Nitrogen fertiliser use in Japan
Farmers in Japan used 39.4 kg of nitrogen fertiliser per hectare of cropland in 2024.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
Japan, 2024
39.4e (Estimate)
Change from 2023
+0.6%
World, 2024
71.3 kg/hae (Estimate)
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024
77.1 kg/ha
Position in 2024
91st of 192
Nitrogen fertiliser use in Japan 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 +0.6% from 39.1 kg/ha in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 70.1 kg/ha, the figure has changed by −43.8%.
- Among the 192 countries with data for 2024, Japan has the 91st highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.3 kg/ha.
More for Japan
All statistics for Japan
Pesticide use
10.06e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$8.27e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Healthy diet unaffordable
13.2%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Agriculture share of GDP
1.0%
2024 · World Bank
Cereal yield
6,248 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Agricultural land
12.6%
2024 · World Bank