Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — OPEC

Fertilizer use in OPEC in 2023 — 31 kg/ha. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 1,738.4%.

2023 31 kg/ha −3.81% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 49.2 kg/ha2006
Period minimum 1.7 kg/ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — OPEC, 1961–2023020406019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 1.7 kg/ha1963: 2.1 kg/ha1965: 2.3 kg/ha1967: 3.5 kg/ha1969: 4.2 kg/ha1971: 8.1 kg/ha1973: 11.2 kg/ha1975: 12.2 kg/ha1977: 15.4 kg/ha1979: 19.3 kg/ha1981: 24.4 kg/ha1983: 33.5 kg/ha1985: 39.2 kg/ha1987: 44.5 kg/ha1989: 48.4 kg/ha1991: 42.2 kg/ha1993: 39.6 kg/ha1995: 32.3 kg/ha1997: 35.8 kg/ha1999: 37.2 kg/ha2001: 43.1 kg/ha2003: 36.9 kg/ha2005: 41.8 kg/ha2007: 40.5 kg/ha2009: 37.3 kg/ha2011: 30 kg/ha2013: 34.5 kg/ha2015: 29.7 kg/ha2017: 37.5 kg/ha2019: 35.3 kg/ha2021: 37.4 kg/ha2023: 31 kg/ha
Change over the period: +29.3 (+1,738.35%) Average annual rate: 4.81 %

Comparison, 2023

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

OPEC 31 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — OPEC, by year OPEC All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 31 −1.2 −3.81%
2022 32.2 −5.2 −13.98%
2021 37.4 −3.3 −8.01%
2020 40.7 +5.4 +15.45%
2019 35.3 −2 −5.45%
2018 37.3 −0.3 −0.68%
2017 37.5 +6.3 +20.21%
2016 31.2 +1.5 +5.17%
2015 29.7 −5.7 −16.17%
2014 35.4 +0.9 +2.7%
2013 34.5 +0.6 +1.77%
2012 33.9 +3.8 +12.78%
2011 30 −10.4 −25.75%
2010 40.5 +3.2 +8.56%
2009 37.3 −5.5 −12.95%
2008 42.8 +2.3 +5.64%
2007 40.5 −8.7 −17.61%
2006 49.2 +7.4 +17.75%
2005 41.8 +1.7 +4.37%
2004 40 +3.1 +8.42%
2003 36.9 −5.5 −13.04%
2002 42.5 −0.7 −1.56%
2001 43.1 +3.1 +7.68%
2000 40.1 +2.9 +7.68%
1999 37.2 +1.1 +3.11%
1998 36.1 +0.3 +0.89%
1997 35.8 +2.4 +7.19%
1996 33.4 +1.1 +3.38%
1995 32.3 −4.2 −11.42%
1994 36.4 −3.1 −7.88%
1993 39.6 −5.5 −12.23%
1992 45.1 +2.9 +6.79%
1991 42.2 −3.7 −7.99%
1990 45.9 −2.5 −5.17%
1989 48.4 +2.1 +4.44%
1988 46.3 +1.8 +4.06%
1987 44.5 +2.2 +5.27%
1986 42.3 +3.1 +7.9%
1985 39.2 +3.6 +10.05%
1984 35.6 +2.1 +6.26%
1983 33.5 +5.6 +19.97%
1982 27.9 +3.6 +14.68%
1981 24.4 −0.6 −2.51%
1980 25 +5.7 +29.45%
1979 19.3 +4.5 +30.83%
1978 14.7 −0.6 −3.97%
1977 15.4 +1.3 +8.99%
1976 14.1 +1.8 +15.07%
1975 12.2 +0.1 +0.9%
1974 12.1 +0.9 +7.96%
1973 11.2 +1.7 +18.27%
1972 9.5 +1.4 +16.75%
1971 8.1 +2.8 +52.14%
1970 5.4 +1.1 +26.35%
1969 4.2 +0.1 +3.06%
1968 4.1 +0.6 +17.79%
1967 3.5 +0.6 +19.99%
1966 2.9 +0.6 +27.42%
1965 2.3 −0.1 −2.85%
1964 2.3 +0.3 +13.13%
1963 2.1 +0.3 +14.81%
1962 1.8 +0.1 +7.34%
1961 1.7

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.