Trend in the consumption of fertilisers in the SR is characterised by decreasing (in the period 1990 to 1992) - as a result of the agriculture transformation. After 1992 consumption of fertilisers show permanent rise (in 1997 by 19.7 % comparing to 1996).

Consumption of fertilisers in 1996 / 1997 (in tonnes)
 

Territory	Calcareous	Nitrogenous	Phosphate	Potassium	Industrial fertilisers total	Manure
Bratislava region	386 458.80	4 615.02	1 034.01	961.00	6 610.02	338 892.70
Trnava region	56 261.74	16 842.84	5 082.65	4 429.82	26 355.31	1 503 476.92
Trenčín region	46 384.18	7 602.50	2 576.89	2 339.58	12 518.97	637 279.28
Nitra region	63 540.72	24 781.07	6 152.55	5 420.32	36 353.94	1 633 197.93
Žilina region	91 774.36	6 065.01	1 995.80	1 791.42	9 852.22	773 576.04
Banská Bystrica region	102 602.25	8 803.14	2 696.23	1 894.48	13 393.85	944 468.64
Prešov region	45 224.90	9 490.02	2 580.06	2 118.22	14 188.30	1 255 734.55
Košice region	61 986.26	9 817.10	2 375.42	1 522.57	13 715.08	875 362.59
SR total	854 233.21	88 016.58	24 493.60	20 477.40	132 987.68	7 961 988.65

                                                                                                                                                                                                    Source: ŠÚ SR
 

Trend in fertiliser consumption (in total) in the SR  (in tonnes of pure nutrients) Source: ŠÚ SR

Trend in fertiliser consumption by fertiliser-types in the SR Source: ŠÚ SR

Consumption of NPK fertilisers per 1 ha of agricultural land (in kg of pure nutrients)
 

Fertiliser type	Consumption per 1 ha of agricultural land
	1995	1996	1997
Nitrogenous	30.6	32.8	37.7
Phosphate	7.8	8.8	10.5
Potassium	6.6	7.3	8.8
Industrial fertilisers in total	45.0	48.9	57.0

  Source: ŠÚ SR