Fertilizer use — all countries

Fertilizer use — Zimbabwe

Fertilizer use in Zimbabwe in 2023 — 26.2 kg/ha. Ranked 140 in the world out of 191. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 37.9%.

2023 26.2 kg/ha −14.84% vs 2022
World rank 140of 191
Period maximum 94.7 kg/ha1973
Period minimum 18 kg/ha2012

Trend over time

1961–2023 · kg per hectare

Fertilizer use — Zimbabwe, 1961–2023025507510019611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 42.2 kg/ha1963: 44.5 kg/ha1965: 64.7 kg/ha1967: 69.8 kg/ha1969: 71.7 kg/ha1971: 91.4 kg/ha1973: 94.7 kg/ha1975: 83.4 kg/ha1977: 50.7 kg/ha1979: 57.3 kg/ha1981: 80.2 kg/ha1983: 63.8 kg/ha1985: 67.1 kg/ha1987: 54.8 kg/ha1989: 54 kg/ha1991: 53.8 kg/ha1993: 55 kg/ha1995: 46.1 kg/ha1997: 53.7 kg/ha1999: 53.6 kg/ha2001: 42.3 kg/ha2003: 40 kg/ha2005: 21.8 kg/ha2007: 27 kg/ha2009: 28.8 kg/ha2011: 26.5 kg/ha2013: 25.3 kg/ha2015: 19.4 kg/ha2017: 36.3 kg/ha2019: 32.9 kg/ha2021: 36.9 kg/ha2023: 26.2 kg/ha
Change over the period: −16 (−37.93%) Average annual rate: -0.77 %

Comparison, 2023

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

Zimbabwe 26.2 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 — Zimbabwe, by year Zimbabwe All countries CSV XLSX
Year kg/ha Change Change, %
2023 26.2 −4.6 −14.84%
2022 30.8 −6.1 −16.51%
2021 36.9 +16.7 +82.55%
2020 20.2 −12.7 −38.67%
2019 32.9 +0 +0.07%
2018 32.9 −3.3 −9.22%
2017 36.3 +4 +12.44%
2016 32.2 +12.8 +65.9%
2015 19.4 −6 −23.71%
2014 25.5 +0.2 +0.66%
2013 25.3 +7.3 +40.52%
2012 18 −8.5 −32.17%
2011 26.5 −7.5 −22.11%
2010 34.1 +5.3 +18.43%
2009 28.8 +6.8 +30.84%
2008 22 −5 −18.65%
2007 27 −5.3 −16.45%
2006 32.4 +10.6 +48.43%
2005 21.8 −0.9 −4.07%
2004 22.7 −17.3 −43.2%
2003 40 +4.3 +12.07%
2002 35.7 −6.6 −15.56%
2001 42.3 −2.4 −5.34%
2000 44.7 −8.9 −16.6%
1999 53.6 −0.5 −0.96%
1998 54.1 +0.3 +0.61%
1997 53.7 +3.2 +6.31%
1996 50.5 +4.4 +9.55%
1995 46.1 −7.8 −14.42%
1994 53.9 −1.1 −1.94%
1993 55 +14.4 +35.53%
1992 40.6 −13.2 −24.58%
1991 53.8 −2.2 −3.85%
1990 55.9 +2 +3.64%
1989 54 −6.2 −10.37%
1988 60.2 +5.4 +9.95%
1987 54.8 −3.7 −6.27%
1986 58.4 −8.7 −12.9%
1985 67.1 +13.5 +25.19%
1984 53.6 −10.2 −15.96%
1983 63.8 −4.8 −7.06%
1982 68.6 −11.6 −14.46%
1981 80.2 −4.9 −5.71%
1980 85.1 +27.8 +48.61%
1979 57.3 −1.5 −2.61%
1978 58.8 +8.1 +16.01%
1977 50.7 −16.7 −24.78%
1976 67.4 −16 −19.2%
1975 83.4 −7 −7.76%
1974 90.4 −4.3 −4.56%
1973 94.7 +12.8 +15.63%
1972 81.9 −9.5 −10.4%
1971 91.4 +14.2 +18.39%
1970 77.2 +5.5 +7.68%
1969 71.7 +4 +5.83%
1968 67.8 −2.1 −2.95%
1967 69.8 +3.8 +5.72%
1966 66 +1.3 +2.04%
1965 64.7 +2.9 +4.61%
1964 61.9 +17.4 +39.18%
1963 44.5 +6 +15.68%
1962 38.4 −3.8 −8.99%
1961 42.2

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.

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