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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))

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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 Paraguay
2024 148.2 kg per hectare
2023 137.7 kg per hectare
2022 96.7 kg per hectare
2021 147.1 kg per hectare
2020 131.4 kg per hectare
2019 122.5 kg per hectare
2018 131.2 kg per hectare
2017 127.1 kg per hectare
2016 125.6 kg per hectare
2015 112.5 kg per hectare
2014 123.1 kg per hectare
2013 107.6 kg per hectare
2012 92.1 kg per hectare
2011 106.9 kg per hectare
2010 87.8 kg per hectare
2009 66.1 kg per hectare
2008 74.7 kg per hectare
2007 93.6 kg per hectare
2006 72.2 kg per hectare
2005 65.3 kg per hectare
2004 77.9 kg per hectare
2003 65.8 kg per hectare
2002 47.7 kg per hectare
2001 21.4 kg per hectare
2000 21.6 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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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)

Latest value for each country Each value is the country's most recent figure. Years differ, so check the period beside each value before comparing.

  1. 1 Kuwait 2,487.5 kg per hectare2024
  2. 2 Malaysia 1,869.4 kg per hectare2024
  3. 3 United Arab Emirates 1,648.5 kg per hectare2024
  4. 4 Costa Rica 1,402.5 kg per hectare2024
  5. 5 New Zealand 1,341.4 kg per hectare2024
  6. 6 Ireland 986.6 kg per hectare2024
  7. 7 Bahrain 769.0 kg per hectare2024
  8. 8 Egypt 597.8 kg per hectare2024
  9. 9 Faroe Islands 571.4 kg per hectare2024
  10. 10 Hong Kong SAR, China 482.5 kg per hectare2024
  11. 11 Viet Nam 420.4 kg per hectare2024
  12. 12 Colombia 416.0 kg per hectare2024
  13. 13 Bangladesh 398.9 kg per hectare2024
  14. 14 Brazil 397.1 kg per hectare2024
  15. 15 China 393.3 kg per hectare2024
  16. 16 Oman 340.7 kg per hectare2024
  17. 17 Turkmenistan 337.0 kg per hectare2024
  18. 18 Indonesia 312.6 kg per hectare2024
  19. 19 Seychelles 286.7 kg per hectare2024
  20. 20 South Korea 285.6 kg per hectare2024
  21. 21 Netherlands 269.6 kg per hectare2024
  22. 22 Uzbekistan 267.2 kg per hectare2024
  23. 23 Montenegro 266.6 kg per hectare2024
  24. 24 Chile 263.8 kg per hectare2024
  25. 25 Ecuador 263.7 kg per hectare2024
  26. 26 Suriname 262.2 kg per hectare2024
  27. 27 Lebanon 259.0 kg per hectare2024
  28. 28 Philippines 254.5 kg per hectare2024
  29. 29 Guyana 252.0 kg per hectare2024
  30. 30 New Caledonia 248.9 kg per hectare2024
  31. 31 Israel 246.9 kg per hectare2024
  32. 32 Qatar 241.0 kg per hectare2024
  33. 33 Slovenia 237.9 kg per hectare2024
  34. 34 San Marino 232.0 kg per hectare2020
  35. 35 India 214.1 kg per hectare2024
  36. 36 Belgium 213.8 kg per hectare2024
  37. 37 Guatemala 204.9 kg per hectare2024
  38. 38 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 203.0 kg per hectare2024
  39. 39 Saint Lucia 199.6 kg per hectare2024
  40. 40 Honduras 198.0 kg per hectare2024
  41. 41 Belarus 194.4 kg per hectare2024
  42. 42 United Kingdom 193.7 kg per hectare2024
  43. 43 Norway 193.2 kg per hectare2024
  44. 44 Malta 190.9 kg per hectare2024
  45. 45 Portugal 190.5 kg per hectare2024
  46. 46 Dominican Republic 188.1 kg per hectare2024
  47. 47 Uruguay 186.8 kg per hectare2024
  48. 48 Greece 186.6 kg per hectare2024
  49. 49 Cayman Islands 182.0 kg per hectare2020
  50. 50 Croatia 181.8 kg per hectare2024
  51. 51 Georgia 181.5 kg per hectare2024
  52. 52 Luxembourg 177.7 kg per hectare2024
  53. 53 Brunei 177.3 kg per hectare2024
  54. 54 Belize 176.5 kg per hectare2024
