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Fertilizer application rates over the long-run by country

Average fertilizer application rates for select countries over the long-run, measured in kilograms of nutrient per hectare of arable land.

Countries reporting
158
Highest
12,112 kilograms per hectare
Qatar
Lowest
0.6768 kilograms per hectare
Eritrea
Median
95.57 kilograms per hectare
Years covered
135
1880–2014
Data points
2,103

What the numbers show

Fertilizer application rates over the long-run is currently reported for 158 countries. The highest value is 12,112 kilograms per hectare in Qatar; the lowest is 0.6768 kilograms per hectare in Eritrea.

The median across all reporting countries is 95.57 kilograms per hectare, and the mean is 256.46 kilograms per hectare.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 17,895.

Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 23,047.8%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 92.7%).

Fertilizer application rates over the long-run: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 12,112 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 184.7% volatile
2 Malaysia 2,064 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 26.8% rising
3 Hong Kong 1,966 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 403.2% volatile
4 New Zealand 1,491 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 15.3% falling
5 Bahrain 1,319 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 1,173.8% volatile
6 Singapore 1,077 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 92.0% volatile
7 Costa Rica 870.47 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 19.8% flat
8 United Arab Emirates 846.4 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 70.8% rising
9 Colombia 708.6 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 120.8% rising
10 Egypt 662.53 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 18.8% rising
11 Seychelles 575 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 5,127.3% volatile
12 China 565.25 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 36.6% rising
14 Lebanon 473.9 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 233.0% rising
16 Kuwait 431.26 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 90.1% volatile
18 South Korea 399.92 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 23.9% falling
19 Vietnam 397.35 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 1.6% rising
20 Jordan 388.04 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 18.6% volatile
21 Ecuador 361.96 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 66.4% rising
22 Chile 343.34 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 30.1% rising
23 New Caledonia 287.34 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 24.2% falling
24 Belgium 287.16 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 15.5% rising
25 Bangladesh 279.22 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 63.6% rising
26 Montenegro 271.94 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 1,354.1% volatile
27 Guatemala 269.35 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 115.6% rising
28 Oman 260.32 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 44.9% volatile
29 Slovenia 260.02 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 27.5% falling
30 Croatia 251 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 19.7% falling
31 Sri Lanka 245.2 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 14.6% falling
32 United Kingdom 243.36 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 15.3% rising
33 Saudi Arabia 242.24 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 130.7% volatile
34 Netherlands 241.19 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 32.5% rising
35 Japan 240.62 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 32.0% volatile
36 Israel 239.27 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 25.4% falling
37 Poland 231.65 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 79.4% rising
38 Uzbekistan 219.81 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 35.3% rising
39 Germany 217.66 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 1.2% rising
40 Belarus 214.94 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 46.3% rising
41 Indonesia 211.81 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 61.4% rising
42 Mauritius 211.65 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 31.2% falling
43 Saint Lucia 208.33 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 2,793.5% volatile
44 Maldives 207.44 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 1,907.4% volatile
45 Iceland 201.73 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 46.3% rising
46 Norway 201.42 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 6.4% falling
47 Switzerland 197.18 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 8.9% flat
48 French Polynesia 196 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 38.6% falling
49 Suriname 190.63 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 35.2% volatile
50 Portugal 184.76 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 11.3% falling
51 Philippines 183.09 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 14.5% falling
52 Venezuela 179.63 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 12.6% rising
53 Cyprus 175.87 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 33.8% rising
54 Brazil 175.2 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 16.1% rising
55 India 165.12 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 43.2% rising
56 Uruguay 164.87 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 26.8% rising
57 Belize 159.09 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 102.3% volatile
58 Serbia 157.23 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 4.8% rising
59 Greece 157.23 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 10.9% falling
60 Thailand 152.29 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 15.6% rising
61 France 151.46 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 28.6% rising
62 Spain 151.36 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 8.5% rising
63 Georgia 151.15 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 380.4% volatile
64 Brunei 141.8 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 6.4% volatile
65 United States 137.6 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 12.2% volatile
66 Pakistan 134.38 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 21.3% rising
67 Bulgaria 133.08 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 64.6% rising
68 Italy 130.94 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 27.8% rising
69 Czechia 128.81 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 48.0% rising
70 Slovakia 124.18 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 48.4% rising
71 El Salvador 123.1 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 42.0% rising
72 Denmark 120.5 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 16.8% rising
73 Peru 110.84 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 25.7% rising
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina 109.16 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 86.8% volatile
75 Papua New Guinea 107.35 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 39.7% volatile
76 Turkey 105.27 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 22.9% rising
77 Paraguay 105.23 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 34.2% rising
78 Austria 103.94 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 20.9% falling
