Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Colombia

Fertilizer use in Colombia in 2023 — 372.9 kg/ha. Ranked 13 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 1,755.1%.

2023 372.9 kg/ha −7.95% vs 2022
World rank 13of 191
Period maximum 699.1 kg/ha2014
Period minimum 20.1 kg/ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Colombia, 1961–2023020040060080019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 20.1 kg/ha1963: 39.1 kg/ha1965: 36.7 kg/ha1967: 40.2 kg/ha1969: 39.4 kg/ha1971: 51.6 kg/ha1973: 70.9 kg/ha1975: 59.2 kg/ha1977: 79.8 kg/ha1979: 84.5 kg/ha1981: 75.1 kg/ha1983: 84.5 kg/ha1985: 96.4 kg/ha1987: 130.3 kg/ha1989: 151 kg/ha1991: 197.9 kg/ha1993: 176.2 kg/ha1995: 202.7 kg/ha1997: 219.3 kg/ha1999: 231 kg/ha2001: 246.7 kg/ha2003: 361.8 kg/ha2005: 406.4 kg/ha2007: 453.7 kg/ha2009: 406.5 kg/ha2011: 575.9 kg/ha2013: 612 kg/ha2015: 667.5 kg/ha2017: 678.4 kg/ha2019: 464.2 kg/ha2021: 511.7 kg/ha2023: 372.9 kg/ha
Change over the period: +352.8 (+1,755.1%) Average annual rate: 4.82 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Colombia 372.9 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 — Colombia, by year Colombia All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 372.9 −32.2 −7.95%
2022 405.1 −106.5 −20.82%
2021 511.7 −12.9 −2.46%
2020 524.5 +60.4 +13%
2019 464.2 −50 −9.72%
2018 514.2 −164.2 −24.21%
2017 678.4 +32.2 +4.99%
2016 646.1 −21.4 −3.2%
2015 667.5 −31.6 −4.52%
2014 699.1 +87.1 +14.23%
2013 612 +30.1 +5.17%
2012 581.9 +6 +1.04%
2011 575.9 +29 +5.3%
2010 546.9 +140.4 +34.54%
2009 406.5 −30.7 −7.03%
2008 437.3 −16.4 −3.62%
2007 453.7 −51.6 −10.2%
2006 505.2 +98.8 +24.32%
2005 406.4 −2.3 −0.57%
2004 408.7 +46.9 +12.97%
2003 361.8 +19.3 +5.64%
2002 342.5 +95.7 +38.8%
2001 246.7 +13.2 +5.64%
2000 233.6 +2.5 +1.1%
1999 231 +2.2 +0.96%
1998 228.8 +9.6 +4.37%
1997 219.3 +19.9 +9.99%
1996 199.3 −3.3 −1.64%
1995 202.7 +26.9 +15.3%
1994 175.8 −0.4 −0.21%
1993 176.2 +9.6 +5.75%
1992 166.6 −31.3 −15.82%
1991 197.9 +15.7 +8.59%
1990 182.2 +31.2 +20.69%
1989 151 +10.3 +7.3%
1988 140.7 +10.4 +7.99%
1987 130.3 +15.3 +13.32%
1986 115 +18.6 +19.33%
1985 96.4 +0.3 +0.32%
1984 96 +11.6 +13.69%
1983 84.5 +3.4 +4.22%
1982 81.1 +6 +7.92%
1981 75.1 −9 −10.73%
1980 84.1 −0.4 −0.44%
1979 84.5 +5.4 +6.86%
1978 79.1 −0.7 −0.85%
1977 79.8 +12.3 +18.31%
1976 67.4 +8.2 +13.84%
1975 59.2 −9.8 −14.24%
1974 69.1 −1.9 −2.64%
1973 70.9 +13.4 +23.37%
1972 57.5 +5.9 +11.5%
1971 51.6 +11.1 +27.55%
1970 40.4 +1.1 +2.69%
1969 39.4 −2.1 −5.15%
1968 41.5 +1.3 +3.25%
1967 40.2 +3.5 +9.67%
1966 36.7 −0.1 −0.24%
1965 36.7 −8.7 −19.11%
1964 45.4 +6.3 +16.17%
1963 39.1 +9.7 +32.78%
1962 29.4 +9.3 +46.48%
1961 20.1

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.