Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Tanzania

Fertilizer use in Tanzania in 2023 — 20.7 kg/ha. Ranked 144 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 3,854.1%.

2023 20.7 kg/ha +1.93% vs 2022
World rank 144of 191
Period maximum 20.7 kg/ha2023
Period minimum 0.5 kg/ha1962

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Tanzania, 1961–2023010203019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 0.5 kg/ha1963: 0.5 kg/ha1965: 1.2 kg/ha1967: 1.5 kg/ha1969: 1.8 kg/ha1971: 2.5 kg/ha1973: 2.8 kg/ha1975: 4.2 kg/ha1977: 4.2 kg/ha1979: 3.8 kg/ha1981: 3.6 kg/ha1983: 2.9 kg/ha1985: 4.6 kg/ha1987: 5.3 kg/ha1989: 4.9 kg/ha1991: 5.5 kg/ha1993: 4.1 kg/ha1995: 3 kg/ha1997: 4.5 kg/ha1999: 2.4 kg/ha2001: 0.9 kg/ha2003: 4.5 kg/ha2005: 5.8 kg/ha2007: 4.7 kg/ha2009: 7.5 kg/ha2011: 8.9 kg/ha2013: 12.4 kg/ha2015: 9.6 kg/ha2017: 12.6 kg/ha2019: 9 kg/ha2021: 9.9 kg/ha2023: 20.7 kg/ha
Change over the period: +20.2 (+3,854.13%) Average annual rate: 6.11 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Tanzania 20.7 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Sub-Saharan Africa 19.6 kg/ha
Eastern Africa computed 33.5 kg/ha
Lower-middle-income countries computed 128.5 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 20.7 +0.4 +1.93%
2022 20.3 +10.4 +104.66%
2021 9.9 −7 −41.36%
2020 16.9 +7.9 +88.5%
2019 9 −7.3 −44.79%
2018 16.3 +3.6 +28.83%
2017 12.6 −0.7 −5.19%
2016 13.3 +3.8 +39.38%
2015 9.6 −0.1 −1.32%
2014 9.7 −2.7 −21.79%
2013 12.4 +3.7 +42.48%
2012 8.7 −0.2 −2.58%
2011 8.9 +0.2 +2.28%
2010 8.7 +1.2 +15.96%
2009 7.5 +2.8 +60.8%
2008 4.7 −0 −0.7%
2007 4.7 −0.4 −8.15%
2006 5.1 −0.7 −11.32%
2005 5.8 +0.3 +4.68%
2004 5.5 +1.1 +23.97%
2003 4.5 +0.8 +20.43%
2002 3.7 +2.8 +300.8%
2001 0.9 −1.7 −64.57%
2000 2.6 +0.2 +8.03%
1999 2.4 −1.1 −31.81%
1998 3.5 −1 −21.2%
1997 4.5 +1 +29.41%
1996 3.5 +0.4 +14.32%
1995 3 −1 −24.79%
1994 4 −0 −1.1%
1993 4.1 −1.4 −25.1%
1992 5.4 −0.1 −1.31%
1991 5.5 +0.3 +6.12%
1990 5.2 +0.3 +5.64%
1989 4.9 +0.3 +7.55%
1988 4.6 −0.7 −13.9%
1987 5.3 +0.6 +12.62%
1986 4.7 +0.1 +2.61%
1985 4.6 +0.1 +1.38%
1984 4.5 +1.7 +58.51%
1983 2.9 −0.8 −21.6%
1982 3.7 +0 +0.37%
1981 3.6 −0.8 −18.03%
1980 4.4 +0.7 +18.33%
1979 3.8 +0.1 +2.39%
1978 3.7 −0.6 −13.81%
1977 4.2 −0.1 −3.17%
1976 4.4 +0.2 +3.54%
1975 4.2 −0.2 −4.73%
1974 4.4 +1.6 +56.21%
1973 2.8 +0.6 +24.39%
1972 2.3 −0.2 −7.89%
1971 2.5 +0.3 +16%
1970 2.1 +0.3 +16.88%
1969 1.8 +0.3 +22.22%
1968 1.5 +0.1 +3.45%
1967 1.5 −0 −1.14%
1966 1.5 +0.3 +25.71%
1965 1.2 +0.5 +79.49%
1964 0.7 +0.1 +27.9%
1963 0.5 +0 +7.83%
1962 0.5 −0.1 −10%
1961 0.5

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.