Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Brazil

Fertilizer use in Brazil in 2023 — 344.1 kg/ha. Ranked 15 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 2,911.1%.

2023 344.1 kg/ha −5.21% vs 2022
World rank 15of 191
Period maximum 386.6 kg/ha2021
Period minimum 9.8 kg/ha1964

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Brazil, 1961–2023010020030040019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 11.4 kg/ha1963: 12.1 kg/ha1965: 10.8 kg/ha1967: 16.7 kg/ha1969: 22.6 kg/ha1971: 38.3 kg/ha1973: 53 kg/ha1975: 58.5 kg/ha1977: 81.6 kg/ha1979: 79.6 kg/ha1981: 56.7 kg/ha1983: 45.3 kg/ha1985: 60.5 kg/ha1987: 76.7 kg/ha1989: 69.4 kg/ha1991: 73.3 kg/ha1993: 101.1 kg/ha1995: 98.8 kg/ha1997: 133.6 kg/ha1999: 130.8 kg/ha2001: 148.6 kg/ha2003: 188.8 kg/ha2005: 174.3 kg/ha2007: 233.1 kg/ha2009: 148.5 kg/ha2011: 251.4 kg/ha2013: 265.6 kg/ha2015: 235 kg/ha2017: 275.9 kg/ha2019: 297 kg/ha2021: 386.6 kg/ha2023: 344.1 kg/ha
Change over the period: +332.7 (+2,911.09%) Average annual rate: 5.65 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Brazil 344.1 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 — Brazil, by year Brazil All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 344.1 −18.9 −5.21%
2022 363 −23.6 −6.11%
2021 386.6 +20.9 +5.72%
2020 365.7 +68.7 +23.14%
2019 297 +3 +1.02%
2018 294 +18.1 +6.54%
2017 275.9 +35.8 +14.89%
2016 240.2 +5.2 +2.22%
2015 235 −50.1 −17.57%
2014 285.1 +19.5 +7.34%
2013 265.6 +35.4 +15.4%
2012 230.1 −21.3 −8.47%
2011 251.4 +48.6 +23.98%
2010 202.8 +54.3 +36.58%
2009 148.5 −66.2 −30.83%
2008 214.7 −18.5 −7.92%
2007 233.1 +48.6 +26.31%
2006 184.6 +10.3 +5.89%
2005 174.3 −55.5 −24.15%
2004 229.8 +41.1 +21.75%
2003 188.8 +23.9 +14.46%
2002 164.9 +16.3 +11%
2001 148.6 +4.1 +2.81%
2000 144.5 +13.7 +10.47%
1999 130.8 −1.3 −0.97%
1998 132.1 −1.5 −1.11%
1997 133.6 +17.2 +14.8%
1996 116.4 +17.5 +17.76%
1995 98.8 −18.2 −15.54%
1994 117 +15.9 +15.69%
1993 101.1 +22.8 +29.05%
1992 78.4 +5.1 +6.97%
1991 73.3 +5.5 +8.12%
1990 67.8 −1.6 −2.35%
1989 69.4 −5.8 −7.74%
1988 75.2 −1.5 −1.93%
1987 76.7 +0.8 +1.06%
1986 75.9 +15.4 +25.35%
1985 60.5 −6.3 −9.44%
1984 66.9 +21.6 +47.74%
1983 45.3 −9.8 −17.86%
1982 55.1 −1.6 −2.86%
1981 56.7 −31.6 −35.81%
1980 88.3 +8.7 +10.96%
1979 79.6 +3 +3.92%
1978 76.6 −5 −6.13%
1977 81.6 +12.5 +18.07%
1976 69.1 +10.7 +18.24%
1975 58.5 +2.7 +4.78%
1974 55.8 +2.8 +5.35%
1973 53 −0.4 −0.69%
1972 53.3 +15.1 +39.34%
1971 38.3 +2.8 +7.77%
1970 35.5 +12.9 +56.99%
1969 22.6 +0.6 +2.78%
1968 22 +5.3 +31.73%
1967 16.7 +6.2 +59.05%
1966 10.5 −0.3 −3%
1965 10.8 +1 +10.3%
1964 9.8 −2.2 −18.58%
1963 12.1 +1.5 +13.79%
1962 10.6 −0.8 −7.23%
1961 11.4

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.