Namibia vs Zimbabwe: Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland

Namibia

25.55 kilograms per hectare

in 2023

Zimbabwe

23.75 kilograms per hectare

in 2023

Namibia rank

118th

Zimbabwe rank

120th

Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland over time

Namibia currently reports 25.55 kilograms per hectare against 23.75 kilograms per hectare in Zimbabwe, a difference of 1.8 kilograms per hectare.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Namibia ranks 118th and Zimbabwe ranks 120th of 200 countries.

Indicator: Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland
Unit: kilograms per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 201 places, 10,249 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Use of fertilizers per area of cropland, which corresponds to the sum of arable land and permanent crops.