Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Senegal

Fertilizer use in Senegal in 2023 — 8.5 kg/ha. Ranked 164 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 221.8%.

2023 8.5 kg/ha −54.13% vs 2022
World rank 164of 191
Period maximum 30.4 kg/ha2017
Period minimum 2.1 kg/ha2007

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Senegal, 1961–202301020304019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 2.6 kg/ha1963: 3.1 kg/ha1965: 4.4 kg/ha1967: 8.2 kg/ha1969: 2.4 kg/ha1971: 4.2 kg/ha1973: 7 kg/ha1975: 14.2 kg/ha1977: 15 kg/ha1979: 9.3 kg/ha1981: 7.8 kg/ha1983: 6 kg/ha1985: 6 kg/ha1987: 6.1 kg/ha1989: 4 kg/ha1991: 5.6 kg/ha1993: 7.8 kg/ha1995: 5.3 kg/ha1997: 7.8 kg/ha1999: 11.1 kg/ha2001: 9.6 kg/ha2003: 10.9 kg/ha2005: 9.9 kg/ha2007: 2.1 kg/ha2009: 6.7 kg/ha2011: 6.8 kg/ha2013: 12 kg/ha2015: 14.2 kg/ha2017: 30.4 kg/ha2019: 18.6 kg/ha2021: 8.8 kg/ha2023: 8.5 kg/ha
Change over the period: +5.9 (+221.78%) Average annual rate: 1.9 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Senegal 8.5 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Sub-Saharan Africa 19.6 kg/ha
Western Africa computed 9.7 kg/ha
Lower-middle-income countries computed 128.5 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Senegal, by year Senegal All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 8.5 −10 −54.13%
2022 18.5 +9.7 +109.57%
2021 8.8 −12.7 −59.01%
2020 21.6 +3 +16.16%
2019 18.6 +3.9 +26.62%
2018 14.7 −15.7 −51.7%
2017 30.4 +11.3 +58.89%
2016 19.1 +4.9 +34.35%
2015 14.2 +2.8 +24.89%
2014 11.4 −0.6 −5.17%
2013 12 +1.5 +14.08%
2012 10.5 +3.7 +54.14%
2011 6.8 −1.8 −20.7%
2010 8.6 +1.9 +27.72%
2009 6.7 +4.4 +192.72%
2008 2.3 +0.2 +7.32%
2007 2.1 −0.2 −6.99%
2006 2.3 −7.6 −76.61%
2005 9.9 −2.8 −22.38%
2004 12.7 +1.8 +16.21%
2003 10.9 −0.9 −7.26%
2002 11.8 +2.1 +22.24%
2001 9.6 −1.9 −16.1%
2000 11.5 +0.4 +3.64%
1999 11.1 +1.6 +16.37%
1998 9.5 +1.7 +22.32%
1997 7.8 +1.1 +16.09%
1996 6.7 +1.4 +27.53%
1995 5.3 −2.9 −35.4%
1994 8.1 +0.4 +4.66%
1993 7.8 +2.2 +39.44%
1992 5.6 −0 −0.16%
1991 5.6 +1.8 +47.2%
1990 3.8 −0.2 −4.87%
1989 4 −3.6 −47.11%
1988 7.6 +1.5 +24.05%
1987 6.1 −0.1 −1.47%
1986 6.2 +0.2 +2.77%
1985 6 +0.2 +4.02%
1984 5.8 −0.2 −3.16%
1983 6 +0.1 +1.15%
1982 5.9 −1.9 −24.23%
1981 7.8 +1.6 +25.3%
1980 6.2 −3.1 −33.08%
1979 9.3 −2 −17.82%
1978 11.3 −3.7 −24.42%
1977 15 +3 +24.67%
1976 12 −2.2 −15.77%
1975 14.2 +2.6 +22.52%
1974 11.6 +4.6 +65.16%
1973 7 +2.2 +44.91%
1972 4.9 +0.7 +15.62%
1971 4.2 +1.7 +67.08%
1970 2.5 +0.1 +5.02%
1969 2.4 −1.2 −33.03%
1968 3.6 −4.6 −56.3%
1967 8.2 +2.1 +35.46%
1966 6 +1.7 +38.02%
1965 4.4 +1.1 +33.23%
1964 3.3 +0.2 +7.1%
1963 3.1 +0.4 +15.52%
1962 2.7 +0 +0.52%
1961 2.6

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.