Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Kenya

Fertilizer use in Kenya in 2023 — 50.5 kg/ha. Ranked 119 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 1,491.1%.

2023 50.5 kg/ha +51.78% vs 2022
World rank 119of 191
Period maximum 59.5 kg/ha2017
Period minimum 3.2 kg/ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Kenya, 1961–2023020406019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 3.2 kg/ha1963: 4.6 kg/ha1965: 6.9 kg/ha1967: 9.5 kg/ha1969: 12.1 kg/ha1971: 13.5 kg/ha1973: 14.6 kg/ha1975: 11.7 kg/ha1977: 13.6 kg/ha1979: 10.1 kg/ha1981: 21.8 kg/ha1983: 19.8 kg/ha1985: 22.4 kg/ha1987: 23.7 kg/ha1989: 20.1 kg/ha1991: 22.1 kg/ha1993: 19.8 kg/ha1995: 14.4 kg/ha1997: 27.9 kg/ha1999: 29.1 kg/ha2001: 29.2 kg/ha2003: 33.1 kg/ha2005: 34.3 kg/ha2007: 36.4 kg/ha2009: 34 kg/ha2011: 37.8 kg/ha2013: 51 kg/ha2015: 35.5 kg/ha2017: 59.5 kg/ha2019: 50.1 kg/ha2021: 53.1 kg/ha2023: 50.5 kg/ha
Change over the period: +47.3 (+1,491.12%) Average annual rate: 4.56 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Kenya 50.5 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Sub-Saharan Africa 19.6 kg/ha
Eastern Africa computed 33.5 kg/ha
Lower-middle-income countries computed 128.5 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Kenya, by year Kenya All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 50.5 +17.2 +51.78%
2022 33.2 −19.8 −37.33%
2021 53.1 −4.5 −7.83%
2020 57.6 +7.5 +14.89%
2019 50.1 +7.7 +18.07%
2018 42.4 −17.1 −28.74%
2017 59.5 +16.3 +37.74%
2016 43.2 +7.8 +21.9%
2015 35.5 −7.9 −18.14%
2014 43.3 −7.6 −15%
2013 51 +7.3 +16.8%
2012 43.6 +5.8 +15.43%
2011 37.8 +5.3 +16.4%
2010 32.5 −1.6 −4.6%
2009 34 +0.8 +2.27%
2008 33.3 −3.1 −8.54%
2007 36.4 +3.2 +9.77%
2006 33.2 −1.2 −3.41%
2005 34.3 +6.6 +24.01%
2004 27.7 −5.4 −16.36%
2003 33.1 +5.8 +21.18%
2002 27.3 −1.9 −6.62%
2001 29.2 −0.5 −1.82%
2000 29.8 +0.7 +2.51%
1999 29.1 +1.9 +6.96%
1998 27.2 −0.7 −2.68%
1997 27.9 −6.5 −18.9%
1996 34.4 +20 +138.78%
1995 14.4 −9.4 −39.44%
1994 23.8 +4 +20.47%
1993 19.8 +0.5 +2.63%
1992 19.3 −2.9 −12.91%
1991 22.1 +0.7 +3.41%
1990 21.4 +1.3 +6.27%
1989 20.1 −4.7 −18.88%
1988 24.8 +1.1 +4.63%
1987 23.7 +2.3 +10.66%
1986 21.4 −1 −4.49%
1985 22.4 +0.5 +2.2%
1984 21.9 +2.2 +11.06%
1983 19.8 +3.3 +19.78%
1982 16.5 −5.3 −24.28%
1981 21.8 +5.6 +34.42%
1980 16.2 +6.1 +60.84%
1979 10.1 −3.3 −24.9%
1978 13.4 −0.1 −1.01%
1977 13.6 −0.6 −4.4%
1976 14.2 +2.5 +21.13%
1975 11.7 −3.4 −22.38%
1974 15.1 +0.5 +3.61%
1973 14.6 −0.6 −4.19%
1972 15.2 +1.7 +12.69%
1971 13.5 −0.7 −4.65%
1970 14.1 +2.1 +17.02%
1969 12.1 +2.7 +28.96%
1968 9.4 −0.1 −1.5%
1967 9.5 +0.8 +8.57%
1966 8.8 +1.9 +27.67%
1965 6.9 +1.4 +24.7%
1964 5.5 +0.9 +20.24%
1963 4.6 +1.1 +32.41%
1962 3.5 +0.3 +9.01%
1961 3.2

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.