Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Eritrea

Fertilizer use in Eritrea in 2023 — 1.9 kg/ha. Ranked 183 in the world out of 191. Since 1993, the indicator has risen by 33.3%.

2023 1.9 kg/ha −52.53% vs 2022
World rank 183of 191
Period maximum 21.9 kg/ha1999
Period minimum 0 kg/ha2004

Trend over time

1993–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Eritrea, 1993–20230102030199319961999200220052008201120142017202020231993: 1.4 kg/ha1994: 3 kg/ha1995: 3.7 kg/ha1996: 13.5 kg/ha1997: 15.3 kg/ha1998: 13.1 kg/ha1999: 21.9 kg/ha2000: 19.5 kg/ha2001: 9.7 kg/ha2002: 6.2 kg/ha2003: 1.6 kg/ha2004: 0 kg/ha2005: 2.3 kg/ha2006: 0 kg/ha2007: 3.5 kg/ha2009: 2.8 kg/ha2010: 0.4 kg/ha2011: 0.8 kg/ha2012: 1 kg/ha2013: 1.2 kg/ha2014: 1.5 kg/ha2015: 1.5 kg/ha2016: 2.8 kg/ha2017: 2.6 kg/ha2018: 6.8 kg/ha2019: 6 kg/ha2020: 5.1 kg/ha2021: 3 kg/ha2022: 3.9 kg/ha2023: 1.9 kg/ha
Change over the period: +0.5 (+33.32%) Average annual rate: 0.96 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eritrea 1.9 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Sub-Saharan Africa 19.6 kg/ha
Eastern Africa computed 33.5 kg/ha
Low-income countries computed 14.3 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Eritrea, by year Eritrea All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 1.9 −2.1 −52.53%
2022 3.9 +0.9 +31.47%
2021 3 −2.1 −40.63%
2020 5.1 −0.9 −15.52%
2019 6 −0.8 −11.94%
2018 6.8 +4.2 +164.43%
2017 2.6 −0.2 −7.8%
2016 2.8 +1.3 +89.56%
2015 1.5 +0 +0.89%
2014 1.5 +0.3 +22.68%
2013 1.2 +0.2 +20.94%
2012 1 +0.2 +19.58%
2011 0.8 +0.4 +96.87%
2010 0.4 −2.4 −85%
2009 2.8
2007 3.5 +3.5 +21,154.55%
2006 0 −2.3 −99.29%
2005 2.3 +2.3 +46,068.17%
2004 0 −1.6 −99.69%
2003 1.6 −4.6 −73.89%
2002 6.2 −3.5 −35.9%
2001 9.7 −9.7 −50.01%
2000 19.5 −2.4 −11.07%
1999 21.9 +8.8 +67.69%
1998 13.1 −2.3 −14.94%
1997 15.3 +1.8 +13.41%
1996 13.5 +9.8 +267.2%
1995 3.7 +0.7 +23.87%
1994 3 +1.6 +111.64%
1993 1.4

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.