Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Mexico

Fertilizer use in Mexico in 2023 — 94.2 kg/ha. Ranked 86 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 862.6%.

2023 94.2 kg/ha +22.74% vs 2022
World rank 86of 191
Period maximum 108.6 kg/ha2019
Period minimum 9.8 kg/ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Mexico, 1961–202305010015019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 9.8 kg/ha1963: 14.5 kg/ha1965: 17.6 kg/ha1967: 22.7 kg/ha1969: 29.9 kg/ha1971: 34.7 kg/ha1973: 44 kg/ha1975: 60.6 kg/ha1977: 60 kg/ha1979: 64.5 kg/ha1981: 88.7 kg/ha1983: 81.1 kg/ha1985: 96.4 kg/ha1987: 98.2 kg/ha1989: 84.2 kg/ha1991: 72.2 kg/ha1993: 70.7 kg/ha1995: 57 kg/ha1997: 72.2 kg/ha1999: 77.5 kg/ha2001: 80.6 kg/ha2003: 67.2 kg/ha2005: 76.7 kg/ha2007: 71.1 kg/ha2009: 68.5 kg/ha2011: 84.4 kg/ha2013: 92.1 kg/ha2015: 81.3 kg/ha2017: 105.6 kg/ha2019: 108.6 kg/ha2021: 101.2 kg/ha2023: 94.2 kg/ha
Change over the period: +84.5 (+862.57%) Average annual rate: 3.72 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Mexico 94.2 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Central America computed 109.3 kg/ha
Upper-middle-income countries computed 235.8 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Mexico, by year Mexico All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 94.2 +17.5 +22.74%
2022 76.8 −24.5 −24.16%
2021 101.2 +5.7 +5.95%
2020 95.6 −13.1 −12.03%
2019 108.6 +3 +2.81%
2018 105.7 +0 +0.03%
2017 105.6 +5.1 +5.07%
2016 100.5 +19.2 +23.61%
2015 81.3 −9.1 −10.11%
2014 90.5 −1.7 −1.82%
2013 92.1 +7.3 +8.66%
2012 84.8 +0.4 +0.47%
2011 84.4 +12.1 +16.74%
2010 72.3 +3.8 +5.55%
2009 68.5 +11.9 +21.06%
2008 56.6 −14.5 −20.4%
2007 71.1 +2.1 +2.97%
2006 69 −7.7 −10.02%
2005 76.7 +9.6 +14.27%
2004 67.1 −0 −0.04%
2003 67.2 −1.5 −2.19%
2002 68.7 −11.9 −14.78%
2001 80.6 +0.6 +0.74%
2000 80 +2.5 +3.21%
1999 77.5 −1.5 −1.94%
1998 79 +6.9 +9.52%
1997 72.2 +0.1 +0.17%
1996 72 +15 +26.37%
1995 57 −16.1 −22%
1994 73.1 +2.4 +3.44%
1993 70.7 −1.4 −1.94%
1992 72 −0.2 −0.24%
1991 72.2 −10.6 −12.82%
1990 82.8 −1.4 −1.65%
1989 84.2 −5 −5.59%
1988 89.2 −8.9 −9.1%
1987 98.2 +0.2 +0.22%
1986 97.9 +1.5 +1.56%
1985 96.4 +5.4 +5.91%
1984 91.1 +10 +12.32%
1983 81.1 −12.9 −13.72%
1982 94 +5.3 +5.93%
1981 88.7 +18.6 +26.54%
1980 70.1 +5.6 +8.66%
1979 64.5 +4.5 +7.56%
1978 60 −0.1 −0.12%
1977 60 −3.1 −4.94%
1976 63.2 +2.6 +4.22%
1975 60.6 +11.7 +24.01%
1974 48.9 +4.8 +11.01%
1973 44 +5.6 +14.64%
1972 38.4 +3.7 +10.52%
1971 34.7 +4.3 +14.31%
1970 30.4 +0.5 +1.75%
1969 29.9 +3.4 +12.94%
1968 26.5 +3.7 +16.29%
1967 22.7 +1.9 +9.01%
1966 20.9 +3.2 +18.31%
1965 17.6 +2.6 +17.4%
1964 15 +0.5 +3.71%
1963 14.5 +4 +37.6%
1962 10.5 +0.7 +7.52%
1961 9.8

Central America, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.