Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Paraguay

Fertilizer use in Paraguay in 2023 — 137.7 kg/ha. Ranked 62 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 15,959.4%.

2023 137.7 kg/ha +42.34% vs 2022
World rank 62of 191
Period maximum 149.3 kg/ha2021
Period minimum 0.9 kg/ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Paraguay, 1961–202305010015019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 0.9 kg/ha1963: 1.4 kg/ha1965: 2 kg/ha1967: 2.5 kg/ha1969: 3.6 kg/ha1971: 5.8 kg/ha1973: 3.8 kg/ha1975: 1.1 kg/ha1977: 0.9 kg/ha1979: 3.9 kg/ha1981: 5.3 kg/ha1983: 4.9 kg/ha1985: 5.9 kg/ha1987: 7.5 kg/ha1989: 9.5 kg/ha1991: 9.6 kg/ha1993: 9.1 kg/ha1995: 8.8 kg/ha1997: 22.7 kg/ha1999: 22.2 kg/ha2001: 21.5 kg/ha2003: 66.3 kg/ha2005: 66.6 kg/ha2007: 96.6 kg/ha2009: 68.3 kg/ha2011: 109.7 kg/ha2013: 109.7 kg/ha2015: 114.3 kg/ha2017: 129.2 kg/ha2019: 124.4 kg/ha2021: 149.3 kg/ha2023: 137.7 kg/ha
Change over the period: +136.8 (+15,959.43%) Average annual rate: 8.54 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Paraguay 137.7 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
South America computed 202.4 kg/ha
Upper-middle-income countries computed 235.8 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 137.7 +40.9 +42.34%
2022 96.7 −52.6 −35.24%
2021 149.3 +15.9 +11.91%
2020 133.4 +9 +7.26%
2019 124.4 −8.9 −6.65%
2018 133.3 +4.1 +3.19%
2017 129.2 +1.5 +1.21%
2016 127.6 +13.3 +11.66%
2015 114.3 −10.9 −8.68%
2014 125.1 +15.4 +14.07%
2013 109.7 +15.5 +16.49%
2012 94.2 −15.6 −14.18%
2011 109.7 +19.3 +21.3%
2010 90.5 +22.2 +32.47%
2009 68.3 −9.2 −11.83%
2008 77.5 −19.1 −19.8%
2007 96.6 +22.5 +30.4%
2006 74.1 +7.5 +11.21%
2005 66.6 −12.3 −15.64%
2004 78.9 +12.7 +19.14%
2003 66.3 +18.5 +38.87%
2002 47.7 +26.2 +121.79%
2001 21.5 −0.1 −0.35%
2000 21.6 −0.6 −2.69%
1999 22.2 −3 −11.98%
1998 25.2 +2.5 +11.07%
1997 22.7 +10 +78.79%
1996 12.7 +3.8 +43.48%
1995 8.8 −0.5 −5.36%
1994 9.3 +0.3 +2.86%
1993 9.1 −0.4 −4.55%
1992 9.5 −0 −0.5%
1991 9.6 +1.1 +12.64%
1990 8.5 −1 −10.41%
1989 9.5 +5.4 +135.18%
1988 4 −3.5 −46.52%
1987 7.5 +1.2 +18.54%
1986 6.4 +0.4 +7.2%
1985 5.9 +1 +19.93%
1984 4.9 +0 +0.02%
1983 4.9 +0.7 +15.79%
1982 4.3 −1.1 −19.75%
1981 5.3 +1.4 +36.41%
1980 3.9 −0 −0.1%
1979 3.9 +1.9 +93.87%
1978 2 +1.1 +132.57%
1977 0.9 +0 +0.47%
1976 0.9 −0.2 −21.08%
1975 1.1 −0.8 −42.84%
1974 1.9 −1.9 −49.96%
1973 3.8 −2.5 −39.89%
1972 6.4 +0.6 +10.31%
1971 5.8 −5.4 −48.49%
1970 11.2 +7.6 +210.38%
1969 3.6 +0.6 +20.83%
1968 3 +0.5 +20.6%
1967 2.5 +0.3 +15.61%
1966 2.1 +0.2 +8.51%
1965 2 +0.1 +4.36%
1964 1.9 +0.5 +37.66%
1963 1.4 +0.3 +30.04%
1962 1.1 +0.2 +23.07%
1961 0.9

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.