Fertiliser use in Puerto Rico (US)

Farmers in Puerto Rico (US) used 31.3 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: 2002 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Puerto Rico (US), 2024 31.3 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 0% 2023: 31.3 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Puerto Rico (US) (2024).
Position in 2024 134th of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in Puerto Rico (US) 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 Puerto Rico (US)World
2024 31.3 kg per hectare –
2023 31.3 kg per hectare 136.5 kg per hectare
2022 31.3 kg per hectare 134.9 kg per hectare
2021 48.9 kg per hectare 142.6 kg per hectare
2020 52.1 kg per hectare 144.6 kg per hectare
2019 58.5 kg per hectare 135.5 kg per hectare
2018 70.6 kg per hectare 136.9 kg per hectare
2017 54.3 kg per hectare 138.0 kg per hectare
2016 52.9 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2015 53.5 kg per hectare 132.9 kg per hectare
2014 55.9 kg per hectare 136.1 kg per hectare
2013 50.7 kg per hectare 133.2 kg per hectare
2012 94.7 kg per hectare 130.8 kg per hectare
2011 46.2 kg per hectare 133.5 kg per hectare
2010 57.5 kg per hectare 128.9 kg per hectare
2009 30.0 kg per hectare 117.6 kg per hectare
2008 55.5 kg per hectare 116.6 kg per hectare
2007 48.9 kg per hectare 124.3 kg per hectare
2006 49.2 kg per hectare 118.8 kg per hectare
2005 34.9 kg per hectare 115.3 kg per hectare
2004 33.5 kg per hectare 114.9 kg per hectare
2003 33.2 kg per hectare 109.6 kg per hectare
2002 60.7 kg per hectare 106.4 kg per hectare
2001 – 103.1 kg per hectare
2000 – 101.1 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 55.9 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −43.9%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Puerto Rico (US) has the 134th highest value.

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Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.CON.FERT.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2002 to 2024 for Puerto Rico (US)
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)