Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Republic of the Congo

Fertilizer use in the Republic of the Congo in 2023 — 10.3 kg/ha. Ranked 156 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 795.8%.

2023 10.3 kg/ha −11.37% vs 2022
World rank 156of 191
Period maximum 14.6 kg/ha1971
Period minimum 0 kg/ha1977

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Republic of the Congo, 1961–202305101519611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 1.2 kg/ha1962: 1.7 kg/ha1963: 2.5 kg/ha1964: 2.9 kg/ha1965: 3.3 kg/ha1966: 3.9 kg/ha1967: 4.2 kg/ha1968: 7.7 kg/ha1969: 12.2 kg/ha1970: 13.7 kg/ha1971: 14.6 kg/ha1972: 13.8 kg/ha1973: 10.9 kg/ha1974: 8.2 kg/ha1975: 4.4 kg/ha1976: 4.9 kg/ha1977: 0 kg/ha1979: 0.2 kg/ha1980: 1 kg/ha1981: 1.1 kg/ha1982: 3.4 kg/ha1983: 3.1 kg/ha1984: 5.6 kg/ha1985: 8.9 kg/ha1986: 4.8 kg/ha1987: 3.4 kg/ha1988: 1.4 kg/ha1989: 1.1 kg/ha1990: 3.3 kg/ha1991: 2.9 kg/ha1992: 4.2 kg/ha1993: 4.1 kg/ha1994: 4 kg/ha1995: 4.2 kg/ha1996: 8.4 kg/ha1997: 8.2 kg/ha1998: 10.2 kg/ha1999: 10.1 kg/ha2000: 10.2 kg/ha2001: 9.4 kg/ha2004: 2.7 kg/ha2005: 0.1 kg/ha2006: 0.1 kg/ha2007: 0.4 kg/ha2008: 0.7 kg/ha2009: 4.6 kg/ha2010: 0.5 kg/ha2011: 1.3 kg/ha2012: 2.2 kg/ha2013: 2.9 kg/ha2014: 1.9 kg/ha2015: 4.1 kg/ha2016: 2.2 kg/ha2017: 2.3 kg/ha2018: 4.2 kg/ha2019: 4.3 kg/ha2020: 10 kg/ha2021: 9.7 kg/ha2022: 11.7 kg/ha2023: 10.3 kg/ha
Change over the period: +9.2 (+795.82%) Average annual rate: 3.6 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo 10.3 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Sub-Saharan Africa 19.6 kg/ha
Middle Africa computed 6.8 kg/ha
Lower-middle-income countries computed 128.5 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Republic of the Congo, by year Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 10.3 −1.3 −11.37%
2022 11.7 +1.9 +19.64%
2021 9.7 −0.2 −2.12%
2020 10 +5.7 +133.86%
2019 4.3 +0 +1.08%
2018 4.2 +1.9 +82.44%
2017 2.3 +0.1 +6.45%
2016 2.2 −2 −47.51%
2015 4.1 +2.2 +119.4%
2014 1.9 −1 −35.61%
2013 2.9 +0.7 +30.07%
2012 2.2 +0.9 +71.02%
2011 1.3 +0.8 +143.01%
2010 0.5 −4 −88.18%
2009 4.6 +3.8 +512.9%
2008 0.7 +0.4 +107.95%
2007 0.4 +0.3 +576.92%
2006 0.1 −0 −18.75%
2005 0.1 −2.6 −97.54%
2004 2.7
2001 9.4 −0.8 −7.5%
2000 10.2 +0.1 +1.02%
1999 10.1 −0.1 −0.81%
1998 10.2 +2 +24.75%
1997 8.2 −0.2 −2.65%
1996 8.4 +4.2 +99.16%
1995 4.2 +0.2 +4.82%
1994 4 −0.1 −2.59%
1993 4.1 −0 −1.03%
1992 4.2 +1.3 +43.15%
1991 2.9 −0.4 −11.48%
1990 3.3 +2.2 +206.24%
1989 1.1 −0.3 −23.31%
1988 1.4 −2 −58.99%
1987 3.4 −1.3 −28.31%
1986 4.8 −4.1 −46.5%
1985 8.9 +3.3 +60.23%
1984 5.6 +2.5 +80.56%
1983 3.1 −0.3 −8.65%
1982 3.4 +2.3 +219.27%
1981 1.1 +0 +0.55%
1980 1 +0.9 +465.39%
1979 0.2
1977 0 −4.9 −99.81%
1976 4.9 +0.6 +13.27%
1975 4.4 −3.8 −46.61%
1974 8.2 −2.7 −24.93%
1973 10.9 −3 −21.35%
1972 13.8 −0.8 −5.26%
1971 14.6 +0.9 +6.43%
1970 13.7 +1.5 +12.7%
1969 12.2 +4.5 +57.8%
1968 7.7 +3.5 +82.9%
1967 4.2 +0.3 +7.47%
1966 3.9 +0.6 +19.71%
1965 3.3 +0.4 +13.33%
1964 2.9 +0.4 +15.83%
1963 2.5 +0.8 +44.44%
1962 1.7 +0.6 +50%
1961 1.2

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.

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