Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Guinea-Bissau

Fertilizer use in Guinea-Bissau in 2023 — 13.6 kg/ha. Ranked 153 in the world out of 191. Since 1973, the indicator has risen by 3,299.9%.

2023 13.6 kg/ha −1.9% vs 2022
World rank 153of 191
Period maximum 24.2 kg/ha2020
Period minimum 0.4 kg/ha1973

Trend over time

1973–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Guinea-Bissau, 1973–20230102030197319781983198819931998200320082013201820231973: 0.4 kg/ha1974: 1.8 kg/ha1975: 1.2 kg/ha1976: 0.8 kg/ha1978: 2.7 kg/ha1979: 0.6 kg/ha1980: 0.8 kg/ha1981: 5.8 kg/ha1982: 3.3 kg/ha1983: 1.8 kg/ha1987: 2.8 kg/ha1988: 1.1 kg/ha1989: 3.6 kg/ha1990: 2.3 kg/ha1991: 2.2 kg/ha1992: 0.9 kg/ha1993: 1.1 kg/ha1994: 1.1 kg/ha1995: 1.1 kg/ha1996: 1.1 kg/ha1997: 1.1 kg/ha1998: 2.3 kg/ha1999: 2.1 kg/ha2000: 8 kg/ha2001: 8 kg/ha2002: 9.7 kg/ha2003: 10.8 kg/ha2004: 9.7 kg/ha2005: 10.6 kg/ha2006: 14.2 kg/ha2007: 8.7 kg/ha2008: 9.9 kg/ha2009: 10 kg/ha2010: 15.7 kg/ha2011: 9.8 kg/ha2012: 14.1 kg/ha2013: 14.6 kg/ha2014: 14.5 kg/ha2015: 14.4 kg/ha2016: 18.7 kg/ha2017: 23.8 kg/ha2018: 22 kg/ha2019: 20.4 kg/ha2020: 24.2 kg/ha2021: 18 kg/ha2022: 13.9 kg/ha2023: 13.6 kg/ha
Change over the period: +13.2 (+3,299.86%) Average annual rate: 7.31 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau 13.6 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Sub-Saharan Africa 19.6 kg/ha
Western Africa computed 9.7 kg/ha
Low-income countries computed 14.3 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Guinea-Bissau, by year Guinea-Bissau All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 13.6 −0.3 −1.9%
2022 13.9 −4.1 −22.84%
2021 18 −6.2 −25.69%
2020 24.2 +3.8 +18.67%
2019 20.4 −1.6 −7.39%
2018 22 −1.8 −7.59%
2017 23.8 +5.1 +27.34%
2016 18.7 +4.2 +29.41%
2015 14.4 −0 −0.28%
2014 14.5 −0.1 −0.48%
2013 14.6 +0.5 +3.51%
2012 14.1 +4.3 +44.14%
2011 9.8 −5.9 −37.84%
2010 15.7 +5.7 +57.08%
2009 10 +0.1 +0.72%
2008 9.9 +1.2 +14.18%
2007 8.7 −5.5 −38.72%
2006 14.2 +3.6 +34.21%
2005 10.6 +0.9 +8.79%
2004 9.7 −1.1 −10.27%
2003 10.8 +1.2 +12.11%
2002 9.7 +1.7 +20.67%
2001 8 +0 +0%
2000 8 +5.9 +273.33%
1999 2.1 −0.2 −7.14%
1998 2.3 +1.2 +107.69%
1997 1.1 +0 +0%
1996 1.1 +0 +3.7%
1995 1.1 +0 +0%
1994 1.1 −0 −3.57%
1993 1.1 +0.2 +17.7%
1992 0.9 −1.2 −56.62%
1991 2.2 −0.2 −7.17%
1990 2.3 −1.2 −34.51%
1989 3.6 +2.5 +229.28%
1988 1.1 −1.7 −60.77%
1987 2.8
1983 1.8 −1.5 −46.43%
1982 3.3 −2.5 −42.89%
1981 5.8 +5 +608.73%
1980 0.8 +0.2 +41.89%
1979 0.6 −2.2 −78.86%
1978 2.7
1976 0.8 −0.4 −33.33%
1975 1.2 −0.6 −33.77%
1974 1.8 +1.4 +344.12%
1973 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.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.