79 Lithuania 102.29 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 41.1% falling
80 Latvia 100.39 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 56.5% rising
81 Hungary 99.1 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 0.6% flat
82 Honduras 98.39 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 27.1% falling
83 Sweden 92.76 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 5.2% falling
84 Finland 92.24 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 30.5% falling
85 Canada 89.43 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 63.7% rising
86 Dominican Republic 88.17 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 49.0% rising
87 Albania 87.69 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 12.8% falling
88 Estonia 86.12 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 2.1% rising
89 Tajikistan 84.45 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 148.8% rising
90 Mexico 83.57 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 14.1% rising
91 Dominica 78.83 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 60.3% volatile
92 North Macedonia 71.67 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 34.0% rising
93 Panama 70.12 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 66.3% rising
94 Trinidad and Tobago 68.4 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 19.4% volatile
95 Nepal 67.37 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 739.5% volatile
96 Morocco 66.71 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 36.3% flat
97 Jamaica 65.53 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 47.1% falling
98 South Africa 60.6 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 0.5% flat
99 Botswana 58.28 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 19.9% rising
100 Cuba 58.21 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 214.1% rising
101 Australia 54.19 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 6.4% flat
102 Romania 51.52 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 20.9% rising
103 Algeria 51.32 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 104.5% volatile
104 Nicaragua 50.94 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 54.5% rising
105 Barbados 46.64 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 78.2% falling
106 Zambia 46.2 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 54.5% rising
107 Ukraine 45.16 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 175.0% rising
108 Armenia 42.27 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 33.5% rising
109 Cote d'Ivoire 40.21 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 47.7% rising
110 Moldova 39.85 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 379.2% volatile
111 Guyana 39.55 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 11.8% rising
112 Malawi 36.5 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 6.1% rising
113 Argentina 35.95 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 20.6% falling
114 Mongolia 32.96 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 295.1% volatile
115 Tonga 32.89 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 66.5% volatile
116 Iraq 31.93 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 31.1% flat
117 Tunisia 31.82 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 12.0% rising
118 Iran 31.58 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 69.6% falling
119 Fiji 29.99 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 33.8% falling
120 Cambodia 29.73 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 454.1% volatile
121 Zimbabwe 29.43 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 29.5% falling
122 Mali 29.06 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 44.2% falling
123 Azerbaijan 26.25 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 119.2% rising
124 Ethiopia 25.97 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 151.9% rising
125 Kyrgyzstan 23.06 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 6.3% rising
126 Myanmar 20.47 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 2.8% rising
127 Yemen 18.46 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 35.1% rising
128 Burkina Faso 15.77 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 25.8% rising
129 Russia 15.71 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 37.6% rising
130 Ghana 15.7 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 19.0% rising
131 Bhutan 15.15 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 104.8% rising
132 Mozambique 14.89 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 559.0% volatile
133 Afghanistan 12.29 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 170.9% volatile
134 Benin 12.21 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 23,047.8% volatile
135 Rwanda 11.75 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 541.4% volatile
136 Gabon 11.42 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 123.5% rising
137 Kenya 11.3 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 59.2% rising
138 Sudan 11.09 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 140.7% volatile
139 Nigeria 10.88 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 139.4% rising
140 Burundi 10.88 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 878.7% volatile
141 Cameroon 9.33 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 15.7% flat
142 Togo 9.23 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 171.9% rising
143 Bolivia 9.07 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 79.1% rising
144 Tanzania 8.42 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 59.2% rising
145 Antigua and Barbuda 8 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 6.7% volatile
146 Angola 6.96 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 54.5% volatile
147 Senegal 6.71 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 47.2% falling
148 Gambia 5.6 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 30.8% falling
149 Madagascar 5.54 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 151.7% rising
150 Syria 5.38 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 92.7% falling
151 Libya 4.58 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 91.1% volatile
152 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 49.1% volatile
152 Samoa 4 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 20.0% volatile
154 Kazakhstan 3.39 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 129.6% rising
155 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.55 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 1,126.3% volatile
156 Namibia 2.16 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 32.7% volatile
157 Congo 1.94 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 26.7% volatile
158 Uganda 1.7 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 15.3% rising
159 Niger 1.07 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 346.1% volatile
160 Guinea 0.9687 kilograms per hectare 2014 down 6.0% volatile
161 Eritrea 0.6768 kilograms per hectare 2014 up 13,391.1% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Fertilizer application rates over the long-run
Unit
kilograms per hectare
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization and Federico (2017) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
161 places, 2,103 data points, 1880–2014
Last refreshed

Average fertilizer application rates for select countries over the long-run, measured in kilograms of nutrient per hectare of arable land.