Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Latvia

Fertilizer use in Latvia in 2023 — 94.5 kg/ha. Ranked 85 in the world out of 191. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 5%.

2023 94.5 kg/ha −7.04% vs 2022
World rank 85of 191
Period maximum 113.4 kg/ha2020
Period minimum 22 kg/ha1995

Trend over time

1992–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Latvia, 1992–20230501001501992199620002004200820122016202020231992: 99.5 kg/ha1993: 56.5 kg/ha1994: 55.7 kg/ha1995: 22 kg/ha1996: 23.6 kg/ha1997: 32.5 kg/ha1998: 46.5 kg/ha1999: 55.2 kg/ha2000: 51.8 kg/ha2001: 59.1 kg/ha2002: 45.7 kg/ha2003: 61.5 kg/ha2004: 60 kg/ha2005: 68 kg/ha2006: 62.7 kg/ha2007: 67.7 kg/ha2008: 66.9 kg/ha2009: 64.9 kg/ha2010: 77.6 kg/ha2011: 83.2 kg/ha2012: 91.6 kg/ha2013: 100.7 kg/ha2014: 101.1 kg/ha2015: 104.8 kg/ha2016: 104.2 kg/ha2017: 103.5 kg/ha2018: 101.2 kg/ha2019: 105.6 kg/ha2020: 113.4 kg/ha2021: 111.8 kg/ha2022: 101.7 kg/ha2023: 94.5 kg/ha
Change over the period: −5 (−5.05%) Average annual rate: -0.17 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Latvia 94.5 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Northern Europe computed 149.4 kg/ha
High-income countries computed 104 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Latvia, by year Latvia All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 94.5 −7.2 −7.04%
2022 101.7 −10.2 −9.08%
2021 111.8 −1.6 −1.42%
2020 113.4 +7.9 +7.44%
2019 105.6 +4.4 +4.37%
2018 101.2 −2.3 −2.25%
2017 103.5 −0.7 −0.68%
2016 104.2 −0.6 −0.54%
2015 104.8 +3.6 +3.59%
2014 101.1 +0.5 +0.46%
2013 100.7 +9.1 +9.93%
2012 91.6 +8.3 +10.01%
2011 83.2 +5.6 +7.19%
2010 77.6 +12.8 +19.67%
2009 64.9 −2.1 −3.08%
2008 66.9 −0.8 −1.15%
2007 67.7 +5.1 +8.09%
2006 62.7 −5.4 −7.91%
2005 68 +8.1 +13.44%
2004 60 −1.5 −2.43%
2003 61.5 +15.8 +34.59%
2002 45.7 −13.5 −22.78%
2001 59.1 +7.3 +14.09%
2000 51.8 −3.4 −6.07%
1999 55.2 +8.7 +18.8%
1998 46.5 +13.9 +42.82%
1997 32.5 +8.9 +37.93%
1996 23.6 +1.6 +7.42%
1995 22 −33.8 −60.6%
1994 55.7 −0.8 −1.35%
1993 56.5 −43 −43.24%
1992 99.5

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.