Fertiliser use in Zambia

Farmers in Zambia used 78.9 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
Zambia, 2024 78.9 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 +2.1% 2023: 77.3 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Zambia (2024).
Position in 2024 100th of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in Zambia 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 ZambiaWorld
2024 78.9 kg per hectare –
2023 77.3 kg per hectare 136.5 kg per hectare
2022 64.6 kg per hectare 134.9 kg per hectare
2021 63.9 kg per hectare 142.6 kg per hectare
2020 79.8 kg per hectare 144.6 kg per hectare
2019 67.6 kg per hectare 135.5 kg per hectare
2018 52.5 kg per hectare 136.9 kg per hectare
2017 72.1 kg per hectare 138.0 kg per hectare
2016 65.7 kg per hectare 135.1 kg per hectare
2015 57.4 kg per hectare 132.9 kg per hectare
2014 51.8 kg per hectare 136.1 kg per hectare
2013 49.0 kg per hectare 133.2 kg per hectare
2012 37.6 kg per hectare 130.8 kg per hectare
2011 46.1 kg per hectare 133.5 kg per hectare
2010 29.2 kg per hectare 128.9 kg per hectare
2009 25.8 kg per hectare 117.6 kg per hectare
2008 38.7 kg per hectare 116.6 kg per hectare
2007 32.3 kg per hectare 124.3 kg per hectare
2006 25.7 kg per hectare 118.8 kg per hectare
2005 28.0 kg per hectare 115.3 kg per hectare
2004 29.9 kg per hectare 114.9 kg per hectare
2003 26.2 kg per hectare 109.6 kg per hectare
2002 26.1 kg per hectare 106.4 kg per hectare
2001 13.4 kg per hectare 103.1 kg per hectare
2000 11.0 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 +2.1% from 77.3 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 51.8 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +52.3%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Zambia has the 100th 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 Zambia
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)