Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Jamaica

Fertilizer use in Jamaica in 2023 — 59.2 kg/ha. Ranked 112 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 27.2%.

2023 59.2 kg/ha −0.17% vs 2022
World rank 112of 191
Period maximum 259.2 kg/ha1989
Period minimum 36.2 kg/ha2007

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Jamaica, 1961–2023010020030019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 81.4 kg/ha1963: 88.6 kg/ha1965: 107 kg/ha1967: 162.6 kg/ha1969: 147.1 kg/ha1971: 147.1 kg/ha1973: 128.3 kg/ha1975: 126.2 kg/ha1977: 102.1 kg/ha1979: 98.8 kg/ha1981: 140.8 kg/ha1983: 110.7 kg/ha1985: 102.6 kg/ha1987: 213.9 kg/ha1989: 259.2 kg/ha1991: 204 kg/ha1993: 134.5 kg/ha1995: 167.8 kg/ha1997: 156 kg/ha1999: 161.1 kg/ha2001: 149 kg/ha2003: 112.2 kg/ha2005: 115.8 kg/ha2007: 36.2 kg/ha2009: 58.2 kg/ha2011: 71.2 kg/ha2013: 83.2 kg/ha2015: 37.8 kg/ha2017: 66.3 kg/ha2019: 77.6 kg/ha2021: 65.3 kg/ha2023: 59.2 kg/ha
Change over the period: −22.2 (−27.25%) Average annual rate: -0.51 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Jamaica 59.2 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Upper-middle-income countries computed 235.8 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 59.2 −0.1 −0.17%
2022 59.3 −6 −9.19%
2021 65.3 +0 +0%
2020 65.3 −12.3 −15.85%
2019 77.6 −24.9 −24.27%
2018 102.5 +36.2 +54.58%
2017 66.3 +9 +15.8%
2016 57.2 +19.4 +51.3%
2015 37.8 −77.4 −67.18%
2014 115.3 +32.1 +38.65%
2013 83.2 −4.2 −4.84%
2012 87.4 +16.2 +22.76%
2011 71.2 +8.6 +13.65%
2010 62.6 +4.4 +7.62%
2009 58.2 +20.6 +54.59%
2008 37.6 +1.4 +3.94%
2007 36.2 −27.3 −42.98%
2006 63.5 −52.3 −45.17%
2005 115.8 −8.1 −6.54%
2004 123.9 +11.8 +10.48%
2003 112.2 +17.5 +18.5%
2002 94.7 −54.3 −36.45%
2001 149 −11 −6.9%
2000 160 −1.1 −0.71%
1999 161.1 −0.5 −0.34%
1998 161.7 +5.7 +3.66%
1997 156 +2.4 +1.58%
1996 153.5 −14.3 −8.51%
1995 167.8 +23.7 +16.47%
1994 144.1 +9.6 +7.15%
1993 134.5 −22.1 −14.13%
1992 156.6 −47.4 −23.21%
1991 204 +43.5 +27.08%
1990 160.5 −98.7 −38.07%
1989 259.2 +4.7 +1.83%
1988 254.5 +40.6 +18.98%
1987 213.9 +63.5 +42.2%
1986 150.4 +47.8 +46.61%
1985 102.6 −98.3 −48.92%
1984 200.9 +90.1 +81.39%
1983 110.7 +14.6 +15.2%
1982 96.1 −44.7 −31.75%
1981 140.8 +11.2 +8.61%
1980 129.7 +30.9 +31.22%
1979 98.8 −11.3 −10.23%
1978 110.1 +8 +7.85%
1977 102.1 +3.4 +3.5%
1976 98.6 −27.6 −21.86%
1975 126.2 −50.3 −28.52%
1974 176.6 +48.3 +37.63%
1973 128.3 −28.3 −18.06%
1972 156.6 +9.5 +6.43%
1971 147.1 −3.5 −2.32%
1970 150.6 +3.5 +2.37%
1969 147.1 −2.6 −1.72%
1968 149.7 −13 −7.97%
1967 162.6 +57 +53.97%
1966 105.6 −1.4 −1.27%
1965 107 −24.2 −18.43%
1964 131.2 +42.5 +47.96%
1963 88.6 +15.6 +21.28%
1962 73.1 −8.3 −10.17%
1961 81.4

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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