Name: Nitrogen fertiliser use in Australia
Creator: FAOSTAT
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Kg of nitrogen (N) per hectare of cropland. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Nitrogen fertiliser use per hectare of cropland (kg of nitrogen (N) per hectare of cropland), 2000 to 2024
Period	Australia	World
2024	78.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	71.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2023	61.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	70.7 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2022	54.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	69.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2021	59.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)	71.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2020	52.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	72.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2019	38.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	69.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2018	40.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)	69.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2017	43.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	70.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2016	43.7 kg/hae (Estimated value)	69.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2015	37.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	68.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2014	39.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	69.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2013	34.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	69.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2012	31.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)	68.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2011	30.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	68.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2010	34.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)	66.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2009	27.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	63.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2008	30.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	62.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2007	32.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	63.7 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2006	31.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	61.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2005	32.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	59.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2004	36.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)	59.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2003	35.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)	58.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2002	36.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	56.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2001	38.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)	54.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2000	36.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)	54.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)

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Nitrogen fertiliser use in Australia

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