Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Cameroon

Fertilizer use in Cameroon in 2023 — 16.4 kg/ha. Ranked 149 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 2,423.6%.

2023 16.4 kg/ha +29.22% vs 2022
World rank 149of 191
Period maximum 16.8 kg/ha2021
Period minimum 0.6 kg/ha1962

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Cameroon, 1961–20230510152019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 0.7 kg/ha1963: 1 kg/ha1965: 1.6 kg/ha1967: 2.5 kg/ha1969: 2.7 kg/ha1971: 2.7 kg/ha1973: 3 kg/ha1975: 2.3 kg/ha1977: 6 kg/ha1979: 5.5 kg/ha1981: 5.9 kg/ha1983: 7.2 kg/ha1985: 8.3 kg/ha1987: 8.4 kg/ha1989: 4.8 kg/ha1991: 3 kg/ha1993: 3.7 kg/ha1995: 5 kg/ha1997: 6.6 kg/ha1999: 8.3 kg/ha2001: 8.8 kg/ha2003: 8.2 kg/ha2005: 8 kg/ha2007: 8.6 kg/ha2009: 7 kg/ha2011: 11 kg/ha2013: 10.1 kg/ha2015: 13.6 kg/ha2017: 13 kg/ha2019: 13 kg/ha2021: 16.8 kg/ha2023: 16.4 kg/ha
Change over the period: +15.8 (+2,423.6%) Average annual rate: 5.34 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Cameroon 16.4 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Sub-Saharan Africa 19.6 kg/ha
Middle Africa computed 6.8 kg/ha
Lower-middle-income countries computed 128.5 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 16.4 +3.7 +29.22%
2022 12.7 −4.1 −24.59%
2021 16.8 +0.7 +4.09%
2020 16.2 +3.1 +24.12%
2019 13 −0.4 −2.66%
2018 13.4 +0.4 +2.74%
2017 13 +2.1 +19.48%
2016 10.9 −2.7 −19.77%
2015 13.6 +4 +41.26%
2014 9.6 −0.4 −4.35%
2013 10.1 −0.3 −2.69%
2012 10.3 −0.7 −6.34%
2011 11 +1.8 +19.45%
2010 9.2 +2.2 +31.93%
2009 7 +0.4 +6.79%
2008 6.6 −2.1 −23.95%
2007 8.6 −0.4 −4.53%
2006 9 +1 +12.92%
2005 8 −3.1 −27.69%
2004 11.1 +2.9 +35.65%
2003 8.2 −1.6 −16.52%
2002 9.8 +1 +10.89%
2001 8.8 +1.1 +13.93%
2000 7.7 −0.6 −6.92%
1999 8.3 +1.7 +25.24%
1998 6.6 +0.1 +0.88%
1997 6.6 +0.9 +15.26%
1996 5.7 +0.7 +13.33%
1995 5 +0 +0%
1994 5 +1.3 +34.51%
1993 3.7 +0.2 +6.72%
1992 3.5 +0.5 +15.28%
1991 3 −0.6 −17.11%
1990 3.7 −1.1 −23.78%
1989 4.8 −1.4 −22.02%
1988 6.2 −2.2 −26.48%
1987 8.4 +0.7 +9.69%
1986 7.7 −0.7 −7.85%
1985 8.3 +0.1 +1.78%
1984 8.2 +0.9 +13.06%
1983 7.2 +1.5 +26.11%
1982 5.7 −0.2 −3.24%
1981 5.9 +0.5 +9.19%
1980 5.4 −0.1 −1.99%
1979 5.5 −0.8 −12.43%
1978 6.3 +0.3 +5.21%
1977 6 +3.7 +157.52%
1976 2.3 +0.1 +3.46%
1975 2.3 −0.8 −26.94%
1974 3.1 +0.1 +3.83%
1973 3 +0.7 +31.96%
1972 2.2 −0.5 −17.71%
1971 2.7 −1 −27.11%
1970 3.8 +1.1 +41.16%
1969 2.7 −0.6 −17.39%
1968 3.2 +0.7 +29.04%
1967 2.5 +0.2 +9.06%
1966 2.3 +0.7 +39.83%
1965 1.6 +0.3 +22%
1964 1.3 +0.3 +28.92%
1963 1 +0.4 +61.48%
1962 0.6 −0 −0.99%
1961 0.7

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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