Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Barbados

Fertilizer use in Barbados in 2023 — 32.4 kg/ha. Ranked 133 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 89.9%.

2023 32.4 kg/ha −32.24% vs 2022
World rank 133of 191
Period maximum 571.7 kg/ha1964
Period minimum 32.4 kg/ha2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Barbados, 1961–2023020040060019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 320.4 kg/ha1963: 446.6 kg/ha1965: 344.3 kg/ha1967: 444.4 kg/ha1969: 312.4 kg/ha1971: 268.8 kg/ha1973: 326.9 kg/ha1975: 262.5 kg/ha1977: 224.4 kg/ha1979: 356.3 kg/ha1981: 375 kg/ha1983: 277.6 kg/ha1985: 208.3 kg/ha1987: 193.8 kg/ha1989: 187.5 kg/ha1991: 168.8 kg/ha1993: 168.8 kg/ha1995: 200 kg/ha1997: 200 kg/ha1999: 200 kg/ha2001: 200 kg/ha2003: 79.7 kg/ha2005: 109.1 kg/ha2007: 133.6 kg/ha2009: 77 kg/ha2011: 96.3 kg/ha2013: 133.5 kg/ha2015: 121.6 kg/ha2017: 147.9 kg/ha2019: 54.4 kg/ha2021: 37.1 kg/ha2023: 32.4 kg/ha
Change over the period: −287.9 (−89.88%) Average annual rate: -3.63 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Barbados 32.4 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
High-income countries computed 104 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 32.4 −15.4 −32.24%
2022 47.9 +10.7 +28.85%
2021 37.1 −13.4 −26.55%
2020 50.6 −3.9 −7.09%
2019 54.4 −23.6 −30.22%
2018 78 −69.9 −47.25%
2017 147.9 +34 +29.86%
2016 113.9 −7.8 −6.39%
2015 121.6 +41.6 +52.03%
2014 80 −53.5 −40.06%
2013 133.5 −66 −33.1%
2012 199.5 +103.2 +107.22%
2011 96.3 −38.8 −28.73%
2010 135.1 +58.1 +75.43%
2009 77 −58.2 −43.03%
2008 135.2 +1.5 +1.15%
2007 133.6 −5.4 −3.87%
2006 139 +29.9 +27.43%
2005 109.1 −105.2 −49.08%
2004 214.2 +134.5 +168.75%
2003 79.7 +33.9 +73.83%
2002 45.9 −154.1 −77.07%
2001 200 +0 +0%
2000 200 +0 +0%
1999 200 +12.5 +6.67%
1998 187.5 −12.5 −6.25%
1997 200 +0 +0%
1996 200 +0 +0%
1995 200 +31.3 +18.52%
1994 168.8 +0 +0%
1993 168.8 +0 +0%
1992 168.8 +0 +0%
1991 168.8 +0 +0%
1990 168.8 −18.8 −10%
1989 187.5 −6.3 −3.23%
1988 193.8 +0 +0%
1987 193.8 −43.8 −18.42%
1986 237.5 +29.3 +14.05%
1985 208.3 −83.4 −28.61%
1984 291.7 +14.1 +5.09%
1983 277.6 −97.4 −25.98%
1982 375 +0 +0%
1981 375 +12.5 +3.45%
1980 362.5 +6.3 +1.75%
1979 356.3 −12.5 −3.39%
1978 368.8 +144.3 +64.3%
1977 224.4 −75.6 −25.19%
1976 300 +37.5 +14.29%
1975 262.5 −143.8 −35.38%
1974 406.3 +79.4 +24.28%
1973 326.9 +41.9 +14.69%
1972 285 +16.3 +6.05%
1971 268.8 −87.5 −24.56%
1970 356.3 +43.8 +14.02%
1969 312.4 −50.8 −13.99%
1968 363.3 −81.2 −18.27%
1967 444.4 +56.1 +14.44%
1966 388.4 +44.1 +12.8%
1965 344.3 −227.4 −39.77%
1964 571.7 +125.1 +28.02%
1963 446.6 −30.9 −6.47%
1962 477.4 +157.1 +49.02%
1961 320.4

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.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.