Fertiliser use in Switzerland

Farmers in Switzerland used 151.8 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
Switzerland, 2024 151.8 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 +6.4% 2023: 142.7 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Switzerland (2024).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 151.5 kg per hectare Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 63rd of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in Switzerland 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 SwitzerlandWorld
2024 151.8 kg per hectare –
2023 142.7 kg per hectare 136.5 kg per hectare
2022 132.6 kg per hectare 134.9 kg per hectare
2021 177.2 kg per hectare 142.6 kg per hectare
2020 175.1 kg per hectare 144.6 kg per hectare
2019 163.4 kg per hectare 135.5 kg per hectare
2018 187.8 kg per hectare 136.9 kg per hectare
2017 199.9 kg per hectare 138.0 kg per hectare
2016 212.1 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2015 208.9 kg per hectare 132.9 kg per hectare
2014 208.4 kg per hectare 136.1 kg per hectare
2013 203.4 kg per hectare 133.2 kg per hectare
2012 168.0 kg per hectare 130.8 kg per hectare
2011 209.4 kg per hectare 133.5 kg per hectare
2010 218.8 kg per hectare 128.9 kg per hectare
2009 191.2 kg per hectare 117.6 kg per hectare
2008 227.7 kg per hectare 116.6 kg per hectare
2007 230.3 kg per hectare 124.3 kg per hectare
2006 229.1 kg per hectare 118.8 kg per hectare
2005 228.4 kg per hectare 115.3 kg per hectare
2004 216.8 kg per hectare 114.9 kg per hectare
2003 203.7 kg per hectare 109.6 kg per hectare
2002 196.5 kg per hectare 106.4 kg per hectare
2001 240.6 kg per hectare 103.1 kg per hectare
2000 218.0 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 +6.4% from 142.7 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 208.4 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −27.2%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Switzerland has the 63rd highest value.

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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 Switzerland
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)