Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Eastern Africa

Fertilizer use in Eastern Africa in 2023 — 33.5 kg/ha. Since 1967, the indicator has risen by 358.1%.

2023 33.5 kg/ha +34.35% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 33.5 kg/ha2023
Period minimum 7.3 kg/ha1967

Trend over time

1967–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Eastern Africa, 1967–202301020304019671973197919851991199720032009201520211967: 7.3 kg/ha1968: 7.4 kg/ha1969: 8.4 kg/ha1970: 9.8 kg/ha1971: 11.5 kg/ha1972: 11.5 kg/ha1973: 12 kg/ha1974: 12.6 kg/ha1975: 11.3 kg/ha1976: 11.8 kg/ha1977: 10.8 kg/ha1978: 10.9 kg/ha1979: 12.4 kg/ha1980: 14.8 kg/ha1981: 15.6 kg/ha1982: 16.4 kg/ha1983: 15.7 kg/ha1984: 12.3 kg/ha1985: 13.7 kg/ha1986: 13.2 kg/ha1987: 14.2 kg/ha1988: 14.3 kg/ha1989: 13.5 kg/ha1990: 13.2 kg/ha1991: 14.3 kg/ha1992: 13.3 kg/ha1993: 12.6 kg/ha1994: 12.9 kg/ha1995: 11.9 kg/ha1996: 15.3 kg/ha1997: 13.8 kg/ha1998: 13.7 kg/ha1999: 14.1 kg/ha2000: 13.5 kg/ha2001: 12 kg/ha2002: 14.1 kg/ha2003: 12.4 kg/ha2004: 12.1 kg/ha2005: 12.7 kg/ha2006: 13.5 kg/ha2007: 14.7 kg/ha2008: 15.5 kg/ha2009: 14.8 kg/ha2010: 16.9 kg/ha2011: 17.6 kg/ha2012: 18.7 kg/ha2013: 18.5 kg/ha2014: 20 kg/ha2015: 19.6 kg/ha2016: 22.6 kg/ha2017: 25.7 kg/ha2018: 19.9 kg/ha2019: 22.5 kg/ha2020: 28.6 kg/ha2021: 27 kg/ha2022: 24.9 kg/ha2023: 33.5 kg/ha
Change over the period: +26.2 (+358.05%) Average annual rate: 2.75 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Eastern Africa 33.5 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 33.5 +8.6 +34.35%
2022 24.9 −2 −7.56%
2021 27 −1.7 −5.83%
2020 28.6 +6.2 +27.44%
2019 22.5 +2.6 +12.96%
2018 19.9 −5.8 −22.7%
2017 25.7 +3.2 +13.99%
2016 22.6 +3 +15.41%
2015 19.6 −0.5 −2.26%
2014 20 +1.5 +7.92%
2013 18.5 −0.2 −0.97%
2012 18.7 +1.1 +6.26%
2011 17.6 +0.7 +4.26%
2010 16.9 +2.1 +14.36%
2009 14.8 −0.8 −4.95%
2008 15.5 +0.8 +5.59%
2007 14.7 +1.2 +8.74%
2006 13.5 +0.9 +6.83%
2005 12.7 +0.5 +4.37%
2004 12.1 −0.2 −1.72%
2003 12.4 −1.7 −12.2%
2002 14.1 +2.1 +17.14%
2001 12 −1.5 −11.11%
2000 13.5 −0.6 −3.98%
1999 14.1 +0.4 +2.94%
1998 13.7 −0.1 −0.78%
1997 13.8 −1.5 −9.68%
1996 15.3 +3.4 +28.77%
1995 11.9 −1 −8.1%
1994 12.9 +0.3 +1.99%
1993 12.6 −0.6 −4.63%
1992 13.3 −1 −7.04%
1991 14.3 +1.1 +8.13%
1990 13.2 −0.3 −1.96%
1989 13.5 −0.8 −5.82%
1988 14.3 +0.1 +0.46%
1987 14.2 +1 +7.91%
1986 13.2 −0.5 −3.64%
1985 13.7 +1.3 +10.76%
1984 12.3 −3.4 −21.35%
1983 15.7 −0.7 −4.35%
1982 16.4 +0.8 +5.39%
1981 15.6 +0.7 +5%
1980 14.8 +2.4 +19.65%
1979 12.4 +1.5 +14.19%
1978 10.9 +0 +0.39%
1977 10.8 −1 −8.69%
1976 11.8 +0.5 +4.69%
1975 11.3 −1.3 −9.97%
1974 12.6 +0.5 +4.56%
1973 12 +0.5 +4.3%
1972 11.5 −0 −0.25%
1971 11.5 +1.7 +17.33%
1970 9.8 +1.5 +17.65%
1969 8.4 +1 +13.03%
1968 7.4 +0.1 +1.25%
1967 7.3

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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