Fertiliser use in United Arab Emirates

Farmers in United Arab Emirates used 1,648.5 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: 1972 to 2024 Source: World Bank
United Arab Emirates, 2024 1,648.5 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 −0.5% 2023: 1,656.1 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as United Arab Emirates (2024).
Position in 2024 3rd of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in United Arab Emirates 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 United Arab EmiratesWorld
2024 1,648.5 kg per hectare –
2023 1,656.1 kg per hectare 136.5 kg per hectare
2022 1,451.1 kg per hectare 134.9 kg per hectare
2021 2,108.0 kg per hectare 142.6 kg per hectare
2020 2,076.5 kg per hectare 144.6 kg per hectare
2019 1,268.4 kg per hectare 135.5 kg per hectare
2018 1,346.5 kg per hectare 136.9 kg per hectare
2017 1,407.8 kg per hectare 138.0 kg per hectare
2016 987.1 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2015 790.5 kg per hectare 132.9 kg per hectare
2014 652.5 kg per hectare 136.1 kg per hectare
2013 998.8 kg per hectare 133.2 kg per hectare
2012 1,261.2 kg per hectare 130.8 kg per hectare
2011 1,091.8 kg per hectare 133.5 kg per hectare
2010 930.6 kg per hectare 128.9 kg per hectare
2009 530.7 kg per hectare 117.6 kg per hectare
2008 757.1 kg per hectare 116.6 kg per hectare
2007 744.6 kg per hectare 124.3 kg per hectare
2006 724.7 kg per hectare 118.8 kg per hectare
2005 753.9 kg per hectare 115.3 kg per hectare
2004 778.9 kg per hectare 114.9 kg per hectare
2003 755.6 kg per hectare 109.6 kg per hectare
2002 644.8 kg per hectare 106.4 kg per hectare
2001 493.0 kg per hectare 103.1 kg per hectare
2000 585.0 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 −0.5% from 1,656.1 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 652.5 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +152.6%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, United Arab Emirates has the 3rd 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
1972 to 2024 for United Arab Emirates
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)