Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Suriname

Fertilizer use in Suriname in 2023 — 285.6 kg/ha. Ranked 22 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 934.7%.

2023 285.6 kg/ha +53.8% vs 2022
World rank 22of 191
Period maximum 548.7 kg/ha2008
Period minimum 17.5 kg/ha1990

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Suriname, 1961–2023020040060019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 27.6 kg/ha1963: 36.4 kg/ha1965: 40 kg/ha1967: 56.7 kg/ha1969: 60 kg/ha1971: 109.7 kg/ha1973: 130.3 kg/ha1975: 80 kg/ha1977: 111.1 kg/ha1979: 62.2 kg/ha1981: 139.5 kg/ha1983: 192.5 kg/ha1985: 224.2 kg/ha1987: 192.2 kg/ha1989: 30.5 kg/ha1991: 17.5 kg/ha1993: 57.9 kg/ha1995: 75.4 kg/ha1997: 124.6 kg/ha1999: 93 kg/ha2001: 98.2 kg/ha2003: 109.1 kg/ha2005: 106.4 kg/ha2007: 149.4 kg/ha2009: 158.3 kg/ha2011: 206.3 kg/ha2013: 170.9 kg/ha2015: 145 kg/ha2017: 243.2 kg/ha2019: 127.1 kg/ha2021: 175.5 kg/ha2023: 285.6 kg/ha
Change over the period: +258 (+934.67%) Average annual rate: 3.84 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Suriname 285.6 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
South America computed 202.4 kg/ha
Upper-middle-income countries computed 235.8 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 285.6 +99.9 +53.8%
2022 185.7 +10.2 +5.83%
2021 175.5 −76.9 −30.46%
2020 252.4 +125.3 +98.6%
2019 127.1 −8.3 −6.14%
2018 135.4 −107.9 −44.34%
2017 243.2 +25.5 +11.71%
2016 217.7 +72.7 +50.11%
2015 145 −50 −25.62%
2014 195 +24.2 +14.14%
2013 170.9 −18.1 −9.58%
2012 189 −17.3 −8.4%
2011 206.3 −5.6 −2.66%
2010 211.9 +53.6 +33.88%
2009 158.3 −390.4 −71.15%
2008 548.7 +399.2 +267.16%
2007 149.4 −33.9 −18.49%
2006 183.3 +77 +72.35%
2005 106.4 −34.7 −24.58%
2004 141 +32 +29.33%
2003 109.1 +16.9 +18.31%
2002 92.2 −6.1 −6.18%
2001 98.2 −3.5 −3.45%
2000 101.8 +8.8 +9.43%
1999 93 −40.2 −30.21%
1998 133.2 +8.7 +6.96%
1997 124.6 −3.5 −2.74%
1996 128.1 +52.6 +69.77%
1995 75.4 +0 +0%
1994 75.4 +17.5 +30.3%
1993 57.9 +7 +13.79%
1992 50.9 +33.3 +190%
1991 17.5 +0 +0%
1990 17.5 −12.9 −42.4%
1989 30.5 −3.8 −10.97%
1988 34.2 −158 −82.2%
1987 192.2 −26.4 −12.08%
1986 218.6 −5.6 −2.48%
1985 224.2 −7 −3.04%
1984 231.2 +38.7 +20.13%
1983 192.5 +25.1 +14.99%
1982 167.4 +27.9 +19.96%
1981 139.5 +99.5 +248.84%
1980 40 −22.2 −35.65%
1979 62.2 −46.2 −42.62%
1978 108.3 −2.8 −2.5%
1977 111.1 −10.8 −8.84%
1976 121.9 +41.9 +52.36%
1975 80 −61.6 −43.49%
1974 141.6 +11.3 +8.69%
1973 130.3 +9 +7.46%
1972 121.2 +11.5 +10.47%
1971 109.7 +38.4 +53.82%
1970 71.3 +11.3 +18.89%
1969 60 +0 +0%
1968 60 +3.3 +5.88%
1967 56.7 +12.8 +29.17%
1966 43.9 +3.8 +9.59%
1965 40 +4.3 +12.17%
1964 35.7 −0.8 −2.09%
1963 36.4 +6.3 +20.94%
1962 30.1 +2.5 +9.17%
1961 27.6

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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