Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Iraq

Fertilizer use in Iraq in 2023 — 50.5 kg/ha. Ranked 118 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 12,464.5%.

2023 50.5 kg/ha −1.13% vs 2022
World rank 118of 191
Period maximum 148.7 kg/ha2001
Period minimum 0.4 kg/ha1962

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Iraq, 1961–202305010015019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 0.4 kg/ha1963: 0.5 kg/ha1965: 0.7 kg/ha1967: 1.9 kg/ha1969: 3 kg/ha1971: 4.2 kg/ha1973: 5.7 kg/ha1975: 6.4 kg/ha1977: 10.6 kg/ha1979: 19.4 kg/ha1981: 14.6 kg/ha1983: 16.7 kg/ha1985: 34.4 kg/ha1987: 41.5 kg/ha1989: 43.1 kg/ha1991: 24.9 kg/ha1993: 62.1 kg/ha1995: 69.6 kg/ha1997: 81.1 kg/ha1999: 90.3 kg/ha2001: 148.7 kg/ha2003: 25.5 kg/ha2005: 47.1 kg/ha2007: 37.9 kg/ha2009: 60.2 kg/ha2011: 39.1 kg/ha2013: 50.6 kg/ha2015: 15.6 kg/ha2017: 50.6 kg/ha2019: 52.3 kg/ha2021: 50.8 kg/ha2023: 50.5 kg/ha
Change over the period: +50.1 (+12,464.54%) Average annual rate: 8.11 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Iraq 50.5 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Western Asia computed 104.7 kg/ha
Upper-middle-income countries computed 235.8 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 50.5 −0.6 −1.13%
2022 51.1 +0.3 +0.68%
2021 50.8 −4.8 −8.67%
2020 55.6 +3.3 +6.27%
2019 52.3 −2.9 −5.21%
2018 55.2 +4.5 +8.97%
2017 50.6 +21.7 +74.85%
2016 29 +13.4 +86.05%
2015 15.6 −4.1 −21%
2014 19.7 −30.9 −61.08%
2013 50.6 +1.2 +2.45%
2012 49.4 +10.3 +26.39%
2011 39.1 +4.8 +14.02%
2010 34.3 −25.9 −43.04%
2009 60.2 +3 +5.26%
2008 57.2 +19.3 +51.09%
2007 37.9 −8.7 −18.68%
2006 46.5 −0.5 −1.07%
2005 47.1 +22.4 +90.52%
2004 24.7 −0.8 −3.11%
2003 25.5 −115.5 −81.93%
2002 141 −7.6 −5.13%
2001 148.7 +62.3 +72.2%
2000 86.3 −3.9 −4.35%
1999 90.3 +3.1 +3.61%
1998 87.1 +6 +7.43%
1997 81.1 +7.3 +9.83%
1996 73.8 +4.3 +6.14%
1995 69.6 −6.5 −8.52%
1994 76 +13.9 +22.36%
1993 62.1 +22.5 +56.84%
1992 39.6 +14.7 +58.84%
1991 24.9 −16.5 −39.75%
1990 41.4 −1.7 −3.89%
1989 43.1 −1.8 −3.95%
1988 44.8 +3.4 +8.16%
1987 41.5 +4.1 +10.96%
1986 37.4 +3 +8.69%
1985 34.4 +4.9 +16.6%
1984 29.5 +12.7 +76.11%
1983 16.7 +1.5 +9.6%
1982 15.3 +0.6 +4.43%
1981 14.6 −3 −16.79%
1980 17.6 −1.8 −9.51%
1979 19.4 +8.2 +72.3%
1978 11.3 +0.6 +6.1%
1977 10.6 +2.2 +26.05%
1976 8.4 +2 +31.5%
1975 6.4 −0.3 −5.06%
1974 6.8 +1 +17.78%
1973 5.7 +1.2 +26.46%
1972 4.5 +0.4 +8.57%
1971 4.2 +0.7 +19.09%
1970 3.5 +0.5 +17.11%
1969 3 +0.7 +33.2%
1968 2.2 +0.3 +16.9%
1967 1.9 +0.4 +26.19%
1966 1.5 +0.8 +107.02%
1965 0.7 +0.1 +18%
1964 0.6 +0.1 +21.8%
1963 0.5 +0.1 +36.08%
1962 0.4 −0 −6.42%
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.

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