Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — United Kingdom

Fertilizer use in the United Kingdom in 2023 — 191.4 kg/ha. Ranked 43 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 2%.

2023 191.4 kg/ha −1.07% vs 2022
World rank 43of 191
Period maximum 389.6 kg/ha1996
Period minimum 191.4 kg/ha2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — United Kingdom, 1961–202315020025030035040019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 195.3 kg/ha1963: 205.5 kg/ha1965: 211.8 kg/ha1967: 258 kg/ha1969: 226.7 kg/ha1971: 273.3 kg/ha1973: 264.5 kg/ha1975: 265 kg/ha1977: 290.3 kg/ha1979: 327.3 kg/ha1981: 333.1 kg/ha1983: 379.3 kg/ha1985: 359.9 kg/ha1987: 358.2 kg/ha1989: 374.7 kg/ha1991: 330.6 kg/ha1993: 340.7 kg/ha1995: 369.1 kg/ha1997: 356.5 kg/ha1999: 337.3 kg/ha2001: 330.9 kg/ha2003: 316 kg/ha2005: 291.8 kg/ha2007: 254.6 kg/ha2009: 212.4 kg/ha2011: 246.9 kg/ha2013: 233 kg/ha2015: 252.4 kg/ha2017: 248.6 kg/ha2019: 245 kg/ha2021: 241.4 kg/ha2023: 191.4 kg/ha
Change over the period: −3.8 (−1.97%) Average annual rate: -0.03 %

Comparison, 2023

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

United Kingdom 191.4 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
Northern Europe computed 149.4 kg/ha
High-income countries computed 104 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — United Kingdom, by year United Kingdom All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 191.4 −2.1 −1.07%
2022 193.5 −47.9 −19.85%
2021 241.4 +8.3 +3.55%
2020 233.2 −11.8 −4.83%
2019 245 −0.6 −0.25%
2018 245.6 −2.9 −1.19%
2017 248.6 +0.8 +0.33%
2016 247.8 −4.6 −1.83%
2015 252.4 +4.5 +1.82%
2014 247.9 +14.8 +6.36%
2013 233 +0.1 +0.04%
2012 232.9 −14 −5.67%
2011 246.9 +3.9 +1.6%
2010 243 +30.6 +14.41%
2009 212.4 −44.2 −17.22%
2008 256.6 +2.1 +0.81%
2007 254.6 −1.9 −0.75%
2006 256.5 −35.4 −12.12%
2005 291.8 −13.7 −4.48%
2004 305.6 −10.4 −3.29%
2003 316 −7.4 −2.29%
2002 323.4 −7.5 −2.28%
2001 330.9 +30.7 +10.23%
2000 300.2 −37.1 −11.01%
1999 337.3 +4.5 +1.36%
1998 332.8 −23.7 −6.64%
1997 356.5 −33.2 −8.51%
1996 389.6 +20.5 +5.56%
1995 369.1 −6.3 −1.68%
1994 375.4 +34.7 +10.2%
1993 340.7 +35.1 +11.47%
1992 305.6 −25 −7.56%
1991 330.6 −30.1 −8.35%
1990 360.7 −13.9 −3.72%
1989 374.7 +17.1 +4.79%
1988 357.5 −0.6 −0.18%
1987 358.2 −23.7 −6.2%
1986 381.8 +21.9 +6.08%
1985 359.9 −14.2 −3.8%
1984 374.2 −5.2 −1.36%
1983 379.3 +11.2 +3.04%
1982 368.1 +35 +10.51%
1981 333.1 +36.2 +12.2%
1980 296.9 −30.4 −9.28%
1979 327.3 +28.4 +9.5%
1978 298.9 +8.6 +2.96%
1977 290.3 +10.5 +3.74%
1976 279.8 +14.9 +5.6%
1975 265 +26.7 +11.21%
1974 238.2 −26.3 −9.94%
1973 264.5 +21.5 +8.83%
1972 243.1 −30.2 −11.05%
1971 273.3 +6.6 +2.48%
1970 266.6 +40 +17.63%
1969 226.7 −20 −8.12%
1968 246.7 −11.3 −4.37%
1967 258 +30.6 +13.46%
1966 227.4 +15.5 +7.33%
1965 211.8 +8.7 +4.27%
1964 203.2 −2.4 −1.15%
1963 205.5 +10.4 +5.35%
1962 195.1 −0.2 −0.11%
1961 195.3

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.

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