Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Mozambique

Fertilizer use in Mozambique in 2023 — 15.1 kg/ha. Ranked 151 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 941.6%.

2023 15.1 kg/ha +89.35% vs 2022
World rank 151of 191
Period maximum 15.1 kg/ha2023
Period minimum 0.5 kg/ha1988

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Mozambique, 1961–20230510152019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 1.5 kg/ha1963: 1.8 kg/ha1965: 2.8 kg/ha1967: 2.1 kg/ha1969: 2.7 kg/ha1971: 3.6 kg/ha1973: 4.5 kg/ha1975: 2.1 kg/ha1977: 5.1 kg/ha1979: 8.3 kg/ha1981: 14.2 kg/ha1983: 4.9 kg/ha1985: 1.2 kg/ha1987: 2 kg/ha1989: 0.7 kg/ha1991: 1.5 kg/ha1993: 0.9 kg/ha1995: 2.1 kg/ha1997: 1.7 kg/ha1999: 2 kg/ha2001: 6.2 kg/ha2003: 0.7 kg/ha2005: 1.4 kg/ha2007: 2.7 kg/ha2009: 4 kg/ha2011: 7.4 kg/ha2013: 5.9 kg/ha2015: 4.6 kg/ha2017: 5.1 kg/ha2019: 10.8 kg/ha2021: 12.3 kg/ha2023: 15.1 kg/ha
Change over the period: +13.7 (+941.64%) Average annual rate: 3.85 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Mozambique 15.1 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 — Mozambique, by year Mozambique All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 15.1 +7.1 +89.35%
2022 8 −4.3 −34.81%
2021 12.3 +1 +9.3%
2020 11.2 +0.4 +3.87%
2019 10.8 +4.1 +60.87%
2018 6.7 +1.6 +30.6%
2017 5.1 +0.6 +12.5%
2016 4.6 +0 +0.21%
2015 4.6 −3 −39.5%
2014 7.5 +1.6 +27.46%
2013 5.9 +0.3 +5.19%
2012 5.6 −1.7 −23.61%
2011 7.4 −0.8 −10.29%
2010 8.2 +4.2 +103.29%
2009 4 −7.4 −64.67%
2008 11.4 +8.8 +329.09%
2007 2.7 −2 −42.69%
2006 4.6 +3.2 +225.28%
2005 1.4 −0.8 −36.83%
2004 2.3 +1.5 +206.94%
2003 0.7 −5.2 −87.68%
2002 6 −0.2 −3.98%
2001 6.2 +2.6 +69.77%
2000 3.7 +1.6 +81.04%
1999 2 +0 +1.27%
1998 2 +0.3 +20%
1997 1.7 −0.5 −22.84%
1996 2.2 +0 +1.08%
1995 2.1 +0.4 +21.1%
1994 1.8 +0.9 +94.12%
1993 0.9 −0.5 −34.69%
1992 1.4 −0.1 −4.47%
1991 1.5 +0.7 +93.35%
1990 0.8 +0 +6.76%
1989 0.7 +0.2 +47.79%
1988 0.5 −1.5 −75.75%
1987 2 +0.1 +6.83%
1986 1.8 +0.6 +52.72%
1985 1.2 −0.1 −4.04%
1984 1.3 −3.6 −74.33%
1983 4.9 −7 −58.94%
1982 11.9 −2.2 −15.83%
1981 14.2 +4.6 +47.43%
1980 9.6 +1.3 +15.48%
1979 8.3 +1.1 +15.46%
1978 7.2 +2.2 +42.76%
1977 5.1 +1.1 +29.46%
1976 3.9 +1.8 +89.83%
1975 2.1 −0.4 −15.86%
1974 2.4 −2 −45.17%
1973 4.5 −1.1 −19.5%
1972 5.5 +2 +54.99%
1971 3.6 +1.2 +51.52%
1970 2.4 −0.3 −12.73%
1969 2.7 +0.4 +17.18%
1968 2.3 +0.2 +12.09%
1967 2.1 +0 +1.75%
1966 2 −0.7 −26.59%
1965 2.8 −0 −0.4%
1964 2.8 +1 +57.82%
1963 1.8 +0.3 +19.2%
1962 1.5 +0 +1.16%
1961 1.5

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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