Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Northern Africa

Fertilizer use in Northern Africa in 2023 — 58.4 kg/ha. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 250%.

2023 58.4 kg/ha −2.66% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 101.9 kg/ha2004
Period minimum 16.7 kg/ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Northern Africa, 1961–202305010015019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 16.7 kg/ha1963: 19.6 kg/ha1965: 22.1 kg/ha1967: 21.2 kg/ha1969: 26.8 kg/ha1971: 33.8 kg/ha1973: 36.3 kg/ha1975: 40 kg/ha1977: 43.3 kg/ha1979: 49.8 kg/ha1981: 57.1 kg/ha1983: 62.8 kg/ha1985: 72.9 kg/ha1987: 78.9 kg/ha1989: 68.8 kg/ha1991: 66.5 kg/ha1993: 69.3 kg/ha1995: 67.6 kg/ha1997: 68.4 kg/ha1999: 75.8 kg/ha2001: 82.8 kg/ha2003: 86.4 kg/ha2005: 100.9 kg/ha2007: 93.3 kg/ha2009: 88.3 kg/ha2011: 97.6 kg/ha2013: 55.4 kg/ha2015: 61.4 kg/ha2017: 61.2 kg/ha2019: 58.3 kg/ha2021: 60.2 kg/ha2023: 58.4 kg/ha
Change over the period: +41.7 (+250.01%) Average annual rate: 2.04 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Northern Africa 58.4 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Northern Africa, by year Northern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 58.4 −1.6 −2.66%
2022 60 −0.2 −0.33%
2021 60.2 −2 −3.26%
2020 62.3 +3.9 +6.71%
2019 58.3 −1.4 −2.35%
2018 59.7 −1.4 −2.35%
2017 61.2 +4.6 +8.18%
2016 56.6 −4.8 −7.85%
2015 61.4 +3.6 +6.19%
2014 57.8 +2.4 +4.31%
2013 55.4 +3.6 +6.92%
2012 51.8 −45.8 −46.9%
2011 97.6 +3.9 +4.2%
2010 93.6 +5.3 +6.04%
2009 88.3 −1.3 −1.41%
2008 89.6 −3.7 −4%
2007 93.3 −7.9 −7.76%
2006 101.2 +0.2 +0.24%
2005 100.9 −1 −0.94%
2004 101.9 +15.5 +17.89%
2003 86.4 −4.1 −4.55%
2002 90.5 +7.8 +9.37%
2001 82.8 +3.9 +4.95%
2000 78.9 +3 +4.01%
1999 75.8 +2.7 +3.69%
1998 73.1 +4.7 +6.89%
1997 68.4 +0.4 +0.66%
1996 68 +0.3 +0.5%
1995 67.6 +8.1 +13.59%
1994 59.5 −9.8 −14.08%
1993 69.3 +8.2 +13.42%
1992 61.1 −5.4 −8.14%
1991 66.5 −3.6 −5.12%
1990 70.1 +1.3 +1.84%
1989 68.8 −6.2 −8.31%
1988 75.1 −3.8 −4.88%
1987 78.9 −1.5 −1.84%
1986 80.4 +7.5 +10.35%
1985 72.9 +8.4 +12.97%
1984 64.5 +1.7 +2.63%
1983 62.8 +3.3 +5.53%
1982 59.6 +2.5 +4.38%
1981 57.1 +0.6 +1.08%
1980 56.4 +6.7 +13.41%
1979 49.8 +2.8 +6.07%
1978 46.9 +3.6 +8.28%
1977 43.3 +0.7 +1.64%
1976 42.6 +2.7 +6.7%
1975 40 +1.8 +4.72%
1974 38.2 +1.8 +4.97%
1973 36.3 −1.2 −3.21%
1972 37.6 +3.7 +11.04%
1971 33.8 +4.3 +14.71%
1970 29.5 +2.7 +9.97%
1969 26.8 +1.6 +6.39%
1968 25.2 +4 +18.63%
1967 21.2 +0.5 +2.35%
1966 20.8 −1.3 −6.09%
1965 22.1 +1.3 +6.01%
1964 20.8 +1.3 +6.53%
1963 19.6 +1.5 +8.41%
1962 18.1 +1.4 +8.15%
1961 16.7

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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