Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Central America

Fertilizer use in Central America in 2023 — 109.3 kg/ha. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 914.6%.

2023 109.3 kg/ha +22.2% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 119.3 kg/ha2018
Period minimum 10.8 kg/ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Central America, 1961–202305010015019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 10.8 kg/ha1963: 17 kg/ha1965: 19.3 kg/ha1967: 24.6 kg/ha1969: 33 kg/ha1971: 38.2 kg/ha1973: 49.1 kg/ha1975: 60 kg/ha1977: 63.2 kg/ha1979: 64.4 kg/ha1981: 84.7 kg/ha1983: 78.6 kg/ha1985: 90.8 kg/ha1987: 94.8 kg/ha1989: 83 kg/ha1991: 73.8 kg/ha1993: 73.1 kg/ha1995: 63.7 kg/ha1997: 81.8 kg/ha1999: 84.5 kg/ha2001: 84 kg/ha2003: 73 kg/ha2005: 81.2 kg/ha2007: 78.6 kg/ha2009: 71.6 kg/ha2011: 96.1 kg/ha2013: 102.2 kg/ha2015: 95 kg/ha2017: 118.1 kg/ha2019: 116 kg/ha2021: 115.5 kg/ha2023: 109.3 kg/ha
Change over the period: +98.5 (+914.62%) Average annual rate: 3.81 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Central America 109.3 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 109.3 +19.9 +22.2%
2022 89.4 −26 −22.55%
2021 115.5 +1.4 +1.27%
2020 114 −2 −1.73%
2019 116 −3.3 −2.73%
2018 119.3 +1.1 +0.96%
2017 118.1 +8.9 +8.19%
2016 109.2 +14.2 +14.96%
2015 95 −5 −5%
2014 100 −2.2 −2.17%
2013 102.2 +6.3 +6.6%
2012 95.9 −0.2 −0.24%
2011 96.1 +15.4 +19.05%
2010 80.7 +9.1 +12.67%
2009 71.6 +7.7 +12.01%
2008 64 −14.6 −18.62%
2007 78.6 +1.5 +1.94%
2006 77.1 −4.1 −5.07%
2005 81.2 +9.3 +12.94%
2004 71.9 −1.1 −1.45%
2003 73 +3.1 +4.45%
2002 69.9 −14.1 −16.83%
2001 84 −3.3 −3.81%
2000 87.3 +2.8 +3.35%
1999 84.5 −0.9 −1.06%
1998 85.4 +3.6 +4.42%
1997 81.8 +4 +5.08%
1996 77.8 +14.2 +22.25%
1995 63.7 −10.5 −14.17%
1994 74.2 +1.1 +1.46%
1993 73.1 −1.5 −1.95%
1992 74.6 +0.8 +1.1%
1991 73.8 −7.2 −8.93%
1990 81 −2 −2.4%
1989 83 −5.7 −6.42%
1988 88.7 −6.1 −6.42%
1987 94.8 +1.5 +1.66%
1986 93.2 +2.5 +2.71%
1985 90.8 +4.8 +5.6%
1984 85.9 +7.3 +9.31%
1983 78.6 −7.7 −8.87%
1982 86.3 +1.5 +1.8%
1981 84.7 +15.8 +22.91%
1980 69 +4.6 +7.11%
1979 64.4 +1 +1.58%
1978 63.4 +0.2 +0.27%
1977 63.2 −1.6 −2.52%
1976 64.8 +4.9 +8.11%
1975 60 +7.5 +14.19%
1974 52.5 +3.4 +6.86%
1973 49.1 +7.1 +16.78%
1972 42.1 +3.9 +10.19%
1971 38.2 +3.6 +10.55%
1970 34.5 +1.6 +4.76%
1969 33 +2.8 +9.36%
1968 30.2 +5.6 +22.61%
1967 24.6 +1.1 +4.69%
1966 23.5 +4.2 +21.9%
1965 19.3 +1.6 +9.11%
1964 17.7 +0.6 +3.79%
1963 17 +4.9 +40.7%
1962 12.1 +1.3 +12.29%
1961 10.8

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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