Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Malawi

Fertilizer use in Malawi in 2023 — 87.4 kg/ha. Ranked 96 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 2,440.5%.

2023 87.4 kg/ha +268.44% vs 2022
World rank 96of 191
Period maximum 87.4 kg/ha2023
Period minimum 2.8 kg/ha1962

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Malawi, 1961–2023025507510019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 3.4 kg/ha1963: 2.9 kg/ha1965: 2.9 kg/ha1967: 3.5 kg/ha1969: 3.8 kg/ha1971: 7.7 kg/ha1973: 8 kg/ha1975: 7.5 kg/ha1977: 11.7 kg/ha1979: 12.3 kg/ha1981: 17.1 kg/ha1983: 21.5 kg/ha1985: 14.3 kg/ha1987: 22.5 kg/ha1989: 24.9 kg/ha1991: 29.8 kg/ha1993: 32.2 kg/ha1995: 18.9 kg/ha1997: 23.2 kg/ha1999: 18.6 kg/ha2001: 9.6 kg/ha2003: 31.1 kg/ha2005: 30.5 kg/ha2007: 37.9 kg/ha2009: 30.8 kg/ha2011: 30.4 kg/ha2013: 29.3 kg/ha2015: 42 kg/ha2017: 34 kg/ha2019: 29.4 kg/ha2021: 41.9 kg/ha2023: 87.4 kg/ha
Change over the period: +83.9 (+2,440.55%) Average annual rate: 5.36 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Malawi 87.4 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Sub-Saharan Africa 19.6 kg/ha
Eastern Africa computed 33.5 kg/ha
Low-income countries computed 14.3 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 87.4 +63.6 +268.44%
2022 23.7 −18.2 −43.36%
2021 41.9 −5.6 −11.85%
2020 47.5 +18.1 +61.38%
2019 29.4 −4.9 −14.25%
2018 34.3 +0.3 +0.95%
2017 34 +10.2 +43.02%
2016 23.8 −18.2 −43.41%
2015 42 +2.2 +5.62%
2014 39.8 +10.5 +35.91%
2013 29.3 +2.9 +10.84%
2012 26.4 −4 −13.07%
2011 30.4 −7 −18.8%
2010 37.4 +6.6 +21.24%
2009 30.8 −4 −11.54%
2008 34.9 −3.1 −8.06%
2007 37.9 +1.1 +2.99%
2006 36.8 +6.3 +20.77%
2005 30.5 −3.9 −11.38%
2004 34.4 +3.3 +10.71%
2003 31.1 +1.4 +4.59%
2002 29.7 +20.1 +208.14%
2001 9.6 −8.5 −46.74%
2000 18.1 −0.4 −2.42%
1999 18.6 −0.8 −3.9%
1998 19.3 −3.9 −16.72%
1997 23.2 −1.1 −4.4%
1996 24.3 +5.3 +28.16%
1995 18.9 +8.8 +86.7%
1994 10.1 −22 −68.5%
1993 32.2 +0.1 +0.27%
1992 32.1 +2.3 +7.72%
1991 29.8 +8.5 +39.63%
1990 21.3 −3.6 −14.36%
1989 24.9 +1.1 +4.55%
1988 23.8 +1.3 +5.83%
1987 22.5 +5.1 +29.15%
1986 17.4 +3.2 +22.1%
1985 14.3 −7.6 −34.63%
1984 21.8 +0.3 +1.58%
1983 21.5 +6.1 +39.79%
1982 15.4 −1.7 −9.94%
1981 17.1 −0.4 −2.45%
1980 17.5 +5.2 +42.17%
1979 12.3 −1.8 −12.56%
1978 14.1 +2.3 +19.9%
1977 11.7 −1.7 −12.66%
1976 13.4 +5.9 +79.07%
1975 7.5 +2.3 +44.84%
1974 5.2 −2.8 −35.15%
1973 8 +1.3 +19.85%
1972 6.7 −1.1 −13.63%
1971 7.7 +1.6 +26.41%
1970 6.1 +2.3 +59.49%
1969 3.8 −0.1 −1.48%
1968 3.9 +0.4 +10.19%
1967 3.5 +0.7 +23.53%
1966 2.9 −0.1 −2.86%
1965 2.9 −0.3 −9.04%
1964 3.2 +0.4 +12.97%
1963 2.9 +0.1 +3.27%
1962 2.8 −0.7 −19.4%
1961 3.4

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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