Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Ghana

Fertilizer use in Ghana in 2023 — 28.9 kg/ha. Ranked 135 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 6,740.3%.

2023 28.9 kg/ha −22.02% vs 2022
World rank 135of 191
Period maximum 50.1 kg/ha2020
Period minimum 0.4 kg/ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Ghana, 1961–2023020406019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 0.4 kg/ha1963: 1.2 kg/ha1965: 0.7 kg/ha1967: 0.8 kg/ha1969: 0.7 kg/ha1971: 1.7 kg/ha1973: 3.9 kg/ha1975: 13.6 kg/ha1977: 17.3 kg/ha1979: 9.7 kg/ha1981: 15.3 kg/ha1983: 10.2 kg/ha1985: 5.2 kg/ha1987: 4.4 kg/ha1989: 3.3 kg/ha1991: 2.9 kg/ha1993: 2.7 kg/ha1995: 3.2 kg/ha1997: 5.9 kg/ha1999: 4.2 kg/ha2001: 8.2 kg/ha2003: 7.4 kg/ha2005: 6 kg/ha2007: 18.7 kg/ha2009: 20.9 kg/ha2011: 14.6 kg/ha2013: 27.2 kg/ha2015: 25 kg/ha2017: 38.2 kg/ha2019: 40.1 kg/ha2021: 37.4 kg/ha2023: 28.9 kg/ha
Change over the period: +28.5 (+6,740.3%) Average annual rate: 7.05 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Ghana 28.9 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Sub-Saharan Africa 19.6 kg/ha
Western Africa computed 9.7 kg/ha
Lower-middle-income countries computed 128.5 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 28.9 −8.2 −22.02%
2022 37 −0.3 −0.84%
2021 37.4 −12.7 −25.44%
2020 50.1 +10 +24.86%
2019 40.1 +12.6 +45.68%
2018 27.6 −10.7 −27.97%
2017 38.2 +16 +71.55%
2016 22.3 −2.7 −10.73%
2015 25 +8.3 +49.59%
2014 16.7 −10.5 −38.51%
2013 27.2 −10.6 −28.13%
2012 37.8 +23.2 +158.68%
2011 14.6 −5.8 −28.53%
2010 20.4 −0.5 −2.17%
2009 20.9 +5 +31.81%
2008 15.8 −2.9 −15.27%
2007 18.7 −2.2 −10.43%
2006 20.9 +14.9 +246.92%
2005 6 −7.4 −55.11%
2004 13.4 +6.1 +82.23%
2003 7.4 +3.3 +80.5%
2002 4.1 −4.1 −50.16%
2001 8.2 +5 +157.72%
2000 3.2 −1 −23.84%
1999 4.2 +0 +0.14%
1998 4.2 −1.8 −29.71%
1997 5.9 +0.5 +8.89%
1996 5.4 +2.2 +68.17%
1995 3.2 +0.5 +17.58%
1994 2.8 +0 +1.74%
1993 2.7 −0.9 −25.07%
1992 3.6 +0.8 +26.25%
1991 2.9 −2 −40.66%
1990 4.8 +1.6 +47.62%
1989 3.3 −1.6 −32.99%
1988 4.9 +0.5 +11.78%
1987 4.4 +1.2 +37.51%
1986 3.2 −2 −39.2%
1985 5.2 +1.6 +42.61%
1984 3.7 −6.5 −64.16%
1983 10.2 −2.7 −21.03%
1982 12.9 −2.4 −15.45%
1981 15.3 +8.9 +141.67%
1980 6.3 −3.4 −35.14%
1979 9.7 −0.3 −2.63%
1978 10 −7.3 −42.31%
1977 17.3 +5.9 +52.2%
1976 11.4 −2.2 −16.33%
1975 13.6 +7.9 +137.83%
1974 5.7 +1.8 +46.48%
1973 3.9 +1.3 +47.53%
1972 2.6 +1 +56.05%
1971 1.7 −0.3 −13.7%
1970 2 +1.3 +181.4%
1969 0.7 −0.1 −12.39%
1968 0.8 +0 +2.81%
1967 0.8 +0.1 +9.92%
1966 0.7 +0 +5.82%
1965 0.7 −0.2 −23.01%
1964 0.9 −0.4 −29.86%
1963 1.2 +0.1 +8.81%
1962 1.1 +0.7 +168.8%
1961 0.4

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.

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