Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Eswatini

Fertilizer use in Eswatini in 2023 — 80.9 kg/ha. Ranked 98 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 157.4%.

2023 80.9 kg/ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 98of 191
Period maximum 130.1 kg/ha1983
Period minimum 23.7 kg/ha1996

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Eswatini, 1961–202305010015019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 31.5 kg/ha1963: 28.2 kg/ha1965: 39.3 kg/ha1967: 42.5 kg/ha1969: 36 kg/ha1971: 48.8 kg/ha1973: 75.9 kg/ha1975: 56.3 kg/ha1977: 65.5 kg/ha1979: 79.3 kg/ha1981: 129.6 kg/ha1983: 130.1 kg/ha1985: 57.1 kg/ha1987: 82.3 kg/ha1989: 71.9 kg/ha1991: 62.8 kg/ha1993: 65.2 kg/ha1995: 28.6 kg/ha1997: 29.2 kg/ha1999: 30.9 kg/ha2001: 39.3 kg/ha2003: 47.7 kg/ha2005: 40.8 kg/ha2007: 52.5 kg/ha2009: 48.8 kg/ha2011: 52.5 kg/ha2013: 60.4 kg/ha2015: 56.6 kg/ha2017: 64.6 kg/ha2019: 81.4 kg/ha2021: 91.2 kg/ha2023: 80.9 kg/ha
Change over the period: +49.5 (+157.38%) Average annual rate: 1.54 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eswatini 80.9 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Sub-Saharan Africa 19.6 kg/ha
Southern Africa computed 72.8 kg/ha
Lower-middle-income countries computed 128.5 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Eswatini, by year Eswatini All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 80.9 +0 +0%
2022 80.9 −10.2 −11.23%
2021 91.2 +8.7 +10.59%
2020 82.5 +1 +1.26%
2019 81.4 +0.4 +0.49%
2018 81 +16.4 +25.39%
2017 64.6 +12.8 +24.71%
2016 51.8 −4.8 −8.42%
2015 56.6 −2.3 −3.98%
2014 58.9 −1.4 −2.37%
2013 60.4 +5.5 +10.05%
2012 54.8 +2.3 +4.39%
2011 52.5 +4.5 +9.39%
2010 48 −0.7 −1.51%
2009 48.8 +0.8 +1.73%
2008 47.9 −4.6 −8.74%
2007 52.5 −1.1 −2.07%
2006 53.6 +12.9 +31.55%
2005 40.8 −11.3 −21.63%
2004 52 +4.3 +9.09%
2003 47.7 −12.2 −20.34%
2002 59.9 +20.5 +52.23%
2001 39.3 +6.7 +20.69%
2000 32.6 +1.7 +5.45%
1999 30.9 −1.7 −5.17%
1998 32.6 +3.4 +11.54%
1997 29.2 +5.5 +23.11%
1996 23.7 −4.9 −17.1%
1995 28.6 +1.1 +3.98%
1994 27.5 −37.6 −57.76%
1993 65.2 −4.1 −5.93%
1992 69.3 +6.4 +10.24%
1991 62.8 −11.6 −15.57%
1990 74.4 +2.5 +3.48%
1989 71.9 −6.1 −7.81%
1988 78 −4.2 −5.14%
1987 82.3 +5.4 +6.99%
1986 76.9 +19.7 +34.56%
1985 57.1 +6.8 +13.59%
1984 50.3 −79.8 −61.33%
1983 130.1 +24.4 +23.08%
1982 105.7 −23.9 −18.43%
1981 129.6 +18.5 +16.67%
1980 111.1 +31.7 +40.02%
1979 79.3 −4.6 −5.52%
1978 83.9 +18.5 +28.2%
1977 65.5 +0.5 +0.7%
1976 65 +8.7 +15.53%
1975 56.3 −3.1 −5.17%
1974 59.4 −16.5 −21.75%
1973 75.9 +36.2 +91.44%
1972 39.6 −9.2 −18.84%
1971 48.8 +8.4 +20.79%
1970 40.4 +4.4 +12.16%
1969 36 +5.1 +16.55%
1968 30.9 −11.6 −27.22%
1967 42.5 +3.6 +9.14%
1966 38.9 −0.4 −0.92%
1965 39.3 +9.9 +33.82%
1964 29.4 +1.2 +4.24%
1963 28.2 −1.7 −5.65%
1962 29.9 −1.6 −5.09%
1961 31.5

Southern Africa, 2023

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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.