Fertiliser use in South Korea

Farmers in South Korea used 285.6 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
South Korea, 2024 285.6 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 +8.9% 2023: 262.3 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as South Korea (2024).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 151.5 kg per hectare Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 20th of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in South Korea 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 South KoreaWorld
2024 285.6 kg per hectare –
2023 262.3 kg per hectare 136.5 kg per hectare
2022 325.4 kg per hectare 134.9 kg per hectare
2021 281.5 kg per hectare 142.6 kg per hectare
2020 304.8 kg per hectare 144.6 kg per hectare
2019 366.5 kg per hectare 135.5 kg per hectare
2018 367.3 kg per hectare 136.9 kg per hectare
2017 353.4 kg per hectare 138.0 kg per hectare
2016 351.1 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2015 337.8 kg per hectare 132.9 kg per hectare
2014 345.9 kg per hectare 136.1 kg per hectare
2013 344.7 kg per hectare 133.2 kg per hectare
2012 351.8 kg per hectare 130.8 kg per hectare
2011 337.3 kg per hectare 133.5 kg per hectare
2010 330.3 kg per hectare 128.9 kg per hectare
2009 338.6 kg per hectare 117.6 kg per hectare
2008 304.5 kg per hectare 116.6 kg per hectare
2007 406.2 kg per hectare 124.3 kg per hectare
2006 333.7 kg per hectare 118.8 kg per hectare
2005 478.2 kg per hectare 115.3 kg per hectare
2004 453.2 kg per hectare 114.9 kg per hectare
2003 427.0 kg per hectare 109.6 kg per hectare
2002 418.0 kg per hectare 106.4 kg per hectare
2001 422.9 kg per hectare 103.1 kg per hectare
2000 456.0 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 +8.9% from 262.3 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 345.9 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −17.4%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, South Korea has the 20th highest value.

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Source and dates

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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
1961 to 2024 for South Korea
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)