Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Gabon

Fertilizer use in Gabon in 2023 — 50.3 kg/ha. Ranked 120 in the world out of 191. Since 1972, the indicator has risen by 21,290.5%.

2023 50.3 kg/ha −16.02% vs 2022
World rank 120of 191
Period maximum 60.6 kg/ha2017
Period minimum 0.1 kg/ha1973

Trend over time

1972–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Gabon, 1972–202302040608019721978198419901996200220082014202020231972: 0.2 kg/ha1973: 0.1 kg/ha1974: 0.1 kg/ha1975: 1.7 kg/ha1976: 3.3 kg/ha1977: 2.2 kg/ha1978: 1 kg/ha1979: 0.4 kg/ha1980: 0.3 kg/ha1981: 5.2 kg/ha1982: 1.4 kg/ha1983: 7.1 kg/ha1984: 9 kg/ha1985: 9.3 kg/ha1986: 7.1 kg/ha1987: 7.1 kg/ha1988: 3.1 kg/ha1989: 3.9 kg/ha1990: 3.6 kg/ha1991: 1.9 kg/ha1992: 1.6 kg/ha1993: 1.3 kg/ha1994: 1.3 kg/ha1995: 1.2 kg/ha1996: 0.6 kg/ha1997: 0.6 kg/ha1998: 1.3 kg/ha1999: 0.9 kg/ha2000: 0.9 kg/ha2001: 0.9 kg/ha2002: 5.6 kg/ha2003: 3.6 kg/ha2004: 5.1 kg/ha2005: 8.3 kg/ha2006: 8.5 kg/ha2007: 9.1 kg/ha2008: 10.5 kg/ha2009: 12 kg/ha2010: 3.2 kg/ha2011: 5.6 kg/ha2012: 10.1 kg/ha2013: 10.1 kg/ha2014: 13.1 kg/ha2015: 27.3 kg/ha2016: 31.8 kg/ha2017: 60.6 kg/ha2018: 44.2 kg/ha2019: 39.9 kg/ha2020: 21.3 kg/ha2021: 28.3 kg/ha2022: 59.9 kg/ha2023: 50.3 kg/ha
Change over the period: +50 (+21,290.51%) Average annual rate: 11.09 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Gabon 50.3 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Sub-Saharan Africa 19.6 kg/ha
Middle Africa computed 6.8 kg/ha
Upper-middle-income countries computed 235.8 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Gabon, by year Gabon All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 50.3 −9.6 −16.02%
2022 59.9 +31.6 +111.87%
2021 28.3 +7 +32.8%
2020 21.3 −18.6 −46.63%
2019 39.9 −4.3 −9.71%
2018 44.2 −16.5 −27.17%
2017 60.6 +28.8 +90.45%
2016 31.8 +4.5 +16.43%
2015 27.3 +14.3 +109.01%
2014 13.1 +2.9 +29.01%
2013 10.1 +0 +0.49%
2012 10.1 +4.4 +78.59%
2011 5.6 +2.5 +78.77%
2010 3.2 −8.9 −73.71%
2009 12 +1.5 +14.31%
2008 10.5 +1.5 +16.1%
2007 9.1 +0.6 +7.09%
2006 8.5 +0.1 +1.36%
2005 8.3 +3.2 +63.37%
2004 5.1 +1.5 +41.4%
2003 3.6 −2 −35.25%
2002 5.6 +4.7 +504.33%
2001 0.9 +0 +0%
2000 0.9 +0 +0%
1999 0.9 −0.4 −30.72%
1998 1.3 +0.7 +116.5%
1997 0.6 +0 +0%
1996 0.6 −0.6 −50%
1995 1.2 −0 −1.85%
1994 1.3 −0 −0.63%
1993 1.3 −0.3 −20.5%
1992 1.6 −0.3 −17.2%
1991 1.9 −1.7 −46.82%
1990 3.6 −0.3 −7.18%
1989 3.9 +0.8 +25.76%
1988 3.1 −4 −56.66%
1987 7.1 −0 −0.06%
1986 7.1 −2.2 −23.37%
1985 9.3 +0.3 +3.01%
1984 9 +2 +27.71%
1983 7.1 +5.7 +421.46%
1982 1.4 −3.9 −74%
1981 5.2 +4.9 +1,417.57%
1980 0.3 −0.1 −18.6%
1979 0.4 −0.6 −59.61%
1978 1 −1.1 −52.28%
1977 2.2 −1.2 −34.51%
1976 3.3 +1.6 +94.01%
1975 1.7 +1.6 +1,164.37%
1974 0.1 +0 +36.36%
1973 0.1 −0.1 −57.45%
1972 0.2

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.

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