Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — North Korea

Fertilizer use in North Korea in 2023 — 14.7 kg/ha. Ranked 152 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 71.8%.

2023 14.7 kg/ha +107.7% vs 2022
World rank 152of 191
Period maximum 369.5 kg/ha1985
Period minimum 7.1 kg/ha2022

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — North Korea, 1961–2023010020030040019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 52.1 kg/ha1963: 73.5 kg/ha1965: 80.5 kg/ha1967: 96.7 kg/ha1969: 116.8 kg/ha1971: 157.3 kg/ha1973: 168.8 kg/ha1975: 197.2 kg/ha1977: 277.5 kg/ha1979: 340.5 kg/ha1981: 344 kg/ha1983: 329.5 kg/ha1985: 369.5 kg/ha1987: 326.3 kg/ha1989: 356.5 kg/ha1991: 352.7 kg/ha1993: 333 kg/ha1995: 43.4 kg/ha1997: 74.4 kg/ha1999: 110 kg/ha2001: 122.3 kg/ha2003: 44.8 kg/ha2005: 61.7 kg/ha2007: 51.8 kg/ha2009: 56.4 kg/ha2011: 90.4 kg/ha2013: 75.4 kg/ha2015: 51.4 kg/ha2017: 65.7 kg/ha2019: 46.3 kg/ha2021: 18.9 kg/ha2023: 14.7 kg/ha
Change over the period: −37.4 (−71.81%) Average annual rate: -2.02 %

Comparison, 2023

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

North Korea 14.7 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
East Asia & Pacific 305.1 kg/ha
Eastern Asia computed 375 kg/ha
Low-income countries computed 14.3 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — North Korea, by year North Korea All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 14.7 +7.6 +107.7%
2022 7.1 −11.8 −62.54%
2021 18.9 −0.1 −0.38%
2020 18.9 −27.4 −59.11%
2019 46.3 −43.7 −48.54%
2018 90 +24.3 +36.94%
2017 65.7 −2.1 −3.07%
2016 67.8 +16.4 +31.98%
2015 51.4 −10.5 −16.95%
2014 61.9 −13.5 −17.91%
2013 75.4 +4.1 +5.8%
2012 71.2 −19.2 −21.21%
2011 90.4 +16.7 +22.61%
2010 73.7 +17.4 +30.84%
2009 56.4 +7.2 +14.71%
2008 49.1 −2.7 −5.17%
2007 51.8 −14.1 −21.4%
2006 65.9 +4.2 +6.87%
2005 61.7 −8 −11.44%
2004 69.6 +24.9 +55.49%
2003 44.8 −9.1 −16.85%
2002 53.9 −68.5 −55.97%
2001 122.3 +11 +9.92%
2000 111.3 +1.3 +1.19%
1999 110 +41.7 +60.94%
1998 68.3 −6 −8.12%
1997 74.4 +34 +83.98%
1996 40.4 −3 −6.87%
1995 43.4 −91.2 −67.74%
1994 134.6 −198.5 −59.59%
1993 333 −7.2 −2.11%
1992 340.2 −12.4 −3.53%
1991 352.7 −11.2 −3.07%
1990 363.8 +7.3 +2.04%
1989 356.5 +3.8 +1.08%
1988 352.7 +26.4 +8.1%
1987 326.3 −4.2 −1.28%
1986 330.5 −39 −10.55%
1985 369.5 +35.2 +10.52%
1984 334.4 +4.9 +1.49%
1983 329.5 +5.4 +1.66%
1982 324.1 −20 −5.8%
1981 344 +24.9 +7.8%
1980 319.1 −21.4 −6.29%
1979 340.5 −8 −2.28%
1978 348.5 +71 +25.57%
1977 277.5 +27.3 +10.92%
1976 250.2 +53 +26.9%
1975 197.2 +7.9 +4.18%
1974 189.3 +20.5 +12.12%
1973 168.8 +0.8 +0.49%
1972 168 +10.7 +6.83%
1971 157.3 +13.3 +9.28%
1970 143.9 +27.1 +23.22%
1969 116.8 +0.5 +0.44%
1968 116.3 +19.5 +20.19%
1967 96.7 +10.2 +11.83%
1966 86.5 +6 +7.51%
1965 80.5 +4.2 +5.49%
1964 76.3 +2.8 +3.8%
1963 73.5 +8.8 +13.67%
1962 64.7 +12.6 +24.11%
1961 52.1

Eastern Asia, 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.