Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — China

Fertilizer use in China in 2023 — 394 kg/ha. Ranked 11 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 5,453.1%.

2023 394 kg/ha −0.28% vs 2022
World rank 11of 191
Period maximum 480.1 kg/ha2016
Period minimum 7.1 kg/ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — China, 1961–2023020040060019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 7.1 kg/ha1963: 12.2 kg/ha1965: 25.6 kg/ha1967: 26.8 kg/ha1969: 34.8 kg/ha1971: 46.2 kg/ha1973: 65.8 kg/ha1975: 70.6 kg/ha1977: 94.5 kg/ha1979: 135.8 kg/ha1981: 156.6 kg/ha1983: 173.7 kg/ha1985: 143.9 kg/ha1987: 188.8 kg/ha1989: 208.1 kg/ha1991: 237.5 kg/ha1993: 206.8 kg/ha1995: 297.5 kg/ha1997: 299.5 kg/ha1999: 306.1 kg/ha2001: 295.4 kg/ha2003: 328.7 kg/ha2005: 375.1 kg/ha2007: 385.3 kg/ha2009: 384 kg/ha2011: 444.6 kg/ha2013: 458.5 kg/ha2015: 465.6 kg/ha2017: 460.5 kg/ha2019: 427.8 kg/ha2021: 406.2 kg/ha2023: 394 kg/ha
Change over the period: +386.9 (+5,453.08%) Average annual rate: 6.69 %

Comparison, 2023

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

China 394 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
East Asia & Pacific 305.1 kg/ha
Eastern Asia computed 375 kg/ha
Upper-middle-income countries computed 235.8 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — China, by year China All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 394 −1.1 −0.28%
2022 395.1 −11.1 −2.73%
2021 406.2 −8.3 −1.99%
2020 414.5 −13.3 −3.1%
2019 427.8 −14.8 −3.34%
2018 442.6 −17.9 −3.89%
2017 460.5 −19.6 −4.08%
2016 480.1 +14.4 +3.1%
2015 465.6 −12 −2.51%
2014 477.6 +19.1 +4.16%
2013 458.5 +1.2 +0.26%
2012 457.3 +12.7 +2.85%
2011 444.6 +19.4 +4.56%
2010 425.2 +41.3 +10.75%
2009 384 +11.3 +3.03%
2008 372.7 −12.7 −3.28%
2007 385.3 +10.5 +2.81%
2006 374.8 −0.3 −0.09%
2005 375.1 +22.8 +6.48%
2004 352.3 +23.6 +7.18%
2003 328.7 −4.9 −1.45%
2002 333.5 +38.1 +12.88%
2001 295.4 +8 +2.78%
2000 287.4 −18.7 −6.1%
1999 306.1 +5.1 +1.7%
1998 301 +1.5 +0.51%
1997 299.5 −2.1 −0.69%
1996 301.5 +4 +1.34%
1995 297.5 +58.6 +24.52%
1994 239 +32.2 +15.57%
1993 206.8 −30.9 −12.99%
1992 237.6 +0.1 +0.04%
1991 237.5 +17.2 +7.81%
1990 220.3 +12.2 +5.87%
1989 208.1 −1.4 −0.65%
1988 209.4 +20.7 +10.96%
1987 188.8 +45 +31.29%
1986 143.8 −0.1 −0.08%
1985 143.9 −32.1 −18.25%
1984 176 +2.3 +1.34%
1983 173.7 +12.4 +7.72%
1982 161.2 +4.7 +2.98%
1981 156.6 −2.9 −1.82%
1980 159.4 +23.6 +17.37%
1979 135.8 +23.2 +20.61%
1978 112.6 +18.1 +19.15%
1977 94.5 +28.2 +42.54%
1976 66.3 −4.3 −6.12%
1975 70.6 +14 +24.75%
1974 56.6 −9.2 −13.95%
1973 65.8 +12.5 +23.39%
1972 53.3 +7.1 +15.45%
1971 46.2 +1.8 +4.07%
1970 44.4 +9.6 +27.47%
1969 34.8 +7.9 +29.48%
1968 26.9 +0.1 +0.44%
1967 26.8 −10 −27.13%
1966 36.7 +11.1 +43.45%
1965 25.6 +9.2 +55.66%
1964 16.5 +4.2 +34.75%
1963 12.2 +2.5 +26.26%
1962 9.7 +2.6 +36.33%
1961 7.1

Eastern Asia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.