Fertiliser use in Tunisia

Farmers in Tunisia used 46.4 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
Tunisia, 2024 46.4 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 +7.8% 2023: 43.0 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Tunisia (2024).
Position in 2024 120th of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in Tunisia 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 TunisiaWorld
2024 46.4 kg per hectare –
2023 43.0 kg per hectare 136.5 kg per hectare
2022 61.0 kg per hectare 134.9 kg per hectare
2021 62.7 kg per hectare 142.6 kg per hectare
2020 35.8 kg per hectare 144.6 kg per hectare
2019 55.9 kg per hectare 135.5 kg per hectare
2018 57.2 kg per hectare 136.9 kg per hectare
2017 48.8 kg per hectare 138.0 kg per hectare
2016 62.0 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2015 53.1 kg per hectare 132.9 kg per hectare
2014 45.7 kg per hectare 136.1 kg per hectare
2013 40.4 kg per hectare 133.2 kg per hectare
2012 49.5 kg per hectare 130.8 kg per hectare
2011 48.4 kg per hectare 133.5 kg per hectare
2010 47.4 kg per hectare 128.9 kg per hectare
2009 48.4 kg per hectare 117.6 kg per hectare
2008 40.8 kg per hectare 116.6 kg per hectare
2007 46.1 kg per hectare 124.3 kg per hectare
2006 44.9 kg per hectare 118.8 kg per hectare
2005 45.5 kg per hectare 115.3 kg per hectare
2004 42.7 kg per hectare 114.9 kg per hectare
2003 39.6 kg per hectare 109.6 kg per hectare
2002 36.8 kg per hectare 106.4 kg per hectare
2001 36.0 kg per hectare 103.1 kg per hectare
2000 38.9 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 +7.8% from 43.0 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 45.7 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +1.4%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Tunisia has the 120th 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 Tunisia
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)