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Fertiliser use per hectare of arable land

Nitrogen, potash and phosphate fertilisers used per hectare of arable land in a year.

Unit: Kilograms per hectare of arable land Frequency: Annual Coverage: 200 countries and 11 groups 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank (original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO))
Highest in 2024 2,487.5 kg per hectare Kuwait Lowest in 2024 0.0 kg per hectare Kiribati
Countries ranked for 2024 190 Updated by the source on 8 October 2026

190 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.

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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 Australia
2024 151.2 kg per hectare
2023 102.1 kg per hectare
2022 106.8 kg per hectare
2021 120.6 kg per hectare
2020 103.4 kg per hectare
2019 84.5 kg per hectare
2018 85.9 kg per hectare
2017 89.3 kg per hectare
2016 89.1 kg per hectare
2015 79.5 kg per hectare
2014 79.6 kg per hectare
2013 72.8 kg per hectare
2012 69.4 kg per hectare
2011 68.1 kg per hectare
2010 77.0 kg per hectare
2009 60.9 kg per hectare
2008 78.1 kg per hectare
2007 89.3 kg per hectare
2006 85.6 kg per hectare
2005 83.9 kg per hectare
2004 94.4 kg per hectare
2003 93.5 kg per hectare
2002 95.4 kg per hectare
2001 102.1 kg per hectare
2000 97.3 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • Among the 190 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Kuwait (2,487.5 kg per hectare) and the lowest Kiribati (0.0 kg per hectare).
  • Half of the countries are above 94.5 kg per hectare and half below.
  • From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 100 countries and fell in 69.

About this measure

Definition
Nitrogen, potash and phosphate fertilisers used per hectare of arable land in a year.
Population covered
Arable land
Unit
Kilograms per hectare of arable land
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percent change

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
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)

