Nitrogen fertiliser use in Ghana
Farmers in Ghana used 14.1 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”.
Ghana, 2024
14.1e (Estimate)
Change from 2023
+76.7%
World, 2024
71.3 kg/hae (Estimate)
Position in 2024
131st of 192
Nitrogen fertiliser use in Ghana 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 +76.7% from 8.0 kg/ha in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 5.6 kg/ha, the figure has changed by +153.6%.
- Among the 192 countries with data for 2024, Ghana has the 131st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.3 kg/ha.
More for Ghana
All statistics for Ghana
Pesticide use
7.25e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$4.65e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Healthy diet unaffordable
65.8%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Agriculture share of GDP
21.3%
2025 · World Bank
Cereal yield
2,632 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Agricultural land
55.4%
2024 · World Bank