Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Benin

Fertilizer use in Benin in 2023 — 33.2 kg/ha. Ranked 132 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 5,063.7%.

2023 33.2 kg/ha −10.04% vs 2022
World rank 132of 191
Period maximum 43.9 kg/ha2019
Period minimum 0 kg/ha2006

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Benin, 1961–2023020406019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 0.6 kg/ha1963: 0.4 kg/ha1965: 1.1 kg/ha1967: 2.3 kg/ha1969: 3.8 kg/ha1971: 4.2 kg/ha1973: 3.4 kg/ha1975: 1.8 kg/ha1977: 0.8 kg/ha1979: 0.9 kg/ha1981: 1.8 kg/ha1983: 3.5 kg/ha1985: 7.3 kg/ha1987: 5.9 kg/ha1989: 2 kg/ha1991: 7.3 kg/ha1993: 10.4 kg/ha1995: 20.1 kg/ha1997: 18.6 kg/ha1999: 24.7 kg/ha2001: 12.7 kg/ha2003: 0.8 kg/ha2005: 0.5 kg/ha2007: 0.2 kg/ha2009: 6.5 kg/ha2011: 4.4 kg/ha2013: 5 kg/ha2015: 0.1 kg/ha2017: 0 kg/ha2019: 43.9 kg/ha2021: 32.7 kg/ha2023: 33.2 kg/ha
Change over the period: +32.5 (+5,063.73%) Average annual rate: 6.57 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Benin 33.2 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Sub-Saharan Africa 19.6 kg/ha
Western Africa computed 9.7 kg/ha
Lower-middle-income countries computed 128.5 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 33.2 −3.7 −10.04%
2022 36.9 +4.2 +12.81%
2021 32.7 −1.1 −3.29%
2020 33.8 −10.1 −23%
2019 43.9 +13.9 +46.13%
2018 30 +30 +195,375.97%
2017 0 −9.9 −99.85%
2016 9.9 +9.8 +7,362.23%
2015 0.1 −8 −98.35%
2014 8.1 +3.1 +61.67%
2013 5 −5.3 −51.39%
2012 10.3 +5.9 +131.77%
2011 4.4 −4.7 −51.39%
2010 9.1 +2.6 +39.58%
2009 6.5 +6.2 +1,942.45%
2008 0.3 +0.1 +30.46%
2007 0.2 +0.2 +1,760.61%
2006 0 −0.4 −97.14%
2005 0.5 +0.4 +744.24%
2004 0.1 −0.7 −93.18%
2003 0.8 −15.6 −95.1%
2002 16.4 +3.7 +28.93%
2001 12.7 −2.1 −14.17%
2000 14.8 −9.9 −40.01%
1999 24.7 +7.9 +47.1%
1998 16.8 −1.8 −9.69%
1997 18.6 +2.8 +17.94%
1996 15.7 −4.4 −21.77%
1995 20.1 +10.1 +100.47%
1994 10 −0.4 −3.97%
1993 10.4 +1 +11.12%
1992 9.4 +2.1 +28.89%
1991 7.3 +0.5 +7.07%
1990 6.8 +4.8 +234.46%
1989 2 −2.3 −52.57%
1988 4.3 −1.6 −27.44%
1987 5.9 −0.9 −13.03%
1986 6.8 −0.5 −6.46%
1985 7.3 +2.6 +55.16%
1984 4.7 +1.2 +35.45%
1983 3.5 +1.5 +73.08%
1982 2 +0.2 +10.63%
1981 1.8 +1.2 +214.59%
1980 0.6 −0.3 −36.48%
1979 0.9 −0.4 −31.67%
1978 1.3 +0.6 +72.14%
1977 0.8 −0.7 −46.15%
1976 1.4 −0.3 −18.93%
1975 1.8 −1.7 −48.84%
1974 3.4 +0.1 +2.32%
1973 3.4 −1.3 −27.54%
1972 4.6 +0.4 +9.56%
1971 4.2 −0.5 −10.74%
1970 4.8 +0.9 +23.46%
1969 3.8 +1.1 +41.73%
1968 2.7 +0.4 +16.42%
1967 2.3 +1.6 +220.23%
1966 0.7 −0.4 −33.8%
1965 1.1 +0.3 +33.09%
1964 0.8 +0.4 +86.7%
1963 0.4 −0.2 −30.29%
1962 0.6 −0 −1.13%
1961 0.6

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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