# Global fertilizer prices to surge by 21% in 2025, World Bank warns | AgriTech Middle East & Africa - Trends in I ...

> The World Bank projects global fertilizer prices to rise 21% in 2025, with the fertilizer price index 30% higher in Q3 than a year earlier. Urea reached $461 per tonne in September, up 36.6% year on year, and DAP climbed 41% to $554.8 per tonne.

- Date: 2025-11-05 · published 2025-11-05T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/6231-global-fertilizer-prices-to-surge-by-21-in-2025-world-bank-warns-agritech
- Commodities: [Urea](https://feedsoft.ai/c/UREA.md), [DAP](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DAP.md), [Potash (KCl)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/POTASH.md)

## Why it matters

Strong demand meeting tight supply of nitrogen, phosphate and potash keeps input costs elevated. Forecast easing in 2026 suggests the price peak may be passing.

## Read by commodity

- DAP: bullish ▲
- UREA: bullish ▲
- POTASH: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| UREA | 2025-05-14 | [Global fertilizer prices climb 11% in early 2025: World Bank  ...](https://feedsoft.ai/events/25007-global-fertilizer-prices-climb-11-in-early-2025-world-bank.md) | -2.9% | -25.4% |
| UREA | 2025-11-05 | [Global fertilizer prices expected to rise 21% in 2025 - Ecofin Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6229-global-fertilizer-prices-expected-to-rise-21-in-2025-ecofin-agency.md) | -2.3% | -10.7% |
| UREA | 2026-10-28 | [WORLD BANK SAYS FERTILIZER PRICES SET TO RISE 14% IN 2026 DUE TO SURGE IN UREA PRICES, RETURNING TO 2025 LEVELS IN 2027 - CGTN](https://feedsoft.ai/events/297-world-bank-says-fertilizer-prices-set-to-rise-14-in-2026-due-to-surge-in-urea.md) | -1.3% | — |
| UREA | 2025-08-20 | [World Bank Projects Higher Fertilizer Prices Into 2026 -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23634-world-bank-projects-higher-fertilizer-prices-into-2026.md) | -0.8% | -8.5% |
| UREA | 2026-07-09 | [World Bank warns fertilizer prices could surge more than 30% in 2026 if Hormuz disruption persists-China-ASEAN Chamber of Agricultural Commerce](https://feedsoft.ai/events/18273-world-bank-warns-fertilizer-prices-could-surge-more-than-30-in-2026-if-hormuz.md) | +2.5% | +9.3% |
| DAP | 2025-11-05 | [Global fertilizer prices expected to rise 21% in 2025 - Ecofin Agency](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6229-global-fertilizer-prices-expected-to-rise-21-in-2025-ecofin-agency.md) | +0.2% | -11.9% |
| DAP | 2026-06-23 | [World Bank warns fertilizer prices could surge more than 30% in 2026 if Hormuz disruption persists — Fertilizer Daily](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6819-world-bank-warns-fertilizer-prices-could-surge-more-than-30-in-2026-if-hormuz.md) | -4.2% | -0.6% |
| DAP | 2025-08-20 | [World Bank Projects Higher Fertilizer Prices Into 2026 -](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23634-world-bank-projects-higher-fertilizer-prices-into-2026.md) | -0.2% | -2.8% |

## Sources

- agritechmea.com: https://www.agritechmea.com/global-fertilizer-prices-to-surge-by-21-in-2025-world-bank-warns/

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