Fertiliser use in Samoa

Farmers in Samoa used 0.8 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2015.

Measure: Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land Unit: Kilograms per hectare of arable land Data: 1975 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Samoa, 2024 0.8 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 −10.0% 2023: 0.9 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Samoa (2024).
Position in 2024 185th of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in Samoa 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), 2002 to 2024
Period Samoa
2024 0.8 kg per hectare
2023 0.9 kg per hectare
2022 3.7 kg per hectare
2021 3.7 kg per hectare
2020 2.4 kg per hectare
2019 5.5 kg per hectare
2018 5.0 kg per hectare
2017 1.3 kg per hectare
2016 3.6 kg per hectare
2015 0.3 kg per hectare
2014 0.2 kg per hectare
2013 0.9 kg per hectare
2012 0.1 kg per hectare
2011 0.9 kg per hectare
2010 1.3 kg per hectare
2009 4.4 kg per hectare
2008 5.4 kg per hectare
2007 3.8 kg per hectare
2006 2.3 kg per hectare
2005 3.4 kg per hectare
2004 3.3 kg per hectare
2003 1.8 kg per hectare
2002 0.8 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −10.0% from 0.9 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 0.2 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +272.0%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Samoa has the 185th 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
1975 to 2024 for Samoa
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)