Nitrogen fertiliser use in Brazil
Farmers in Brazil used 98.9 kg of nitrogen fertiliser per hectare of cropland in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1961.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
Brazil, 2024
98.9e (Estimate)
Change from 2023
+9.1%
World, 2024
71.3 kg/hae (Estimate)
Median of G20 countries, 2024
75.6 kg/ha
Position in 2024
26th of 192
Nitrogen fertiliser use in Brazil 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 +9.1% from 90.7 kg/ha in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 65.0 kg/ha, the figure has changed by +52.2%.
- Among the 192 countries with data for 2024, Brazil has the 26th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.3 kg/ha.
More for Brazil
All statistics for Brazil
Pesticide use
11.85e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$4.89e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Healthy diet unaffordable
21.1%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Agriculture share of GDP
6.1%
2025 · World Bank
Cereal yield
5,003 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Agricultural land
28.4%
2024 · World Bank