Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Laos

Fertilizer use in Laos in 2023 — 77.4 kg/ha. Ranked 99 in the world out of 191. Since 1963, the indicator has risen by 98,979.7%.

2023 77.4 kg/ha +33.24% vs 2022
World rank 99of 191
Period maximum 77.4 kg/ha2023
Period minimum 0.1 kg/ha1963

Trend over time

1963–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Laos, 1963–2023020406080196319691975198119871993199920052011201720231963: 0.1 kg/ha1964: 0.1 kg/ha1965: 0.4 kg/ha1966: 1.7 kg/ha1967: 0.6 kg/ha1968: 2.9 kg/ha1969: 1.1 kg/ha1970: 0.3 kg/ha1971: 0.3 kg/ha1972: 0.3 kg/ha1973: 0.3 kg/ha1974: 0.3 kg/ha1975: 0.1 kg/ha1976: 0.1 kg/ha1977: 0.1 kg/ha1978: 0.1 kg/ha1979: 0.2 kg/ha1980: 5.1 kg/ha1981: 5.1 kg/ha1982: 0.3 kg/ha1983: 0.7 kg/ha1985: 2.5 kg/ha1987: 0.6 kg/ha1988: 0.4 kg/ha1989: 0.4 kg/ha1990: 1.9 kg/ha1991: 3.2 kg/ha1992: 4.2 kg/ha1993: 3.8 kg/ha1994: 2.2 kg/ha1995: 7.5 kg/ha1996: 4.6 kg/ha1997: 9.1 kg/ha1998: 5.3 kg/ha1999: 11.3 kg/ha2000: 6.5 kg/ha2001: 12.7 kg/ha2002: 10.7 kg/ha2003: 3.6 kg/ha2004: 6 kg/ha2005: 7.5 kg/ha2006: 7.3 kg/ha2007: 8.3 kg/ha2008: 7.3 kg/ha2009: 11.3 kg/ha2010: 11.5 kg/ha2011: 18 kg/ha2012: 29.4 kg/ha2013: 25.1 kg/ha2014: 34 kg/ha2015: 43.8 kg/ha2016: 32.6 kg/ha2017: 36.9 kg/ha2018: 48.2 kg/ha2019: 68.7 kg/ha2020: 72.1 kg/ha2021: 72.1 kg/ha2022: 58.1 kg/ha2023: 77.4 kg/ha
Change over the period: +77.3 (+98,979.74%) Average annual rate: 12.18 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Laos 77.4 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
East Asia & Pacific 305.1 kg/ha
South-Eastern Asia computed 267.9 kg/ha
Lower-middle-income countries computed 128.5 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Laos, by year Laos All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 77.4 +19.3 +33.24%
2022 58.1 −14 −19.43%
2021 72.1 −0 −0.05%
2020 72.1 +3.4 +5.02%
2019 68.7 +20.5 +42.61%
2018 48.2 +11.3 +30.67%
2017 36.9 +4.3 +13.16%
2016 32.6 −11.3 −25.71%
2015 43.8 +9.9 +28.98%
2014 34 +8.9 +35.47%
2013 25.1 −4.3 −14.75%
2012 29.4 +11.5 +63.72%
2011 18 +6.5 +56.35%
2010 11.5 +0.2 +1.42%
2009 11.3 +4 +54.63%
2008 7.3 −1 −11.94%
2007 8.3 +1 +14.09%
2006 7.3 −0.2 −2.26%
2005 7.5 +1.5 +24.37%
2004 6 +2.4 +68.89%
2003 3.6 −7.2 −66.88%
2002 10.7 −1.9 −15.24%
2001 12.7 +6.1 +94.03%
2000 6.5 −4.8 −42.21%
1999 11.3 +6 +113.27%
1998 5.3 −3.8 −41.74%
1997 9.1 +4.5 +97.06%
1996 4.6 −2.9 −38.3%
1995 7.5 +5.3 +242.48%
1994 2.2 −1.6 −41.87%
1993 3.8 −0.5 −11.4%
1992 4.2 +1 +32.68%
1991 3.2 +1.3 +70.13%
1990 1.9 +1.5 +397.5%
1989 0.4 +0 +0%
1988 0.4 −0.3 −40.15%
1987 0.6
1985 2.5
1983 0.7 +0.4 +116.6%
1982 0.3 −4.8 −93.57%
1981 5.1 +0 +0%
1980 5.1 +5 +3,125.81%
1979 0.2 +0.1 +83.89%
1978 0.1 −0 −33.43%
1977 0.1 −0 −1.3%
1976 0.1 −0 −1.32%
1975 0.1 −0.1 −50.67%
1974 0.3 −0 −2.7%
1973 0.3 −0 −2.78%
1972 0.3 −0 −4.29%
1971 0.3 −0 −1.73%
1970 0.3 −0.8 −72.23%
1969 1.1 −1.8 −62.25%
1968 2.9 +2.3 +357.24%
1967 0.6 −1.1 −63.21%
1966 1.7 +1.3 +324.14%
1965 0.4 +0.3 +420%
1964 0.1 +0 +0%
1963 0.1

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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