Nitrogen fertiliser use in World
Farmers in the world used 71.3 kg of nitrogen fertiliser per hectare of cropland in 2024.
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)
Change from 2023
+0.8%
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.
| 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%.
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