Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Nigeria

Fertilizer use in Nigeria in 2023 — 4.2 kg/ha. Ranked 174 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 7,098.9%.

2023 4.2 kg/ha −41.79% vs 2022
World rank 174of 191
Period maximum 22.6 kg/ha2020
Period minimum 0.1 kg/ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Nigeria, 1961–2023010203019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 0.1 kg/ha1963: 0.1 kg/ha1965: 0.2 kg/ha1967: 0.3 kg/ha1969: 0.4 kg/ha1971: 0.4 kg/ha1973: 0.6 kg/ha1975: 2.1 kg/ha1977: 2.8 kg/ha1979: 4.1 kg/ha1981: 8 kg/ha1983: 9.6 kg/ha1985: 8.2 kg/ha1987: 8.6 kg/ha1989: 13 kg/ha1991: 14.8 kg/ha1993: 15.3 kg/ha1995: 5.6 kg/ha1997: 4.1 kg/ha1999: 4.8 kg/ha2001: 6.2 kg/ha2003: 6 kg/ha2005: 7.2 kg/ha2007: 4.3 kg/ha2009: 4.6 kg/ha2011: 6.2 kg/ha2013: 8.5 kg/ha2015: 8 kg/ha2017: 20.3 kg/ha2019: 18.6 kg/ha2021: 18 kg/ha2023: 4.2 kg/ha
Change over the period: +4.2 (+7,098.95%) Average annual rate: 7.14 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Nigeria 4.2 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Sub-Saharan Africa 19.6 kg/ha
Western Africa computed 9.7 kg/ha
Lower-middle-income countries computed 128.5 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Nigeria, by year Nigeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 4.2 −3 −41.79%
2022 7.3 −10.7 −59.47%
2021 18 −4.6 −20.36%
2020 22.6 +3.9 +21.22%
2019 18.6 −0.2 −1.23%
2018 18.8 −1.5 −7.17%
2017 20.3 +9.6 +89.06%
2016 10.7 +2.8 +34.76%
2015 8 −1 −11.07%
2014 9 +0.4 +5.27%
2013 8.5 +0.1 +0.97%
2012 8.4 +2.2 +35.88%
2011 6.2 −5 −44.7%
2010 11.2 +6.6 +145.62%
2009 4.6 −1.3 −22.57%
2008 5.9 +1.6 +35.86%
2007 4.3 −6 −57.92%
2006 10.3 +3.1 +42.45%
2005 7.2 +2.8 +62.74%
2004 4.4 −1.6 −26.05%
2003 6 +1.7 +39.46%
2002 4.3 −1.9 −30.4%
2001 6.2 +0.8 +15.71%
2000 5.4 +0.6 +11.81%
1999 4.8 −0 −0.18%
1998 4.8 +0.7 +15.73%
1997 4.1 −1.1 −20.87%
1996 5.2 −0.3 −5.76%
1995 5.6 −4 −41.75%
1994 9.5 −5.8 −37.66%
1993 15.3 +0.7 +4.77%
1992 14.6 −0.2 −1.23%
1991 14.8 +0.5 +3.78%
1990 14.3 +1.2 +9.3%
1989 13 +1.3 +11.19%
1988 11.7 +3.2 +37.18%
1987 8.6 −0.8 −8.82%
1986 9.4 +1.2 +14.7%
1985 8.2 −1.7 −16.83%
1984 9.8 +0.2 +2.02%
1983 9.6 +1.7 +21.17%
1982 8 −0.1 −0.65%
1981 8 +1.4 +21.92%
1980 6.6 +2.5 +59.67%
1979 4.1 +1.4 +50.83%
1978 2.7 −0.1 −4.06%
1977 2.8 −0.2 −6.86%
1976 3.1 +0.9 +44.66%
1975 2.1 +1 +86.82%
1974 1.1 +0.5 +89.03%
1973 0.6 −0.2 −22.73%
1972 0.8 +0.4 +110.32%
1971 0.4 +0.1 +33.31%
1970 0.3 −0.1 −34.13%
1969 0.4 +0 +2.41%
1968 0.4 +0.1 +38.27%
1967 0.3 −0 −1.53%
1966 0.3 +0.1 +99.66%
1965 0.2 +0 +29.49%
1964 0.1 +0 +33.01%
1963 0.1 +0 +23.45%
1962 0.1 +0 +20.13%
1961 0.1

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.