Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Hungary

Fertilizer use in Hungary in 2023 — 89.5 kg/ha. Ranked 95 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 116.1%.

2023 89.5 kg/ha −17.36% vs 2022
World rank 95of 191
Period maximum 316 kg/ha1983
Period minimum 39.9 kg/ha1992

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Hungary, 1961–2023010020030040019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 41.4 kg/ha1963: 57.7 kg/ha1965: 68.4 kg/ha1967: 98.5 kg/ha1969: 134.3 kg/ha1971: 184 kg/ha1973: 232.3 kg/ha1975: 296.1 kg/ha1977: 297.9 kg/ha1979: 298.2 kg/ha1981: 295.3 kg/ha1983: 316 kg/ha1985: 265.7 kg/ha1987: 271.9 kg/ha1989: 238.7 kg/ha1991: 64.5 kg/ha1993: 61.6 kg/ha1995: 76.6 kg/ha1997: 88.6 kg/ha1999: 89.8 kg/ha2001: 98.5 kg/ha2003: 95.5 kg/ha2005: 85.2 kg/ha2007: 110.4 kg/ha2009: 77.5 kg/ha2011: 93.3 kg/ha2013: 113.6 kg/ha2015: 114.1 kg/ha2017: 152.4 kg/ha2019: 146 kg/ha2021: 165.5 kg/ha2023: 89.5 kg/ha
Change over the period: +48.1 (+116.06%) Average annual rate: 1.25 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Hungary 89.5 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Eastern Europe computed 51 kg/ha
High-income countries computed 104 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Hungary, by year Hungary All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 89.5 −18.8 −17.36%
2022 108.3 −57.2 −34.54%
2021 165.5 +2.9 +1.77%
2020 162.6 +16.6 +11.39%
2019 146 −4.9 −3.23%
2018 150.9 −1.5 −1%
2017 152.4 +14.2 +10.28%
2016 138.2 +24 +21.05%
2015 114.1 +1.4 +1.28%
2014 112.7 −0.9 −0.75%
2013 113.6 +13.9 +14%
2012 99.6 +6.3 +6.78%
2011 93.3 +9 +10.62%
2010 84.3 +6.9 +8.84%
2009 77.5 −19.2 −19.87%
2008 96.7 −13.7 −12.42%
2007 110.4 +11.2 +11.31%
2006 99.2 +14 +16.43%
2005 85.2 −13.3 −13.52%
2004 98.5 +3 +3.17%
2003 95.5 +0.6 +0.65%
2002 94.9 −3.6 −3.69%
2001 98.5 +7.9 +8.71%
2000 90.6 +0.8 +0.86%
1999 89.8 +12.9 +16.83%
1998 76.9 −11.7 −13.21%
1997 88.6 −6 −6.29%
1996 94.6 +18 +23.44%
1995 76.6 +10.5 +15.96%
1994 66.1 +4.4 +7.2%
1993 61.6 +21.8 +54.62%
1992 39.9 −24.6 −38.21%
1991 64.5 −70 −52.05%
1990 134.5 −104.1 −43.63%
1989 238.7 −42 −14.97%
1988 280.7 +8.8 +3.24%
1987 271.9 −2.4 −0.88%
1986 274.3 +8.6 +3.25%
1985 265.7 −37.5 −12.36%
1984 303.1 −12.9 −4.07%
1983 316 +11.5 +3.78%
1982 304.5 +9.2 +3.13%
1981 295.3 +16.9 +6.08%
1980 278.3 −19.8 −6.66%
1979 298.2 −6.9 −2.26%
1978 305.1 +7.1 +2.39%
1977 297.9 +26.2 +9.65%
1976 271.7 −24.4 −8.23%
1975 296.1 +35.5 +13.65%
1974 260.5 +28.3 +12.17%
1973 232.3 +35.9 +18.27%
1972 196.4 +12.4 +6.75%
1971 184 +22.7 +14.11%
1970 161.2 +26.9 +20%
1969 134.3 +13.5 +11.21%
1968 120.8 +22.3 +22.65%
1967 98.5 +24.4 +32.9%
1966 74.1 +5.8 +8.41%
1965 68.4 +2.7 +4.14%
1964 65.6 +8 +13.81%
1963 57.7 +4.8 +9.12%
1962 52.9 +11.4 +27.56%
1961 41.4

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.