Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Nicaragua

Fertilizer use in Nicaragua in 2023 — 64.2 kg/ha. Ranked 111 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 1,527.2%.

2023 64.2 kg/ha +8.31% vs 2022
World rank 111of 191
Period maximum 85.5 kg/ha2017
Period minimum 3.4 kg/ha1962

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Nicaragua, 1961–2023025507510019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 3.9 kg/ha1963: 9.7 kg/ha1965: 28.4 kg/ha1967: 23.9 kg/ha1969: 26.1 kg/ha1971: 25.1 kg/ha1973: 51.9 kg/ha1975: 18.2 kg/ha1977: 45.6 kg/ha1979: 21.4 kg/ha1981: 52.4 kg/ha1983: 61.1 kg/ha1985: 51.6 kg/ha1987: 40.3 kg/ha1989: 27.1 kg/ha1991: 26.5 kg/ha1993: 20 kg/ha1995: 18.8 kg/ha1997: 20.4 kg/ha1999: 19.4 kg/ha2001: 10.1 kg/ha2003: 33.9 kg/ha2005: 28.9 kg/ha2007: 31.6 kg/ha2009: 35 kg/ha2011: 51.6 kg/ha2013: 34.4 kg/ha2015: 57.9 kg/ha2017: 85.5 kg/ha2019: 58 kg/ha2021: 68.7 kg/ha2023: 64.2 kg/ha
Change over the period: +60.3 (+1,527.16%) Average annual rate: 4.6 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Nicaragua 64.2 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Central America computed 109.3 kg/ha
Lower-middle-income countries computed 128.5 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 64.2 +4.9 +8.31%
2022 59.3 −9.4 −13.71%
2021 68.7 −8.4 −10.84%
2020 77.1 +19.1 +32.9%
2019 58 −0.3 −0.51%
2018 58.3 −27.2 −31.82%
2017 85.5 +26.3 +44.34%
2016 59.2 +1.4 +2.35%
2015 57.9 +6.9 +13.5%
2014 51 +16.5 +48%
2013 34.4 −16.7 −32.69%
2012 51.2 −0.4 −0.77%
2011 51.6 +17.4 +50.8%
2010 34.2 −0.8 −2.37%
2009 35 +8.1 +30.14%
2008 26.9 −4.7 −14.94%
2007 31.6 −0.8 −2.59%
2006 32.5 +3.6 +12.32%
2005 28.9 −4.3 −12.83%
2004 33.2 −0.7 −2.01%
2003 33.9 +4.3 +14.49%
2002 29.6 +19.5 +192.8%
2001 10.1 −5 −32.99%
2000 15.1 −4.4 −22.4%
1999 19.4 −2 −9.4%
1998 21.4 +1.1 +5.2%
1997 20.4 −4.3 −17.32%
1996 24.7 +5.9 +31.23%
1995 18.8 +2.6 +16.35%
1994 16.1 −3.9 −19.26%
1993 20 −3.7 −15.65%
1992 23.7 −2.8 −10.47%
1991 26.5 −4.3 −13.94%
1990 30.8 +3.6 +13.38%
1989 27.1 −32.7 −54.64%
1988 59.8 +19.5 +48.42%
1987 40.3 −15.3 −27.54%
1986 55.6 +4 +7.78%
1985 51.6 +11.1 +27.51%
1984 40.5 −20.6 −33.77%
1983 61.1 +22.2 +56.92%
1982 39 −13.5 −25.7%
1981 52.4 +1.8 +3.52%
1980 50.7 +29.2 +136.46%
1979 21.4 −24.1 −52.96%
1978 45.5 −0.1 −0.18%
1977 45.6 +0.4 +0.97%
1976 45.2 +27 +148.16%
1975 18.2 −15.2 −45.48%
1974 33.4 −18.5 −35.66%
1973 51.9 +23.8 +84.87%
1972 28.1 +3 +11.95%
1971 25.1 +0.2 +0.82%
1970 24.9 −1.2 −4.7%
1969 26.1 −0.5 −1.71%
1968 26.6 +2.6 +10.99%
1967 23.9 +2.7 +12.64%
1966 21.2 −7.1 −25.14%
1965 28.4 +18.3 +181.01%
1964 10.1 +0.4 +3.96%
1963 9.7 +6.4 +189.47%
1962 3.4 −0.6 −14.98%
1961 3.9

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.