Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Lebanon

Fertilizer use in Lebanon in 2023 — 190.1 kg/ha. Ranked 44 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 111.2%.

2023 190.1 kg/ha +53.62% vs 2022
World rank 44of 191
Period maximum 493.8 kg/ha1999
Period minimum 55.6 kg/ha1975

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Lebanon, 1961–2023020040060019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 90 kg/ha1963: 106.8 kg/ha1965: 71.5 kg/ha1967: 104.3 kg/ha1969: 143.5 kg/ha1971: 199.6 kg/ha1973: 303.1 kg/ha1975: 55.6 kg/ha1977: 122.4 kg/ha1979: 204.5 kg/ha1981: 167.6 kg/ha1983: 201.4 kg/ha1985: 175 kg/ha1987: 107.4 kg/ha1989: 150 kg/ha1991: 164.1 kg/ha1993: 201.1 kg/ha1995: 244.4 kg/ha1997: 336.4 kg/ha1999: 493.8 kg/ha2001: 488.1 kg/ha2003: 307.9 kg/ha2005: 288.5 kg/ha2007: 289.3 kg/ha2009: 295.6 kg/ha2011: 343.9 kg/ha2013: 278.8 kg/ha2015: 257.3 kg/ha2017: 288 kg/ha2019: 236.3 kg/ha2021: 143.9 kg/ha2023: 190.1 kg/ha
Change over the period: +100.1 (+111.21%) Average annual rate: 1.21 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Lebanon 190.1 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Western Asia computed 104.7 kg/ha
Lower-middle-income countries computed 128.5 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Lebanon, by year Lebanon All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 190.1 +66.3 +53.62%
2022 123.7 −20.2 −14.02%
2021 143.9 −60.8 −29.7%
2020 204.7 −31.6 −13.37%
2019 236.3 −28 −10.59%
2018 264.3 −23.7 −8.23%
2017 288 +14.7 +5.37%
2016 273.3 +16 +6.22%
2015 257.3 −20.3 −7.31%
2014 277.6 −1.1 −0.4%
2013 278.8 −24.4 −8.04%
2012 303.1 −40.8 −11.85%
2011 343.9 −21.1 −5.79%
2010 365 +69.4 +23.47%
2009 295.6 +4.8 +1.65%
2008 290.8 +1.6 +0.54%
2007 289.3 +61 +26.74%
2006 228.2 −60.3 −20.9%
2005 288.5 −68.7 −19.24%
2004 357.3 +49.4 +16.05%
2003 307.9 +44.5 +16.88%
2002 263.4 −224.7 −46.04%
2001 488.1 +83 +20.5%
2000 405.1 −88.7 −17.96%
1999 493.8 +153.2 +44.96%
1998 340.6 +4.2 +1.25%
1997 336.4 +30.4 +9.94%
1996 306 +61.6 +25.19%
1995 244.4 +88.9 +57.14%
1994 155.6 −45.6 −22.65%
1993 201.1 +12.2 +6.47%
1992 188.9 +24.8 +15.11%
1991 164.1 +25.3 +18.22%
1990 138.8 −11.2 −7.47%
1989 150 +28.5 +23.45%
1988 121.5 +14.1 +13.08%
1987 107.4 +19.4 +22.1%
1986 88 −87 −49.71%
1985 175 −67.4 −27.79%
1984 242.4 +40.9 +20.31%
1983 201.4 −32.2 −13.79%
1982 233.7 +66 +39.4%
1981 167.6 +41 +32.33%
1980 126.7 −77.9 −38.07%
1979 204.5 +63.9 +45.45%
1978 140.6 +18.3 +14.92%
1977 122.4 −16.6 −11.94%
1976 139 +83.4 +150.13%
1975 55.6 −121.3 −68.59%
1974 176.9 −126.2 −41.64%
1973 303.1 +72.2 +31.29%
1972 230.8 +31.3 +15.66%
1971 199.6 +12.3 +6.6%
1970 187.2 +43.8 +30.5%
1969 143.5 +36.5 +34.15%
1968 107 +2.6 +2.53%
1967 104.3 +7.2 +7.44%
1966 97.1 +25.6 +35.81%
1965 71.5 −60.4 −45.79%
1964 131.9 +25.1 +23.49%
1963 106.8 +42 +64.78%
1962 64.8 −25.2 −28%
1961 90

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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