  55. 55 Cyprus 175.7 kg per hectare2024
  56. 56 Thailand 171.4 kg per hectare2024
  57. 57 Bosnia and Herzegovina 169.5 kg per hectare2024
  58. 58 Papua New Guinea 164.2 kg per hectare2024
  59. 59 Sri Lanka 160.6 kg per hectare2024
  60. 60 Serbia 158.3 kg per hectare2024
  61. 61 Pakistan 158.0 kg per hectare2024
  62. 62 Poland 155.8 kg per hectare2024
  63. 63 France 154.7 kg per hectare2024
  64. 64 Czechia 153.6 kg per hectare2024
  65. 65 Switzerland 151.8 kg per hectare2024
  66. 66 Australia 151.2 kg per hectare2024
  67. 67 Paraguay 148.2 kg per hectare2024
  68. 68 Mauritius 140.8 kg per hectare2024
  69. 69 Türkiye 138.8 kg per hectare2024
  70. 70 Germany 137.7 kg per hectare2024
  71. 71 Singapore 137.5 kg per hectare2024
  72. 72 Canada 136.7 kg per hectare2024
  73. 73 Spain 136.0 kg per hectare2024
  74. 74 Iceland 133.7 kg per hectare2024
  75. 75 French Polynesia 130.4 kg per hectare2024
  76. 76 Trinidad and Tobago 127.9 kg per hectare2024
  77. 77 United States 127.8 kg per hectare2024
  78. 78 Bermuda 126.7 kg per hectare2024
  79. 79 Saudi Arabia 125.5 kg per hectare2024
  80. 80 Bahamas 123.0 kg per hectare2024
  81. 81 South Africa 120.3 kg per hectare2024
  82. 82 Bulgaria 119.7 kg per hectare2024
  83. 83 West Bank and Gaza 118.7 kg per hectare2024
  84. 84 Hungary 117.8 kg per hectare2024
  85. 85 Denmark 117.2 kg per hectare2024
  86. 86 Austria 117.1 kg per hectare2024
  87. 87 Laos 115.4 kg per hectare2024
  88. 88 Italy 112.1 kg per hectare2024
  89. 89 Jordan 111.9 kg per hectare2024
  90. 90 Japan 111.0 kg per hectare2024
  91. 91 Slovakia 107.6 kg per hectare2024
  92. 92 Finland 102.3 kg per hectare2024
  93. 93 Latvia 97.9 kg per hectare2024
  94. 94 Sweden 97.5 kg per hectare2024
  95. 95 Fiji 96.9 kg per hectare2024
  96. 96 Mexico 96.2 kg per hectare2024
  97. 97 Panama 95.6 kg per hectare2024
  98. 98 Peru 93.5 kg per hectare2024
  99. 99 Botswana 93.1 kg per hectare2024
  100. 100 Lithuania 92.8 kg per hectare2024
  101. 101 Romania 85.8 kg per hectare2024
  102. 102 Zambia 78.9 kg per hectare2024
  103. 103 Cambodia 78.4 kg per hectare2024
  104. 104 Burundi 75.3 kg per hectare2024
  105. 105 Eswatini 74.6 kg per hectare2024
  106. 106 Dominica 72.9 kg per hectare2024
  107. 107 Estonia 72.4 kg per hectare2024
  108. 108 North Macedonia 72.4 kg per hectare2024
  109. 109 Maldives 70.5 kg per hectare2024
  110. 110 Iran 68.3 kg per hectare2024
  111. 111 US Virgin Islands 68.1 kg per hectare2020
  112. 112 Nepal 67.8 kg per hectare2024
  113. 113 Albania 66.2 kg per hectare2024
  114. 114 El Salvador 63.6 kg per hectare2024
  115. 115 Nicaragua 59.3 kg per hectare2022
  116. 116 Morocco 56.5 kg per hectare2024
  117. 117 Jamaica 56.4 kg per hectare2024
  118. 118 São Tomé and Príncipe 54.8 kg per hectare2024
  119. 119 Iraq 51.4 kg per hectare2024
  120. 120 Venezuela 50.9 kg per hectare2024
  121. 121 Gabon 50.3 kg per hectare2024
  122. 122 Kenya 48.4 kg per hectare2024
  123. 123 Argentina 47.0 kg per hectare2024
  124. 124 Tunisia 46.4 kg per hectare2024
  125. 125 Tajikistan 46.0 kg per hectare2024
  126. 126 Mongolia 45.7 kg per hectare2024
  127. 127 Ethiopia 45.4 kg per hectare2024
  128. 128 Ghana 43.3 kg per hectare2024
  129. 129 Moldova 42.5 kg per hectare2024
  130. 130 Ukraine 41.7 kg per hectare2024
  131. 131 Armenia 41.2 kg per hectare2024
  132. 132 Malawi 36.6 kg per hectare2024
  133. 133 Libya 34.5 kg per hectare2024
  134. 134 Barbados 32.3 kg per hectare2024
  135. 135 Solomon Islands 32.2 kg per hectare2024
  136. 136 Azerbaijan 32.1 kg per hectare2024
