Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Chile

Fertilizer use in Chile in 2023 — 249.5 kg/ha. Ranked 25 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 1,863.8%.

2023 249.5 kg/ha +13.34% vs 2022
World rank 25of 191
Period maximum 315 kg/ha2015
Period minimum 12.7 kg/ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Chile, 1961–2023010020030040019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 12.7 kg/ha1963: 22.2 kg/ha1965: 23.5 kg/ha1967: 26.2 kg/ha1969: 28 kg/ha1971: 32.4 kg/ha1973: 41.8 kg/ha1975: 21.8 kg/ha1977: 24.8 kg/ha1979: 36.1 kg/ha1981: 30.6 kg/ha1983: 39 kg/ha1985: 59.4 kg/ha1987: 90.2 kg/ha1989: 101.1 kg/ha1991: 114 kg/ha1993: 167.1 kg/ha1995: 191 kg/ha1997: 219.5 kg/ha1999: 264 kg/ha2001: 271.3 kg/ha2003: 240.9 kg/ha2005: 256.8 kg/ha2007: 314.4 kg/ha2009: 219.1 kg/ha2011: 267.7 kg/ha2013: 279 kg/ha2015: 315 kg/ha2017: 258.7 kg/ha2019: 269.2 kg/ha2021: 287.2 kg/ha2023: 249.5 kg/ha
Change over the period: +236.8 (+1,863.84%) Average annual rate: 4.92 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Chile 249.5 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
South America computed 202.4 kg/ha
High-income countries computed 104 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Chile, by year Chile All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 249.5 +29.4 +13.34%
2022 220.2 −67 −23.34%
2021 287.2 −4.4 −1.5%
2020 291.6 +22.4 +8.31%
2019 269.2 +1.3 +0.5%
2018 267.9 +9.1 +3.53%
2017 258.7 +1.5 +0.6%
2016 257.2 −57.8 −18.34%
2015 315 +26.8 +9.28%
2014 288.2 +9.2 +3.3%
2013 279 +13.9 +5.23%
2012 265.1 −2.6 −0.96%
2011 267.7 −18.3 −6.39%
2010 286 +66.8 +30.5%
2009 219.1 −68.6 −23.83%
2008 287.7 −26.7 −8.48%
2007 314.4 +42.9 +15.81%
2006 271.5 +14.6 +5.69%
2005 256.8 −27.6 −9.71%
2004 284.5 +43.6 +18.09%
2003 240.9 +45 +22.98%
2002 195.9 −75.4 −27.81%
2001 271.3 −4.1 −1.49%
2000 275.4 +11.4 +4.33%
1999 264 +26.5 +11.16%
1998 237.5 +18 +8.21%
1997 219.5 +6.4 +2.99%
1996 213.1 +22.1 +11.55%
1995 191 +23.6 +14.12%
1994 167.4 +0.3 +0.18%
1993 167.1 +26.1 +18.52%
1992 141 +27 +23.71%
1991 114 +4.5 +4.13%
1990 109.5 +8.3 +8.21%
1989 101.1 +5.6 +5.85%
1988 95.6 +5.4 +5.96%
1987 90.2 +12.2 +15.64%
1986 78 +18.6 +31.24%
1985 59.4 +7.6 +14.68%
1984 51.8 +12.8 +32.76%
1983 39 +8.9 +29.58%
1982 30.1 −0.5 −1.7%
1981 30.6 −4 −11.46%
1980 34.6 −1.5 −4.02%
1979 36.1 +4.3 +13.43%
1978 31.8 +6.9 +27.95%
1977 24.8 −3.2 −11.46%
1976 28.1 +6.2 +28.65%
1975 21.8 −16.4 −42.97%
1974 38.2 −3.5 −8.41%
1973 41.8 +10.1 +32.02%
1972 31.6 −0.8 −2.5%
1971 32.4 −0.7 −2.24%
1970 33.2 +5.2 +18.66%
1969 28 +1.7 +6.33%
1968 26.3 +0.1 +0.47%
1967 26.2 −3.7 −12.27%
1966 29.8 +6.4 +27.17%
1965 23.5 +0.8 +3.44%
1964 22.7 +0.5 +2.38%
1963 22.2 +3.7 +20.16%
1962 18.4 +5.7 +45.12%
1961 12.7

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.

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