All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Kuwait 2,487.5 kg per hectare
  2. 2 Malaysia 1,869.4 kg per hectare
  3. 3 United Arab Emirates 1,648.5 kg per hectare
  4. 4 Costa Rica 1,402.5 kg per hectare
  5. 5 New Zealand 1,341.4 kg per hectare
  6. 6 Ireland 986.6 kg per hectare
  7. 7 Bahrain 769.0 kg per hectare
  8. 8 Egypt 597.8 kg per hectare
  9. 9 Faroe Islands 571.4 kg per hectare
  10. 10 Hong Kong SAR, China 482.5 kg per hectare
  11. 11 Viet Nam 420.4 kg per hectare
  12. 12 Colombia 416.0 kg per hectare
  13. 13 Bangladesh 398.9 kg per hectare
  14. 14 Brazil 397.1 kg per hectare
  15. 15 China 393.3 kg per hectare
  16. 16 Oman 340.7 kg per hectare
  17. 17 Turkmenistan 337.0 kg per hectare
  18. 18 Indonesia 312.6 kg per hectare
  19. 19 Seychelles 286.7 kg per hectare
  20. 20 South Korea 285.6 kg per hectare
  21. 21 Netherlands 269.6 kg per hectare
  22. 22 Uzbekistan 267.2 kg per hectare
  23. 23 Montenegro 266.6 kg per hectare
  24. 24 Chile 263.8 kg per hectare
  25. 25 Ecuador 263.7 kg per hectare
  26. 26 Suriname 262.2 kg per hectare
  27. 27 Lebanon 259.0 kg per hectare
  28. 28 Philippines 254.5 kg per hectare
  29. 29 Guyana 252.0 kg per hectare
  30. 30 New Caledonia 248.9 kg per hectare
  31. 31 Israel 246.9 kg per hectare
  32. 32 Qatar 241.0 kg per hectare
  33. 33 Slovenia 237.9 kg per hectare
  34. 34 India 214.1 kg per hectare
  35. 35 Belgium 213.8 kg per hectare
  36. 36 Guatemala 204.9 kg per hectare
  37. 37 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 203.0 kg per hectare
  38. 38 Saint Lucia 199.6 kg per hectare
  39. 39 Honduras 198.0 kg per hectare
  40. 40 Belarus 194.4 kg per hectare
  41. 41 United Kingdom 193.7 kg per hectare
  42. 42 Norway 193.2 kg per hectare
  43. 43 Malta 190.9 kg per hectare
  44. 44 Portugal 190.5 kg per hectare
  45. 45 Dominican Republic 188.1 kg per hectare
  46. 46 Uruguay 186.8 kg per hectare
  47. 47 Greece 186.6 kg per hectare
  48. 48 Croatia 181.8 kg per hectare
  49. 49 Georgia 181.5 kg per hectare
  50. 50 Luxembourg 177.7 kg per hectare
  51. 51 Brunei 177.3 kg per hectare
  52. 52 Belize 176.5 kg per hectare
  53. 53 Cyprus 175.7 kg per hectare
  54. 54 Thailand 171.4 kg per hectare
  55. 55 Bosnia and Herzegovina 169.5 kg per hectare
  56. 56 Papua New Guinea 164.2 kg per hectare
  57. 57 Sri Lanka 160.6 kg per hectare
  58. 58 Serbia 158.3 kg per hectare
  59. 59 Pakistan 158.0 kg per hectare
  60. 60 Poland 155.8 kg per hectare
  61. 61 France 154.7 kg per hectare
  62. 62 Czechia 153.6 kg per hectare
  63. 63 Switzerland 151.8 kg per hectare
  64. 64 Australia 151.2 kg per hectare
  65. 65 Paraguay 148.2 kg per hectare
  66. 66 Mauritius 140.8 kg per hectare
  67. 67 Türkiye 138.8 kg per hectare
  68. 68 Germany 137.7 kg per hectare
  69. 69 Singapore 137.5 kg per hectare
  70. 70 Canada 136.7 kg per hectare
  71. 71 Spain 136.0 kg per hectare
  72. 72 Iceland 133.7 kg per hectare
  73. 73 French Polynesia 130.4 kg per hectare
  74. 74 Trinidad and Tobago 127.9 kg per hectare
  75. 75 United States 127.8 kg per hectare
  76. 76 Bermuda 126.7 kg per hectare
  77. 77 Saudi Arabia 125.5 kg per hectare
  78. 78 Bahamas 123.0 kg per hectare
  79. 79 South Africa 120.3 kg per hectare
  80. 80 Bulgaria 119.7 kg per hectare
  81. 81 West Bank and Gaza 118.7 kg per hectare
  82. 82 Hungary 117.8 kg per hectare
  83. 83 Denmark 117.2 kg per hectare
  84. 84 Austria 117.1 kg per hectare
  85. 85 Laos 115.4 kg per hectare
  86. 86 Italy 112.1 kg per hectare
  87. 87 Jordan 111.9 kg per hectare
  88. 88 Japan 111.0 kg per hectare
  89. 89 Slovakia 107.6 kg per hectare
  90. 90 Finland 102.3 kg per hectare
  91. 91 Latvia 97.9 kg per hectare
  92. 92 Sweden 97.5 kg per hectare
  93. 93 Fiji 96.9 kg per hectare
  94. 94 Mexico 96.2 kg per hectare
  95. 95 Panama 95.6 kg per hectare
  96. 96 Peru 93.5 kg per hectare
