Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Western Asia

Fertilizer use in Western Asia in 2023 — 104.7 kg/ha. Since 1972, the indicator has risen by 390.1%.

2023 104.7 kg/ha +18.57% vs 2022
World rank
Period maximum 109.8 kg/ha2020
Period minimum 18.6 kg/ha1974

Trend over time

1972–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Western Asia, 1972–202305010015019721978198419901996200220082014202020231972: 21.4 kg/ha1973: 24.2 kg/ha1974: 18.6 kg/ha1975: 28.6 kg/ha1976: 36.7 kg/ha1977: 39.3 kg/ha1978: 47.4 kg/ha1979: 42.7 kg/ha1980: 46.6 kg/ha1981: 43 kg/ha1982: 50.5 kg/ha1983: 60.6 kg/ha1984: 60.1 kg/ha1985: 59.5 kg/ha1986: 63.5 kg/ha1987: 71.2 kg/ha1988: 69 kg/ha1989: 73.5 kg/ha1990: 76.9 kg/ha1991: 71.4 kg/ha1992: 77.6 kg/ha1993: 84 kg/ha1994: 66.5 kg/ha1995: 68.8 kg/ha1996: 72.9 kg/ha1997: 75.7 kg/ha1998: 83.8 kg/ha1999: 85.4 kg/ha2000: 83.9 kg/ha2001: 78.7 kg/ha2002: 80.4 kg/ha2003: 75.3 kg/ha2004: 77.2 kg/ha2005: 79.7 kg/ha2006: 83.8 kg/ha2007: 81.8 kg/ha2008: 72.1 kg/ha2009: 86.3 kg/ha2010: 76.5 kg/ha2011: 75.4 kg/ha2012: 81.6 kg/ha2013: 86.2 kg/ha2014: 76.7 kg/ha2015: 78.3 kg/ha2016: 99.3 kg/ha2017: 95.8 kg/ha2018: 84.1 kg/ha2019: 93.1 kg/ha2020: 109.8 kg/ha2021: 94.8 kg/ha2022: 88.3 kg/ha2023: 104.7 kg/ha
Change over the period: +83.3 (+390.09%) Average annual rate: 3.17 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Asia

Western Asia 104.7 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 104.7 +16.4 +18.57%
2022 88.3 −6.5 −6.82%
2021 94.8 −15 −13.7%
2020 109.8 +16.8 +18%
2019 93.1 +9 +10.73%
2018 84.1 −11.7 −12.22%
2017 95.8 −3.5 −3.56%
2016 99.3 +21 +26.76%
2015 78.3 +1.7 +2.16%
2014 76.7 −9.5 −11.01%
2013 86.2 +4.6 +5.61%
2012 81.6 +6.2 +8.2%
2011 75.4 −1.1 −1.38%
2010 76.5 −9.8 −11.41%
2009 86.3 +14.1 +19.61%
2008 72.1 −9.6 −11.75%
2007 81.8 −2.1 −2.45%
2006 83.8 +4.1 +5.16%
2005 79.7 +2.4 +3.17%
2004 77.2 +1.9 +2.59%
2003 75.3 −5.1 −6.33%
2002 80.4 +1.7 +2.17%
2001 78.7 −5.2 −6.22%
2000 83.9 −1.5 −1.72%
1999 85.4 +1.6 +1.9%
1998 83.8 +8.1 +10.75%
1997 75.7 +2.7 +3.71%
1996 72.9 +4.2 +6.07%
1995 68.8 +2.3 +3.43%
1994 66.5 −17.5 −20.83%
1993 84 +6.3 +8.18%
1992 77.6 +6.3 +8.8%
1991 71.4 −5.5 −7.19%
1990 76.9 +3.4 +4.65%
1989 73.5 +4.4 +6.44%
1988 69 −2.2 −3.1%
1987 71.2 +7.7 +12.13%
1986 63.5 +4 +6.76%
1985 59.5 −0.6 −0.92%
1984 60.1 −0.6 −0.95%
1983 60.6 +10.1 +20.09%
1982 50.5 +7.5 +17.53%
1981 43 −3.7 −7.85%
1980 46.6 +4 +9.29%
1979 42.7 −4.8 −10.07%
1978 47.4 +8.2 +20.83%
1977 39.3 +2.5 +6.85%
1976 36.7 +8.1 +28.34%
1975 28.6 +10 +53.9%
1974 18.6 −5.6 −23.24%
1973 24.2 +2.9 +13.44%
1972 21.4

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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