Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Rwanda

Fertilizer use in Rwanda in 2023 — 31.8 kg/ha. Ranked 134 in the world out of 191. Since 1967, the indicator has risen by 32,690%.

2023 31.8 kg/ha +6.98% vs 2022
World rank 134of 191
Period maximum 31.8 kg/ha2023
Period minimum 0.1 kg/ha2010

Trend over time

1967–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Rwanda, 1967–202301020304019671973197919851991199720032009201520211967: 0.1 kg/ha1968: 0.2 kg/ha1969: 0.4 kg/ha1970: 0.4 kg/ha1971: 0.4 kg/ha1972: 0.5 kg/ha1973: 0.5 kg/ha1974: 0.7 kg/ha1975: 0.4 kg/ha1976: 0.4 kg/ha1977: 0.4 kg/ha1978: 0.4 kg/ha1979: 0.4 kg/ha1980: 0.1 kg/ha1981: 0.4 kg/ha1982: 1.3 kg/ha1983: 0.9 kg/ha1984: 2 kg/ha1985: 1.7 kg/ha1986: 1.2 kg/ha1987: 2.4 kg/ha1988: 0.7 kg/ha1989: 0.7 kg/ha1990: 3.4 kg/ha1991: 1.8 kg/ha1992: 0.8 kg/ha1993: 1.6 kg/ha1996: 0.4 kg/ha1997: 0.5 kg/ha1998: 0.4 kg/ha1999: 0.3 kg/ha2000: 0.3 kg/ha2001: 0.3 kg/ha2002: 2.2 kg/ha2003: 2.2 kg/ha2004: 1.8 kg/ha2005: 3 kg/ha2006: 3.4 kg/ha2007: 7.8 kg/ha2008: 9.5 kg/ha2009: 1.2 kg/ha2010: 0.1 kg/ha2011: 0.1 kg/ha2012: 4.7 kg/ha2013: 10.5 kg/ha2014: 11.3 kg/ha2015: 17.6 kg/ha2016: 8.8 kg/ha2017: 17.4 kg/ha2018: 14.9 kg/ha2019: 25 kg/ha2020: 29.1 kg/ha2021: 23.9 kg/ha2022: 29.8 kg/ha2023: 31.8 kg/ha
Change over the period: +31.7 (+32,690.03%) Average annual rate: 10.9 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Rwanda 31.8 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Sub-Saharan Africa 19.6 kg/ha
Eastern Africa computed 33.5 kg/ha
Low-income countries computed 14.3 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 31.8 +2.1 +6.98%
2022 29.8 +5.9 +24.51%
2021 23.9 −5.2 −17.86%
2020 29.1 +4.1 +16.21%
2019 25 +10.1 +67.76%
2018 14.9 −2.5 −14.2%
2017 17.4 +8.6 +98.31%
2016 8.8 −8.8 −50.19%
2015 17.6 +6.3 +56.29%
2014 11.3 +0.8 +7.54%
2013 10.5 +5.8 +121.78%
2012 4.7 +4.6 +4,913.95%
2011 0.1 +0 +18.67%
2010 0.1 −1.2 −93.63%
2009 1.2 −8.3 −86.87%
2008 9.5 +1.7 +21.65%
2007 7.8 +4.4 +126.47%
2006 3.4 +0.4 +13.99%
2005 3 +1.2 +66.63%
2004 1.8 −0.4 −17.05%
2003 2.2 −0 −0.27%
2002 2.2 +1.9 +704.63%
2001 0.3 −0 −9.09%
2000 0.3 −0 −13.4%
1999 0.3 −0 −5.31%
1998 0.4 −0.1 −26.83%
1997 0.5 +0.1 +25%
1996 0.4
1993 1.6 +0.9 +110.06%
1992 0.8 −1 −56.41%
1991 1.8 −1.6 −47.04%
1990 3.4 +2.7 +391%
1989 0.7 +0 +4.69%
1988 0.7 −1.7 −72.1%
1987 2.4 +1.1 +91.2%
1986 1.2 −0.5 −26.83%
1985 1.7 −0.3 −13.24%
1984 2 +1.1 +124.39%
1983 0.9 −0.4 −31.3%
1982 1.3 +0.9 +227%
1981 0.4 +0.3 +194.19%
1980 0.1 −0.3 −67.32%
1979 0.4 −0 −2.01%
1978 0.4 −0 −2.05%
1977 0.4 −0 −5.86%
1976 0.4 +0 +9.2%
1975 0.4 −0.3 −41.11%
1974 0.7 +0.1 +26.97%
1973 0.5 +0 +2.42%
1972 0.5 +0.1 +35.68%
1971 0.4 +0 +2.54%
1970 0.4 −0 −5.02%
1969 0.4 +0.2 +128.45%
1968 0.2 +0.1 +81.88%
1967 0.1

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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