Fertilizer Consumption as a Percentage of Production

World Development Indicators data measures fertilizer consumption as a share of domestic production, indicating agricultural sector vulnerability to import and energy price fluctuations. The dataset covers nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate fertilizers, excluding traditional animal and plant manures. It is produced by the World Bank's World Development Indicators team.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in the fertilizer_consumption_percentage_of_production metric to assess a country's agricultural input self-sufficiency over time.
• Model the relationship between fertilizer_consumption data and crop yield volatility for different country groups.
• Forecast national fertilizer demand by correlating historical consumption_percentage data with energy price indices.
• Benchmark fertilizer use efficiency across regions using the consumption-to-production ratio as a key comparative indicator.

Strengths

• Data covers three major fertilizer types: nitrogenous, potash, and phosphate.
• Calculated from standardized national accounts of production, imports, and exports.

Limitations

• Consumption data may overstate quantity available for crops as some chemical compounds have other industrial uses.
• Sample size, row count, and specific temporal coverage are unknown from the provided description.
• Excludes traditional nutrients like animal and plant manures, limiting historical or organic farming analysis.

Provenance

Source

World Development Indicators (World Bank)

Collection Method

Calculated as domestic fertilizer production plus imports minus exports.

Geography

Country-level, global coverage implied.