Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Ecuador

Fertilizer use in Ecuador in 2023 — 216.9 kg/ha. Ranked 32 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 3,263%.

2023 216.9 kg/ha −33.45% vs 2022
World rank 32of 191
Period maximum 428.8 kg/ha2018
Period minimum 6.1 kg/ha1964

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Ecuador, 1961–2023020040060019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 6.4 kg/ha1963: 11 kg/ha1965: 9 kg/ha1967: 29 kg/ha1969: 24.1 kg/ha1971: 10.6 kg/ha1973: 30.1 kg/ha1975: 19 kg/ha1977: 52.1 kg/ha1979: 50.2 kg/ha1981: 44 kg/ha1983: 47.3 kg/ha1985: 45.5 kg/ha1987: 39.1 kg/ha1989: 46.9 kg/ha1991: 50.2 kg/ha1993: 59.9 kg/ha1995: 64.2 kg/ha1997: 101.1 kg/ha1999: 109 kg/ha2001: 233.1 kg/ha2003: 156.8 kg/ha2005: 150.8 kg/ha2007: 199.1 kg/ha2009: 187.3 kg/ha2011: 275.4 kg/ha2013: 236.2 kg/ha2015: 254.8 kg/ha2017: 370 kg/ha2019: 380.9 kg/ha2021: 367.8 kg/ha2023: 216.9 kg/ha
Change over the period: +210.5 (+3,263.03%) Average annual rate: 5.83 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Ecuador 216.9 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 — Ecuador, by year Ecuador All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 216.9 −109 −33.45%
2022 325.9 −41.9 −11.4%
2021 367.8 +5 +1.37%
2020 362.9 −18 −4.72%
2019 380.9 −47.9 −11.18%
2018 428.8 +58.8 +15.9%
2017 370 +24.5 +7.1%
2016 345.4 +90.6 +35.57%
2015 254.8 −89.2 −25.93%
2014 344 +107.8 +45.66%
2013 236.2 −18.6 −7.29%
2012 254.7 −20.6 −7.49%
2011 275.4 +23.3 +9.24%
2010 252.1 +64.8 +34.6%
2009 187.3 −26.8 −12.54%
2008 214.1 +15 +7.54%
2007 199.1 −8.7 −4.18%
2006 207.8 +57 +37.76%
2005 150.8 −66.7 −30.66%
2004 217.5 +60.7 +38.71%
2003 156.8 −10.8 −6.44%
2002 167.6 −65.5 −28.09%
2001 233.1 +131.4 +129.13%
2000 101.7 −7.3 −6.67%
1999 109 +8.1 +7.99%
1998 100.9 −0.1 −0.11%
1997 101.1 +27.6 +37.63%
1996 73.4 +9.3 +14.43%
1995 64.2 +6.8 +11.85%
1994 57.4 −2.5 −4.24%
1993 59.9 +0 +0.04%
1992 59.9 +9.6 +19.2%
1991 50.2 +7.8 +18.48%
1990 42.4 −4.5 −9.56%
1989 46.9 −0.4 −0.79%
1988 47.3 +8.1 +20.76%
1987 39.1 −7.3 −15.66%
1986 46.4 +0.9 +1.99%
1985 45.5 −0.9 −1.96%
1984 46.4 −0.9 −1.91%
1983 47.3 +0.9 +1.9%
1982 46.4 +2.4 +5.51%
1981 44 −3.1 −6.52%
1980 47.1 −3.2 −6.29%
1979 50.2 +5.9 +13.31%
1978 44.3 −7.8 −14.89%
1977 52.1 +3.6 +7.52%
1976 48.4 +29.4 +154.62%
1975 19 −4.3 −18.39%
1974 23.3 −6.8 −22.6%
1973 30.1 +5.7 +23.29%
1972 24.4 +13.8 +129.7%
1971 10.6 −9.1 −46.19%
1970 19.8 −4.3 −17.87%
1969 24.1 −12.8 −34.76%
1968 36.9 +7.9 +27.08%
1967 29 +18.8 +184.6%
1966 10.2 +1.2 +13.72%
1965 9 +2.8 +46.12%
1964 6.1 −4.8 −44.01%
1963 11 +2.3 +27.02%
1962 8.6 +2.2 +33.83%
1961 6.4

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.