Nitrogen fertiliser use in Botswana
Farmers in Botswana used 67.1 kg of nitrogen fertiliser per hectare of cropland in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2013.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
Botswana, 2024
67.1e (Estimate)
Change from 2023
+0.2%
World, 2024
71.3 kg/hae (Estimate)
Position in 2024
56th of 192
Nitrogen fertiliser use in Botswana over time
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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.
Flags: e Estimated value . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2% from 67.0 kg/ha in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 52.4 kg/ha, the figure has changed by +28.0%.
- Among the 192 countries with data for 2024, Botswana has the 56th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.3 kg/ha.
More for Botswana
All statistics for Botswana
Pesticide use
4.78e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$4.44e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Healthy diet unaffordable
59.9%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Agriculture share of GDP
1.8%
2025 · World Bank
Cereal yield
900 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Agricultural land
45.6%
2024 · World Bank