Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Saint Lucia

Fertilizer use in Saint Lucia in 2023 — 200 kg/ha. Ranked 36 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 122.2%.

2023 200 kg/ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 36of 191
Period maximum 2,396 kg/ha1989
Period minimum 6.7 kg/ha2008

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Saint Lucia, 1961–202301,0002,0003,00019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 90 kg/ha1963: 108 kg/ha1965: 180 kg/ha1967: 320 kg/ha1969: 580 kg/ha1971: 680 kg/ha1973: 1,160 kg/ha1975: 820 kg/ha1977: 600 kg/ha1979: 317.9 kg/ha1981: 250.2 kg/ha1983: 383.2 kg/ha1985: 569.1 kg/ha1987: 566.7 kg/ha1989: 2,396 kg/ha1991: 2,321.4 kg/ha1993: 691.5 kg/ha1995: 100 kg/ha1997: 44.7 kg/ha1999: 1,109.5 kg/ha2001: 20.5 kg/ha2003: 680 kg/ha2005: 283.2 kg/ha2007: 43.4 kg/ha2009: 98.9 kg/ha2011: 94.4 kg/ha2013: 126.2 kg/ha2015: 263.3 kg/ha2017: 147.6 kg/ha2019: 240.1 kg/ha2021: 200 kg/ha2023: 200 kg/ha
Change over the period: +110 (+122.22%) Average annual rate: 1.3 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Saint Lucia 200 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Upper-middle-income countries computed 235.8 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 200 +0 +0%
2022 200 +0 +0%
2021 200 +2.2 +1.14%
2020 197.8 −42.3 −17.63%
2019 240.1 +63.7 +36.09%
2018 176.4 +28.8 +19.54%
2017 147.6 −44.6 −23.2%
2016 192.1 −71.2 −27.03%
2015 263.3 −7.1 −2.63%
2014 270.4 +144.2 +114.24%
2013 126.2 −167.8 −57.07%
2012 294 +199.6 +211.51%
2011 94.4 −39.7 −29.61%
2010 134.1 +35.2 +35.61%
2009 98.9 +92.1 +1,366.67%
2008 6.7 −36.7 −84.48%
2007 43.4 −183.1 −80.82%
2006 226.5 −56.7 −20.01%
2005 283.2 +36.7 +14.88%
2004 246.5 −433.5 −63.75%
2003 680 +430.5 +172.55%
2002 249.5 +229 +1,117.07%
2001 20.5 −1,041 −98.07%
2000 1,061.5 −48 −4.33%
1999 1,109.5 +488 +78.52%
1998 621.5 +576.8 +1,289.24%
1997 44.7 −73.7 −62.22%
1996 118.4 +18.4 +18.42%
1995 100 −154 −60.63%
1994 254 −437.5 −63.27%
1993 691.5 −376.3 −35.24%
1992 1,067.8 −1,253.7 −54%
1991 2,321.4 +348.7 +17.67%
1990 1,972.8 −423.2 −17.66%
1989 2,396 +1,529.3 +176.46%
1988 866.7 +300 +52.94%
1987 566.7 +51.5 +10%
1986 515.2 −53.9 −9.48%
1985 569.1 +73.1 +14.74%
1984 496 +112.8 +29.42%
1983 383.2 −20 −4.96%
1982 403.3 +153 +61.15%
1981 250.2 +59.1 +30.94%
1980 191.1 −126.8 −39.88%
1979 317.9 +85.1 +36.54%
1978 232.8 −367.2 −61.2%
1977 600 −40 −6.25%
1976 640 −180 −21.95%
1975 820 −274.3 −25.07%
1974 1,094.3 −65.7 −5.66%
1973 1,160 +60 +5.45%
1972 1,100 +420 +61.76%
1971 680 +0 +0%
1970 680 +100 +17.24%
1969 580 +140 +31.82%
1968 440 +120 +37.5%
1967 320 +80 +33.33%
1966 240 +60 +33.33%
1965 180 +60 +50%
1964 120 +12 +11.11%
1963 108 +12 +12.5%
1962 96 +6 +6.67%
1961 90

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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