 65th of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in Paraguay 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 Paraguay
2024 148.2 kg per hectare
2023 137.7 kg per hectare
2022 96.7 kg per hectare
2021 147.1 kg per hectare
2020 131.4 kg per hectare
2019 122.5 kg per hectare
2018 131.2 kg per hectare
2017 127.1 kg per hectare
2016 125.6 kg per hectare
2015 112.5 kg per hectare
2014 123.1 kg per hectare
2013 107.6 kg per hectare
2012 92.1 kg per hectare
2011 106.9 kg per hectare
2010 87.8 kg per hectare
2009 66.1 kg per hectare
2008 74.7 kg per hectare
2007 93.6 kg per hectare
2006 72.2 kg per hectare
2005 65.3 kg per hectare
2004 77.9 kg per hectare
2003 65.8 kg per hectare
2002 47.7 kg per hectare
2001 21.4 kg per hectare
2000 21.6 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of +7.6% from 137.7 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 123.1 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +20.3%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Paraguay has the 65th highest value.

More for Paraguay

All statistics for Paraguay
Cereal yield 3,617 kg per hectare 2024 · World Bank Agricultural land 54.1% 2024 · World Bank Cost of a healthy diet Int$5.31e (Estimate) per person per day 2025 · FAOSTAT Healthy diet unaffordable 22.3%e (Estimate) 2025 · FAOSTAT Pesticide use 20.59e (Estimate) kg/ha 2024 · FAOSTAT Nitrogen fertiliser use 34.6e (Estimate) kg/ha 2024 · FAOSTAT

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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 Paraguay
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)