Fertiliser use in Vanuatu

Farmers in Vanuatu used 0.5 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2002.

Measure: Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land Unit: Kilograms per hectare of arable land Data: 2002 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Vanuatu, 2024 0.5 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 −99.4% 2023: 77.4 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Vanuatu (2024).
Position in 2024 186th of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in Vanuatu 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 VanuatuWorld
2024 0.5 kg per hectare –
2023 77.4 kg per hectare 136.5 kg per hectare
2022 77.4 kg per hectare 134.9 kg per hectare
2021 53.7 kg per hectare 142.6 kg per hectare
2020 42.2 kg per hectare 144.6 kg per hectare
2019 52.4 kg per hectare 135.5 kg per hectare
2018 55.6 kg per hectare 136.9 kg per hectare
2017 43.6 kg per hectare 138.0 kg per hectare
2016 58.6 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2015 55.0 kg per hectare 132.9 kg per hectare
2014 79.0 kg per hectare 136.1 kg per hectare
2013 69.2 kg per hectare 133.2 kg per hectare
2012 75.1 kg per hectare 130.8 kg per hectare
2011 70.2 kg per hectare 133.5 kg per hectare
2010 70.2 kg per hectare 128.9 kg per hectare
2009 57.6 kg per hectare 117.6 kg per hectare
2008 26.9 kg per hectare 116.6 kg per hectare
2007 20.2 kg per hectare 124.3 kg per hectare
2006 9.9 kg per hectare 118.8 kg per hectare
2005 12.3 kg per hectare 115.3 kg per hectare
2004 13.4 kg per hectare 114.9 kg per hectare
2003 6.3 kg per hectare 109.6 kg per hectare
2002 7.3 kg per hectare 106.4 kg per hectare
2001 – 103.1 kg per hectare
2000 – 101.1 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −99.4% from 77.4 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 79.0 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −99.4%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Vanuatu has the 186th 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
2002 to 2024 for Vanuatu
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)