Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Argentina

Fertilizer use in Argentina in 2023 — 50.2 kg/ha. Ranked 121 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 5,646.9%.

2023 50.2 kg/ha −20.72% vs 2022
World rank 121of 191
Period maximum 63.3 kg/ha2022
Period minimum 0.7 kg/ha1962

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Argentina, 1961–202302040608019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 0.9 kg/ha1963: 1.1 kg/ha1965: 2 kg/ha1967: 3.1 kg/ha1969: 3.3 kg/ha1971: 3.2 kg/ha1973: 3.4 kg/ha1975: 2.4 kg/ha1977: 3 kg/ha1979: 5.2 kg/ha1981: 3.8 kg/ha1983: 4.6 kg/ha1985: 6.3 kg/ha1987: 6.4 kg/ha1989: 5.8 kg/ha1991: 6.3 kg/ha1993: 10.9 kg/ha1995: 19.4 kg/ha1997: 29.6 kg/ha1999: 29.9 kg/ha2001: 31.1 kg/ha2003: 40.2 kg/ha2005: 35.4 kg/ha2007: 48.5 kg/ha2009: 22.9 kg/ha2011: 41.9 kg/ha2013: 36.3 kg/ha2015: 26.5 kg/ha2017: 41.1 kg/ha2019: 50.8 kg/ha2021: 62.1 kg/ha2023: 50.2 kg/ha
Change over the period: +49.3 (+5,646.91%) Average annual rate: 6.75 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Argentina

Argentina 50.2 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
South America computed 202.4 kg/ha
Upper-middle-income countries computed 235.8 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Argentina, by year Argentina All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 50.2 −13.1 −20.72%
2022 63.3 +1.2 +1.86%
2021 62.1 +6.9 +12.46%
2020 55.3 +4.4 +8.75%
2019 50.8 +3.8 +7.99%
2018 47.1 +6 +14.57%
2017 41.1 +0.8 +1.99%
2016 40.3 +13.8 +51.99%
2015 26.5 −8.9 −25.14%
2014 35.4 −0.9 −2.36%
2013 36.3 +1.6 +4.65%
2012 34.6 −7.2 −17.29%
2011 41.9 +2.7 +6.96%
2010 39.2 +16.3 +71.35%
2009 22.9 −12 −34.42%
2008 34.8 −13.7 −28.19%
2007 48.5 +8 +19.62%
2006 40.6 +5.1 +14.46%
2005 35.4 −8.4 −19.19%
2004 43.9 +3.6 +8.98%
2003 40.2 +10 +33.1%
2002 30.2 −0.8 −2.68%
2001 31.1 −0.2 −0.5%
2000 31.2 +1.3 +4.39%
1999 29.9 +1.6 +5.78%
1998 28.3 −1.4 −4.58%
1997 29.6 −1.8 −5.71%
1996 31.4 +12.1 +62.35%
1995 19.4 +2.2 +13.12%
1994 17.1 +6.2 +56.57%
1993 10.9 +1.7 +17.95%
1992 9.3 +3 +47.77%
1991 6.3 +0 +0.69%
1990 6.2 +0.4 +7.67%
1989 5.8 −0.4 −6.15%
1988 6.2 −0.2 −3.66%
1987 6.4 +0.6 +10.55%
1986 5.8 −0.5 −7.49%
1985 6.3 +0.1 +2.09%
1984 6.1 +1.5 +33.1%
1983 4.6 +0.4 +10.52%
1982 4.2 +0.4 +10.05%
1981 3.8 −0.8 −16.93%
1980 4.6 −0.6 −11.6%
1979 5.2 +0.9 +20.88%
1978 4.3 +1.3 +43.38%
1977 3 −0.2 −5.5%
1976 3.1 +0.7 +29.08%
1975 2.4 −0.6 −20.12%
1974 3.1 −0.3 −10.24%
1973 3.4 −0.1 −3.93%
1972 3.5 +0.4 +11.22%
1971 3.2 −0.4 −11.88%
1970 3.6 +0.3 +8.83%
1969 3.3 +0.5 +16.95%
1968 2.8 −0.2 −7.42%
1967 3.1 +0.6 +25.96%
1966 2.4 +0.5 +22.91%
1965 2 +0.5 +34.19%
1964 1.5 +0.4 +37.14%
1963 1.1 +0.4 +62.29%
1962 0.7 −0.2 −24.11%
1961 0.9

About the indicator

Consumption of mineral fertilizers (nitrogen, phosphate and potash in nutrient terms) in kilograms per hectare of arable land. It is directly linked to yields, but excessive application leads to the pollution of water bodies and to nitrous oxide emissions — which is why the optimum, not the maximum, is the goal here.

Important: The aggregate is weighted by arable land — the same denominator that stands in the indicator. The figure does not distinguish types of fertilizer and says nothing about whether it was applied at the right rate and the right time.

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