Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Uruguay

Fertilizer use in Uruguay in 2023 — 174.4 kg/ha. Ranked 48 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has risen by 1,785.2%.

2023 174.4 kg/ha −2.03% vs 2022
World rank 48of 191
Period maximum 252.2 kg/ha2013
Period minimum 9.3 kg/ha1961

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Uruguay, 1961–2023010020030019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 9.3 kg/ha1963: 13.4 kg/ha1965: 15.5 kg/ha1967: 19.6 kg/ha1969: 30.7 kg/ha1971: 50 kg/ha1973: 45.8 kg/ha1975: 29.6 kg/ha1977: 41.5 kg/ha1979: 63.6 kg/ha1981: 45.9 kg/ha1983: 29.7 kg/ha1985: 45.5 kg/ha1987: 46.9 kg/ha1989: 56.2 kg/ha1991: 62.9 kg/ha1993: 71.1 kg/ha1995: 50.5 kg/ha1997: 96.9 kg/ha1999: 77.5 kg/ha2001: 84.4 kg/ha2003: 110.6 kg/ha2005: 140.6 kg/ha2007: 139.5 kg/ha2009: 93.9 kg/ha2011: 131.6 kg/ha2013: 252.2 kg/ha2015: 115.7 kg/ha2017: 157.2 kg/ha2019: 167 kg/ha2021: 211.1 kg/ha2023: 174.4 kg/ha
Change over the period: +165.1 (+1,785.18%) Average annual rate: 4.85 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Uruguay 174.4 kg/ha
World 137.6 kg/ha
South America computed 202.4 kg/ha
High-income countries computed 104 kg/ha
Fertilizer use — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 174.4 −3.6 −2.03%
2022 178 −33.1 −15.67%
2021 211.1 +17.1 +8.83%
2020 194 +26.9 +16.13%
2019 167 −20.2 −10.81%
2018 187.3 +30.1 +19.13%
2017 157.2 +4 +2.61%
2016 153.2 +37.4 +32.35%
2015 115.7 −68.7 −37.26%
2014 184.5 −67.8 −26.86%
2013 252.2 +74.1 +41.59%
2012 178.2 +46.6 +35.38%
2011 131.6 −14.2 −9.74%
2010 145.8 +51.9 +55.21%
2009 93.9 −10.5 −10.04%
2008 104.4 −35.1 −25.16%
2007 139.5 −9.2 −6.18%
2006 148.7 +8.1 +5.79%
2005 140.6 +10.6 +8.13%
2004 130 +19.4 +17.5%
2003 110.6 +49.6 +81.28%
2002 61 −23.3 −27.66%
2001 84.4 +8.5 +11.24%
2000 75.8 −1.7 −2.16%
1999 77.5 −19 −19.69%
1998 96.5 −0.4 −0.43%
1997 96.9 −19.5 −16.71%
1996 116.4 +65.8 +130.28%
1995 50.5 +1.8 +3.72%
1994 48.7 −22.4 −31.47%
1993 71.1 +7 +10.93%
1992 64.1 +1.2 +1.96%
1991 62.9 +4.9 +8.52%
1990 57.9 +1.7 +3.07%
1989 56.2 +2.1 +3.85%
1988 54.1 +7.2 +15.29%
1987 46.9 +6.1 +14.82%
1986 40.9 −4.7 −10.22%
1985 45.5 +5.9 +14.96%
1984 39.6 +9.9 +33.42%
1983 29.7 −14.5 −32.77%
1982 44.2 −1.7 −3.69%
1981 45.9 −11.8 −20.48%
1980 57.7 −5.9 −9.32%
1979 63.6 +24.5 +62.7%
1978 39.1 −2.4 −5.75%
1977 41.5 −5.8 −12.35%
1976 47.3 +17.8 +60.11%
1975 29.6 −11.8 −28.45%
1974 41.3 −4.5 −9.88%
1973 45.8 +0.4 +0.9%
1972 45.4 −4.6 −9.15%
1971 50 +11.6 +30.2%
1970 38.4 +7.7 +24.95%
1969 30.7 −3 −8.88%
1968 33.7 +14.1 +71.73%
1967 19.6 −1.8 −8.27%
1966 21.4 +5.9 +38.23%
1965 15.5 −2.4 −13.37%
1964 17.9 +4.5 +33.56%
1963 13.4 +2.5 +22.43%
1962 10.9 +1.7 +18.21%
1961 9.3

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.