Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Netherlands

Fertilizer use in the Netherlands in 2023 — 238 kg/ha. Ranked 29 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 49.8%.

2023 238 kg/ha −0.93% vs 2022
World rank 29of 191
Period maximum 851.6 kg/ha1984
Period minimum 231.1 kg/ha2013

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Netherlands, 1961–202302505007501,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 473.9 kg/ha1963: 587 kg/ha1965: 605.8 kg/ha1967: 654.8 kg/ha1969: 722.2 kg/ha1971: 736.8 kg/ha1973: 787.9 kg/ha1975: 784.1 kg/ha1977: 771.7 kg/ha1979: 834.9 kg/ha1981: 784.8 kg/ha1983: 818.2 kg/ha1985: 814.1 kg/ha1987: 711.3 kg/ha1989: 654.6 kg/ha1991: 628.4 kg/ha1993: 575.3 kg/ha1995: 582.2 kg/ha1997: 523.1 kg/ha1999: 465.7 kg/ha2001: 412.4 kg/ha2003: 363.9 kg/ha2005: 337.8 kg/ha2007: 302.1 kg/ha2009: 238.2 kg/ha2011: 246.8 kg/ha2013: 231.1 kg/ha2015: 266.8 kg/ha2017: 290.6 kg/ha2019: 273.8 kg/ha2021: 273.3 kg/ha2023: 238 kg/ha
Change over the period: −235.9 (−49.77%) Average annual rate: -1.1 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Netherlands 238 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Western Europe computed 134.5 kg/ha
High-income countries computed 104 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Netherlands, by year Netherlands All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 238 −2.2 −0.93%
2022 240.3 −33 −12.07%
2021 273.3 −3.4 −1.21%
2020 276.6 +2.8 +1.03%
2019 273.8 −0.5 −0.17%
2018 274.3 −16.3 −5.61%
2017 290.6 −1.1 −0.39%
2016 291.7 +24.9 +9.33%
2015 266.8 +19 +7.65%
2014 247.9 +16.7 +7.24%
2013 231.1 −58.7 −20.25%
2012 289.8 +43 +17.42%
2011 246.8 −46.5 −15.86%
2010 293.3 +55.2 +23.16%
2009 238.2 −29.5 −11.03%
2008 267.7 −34.4 −11.4%
2007 302.1 −51 −14.44%
2006 353.1 +15.3 +4.54%
2005 337.8 −19.5 −5.46%
2004 357.3 −6.6 −1.82%
2003 363.9 −23 −5.94%
2002 386.9 −25.5 −6.17%
2001 412.4 +3.6 +0.89%
2000 408.7 −57 −12.23%
1999 465.7 −55.9 −10.71%
1998 521.6 −1.5 −0.29%
1997 523.1 −45.4 −7.99%
1996 568.5 −13.7 −2.35%
1995 582.2 −9 −1.52%
1994 591.2 +15.9 +2.76%
1993 575.3 −30.8 −5.08%
1992 606 −22.4 −3.57%
1991 628.4 +22 +3.63%
1990 606.4 −48.2 −7.36%
1989 654.6 −54.4 −7.67%
1988 709 −2.3 −0.32%
1987 711.3 −84.3 −10.6%
1986 795.6 −18.5 −2.27%
1985 814.1 −37.5 −4.4%
1984 851.6 +33.4 +4.08%
1983 818.2 +71.7 +9.61%
1982 746.5 −38.3 −4.88%
1981 784.8 −18.5 −2.31%
1980 803.3 −31.6 −3.78%
1979 834.9 +72.9 +9.57%
1978 762 −9.7 −1.26%
1977 771.7 −9.2 −1.18%
1976 780.9 −3.2 −0.41%
1975 784.1 −7.2 −0.91%
1974 791.3 +3.4 +0.43%
1973 787.9 +40.9 +5.48%
1972 746.9 +10.1 +1.37%
1971 736.8 −43.8 −5.61%
1970 780.6 +58.4 +8.08%
1969 722.2 +70.5 +10.82%
1968 651.7 −3.1 −0.47%
1967 654.8 +18.2 +2.87%
1966 636.6 +30.7 +5.07%
1965 605.8 +25.3 +4.36%
1964 580.5 −6.5 −1.11%
1963 587 +48.9 +9.08%
1962 538.2 +64.3 +13.56%
1961 473.9

Western Europe, 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.