Nitrogen fertiliser use in World

Farmers in the world used 71.3 kg of nitrogen fertiliser per hectare of cropland in 2024.

Measure: Nitrogen fertiliser use per hectare of cropland Unit: Kg of nitrogen (N) per hectare of cropland Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: FAOSTAT
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by FAOSTAT, not an average calculated on this site.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
World, 2024 71.3e (Estimate) Kg of nitrogen (N) per hectare of cropland
Change from 2023 +0.8% 2023: 70.7 kg/ha

Nitrogen fertiliser use in World 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.

Nitrogen fertiliser use per hectare of cropland (kg of nitrogen (N) per hectare of cropland), 2000 to 2024
Period World
2024 71.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2023 70.7 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2022 69.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2021 71.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2020 72.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2019 69.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2018 69.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2017 70.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2016 69.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2015 68.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2014 69.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2013 69.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2012 68.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2011 68.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2010 66.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2009 63.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2008 62.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2007 63.7 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2006 61.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2005 59.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2004 59.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2003 58.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2002 56.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2001 54.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2000 54.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)

Flags: e Estimated value . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.8% from 70.7 kg/ha in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 69.6 kg/ha, the figure has changed by +2.5%.

Source and dates

Original producer
FAOSTAT
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAOSTAT
Dataset or series code
RFN · dataset details · view at source
Selection
Item Code=3102 Element Code=5159
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for World
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (FAO statistical database terms)
Attribution
Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0