Fertiliser use in Sub-Saharan Africa
Farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa used 19.3 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2023.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2023
19.3
Change from 2022
+8.3%
World, 2023
136.5 kg per hectare
Fertiliser use in Sub-Saharan Africa 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.
| Period | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 19.3 kg per hectare | 136.5 kg per hectare |
| 2022 | 17.8 kg per hectare | 134.9 kg per hectare |
| 2021 | 20.4 kg per hectare | 142.6 kg per hectare |
| 2020 | 22.8 kg per hectare | 144.6 kg per hectare |
| 2019 | 19.9 kg per hectare | 135.5 kg per hectare |
| 2018 | 18.1 kg per hectare | 136.9 kg per hectare |
| 2017 | 19.4 kg per hectare | 138.0 kg per hectare |
| 2016 | 16.3 kg per hectare | 135.1 kg per hectare |
| 2015 | 14.4 kg per hectare | 132.9 kg per hectare |
| 2014 | 14.5 kg per hectare | 136.1 kg per hectare |
| 2013 | 14.1 kg per hectare | 133.2 kg per hectare |
| 2012 | 13.8 kg per hectare | 130.8 kg per hectare |
| 2011 | 13.2 kg per hectare | 133.5 kg per hectare |
| 2010 | 14.1 kg per hectare | 128.9 kg per hectare |
| 2009 | 12.1 kg per hectare | 117.6 kg per hectare |
| 2008 | 12.3 kg per hectare | 116.6 kg per hectare |
| 2007 | 12.1 kg per hectare | 124.3 kg per hectare |
| 2006 | 13.3 kg per hectare | 118.8 kg per hectare |
| 2005 | 11.0 kg per hectare | 115.3 kg per hectare |
| 2004 | 11.7 kg per hectare | 114.9 kg per hectare |
| 2003 | 11.6 kg per hectare | 109.6 kg per hectare |
| 2002 | 13.0 kg per hectare | 106.4 kg per hectare |
| 2001 | 11.6 kg per hectare | 103.1 kg per hectare |
| 2000 | 11.7 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 +8.3% from 17.8 kg per hectare in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 14.1 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +36.5%.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 136.5 kg per hectare.
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