Fertiliser use in Romania

Farmers in Romania used 85.8 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: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Romania, 2024 85.8 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 −6.3% 2023: 91.6 kg per hectare
European Union, 2023 126.4 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Romania (2024).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2024 137.7 kg per hectare Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2024 99th of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in Romania 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 RomaniaEuropean Union
2024 85.8 kg per hectare –
2023 91.6 kg per hectare 126.4 kg per hectare
2022 90.3 kg per hectare 127.2 kg per hectare
2021 98.3 kg per hectare 150.6 kg per hectare
2020 87.1 kg per hectare 157.2 kg per hectare
2019 83.6 kg per hectare 153.2 kg per hectare
2018 83.2 kg per hectare 155.4 kg per hectare
2017 68.1 kg per hectare 159.2 kg per hectare
2016 59.9 kg per hectare 154.2 kg per hectare
2015 60.7 kg per hectare 153.9 kg per hectare
2014 51.5 kg per hectare 150.8 kg per hectare
2013 56.2 kg per hectare 149.9 kg per hectare
2012 49.8 kg per hectare 142.9 kg per hectare
2011 54.1 kg per hectare 138.5 kg per hectare
2010 52.5 kg per hectare 142.4 kg per hectare
2009 48.5 kg per hectare 121.2 kg per hectare
2008 45.6 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2007 44.6 kg per hectare 167.6 kg per hectare
2006 40.6 kg per hectare 153.1 kg per hectare
2005 51.4 kg per hectare 154.5 kg per hectare
2004 42.6 kg per hectare 160.5 kg per hectare
2003 38.6 kg per hectare 165.4 kg per hectare
2002 34.8 kg per hectare 157.4 kg per hectare
2001 39.4 kg per hectare 158.0 kg per hectare
2000 32.4 kg per hectare 157.6 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −6.3% from 91.6 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 51.5 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +66.4%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Romania has the 99th highest value.

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 2024 for Romania
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)