Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Moldova

Fertilizer use in Moldova in 2023 — 51.1 kg/ha. Ranked 116 in the world out of 191. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 34.2%.

2023 51.1 kg/ha +37.04% vs 2022
World rank 116of 191
Period maximum 77.6 kg/ha1992
Period minimum 1.8 kg/ha1999

Trend over time

1992–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Moldova, 1992–20230204060801992199620002004200820122016202020231992: 77.6 kg/ha1993: 65.9 kg/ha1994: 65.4 kg/ha1995: 64.9 kg/ha1996: 64.9 kg/ha1997: 5.7 kg/ha1998: 3.9 kg/ha1999: 1.8 kg/ha2000: 2.8 kg/ha2001: 17.6 kg/ha2002: 8.1 kg/ha2003: 7.5 kg/ha2004: 8.3 kg/ha2005: 9 kg/ha2006: 8.5 kg/ha2007: 11 kg/ha2008: 12.5 kg/ha2009: 9.4 kg/ha2010: 11.1 kg/ha2011: 13 kg/ha2012: 19.1 kg/ha2013: 24.7 kg/ha2014: 25.9 kg/ha2015: 30.2 kg/ha2016: 41.9 kg/ha2017: 48.6 kg/ha2018: 59.4 kg/ha2019: 51.2 kg/ha2020: 44.7 kg/ha2021: 46.6 kg/ha2022: 37.3 kg/ha2023: 51.1 kg/ha
Change over the period: −26.6 (−34.21%) Average annual rate: -1.34 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Moldova 51.1 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Eastern Europe computed 51 kg/ha
Upper-middle-income countries computed 235.8 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Moldova, by year Moldova All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 51.1 +13.8 +37.04%
2022 37.3 −9.3 −19.97%
2021 46.6 +1.8 +4.1%
2020 44.7 −6.4 −12.59%
2019 51.2 −8.2 −13.86%
2018 59.4 +10.8 +22.25%
2017 48.6 +6.7 +15.95%
2016 41.9 +11.7 +38.79%
2015 30.2 +4.3 +16.46%
2014 25.9 +1.3 +5.12%
2013 24.7 +5.5 +28.96%
2012 19.1 +6.1 +46.61%
2011 13 +2 +17.97%
2010 11.1 +1.7 +18.1%
2009 9.4 −3.1 −24.8%
2008 12.5 +1.4 +12.98%
2007 11 +2.6 +30.28%
2006 8.5 −0.5 −6.01%
2005 9 +0.7 +8.25%
2004 8.3 +0.8 +10.37%
2003 7.5 −0.6 −7.43%
2002 8.1 −9.4 −53.65%
2001 17.6 +14.8 +529.11%
2000 2.8 +1 +58.07%
1999 1.8 −2.1 −54.64%
1998 3.9 −1.8 −31.79%
1997 5.7 −59.2 −91.21%
1996 64.9 +0.1 +0.08%
1995 64.9 −0.5 −0.79%
1994 65.4 −0.6 −0.85%
1993 65.9 −11.7 −15.08%
1992 77.6

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.