Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Burkina Faso

Fertilizer use in Burkina Faso in 2023 — 17.8 kg/ha. Ranked 146 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 183,753.4%.

2023 17.8 kg/ha +34.04% vs 2022
World rank 146of 191
Period maximum 18.3 kg/ha2016
Period minimum 0 kg/ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Burkina Faso, 1961–20230510152019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 0 kg/ha1963: 0 kg/ha1965: 0 kg/ha1967: 0 kg/ha1969: 0.2 kg/ha1971: 0.3 kg/ha1973: 0.2 kg/ha1975: 0.4 kg/ha1977: 2.3 kg/ha1979: 2.4 kg/ha1981: 3.3 kg/ha1983: 4.4 kg/ha1985: 3.7 kg/ha1987: 5.1 kg/ha1989: 5.5 kg/ha1991: 5.2 kg/ha1993: 4.9 kg/ha1995: 5.4 kg/ha1997: 8.9 kg/ha1999: 8.7 kg/ha2001: 0.3 kg/ha2003: 9.6 kg/ha2005: 12.9 kg/ha2007: 8.2 kg/ha2009: 8.6 kg/ha2011: 9.4 kg/ha2013: 14.1 kg/ha2015: 13.9 kg/ha2017: 15 kg/ha2019: 7.6 kg/ha2021: 9.3 kg/ha2023: 17.8 kg/ha
Change over the period: +17.8 (+183,753.36%) Average annual rate: 12.89 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Burkina Faso 17.8 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Sub-Saharan Africa 19.6 kg/ha
Western Africa computed 9.7 kg/ha
Low-income countries computed 14.3 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Burkina Faso, by year Burkina Faso All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 17.8 +4.5 +34.04%
2022 13.3 +3.9 +42%
2021 9.3 −4.1 −30.66%
2020 13.5 +5.9 +77.11%
2019 7.6 −6.6 −46.61%
2018 14.2 −0.7 −4.95%
2017 15 −3.3 −17.97%
2016 18.3 +4.4 +31.33%
2015 13.9 +0.1 +0.72%
2014 13.8 −0.3 −2.41%
2013 14.1 +1.9 +15.57%
2012 12.2 +2.9 +30.91%
2011 9.4 +0.5 +5.76%
2010 8.8 +0.3 +2.94%
2009 8.6 −0.7 −7.71%
2008 9.3 +1.1 +13.21%
2007 8.2 −2.5 −23.08%
2006 10.7 −2.3 −17.46%
2005 12.9 +2.7 +26.66%
2004 10.2 +0.6 +6.42%
2003 9.6 +9.2 +2,476.48%
2002 0.4 +0.1 +17.48%
2001 0.3 −6.3 −95.19%
2000 6.6 −2.1 −23.75%
1999 8.7 −1.6 −15.77%
1998 10.3 +1.3 +14.94%
1997 8.9 +3.7 +72.04%
1996 5.2 −0.2 −3.57%
1995 5.4 +0.2 +4.32%
1994 5.2 +0.2 +4.77%
1993 4.9 −0.2 −4.48%
1992 5.2 +0 +0%
1991 5.2 −0.3 −5.34%
1990 5.5 −0 −0.57%
1989 5.5 +1.3 +31.73%
1988 4.2 −0.9 −18.28%
1987 5.1 +0.3 +5.33%
1986 4.8 +1.1 +29.62%
1985 3.7 +0.1 +1.84%
1984 3.7 −0.8 −17.19%
1983 4.4 +0.9 +27.31%
1982 3.5 +0.2 +5.86%
1981 3.3 +1.8 +128.69%
1980 1.4 −1 −40.25%
1979 2.4 −0.9 −26.98%
1978 3.3 +1 +43.83%
1977 2.3 +0.7 +43.02%
1976 1.6 +1.2 +300%
1975 0.4 +0 +0%
1974 0.4 +0.2 +99%
1973 0.2 −0.2 −45.28%
1972 0.4 +0.1 +24.66%
1971 0.3 +0.1 +54.55%
1970 0.2 +0 +25.44%
1969 0.2 +0.1 +128%
1968 0.1 +0 +100%
1967 0 +0 +0%
1966 0 +0 +0%
1965 0 +0 +3.09%
1964 0 +0 +25.97%
1963 0 −0 −30%
1962 0 +0 +279.31%
1961 0

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.