Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Tonga

Fertilizer use in Tonga in 2023 — 4.6 kg/ha. Ranked 172 in the world out of 191. Since 1982, the indicator has fallen by 24.2%.

2023 4.6 kg/ha −10.78% vs 2022
World rank 172of 191
Period maximum 15.6 kg/ha2019
Period minimum 0 kg/ha2002

Trend over time

1982–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Tonga, 1982–2023051015201982198719921997200220072012201720221982: 6 kg/ha1983: 9.1 kg/ha1984: 6.3 kg/ha1985: 6.3 kg/ha2002: 0 kg/ha2003: 0 kg/ha2004: 0 kg/ha2005: 0 kg/ha2006: 0 kg/ha2007: 0 kg/ha2008: 10.1 kg/ha2009: 11 kg/ha2010: 10.5 kg/ha2011: 7.1 kg/ha2012: 8.2 kg/ha2013: 8.4 kg/ha2014: 6.4 kg/ha2015: 8.3 kg/ha2016: 10.4 kg/ha2017: 11.9 kg/ha2018: 8.4 kg/ha2019: 15.6 kg/ha2020: 11.9 kg/ha2021: 11.4 kg/ha2022: 5.1 kg/ha2023: 4.6 kg/ha
Change over the period: −1.5 (−24.17%) Average annual rate: -0.67 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Tonga 4.6 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
East Asia & Pacific 305.1 kg/ha
Upper-middle-income countries computed 235.8 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Tonga, by year Tonga All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 4.6 −0.6 −10.78%
2022 5.1 −6.3 −55.07%
2021 11.4 −0.5 −4.22%
2020 11.9 −3.7 −23.79%
2019 15.6 +7.2 +85.12%
2018 8.4 −3.5 −29.11%
2017 11.9 +1.5 +14.49%
2016 10.4 +2.1 +25.45%
2015 8.3 +1.9 +29.55%
2014 6.4 −2.1 −24.58%
2013 8.4 +0.3 +3.4%
2012 8.2 +1 +14.74%
2011 7.1 −3.4 −32.4%
2010 10.5 −0.5 −4.28%
2009 11 +0.9 +8.64%
2008 10.1 +10.1
2007 0 +0
2006 0 +0
2005 0 +0
2004 0 +0
2003 0 +0
2002 0
1985 6.3 +0 +0%
1984 6.3 −2.8 −31.03%
1983 9.1 +3.1 +51.04%
1982 6

Polynesia, 2023

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

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.