  97. 97 Botswana 93.1 kg per hectare
  98. 98 Lithuania 92.8 kg per hectare
  99. 99 Romania 85.8 kg per hectare
  100. 100 Zambia 78.9 kg per hectare
  101. 101 Cambodia 78.4 kg per hectare
  102. 102 Burundi 75.3 kg per hectare
  103. 103 Eswatini 74.6 kg per hectare
  104. 104 Dominica 72.9 kg per hectare
  105. 105 Estonia 72.4 kg per hectare
  106. 106 North Macedonia 72.4 kg per hectare
  107. 107 Maldives 70.5 kg per hectare
  108. 108 Iran 68.3 kg per hectare
  109. 109 Nepal 67.8 kg per hectare
  110. 110 Albania 66.2 kg per hectare
  111. 111 El Salvador 63.6 kg per hectare
  112. 112 Morocco 56.5 kg per hectare
  113. 113 Jamaica 56.4 kg per hectare
  114. 114 São Tomé and Príncipe 54.8 kg per hectare
  115. 115 Iraq 51.4 kg per hectare
  116. 116 Venezuela 50.9 kg per hectare
  117. 117 Gabon 50.3 kg per hectare
  118. 118 Kenya 48.4 kg per hectare
  119. 119 Argentina 47.0 kg per hectare
  120. 120 Tunisia 46.4 kg per hectare
  121. 121 Tajikistan 46.0 kg per hectare
  122. 122 Mongolia 45.7 kg per hectare
  123. 123 Ethiopia 45.4 kg per hectare
  124. 124 Ghana 43.3 kg per hectare
  125. 125 Moldova 42.5 kg per hectare
  126. 126 Ukraine 41.7 kg per hectare
  127. 127 Armenia 41.2 kg per hectare
  128. 128 Malawi 36.6 kg per hectare
  129. 129 Libya 34.5 kg per hectare
  130. 130 Barbados 32.3 kg per hectare
  131. 131 Solomon Islands 32.2 kg per hectare
  132. 132 Azerbaijan 32.1 kg per hectare
  133. 133 Rwanda 31.7 kg per hectare
  134. 134 Puerto Rico (US) 31.3 kg per hectare
  135. 135 Djibouti 31.0 kg per hectare
  136. 136 Russia 29.1 kg per hectare
  137. 137 Côte d'Ivoire 28.4 kg per hectare
  138. 138 Namibia 27.1 kg per hectare
  139. 139 Palau 26.7 kg per hectare
  140. 140 Zimbabwe 26.2 kg per hectare
  141. 141 Kyrgyzstan 25.6 kg per hectare
  142. 142 Benin 25.5 kg per hectare
  143. 143 Myanmar 23.5 kg per hectare
  144. 144 Grenada 23.3 kg per hectare
  145. 145 Algeria 20.7 kg per hectare
  146. 146 Senegal 19.3 kg per hectare
  147. 147 Republic of the Congo 19.1 kg per hectare
  148. 148 Afghanistan 18.0 kg per hectare
  149. 149 Tanzania 17.7 kg per hectare
  150. 150 Cameroon 16.3 kg per hectare
  151. 151 Togo 15.7 kg per hectare
  152. 152 Angola 15.6 kg per hectare
  153. 153 Mozambique 14.4 kg per hectare
  154. 154 Antigua and Barbuda 13.3 kg per hectare
  155. 155 Nigeria 13.0 kg per hectare
  156. 156 Burkina Faso 12.8 kg per hectare
  157. 157 Mali 12.0 kg per hectare
  158. 158 Bhutan 11.7 kg per hectare
  159. 159 Syria 11.5 kg per hectare
  160. 160 Yemen 11.4 kg per hectare
  161. 161 North Korea 9.5 kg per hectare
  162. 162 Bolivia 9.3 kg per hectare
  163. 163 Comoros 8.3 kg per hectare
  164. 164 Mauritania 8.0 kg per hectare
  165. 165 Liberia 7.6 kg per hectare
  166. 166 Haiti 7.3 kg per hectare
  167. 167 Sudan 7.1 kg per hectare
  168. 168 Madagascar 6.5 kg per hectare
  169. 169 Lesotho 6.1 kg per hectare
  170. 170 Chad 5.9 kg per hectare
  171. 171 Gambia 5.6 kg per hectare
  172. 172 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.8 kg per hectare
  173. 173 Equatorial Guinea 4.8 kg per hectare
  174. 174 Guinea 4.2 kg per hectare
  175. 175 Kazakhstan 3.8 kg per hectare
  176. 176 Cabo Verde 3.5 kg per hectare
  177. 177 Cuba 3.3 kg per hectare
  178. 178 Micronesia 3.3 kg per hectare
  179. 179 Uganda 3.2 kg per hectare
  180. 180 Tonga 2.9 kg per hectare
  181. 181 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.5 kg per hectare
  182. 182 Eritrea 2.4 kg per hectare
  183. 183 Guinea-Bissau 1.1 kg per hectare
  184. 184 Niger 0.8 kg per hectare
  185. 185 Samoa 0.8 kg per hectare
  186. 186 Vanuatu 0.5 kg per hectare
  187. 187 South Sudan 0.1 kg per hectare
  188. 188 Central African Republic 0.0 kg per hectare
  189. 189 Aruba 0.0 kg per hectare
  190. 190 Kiribati 0.0 kg per hectare
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