Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Mauritius

Fertilizer use in Mauritius in 2023 — 101.2 kg/ha. Ranked 83 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 54.7%.

2023 101.2 kg/ha −19.98% vs 2022
World rank 83of 191
Period maximum 416.7 kg/ha2000
Period minimum 101.2 kg/ha2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Mauritius, 1961–2023020040060019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 223.3 kg/ha1963: 273.9 kg/ha1965: 247.8 kg/ha1967: 234.1 kg/ha1969: 218.2 kg/ha1971: 215.4 kg/ha1973: 261.6 kg/ha1975: 243.9 kg/ha1977: 261.9 kg/ha1979: 274.3 kg/ha1981: 223.3 kg/ha1983: 271.5 kg/ha1985: 279.7 kg/ha1987: 328.4 kg/ha1989: 310.1 kg/ha1991: 284.3 kg/ha1993: 276.6 kg/ha1995: 346.6 kg/ha1997: 371.7 kg/ha1999: 396.6 kg/ha2001: 313.7 kg/ha2003: 299.5 kg/ha2005: 352.2 kg/ha2007: 282.2 kg/ha2009: 228 kg/ha2011: 243.2 kg/ha2013: 248.1 kg/ha2015: 183.8 kg/ha2017: 257.6 kg/ha2019: 194.9 kg/ha2021: 186.5 kg/ha2023: 101.2 kg/ha
Change over the period: −122.1 (−54.69%) Average annual rate: -1.27 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Mauritius 101.2 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Sub-Saharan Africa 19.6 kg/ha
Eastern Africa computed 33.5 kg/ha
Upper-middle-income countries computed 235.8 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Mauritius, by year Mauritius All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 101.2 −25.3 −19.98%
2022 126.4 −60.1 −32.22%
2021 186.5 +36 +23.93%
2020 150.5 −44.4 −22.78%
2019 194.9 +7.8 +4.15%
2018 187.1 −70.5 −27.36%
2017 257.6 −15.6 −5.72%
2016 273.3 +89.4 +48.65%
2015 183.8 −129.5 −41.32%
2014 313.3 +65.1 +26.25%
2013 248.1 −26.7 −9.71%
2012 274.8 +31.6 +13%
2011 243.2 +80 +49.04%
2010 163.2 −64.8 −28.41%
2009 228 −0.8 −0.36%
2008 228.8 −53.4 −18.94%
2007 282.2 +24.4 +9.44%
2006 257.9 −94.3 −26.77%
2005 352.2 +44.5 +14.45%
2004 307.7 +8.2 +2.75%
2003 299.5 −18.9 −5.94%
2002 318.4 +4.6 +1.48%
2001 313.7 −102.9 −24.7%
2000 416.7 +20 +5.05%
1999 396.6 +32.9 +9.04%
1998 363.7 −8 −2.15%
1997 371.7 −42.8 −10.34%
1996 414.6 +67.9 +19.6%
1995 346.6 +32.6 +10.37%
1994 314.1 +37.4 +13.52%
1993 276.6 −0.8 −0.3%
1992 277.5 −6.8 −2.39%
1991 284.3 +1.3 +0.46%
1990 283 −27.1 −8.74%
1989 310.1 +28 +9.93%
1988 282.1 −46.3 −14.11%
1987 328.4 +75.4 +29.78%
1986 253.1 −26.7 −9.53%
1985 279.7 +9.3 +3.44%
1984 270.4 −1.1 −0.41%
1983 271.5 +15.3 +5.97%
1982 256.3 +33 +14.78%
1981 223.3 −43.4 −16.26%
1980 266.6 −7.7 −2.81%
1979 274.3 +19.6 +7.69%
1978 254.7 −7.2 −2.73%
1977 261.9 +47.1 +21.94%
1976 214.8 −29.1 −11.93%
1975 243.9 −25.3 −9.39%
1974 269.1 +7.5 +2.87%
1973 261.6 −57.9 −18.13%
1972 319.6 +104.2 +48.38%
1971 215.4 −4.6 −2.08%
1970 220 +1.8 +0.81%
1969 218.2 +0.5 +0.23%
1968 217.7 −16.4 −7%
1967 234.1 +21.8 +10.27%
1966 212.3 −35.5 −14.34%
1965 247.8 −43.8 −15.03%
1964 291.6 +17.7 +6.46%
1963 273.9 +23.6 +9.41%
1962 250.4 +27.1 +12.15%
1961 223.3

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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