Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Syria

Fertilizer use in Syria in 2023 — 17.3 kg/ha. Ranked 148 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 685.2%.

2023 17.3 kg/ha +169.79% vs 2022
World rank 148of 191
Period maximum 88 kg/ha2008
Period minimum 0.8 kg/ha2015

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Syria, 1961–2023025507510019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 2.2 kg/ha1963: 2.4 kg/ha1965: 2.8 kg/ha1967: 3.8 kg/ha1969: 5.1 kg/ha1971: 9.4 kg/ha1973: 7.7 kg/ha1975: 13.9 kg/ha1977: 18.7 kg/ha1979: 24.4 kg/ha1981: 26.2 kg/ha1983: 37.1 kg/ha1985: 45.2 kg/ha1987: 54 kg/ha1989: 52.1 kg/ha1991: 59.9 kg/ha1993: 70.9 kg/ha1995: 71.2 kg/ha1997: 77.2 kg/ha1999: 78.9 kg/ha2001: 64.6 kg/ha2003: 75.8 kg/ha2005: 84.9 kg/ha2007: 80.6 kg/ha2009: 65.4 kg/ha2011: 49.7 kg/ha2013: 13.6 kg/ha2015: 0.8 kg/ha2017: 3.5 kg/ha2019: 7.1 kg/ha2021: 4 kg/ha2023: 17.3 kg/ha
Change over the period: +15.1 (+685.24%) Average annual rate: 3.38 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Syria 17.3 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Western Asia computed 104.7 kg/ha
Low-income countries computed 14.3 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Syria, by year Syria All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 17.3 +10.9 +169.79%
2022 6.4 +2.4 +61.47%
2021 4 −2.7 −40.17%
2020 6.6 −0.5 −6.77%
2019 7.1 +1.2 +19.9%
2018 5.9 +2.5 +70.41%
2017 3.5 −0.6 −15.61%
2016 4.1 +3.4 +449.99%
2015 0.8 −5.7 −88.42%
2014 6.5 −7.1 −52.13%
2013 13.6 −16.7 −55.17%
2012 30.2 −19.5 −39.18%
2011 49.7 +16.7 +50.6%
2010 33 −32.4 −49.53%
2009 65.4 −22.6 −25.65%
2008 88 +7.3 +9.11%
2007 80.6 −3.9 −4.61%
2006 84.5 −0.4 −0.48%
2005 84.9 +11.8 +16.08%
2004 73.2 −2.7 −3.52%
2003 75.8 +5.9 +8.48%
2002 69.9 +5.3 +8.26%
2001 64.6 −15.9 −19.75%
2000 80.5 +1.6 +2.03%
1999 78.9 +8.6 +12.26%
1998 70.3 −7 −9.01%
1997 77.2 +1.8 +2.44%
1996 75.4 +4.1 +5.81%
1995 71.2 −1.8 −2.43%
1994 73 +2.1 +3.02%
1993 70.9 +6.6 +10.19%
1992 64.3 +4.4 +7.43%
1991 59.9 −2.4 −3.85%
1990 62.3 +10.2 +19.62%
1989 52.1 −6.2 −10.67%
1988 58.3 +4.3 +7.88%
1987 54 +4.9 +9.98%
1986 49.1 +3.9 +8.57%
1985 45.2 +3.9 +9.39%
1984 41.4 +4.3 +11.47%
1983 37.1 +7.7 +26.39%
1982 29.4 +3.1 +11.95%
1981 26.2 +1.9 +7.7%
1980 24.3 −0.1 −0.21%
1979 24.4 +4 +19.59%
1978 20.4 +1.7 +9.24%
1977 18.7 +3.8 +25.59%
1976 14.9 +0.9 +6.66%
1975 13.9 +4.7 +50.36%
1974 9.3 +1.6 +21.02%
1973 7.7 −0.9 −10.47%
1972 8.6 −0.9 −9.16%
1971 9.4 +2.3 +31.63%
1970 7.2 +2 +39.48%
1969 5.1 −0.3 −6.22%
1968 5.5 +1.6 +42.26%
1967 3.8 +0.9 +29.57%
1966 3 +0.2 +7.57%
1965 2.8 +0.1 +5.36%
1964 2.6 +0.2 +7.49%
1963 2.4 +0.3 +14.96%
1962 2.1 −0.1 −3.91%
1961 2.2

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.