Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Sierra Leone

Fertilizer use in Sierra Leone in 2023 — 2.7 kg/ha. Ranked 182 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 491.5%.

2023 2.7 kg/ha +0% vs 2022
World rank 182of 191
Period maximum 8.3 kg/ha1986
Period minimum 0.1 kg/ha2015

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Sierra Leone, 1961–202302.557.51019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 0.5 kg/ha1963: 0.5 kg/ha1965: 1.3 kg/ha1967: 2.2 kg/ha1969: 5.8 kg/ha1971: 2.8 kg/ha1973: 5.5 kg/ha1975: 6.9 kg/ha1977: 3.3 kg/ha1979: 6 kg/ha1981: 7.3 kg/ha1983: 2.6 kg/ha1985: 7.6 kg/ha1987: 1 kg/ha1989: 3.2 kg/ha1991: 1.2 kg/ha1993: 6.2 kg/ha1995: 6.2 kg/ha1997: 6.2 kg/ha1999: 0.2 kg/ha2001: 0.4 kg/ha2003: 0.3 kg/ha2005: 0.6 kg/ha2007: 1 kg/ha2009: 1.3 kg/ha2011: 0.6 kg/ha2013: 2 kg/ha2015: 0.1 kg/ha2017: 4.5 kg/ha2019: 2.7 kg/ha2021: 2.7 kg/ha2023: 2.7 kg/ha
Change over the period: +2.2 (+491.53%) Average annual rate: 2.91 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Sierra Leone 2.7 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Sub-Saharan Africa 19.6 kg/ha
Western Africa computed 9.7 kg/ha
Low-income countries computed 14.3 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 2.7 +0 +0%
2022 2.7 +0 +0%
2021 2.7 +0 +0%
2020 2.7 +0 +0%
2019 2.7 +0 +0.05%
2018 2.7 −1.9 −41.38%
2017 4.5 +2.7 +146.44%
2016 1.8 +1.7 +1,628.99%
2015 0.1 −0.1 −57.54%
2014 0.3 −1.7 −87.32%
2013 2 −1 −34.43%
2012 3 +2.5 +428.69%
2011 0.6 −0.1 −8.35%
2010 0.6 −0.7 −52.8%
2009 1.3 +0.9 +201.28%
2008 0.4 −0.5 −54.91%
2007 1 +0.6 +192.56%
2006 0.3 −0.3 −45.42%
2005 0.6 +0.1 +12.18%
2004 0.5 +0.3 +93.04%
2003 0.3 −4.3 −93.86%
2002 4.6 +4.1 +941.41%
2001 0.4 +0.1 +43.8%
2000 0.3 +0.1 +64.63%
1999 0.2 −0.4 −70%
1998 0.6 −5.6 −90%
1997 6.2 +0 +0.21%
1996 6.2 +0 +0%
1995 6.2 +0 +0%
1994 6.2 +0 +0.21%
1993 6.2 +3.3 +114.29%
1992 2.9 +1.6 +133.33%
1991 1.2 −1.4 −53.85%
1990 2.7 −0.5 −16.67%
1989 3.2 +2.1 +189.96%
1988 1.1 +0.1 +7.38%
1987 1 −7.3 −87.63%
1986 8.3 +0.8 +9.95%
1985 7.6 +4.8 +174.01%
1984 2.8 +0.2 +7.99%
1983 2.6 +1.8 +227.28%
1982 0.8 −6.5 −89.24%
1981 7.3 +3.3 +82.68%
1980 4 −2 −33.98%
1979 6 +3.5 +136.11%
1978 2.6 −0.7 −21.47%
1977 3.3 +0.3 +9.7%
1976 3 −3.9 −56.81%
1975 6.9 +4.5 +185.51%
1974 2.4 −3 −55.88%
1973 5.5 +2.5 +82.28%
1972 3 +0.2 +6.61%
1971 2.8 −3.5 −55.51%
1970 6.3 +0.5 +8.9%
1969 5.8 +3 +105.28%
1968 2.8 +0.6 +27.75%
1967 2.2 +0.9 +67.12%
1966 1.3 −0 −0.92%
1965 1.3 +0.8 +146.67%
1964 0.5 −0 −1.35%
1963 0.5 +0.1 +23.29%
1962 0.4 −0 −1.39%
1961 0.5

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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