  137. 137 Rwanda 31.7 kg per hectare2024
  138. 138 Puerto Rico (US) 31.3 kg per hectare2024
  139. 139 Djibouti 31.0 kg per hectare2024
  140. 140 Russia 29.1 kg per hectare2024
  141. 141 Côte d'Ivoire 28.4 kg per hectare2024
  142. 142 Namibia 27.1 kg per hectare2024
  143. 143 Palau 26.7 kg per hectare2024
  144. 144 Zimbabwe 26.2 kg per hectare2024
  145. 145 Kyrgyzstan 25.6 kg per hectare2024
  146. 146 Benin 25.5 kg per hectare2024
  147. 147 Myanmar 23.5 kg per hectare2024
  148. 148 Grenada 23.3 kg per hectare2024
  149. 149 Algeria 20.7 kg per hectare2024
  150. 150 Senegal 19.3 kg per hectare2024
  151. 151 Republic of the Congo 19.1 kg per hectare2024
  152. 152 Afghanistan 18.0 kg per hectare2024
  153. 153 Tanzania 17.7 kg per hectare2024
  154. 154 Cameroon 16.3 kg per hectare2024
  155. 155 Togo 15.7 kg per hectare2024
  156. 156 Angola 15.6 kg per hectare2024
  157. 157 American Samoa 14.4 kg per hectare2020
  158. 158 Mozambique 14.4 kg per hectare2024
  159. 159 Antigua and Barbuda 13.3 kg per hectare2024
  160. 160 Nigeria 13.0 kg per hectare2024
  161. 161 Burkina Faso 12.8 kg per hectare2024
  162. 162 Mali 12.0 kg per hectare2024
  163. 163 Bhutan 11.7 kg per hectare2024
  164. 164 Syria 11.5 kg per hectare2024
  165. 165 Yemen 11.4 kg per hectare2024
  166. 166 North Korea 9.5 kg per hectare2024
  167. 167 Bolivia 9.3 kg per hectare2024
  168. 168 Comoros 8.3 kg per hectare2024
  169. 169 Mauritania 8.0 kg per hectare2024
  170. 170 Liberia 7.6 kg per hectare2024
  171. 171 Haiti 7.3 kg per hectare2024
  172. 172 Sudan 7.1 kg per hectare2024
  173. 173 Madagascar 6.5 kg per hectare2024
  174. 174 Lesotho 6.1 kg per hectare2024
  175. 175 Chad 5.9 kg per hectare2024
  176. 176 Gambia 5.6 kg per hectare2024
  177. 177 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.8 kg per hectare2024
  178. 178 Equatorial Guinea 4.8 kg per hectare2024
  179. 179 Guinea 4.2 kg per hectare2024
  180. 180 Kazakhstan 3.8 kg per hectare2024
  181. 181 Cabo Verde 3.5 kg per hectare2024
  182. 182 Cuba 3.3 kg per hectare2024
  183. 183 Micronesia 3.3 kg per hectare2024
  184. 184 Uganda 3.2 kg per hectare2024
  185. 185 Tonga 2.9 kg per hectare2024
  186. 186 Sierra Leone 2.7 kg per hectare2023
  187. 187 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.5 kg per hectare2024
  188. 188 Eritrea 2.4 kg per hectare2024
  189. 189 Marshall Islands 2.0 kg per hectare2005
  190. 190 Timor-Leste 1.2 kg per hectare2022
  191. 191 Guinea-Bissau 1.1 kg per hectare2024
  192. 192 Niger 0.8 kg per hectare2024
  193. 193 Samoa 0.8 kg per hectare2024
  194. 194 Vanuatu 0.5 kg per hectare2024
  195. 195 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 0.1 kg per hectare2022
  196. 196 South Sudan 0.1 kg per hectare2024
  197. 197 Northern Mariana Islands 0.1 kg per hectare2020
  198. 198 Central African Republic 0.0 kg per hectare2024
  199. 199 Aruba 0.0 kg per hectare2024
  200. 200 Kiribati 0.0 kg per hectare2024
  201. East Asia and Pacific 304.1 kg per hectare2023
  202. Euro area 130.5 kg per hectare2023
  203. Europe and Central Asia 76.0 kg per hectare2023
  204. European Union 126.4 kg per hectare2023
  205. Latin America and Caribbean 173.9 kg per hectare2023
  206. Middle East and North Africa 102.0 kg per hectare2023
  207. North America 128.8 kg per hectare2023
  208. OECD members 132.2 kg per hectare2023
  209. South Asia 206.0 kg per hectare2023
  210. Sub-Saharan Africa 19.3 kg per hectare2023
  211. World 136.5 kg per hectare2023
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