Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Sweden

Fertilizer use in Sweden in 2023 — 93.5 kg/ha. Ranked 88 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 9.6%.

2023 93.5 kg/ha −8.91% vs 2022
World rank 88of 191
Period maximum 188.4 kg/ha1973
Period minimum 64.2 kg/ha2009

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Sweden, 1961–202305010015020019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 85.3 kg/ha1963: 100.8 kg/ha1965: 122.4 kg/ha1967: 138.5 kg/ha1969: 155.1 kg/ha1971: 172.4 kg/ha1973: 188.4 kg/ha1975: 174.9 kg/ha1977: 176.4 kg/ha1979: 170.1 kg/ha1981: 164.2 kg/ha1983: 163.9 kg/ha1985: 143.7 kg/ha1987: 138.9 kg/ha1989: 124.5 kg/ha1991: 104.8 kg/ha1993: 118.6 kg/ha1995: 106.4 kg/ha1997: 110.9 kg/ha1999: 105.7 kg/ha2001: 99.2 kg/ha2003: 99.1 kg/ha2005: 88.1 kg/ha2007: 89.7 kg/ha2009: 64.2 kg/ha2011: 85.4 kg/ha2013: 84.7 kg/ha2015: 96.9 kg/ha2017: 105 kg/ha2019: 97.7 kg/ha2021: 112.9 kg/ha2023: 93.5 kg/ha
Change over the period: +8.2 (+9.59%) Average annual rate: 0.15 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Sweden 93.5 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Northern Europe computed 149.4 kg/ha
High-income countries computed 104 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 93.5 −9.1 −8.91%
2022 102.7 −10.2 −9.07%
2021 112.9 −4 −3.45%
2020 116.9 +19.3 +19.71%
2019 97.7 −3 −2.95%
2018 100.7 −4.3 −4.1%
2017 105 +7.1 +7.23%
2016 97.9 +1 +1.03%
2015 96.9 +3.8 +4.11%
2014 93.1 +8.4 +9.91%
2013 84.7 +8.4 +11.07%
2012 76.2 −9.2 −10.74%
2011 85.4 +3.4 +4.08%
2010 82.1 +17.9 +27.89%
2009 64.2 −35.4 −35.57%
2008 99.6 +9.9 +11%
2007 89.7 +3.1 +3.61%
2006 86.6 −1.5 −1.73%
2005 88.1 −10.1 −10.29%
2004 98.2 −0.9 −0.92%
2003 99.1 −1.6 −1.58%
2002 100.7 +1.6 +1.56%
2001 99.2 −9.5 −8.74%
2000 108.7 +3 +2.82%
1999 105.7 −0 −0.03%
1998 105.7 −5.1 −4.64%
1997 110.9 +0.3 +0.28%
1996 110.6 +4.2 +3.92%
1995 106.4 −9.9 −8.53%
1994 116.3 −2.3 −1.9%
1993 118.6 +4.9 +4.34%
1992 113.6 +8.8 +8.43%
1991 104.8 −10.7 −9.29%
1990 115.5 −8.9 −7.19%
1989 124.5 −2.8 −2.18%
1988 127.3 −11.7 −8.4%
1987 138.9 −0.7 −0.51%
1986 139.7 −4.1 −2.83%
1985 143.7 −12.1 −7.78%
1984 155.8 −8 −4.9%
1983 163.9 +1.2 +0.71%
1982 162.7 −1.5 −0.91%
1981 164.2 +1.6 +0.97%
1980 162.6 −7.5 −4.41%
1979 170.1 −4.5 −2.59%
1978 174.7 −1.8 −1.01%
1977 176.4 −1 −0.54%
1976 177.4 +2.5 +1.44%
1975 174.9 +14.2 +8.86%
1974 160.6 −27.8 −14.76%
1973 188.4 +17.1 +9.98%
1972 171.3 −1 −0.6%
1971 172.4 +7.5 +4.57%
1970 164.8 +9.8 +6.31%
1969 155.1 +4.4 +2.9%
1968 150.7 +12.2 +8.78%
1967 138.5 +13.2 +10.5%
1966 125.4 +3 +2.45%
1965 122.4 +7.6 +6.58%
1964 114.8 +14 +13.86%
1963 100.8 +13.4 +15.28%
1962 87.5 +2.1 +2.52%
1961 85.3

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.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.