Year Sold fertilizer, thousand tonne of nutrients Fertilizer per hectare of agricultural area, kga
nitrogenous phosphorous potassium total
2000 258 45 52 355 61
2001 275 58 62 395 67
2002 303 62 72 437 74
2003 289 67 83 439 75
2004 293 75 85 453 77
2005 260 61 71 392 67
2006 289 75 92 456 78
2007 320 87 100 507 87
2008 294 63 74 431 74
2009 275 44 48 367 64
2010 281 46 58 385 72
2011 302 51 60 413 77
2012 313 59 66 438 82
2013 336 82 79 497 93
2014 341 82 74 498 93
2015 378 82 78 539 101
2016 404 95 99 597 112
2017 424 118 116 659 123
2018 424 117 111 652 122
2019 416 114 100 630 119
2020 445 112 97 655 133
2021 456 116 113 685 136
2022 326 66 65 456 90
2023 265 54 51 371 73

Footnotes

*Quantity of products, reported by wholesalers and traders, that is sold directly to agricultural and forestry producers. Source: AKI Institute of Agricultural Economics.
aDue to methodological changes only units reaching farm threshold are included from 2020.
Source: Research Institute for Agricultural Economics.

Explanation of symbols

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Break in series (limited comparability).
blue number
Preliminary datum.
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