Fertiliser use in World
Farmers in the world used 136.5 kg of fertiliser per hectare of arable land in 2023.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2023
136.5
Change from 2022
+1.2%
European Union, 2023
126.4 kg per hectare
Fertiliser use in World over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 136.5 kg per hectare | 126.4 kg per hectare |
| 2022 | 134.9 kg per hectare | 127.2 kg per hectare |
| 2021 | 142.6 kg per hectare | 150.6 kg per hectare |
| 2020 | 144.6 kg per hectare | 157.2 kg per hectare |
| 2019 | 135.5 kg per hectare | 153.2 kg per hectare |
| 2018 | 136.9 kg per hectare | 155.4 kg per hectare |
| 2017 | 138.0 kg per hectare | 159.2 kg per hectare |
| 2016 | 135.1 kg per hectare | 154.2 kg per hectare |
| 2015 | 132.9 kg per hectare | 153.9 kg per hectare |
| 2014 | 136.1 kg per hectare | 150.8 kg per hectare |
| 2013 | 133.2 kg per hectare | 149.9 kg per hectare |
| 2012 | 130.8 kg per hectare | 142.9 kg per hectare |
| 2011 | 133.5 kg per hectare | 138.5 kg per hectare |
| 2010 | 128.9 kg per hectare | 142.4 kg per hectare |
| 2009 | 117.6 kg per hectare | 121.2 kg per hectare |
| 2008 | 116.6 kg per hectare | 135.1 kg per hectare |
| 2007 | 124.3 kg per hectare | 167.6 kg per hectare |
| 2006 | 118.8 kg per hectare | 153.1 kg per hectare |
| 2005 | 115.3 kg per hectare | 154.5 kg per hectare |
| 2004 | 114.9 kg per hectare | 160.5 kg per hectare |
| 2003 | 109.6 kg per hectare | 165.4 kg per hectare |
| 2002 | 106.4 kg per hectare | 157.4 kg per hectare |
| 2001 | 103.1 kg per hectare | 158.0 kg per hectare |
| 2000 | 101.1 kg per hectare | 157.6 kg per hectare |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.2% from 134.9 kg per hectare in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 133.2 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +2.4%.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 126.4 kg per hectare.
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