Nitrogen fertiliser use in Lesotho
Farmers in Lesotho used 3.6 kg of nitrogen fertiliser per hectare of cropland in 2024.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
Lesotho, 2024
3.6e (Estimate)
Change from 2023
−2.2%
World, 2024
71.3 kg/hae (Estimate)
Position in 2024
160th of 192
Nitrogen fertiliser use in Lesotho 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 −2.2% from 3.7 kg/ha in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 16.8 kg/ha, the figure has changed by −78.5%.
- Among the 192 countries with data for 2024, Lesotho has the 160th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.3 kg/ha.
More for Lesotho
All statistics for Lesotho
Pesticide use
3.44e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$5.47e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Healthy diet unaffordable
77.4%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Agriculture share of GDP
6.5%
2025 · World Bank
Cereal yield
604 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Agricultural land
92.9%
2024 · World Bank