Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Papua New Guinea

Fertilizer use in Papua New Guinea in 2023 — 123.7 kg/ha. Ranked 70 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 9,174.3%.

2023 123.7 kg/ha −14.05% vs 2022
World rank 70of 191
Period maximum 143.9 kg/ha2022
Period minimum 1.3 kg/ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Papua New Guinea, 1961–202305010015019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 1.3 kg/ha1963: 1.3 kg/ha1965: 1.3 kg/ha1967: 8.2 kg/ha1969: 20.9 kg/ha1971: 37 kg/ha1973: 51.7 kg/ha1975: 41.7 kg/ha1977: 59.7 kg/ha1979: 33.3 kg/ha1981: 69.9 kg/ha1983: 38 kg/ha1985: 47 kg/ha1987: 79 kg/ha1989: 81.6 kg/ha1991: 55.7 kg/ha1993: 67.4 kg/ha1995: 67 kg/ha1997: 66.5 kg/ha1999: 45.8 kg/ha2001: 56.2 kg/ha2003: 37.9 kg/ha2005: 71.4 kg/ha2007: 72.1 kg/ha2009: 103.9 kg/ha2011: 85.5 kg/ha2013: 98.8 kg/ha2015: 98.1 kg/ha2017: 112.1 kg/ha2019: 118.9 kg/ha2021: 108.2 kg/ha2023: 123.7 kg/ha
Change over the period: +122.3 (+9,174.32%) Average annual rate: 7.58 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 123.7 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
East Asia & Pacific 305.1 kg/ha
Melanesia computed 113.6 kg/ha
Lower-middle-income countries computed 128.5 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 123.7 −20.2 −14.05%
2022 143.9 +35.7 +32.95%
2021 108.2 −0.7 −0.66%
2020 108.9 −10 −8.42%
2019 118.9 −3.3 −2.7%
2018 122.2 +10.2 +9.09%
2017 112.1 +8.9 +8.68%
2016 103.1 +5 +5.12%
2015 98.1 −5.4 −5.22%
2014 103.5 +4.7 +4.79%
2013 98.8 −8.7 −8.1%
2012 107.5 +22 +25.73%
2011 85.5 −24 −21.93%
2010 109.5 +5.6 +5.42%
2009 103.9 +32 +44.44%
2008 71.9 −0.2 −0.27%
2007 72.1 +15 +26.35%
2006 57.1 −14.3 −20.09%
2005 71.4 −5.4 −7.05%
2004 76.8 +39 +102.91%
2003 37.9 +6.7 +21.49%
2002 31.2 −25 −44.54%
2001 56.2 −0.9 −1.55%
2000 57.1 +11.3 +24.58%
1999 45.8 +4.6 +11.18%
1998 41.2 −25.3 −38.03%
1997 66.5 −0.2 −0.25%
1996 66.7 −0.3 −0.51%
1995 67 −0.3 −0.52%
1994 67.4 +0 +0%
1993 67.4 +0.7 +1.04%
1992 66.7 +10.9 +19.63%
1991 55.7 −8.3 −13.01%
1990 64.1 −17.5 −21.47%
1989 81.6 +7.1 +9.55%
1988 74.5 −4.6 −5.78%
1987 79 +13.6 +20.83%
1986 65.4 +18.4 +39.18%
1985 47 +9.2 +24.47%
1984 37.8 −0.2 −0.61%
1983 38 +6 +18.72%
1982 32 −37.9 −54.23%
1981 69.9 +37.6 +116.21%
1980 32.3 −1 −2.99%
1979 33.3 −27.3 −45.02%
1978 60.6 +0.9 +1.51%
1977 59.7 +9.7 +19.44%
1976 50 +8.3 +20%
1975 41.7 −16.3 −28.08%
1974 57.9 +6.3 +12.14%
1973 51.7 +16.6 +47.25%
1972 35.1 −1.9 −5.26%
1971 37 +17.4 +88.89%
1970 19.6 −1.3 −6.09%
1969 20.9 +10.3 +97.19%
1968 10.6 +2.4 +28.57%
1967 8.2 +2 +31.76%
1966 6.3 +4.9 +368.75%
1965 1.3 +0 +0%
1964 1.3 +0 +0%
1963 1.3 +0 +0%
1962 1.3 +0 +0%
1961 1.3

Melanesia, 2023

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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.