Nitrogen fertiliser use in Malawi
Farmers in Malawi used 22.4 kg of nitrogen fertiliser per hectare of cropland in 2024.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
Malawi, 2024
22.4e (Estimate)
Change from 2023
−22.2%
World, 2024
71.3 kg/hae (Estimate)
Position in 2024
117th of 192
Nitrogen fertiliser use in Malawi 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 −22.2% from 28.8 kg/ha in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 31.2 kg/ha, the figure has changed by −28.1%.
- Among the 192 countries with data for 2024, Malawi has the 117th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 71.3 kg/ha.
More for Malawi
All statistics for Malawi
Pesticide use
0.31e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$5.01e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Healthy diet unaffordable
92.7%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Agriculture share of GDP
30.0%
2025 · World Bank
Cereal yield
1,878 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Agricultural land
65.0%
2024 · World Bank