Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Middle Africa

Fertilizer use in Middle Africa in 2023 — 6.8 kg/ha. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 1,928.4%.

2023 6.8 kg/ha −4.45% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 7.1 kg/ha2022
Period minimum 0.3 kg/ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Middle Africa, 1961–20230246819611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 0.3 kg/ha1963: 0.5 kg/ha1965: 0.9 kg/ha1967: 1.5 kg/ha1969: 2 kg/ha1971: 2.9 kg/ha1973: 2.8 kg/ha1975: 1.8 kg/ha1977: 4 kg/ha1979: 3 kg/ha1981: 2.9 kg/ha1983: 3.3 kg/ha1985: 4.4 kg/ha1987: 3.6 kg/ha1989: 3.1 kg/ha1991: 2.1 kg/ha1993: 2 kg/ha1995: 2.7 kg/ha1997: 3.5 kg/ha1999: 3.5 kg/ha2001: 4.1 kg/ha2003: 3.1 kg/ha2005: 3.1 kg/ha2007: 3.7 kg/ha2009: 3.6 kg/ha2011: 5.5 kg/ha2013: 4.7 kg/ha2015: 5.8 kg/ha2017: 6.2 kg/ha2019: 5.8 kg/ha2021: 6.1 kg/ha2023: 6.8 kg/ha
Change over the period: +6.4 (+1,928.37%) Average annual rate: 4.97 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Middle Africa 6.8 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 6.8 −0.3 −4.45%
2022 7.1 +0.9 +15.49%
2021 6.1 −0.2 −3.72%
2020 6.4 +0.6 +9.5%
2019 5.8 +0.1 +0.96%
2018 5.8 −0.5 −7.52%
2017 6.2 +1.4 +29.65%
2016 4.8 −1 −17.75%
2015 5.8 +1 +20.4%
2014 4.8 +0.1 +2.94%
2013 4.7 +0.2 +3.95%
2012 4.5 −1 −18.2%
2011 5.5 +1 +23.27%
2010 4.5 +0.9 +23.91%
2009 3.6 −0.4 −10.94%
2008 4.1 +0.4 +9.64%
2007 3.7 −0.1 −2.66%
2006 3.8 +0.7 +22.27%
2005 3.1 −1.3 −30.1%
2004 4.5 +1.4 +43.46%
2003 3.1 −2.1 −39.94%
2002 5.2 +1.1 +27.21%
2001 4.1 +0.8 +24.56%
2000 3.3 −0.2 −6.95%
1999 3.5 +0.4 +12.07%
1998 3.1 −0.4 −10.81%
1997 3.5 +0.6 +22.31%
1996 2.9 +0.2 +7.2%
1995 2.7 −0.1 −3.08%
1994 2.8 +0.8 +38.65%
1993 2 −0.1 −6.07%
1992 2.1 +0 +2.38%
1991 2.1 −0.1 −5.31%
1990 2.2 −1 −30.48%
1989 3.1 +0.2 +7.94%
1988 2.9 −0.7 −18.34%
1987 3.6 +0.3 +10.36%
1986 3.2 −1.2 −26.32%
1985 4.4 +0.6 +16.18%
1984 3.8 +0.5 +14.01%
1983 3.3 +0.8 +29.34%
1982 2.6 −0.4 −12.92%
1981 2.9 +0.1 +4.58%
1980 2.8 −0.2 −6.08%
1979 3 −0.8 −20.44%
1978 3.8 −0.3 −6.49%
1977 4 +2.1 +104.11%
1976 2 +0.1 +7.83%
1975 1.8 −0.9 −31.94%
1974 2.7 −0.1 −3.04%
1973 2.8 +0.2 +9.14%
1972 2.5 −0.3 −11.73%
1971 2.9 +0.4 +16.28%
1970 2.5 +0.4 +21.97%
1969 2 +0.2 +9.27%
1968 1.9 +0.4 +26.08%
1967 1.5 +0.3 +26.89%
1966 1.2 +0.2 +26.82%
1965 0.9 +0.2 +32.83%
1964 0.7 +0.1 +27.56%
1963 0.5 +0.2 +41.63%
1962 0.4 +0 +14.6%
1961 0.3

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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