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Fertiliser use in Zimbabwe

Farmers in Zimbabwe used 26.2 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
Zimbabwe, 2024 26.2 Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Change from 2023 0% 2023: 26.2 kg per hectare
World, 2023 136.5 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Zimbabwe (2024).
Position in 2024 140th of 190 See the full ranking

Fertiliser use in Zimbabwe 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 Zimbabwe
2024 26.2 kg per hectare
2023 26.2 kg per hectare
2022 30.8 kg per hectare
2021 36.9 kg per hectare
2020 20.2 kg per hectare
2019 32.9 kg per hectare
2018 32.9 kg per hectare
2017 36.3 kg per hectare
2016 32.2 kg per hectare
2015 19.4 kg per hectare
2014 25.5 kg per hectare
2013 25.3 kg per hectare
2012 18.0 kg per hectare
2011 26.5 kg per hectare
2010 34.1 kg per hectare
2009 28.8 kg per hectare
2008 22.0 kg per hectare
2007 27.0 kg per hectare
2006 32.4 kg per hectare
2005 21.8 kg per hectare
2004 22.7 kg per hectare
2003 40.0 kg per hectare
2002 35.7 kg per hectare
2001 42.3 kg per hectare
2000 44.7 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of 0% from 26.2 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 25.5 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by +2.9%.
  • Among the 190 countries with data for 2024, Zimbabwe has the 140th highest value.

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Cereal yield 1,070 kg per hectare 2024 · World Bank Agricultural land 48.1% 2024 · World Bank Pesticide use 0.54e (Estimate) kg/ha 2024 · FAOSTAT Nitrogen fertiliser use 23.8e (Estimate) kg/ha 2024 · FAOSTAT Agriculture share of GDP 9.5% 2025 · World Bank Capture fisheries production 104,906 tonnes 2024 · World Bank

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 Zimbabwe
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)