Nitrogen fertiliser use by country, 2024

Name: Nitrogen fertiliser use by country, 2024
Creator: FAOSTAT
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Agricultural use of mineral fertilisers measured as their nitrogen content, divided by the area of cropland.

192 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Egypt (375.2 kg/ha). Lowest: Tuvalu (0.0 kg/ha). The median is 36.3 kg/ha.

Unit: kg of nitrogen (N) per hectare of cropland Source: FAOSTAT Trend, map and download

Year

Countries

Highest 10

1. Egypt 375.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)
2. United Arab Emirates 362.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)
3. Kuwait 315.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)
4. Turkmenistan 304.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)
5. Suriname 223.7 kg/hae (Estimated value)
6. Uzbekistan 207.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)
7. Costa Rica 194.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)
8. China 191.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)
9. Hong Kong SAR, China 181.7 kg/hae (Estimated value)
10. Bangladesh 171.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)

Lowest 10

192. Tuvalu 0.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)
191. Naoero 0.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)
190. Kiribati 0.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)
189. Aruba 0.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)
188. Central African Republic 0.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)
187. Vanuatu 0.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)
186. South Sudan 0.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)
185. Solomon Islands 0.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)
184. Samoa 0.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)
183. Niger 0.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)

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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 192. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0.

In short

Among the 192 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Egypt (375.2 kg/ha) and the lowest Tuvalu (0.0 kg/ha).
Half of the countries are above 36.3 kg/ha and half below.
From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 90 countries and fell in 76.
The figure for the world was 71.3 kg/ha in 2024, against 69.1 kg/ha in 2019 (+3.2%).

Full ranking

Nitrogen fertiliser use by country, 2024
#	Country	Value	Period
1	Egypt	375.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
2	United Arab Emirates	362.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
3	Kuwait	315.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
4	Turkmenistan	304.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
5	Suriname	223.7 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
6	Uzbekistan	207.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
7	Costa Rica	194.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
8	China	191.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
9	Hong Kong SAR, China	181.7 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
10	Bangladesh	171.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
11	Ireland	164.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
12	Viet Nam	151.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
13	Belgium	140.7 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
14	South Korea	135.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
15	India	131.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
16	Dominican Republic	131.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
17	Czechia	128.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
18	Guyana	127.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
19	Norway	122.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
20	Pakistan	121.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
21	United Kingdom	113.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina	108.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
23	Georgia	103.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
24	Chile	101.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
25	Oman	99.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
26	Brazil	98.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
27	Croatia	97.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
28	Netherlands	95.7 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
29	Serbia	95.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
30	France	94.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
31	Colombia	91.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
32	Uruguay	91.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
33	Israel	89.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
34	Iceland	88.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
35	Bulgaria	88.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
36	Denmark	83.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
37	Belarus	82.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
38	Slovakia	81.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
39	Poland	80.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
40	Türkiye	79.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
41	Hungary	79.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
42	Thailand	78.7 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
43	Mauritius	78.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
44	Australia	78.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
45	Germany	75.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
46	Canada	75.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
47	Sweden	73.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
48	Guatemala	73.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
49	Malta	73.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
50	New Caledonia	72.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
51	Faroe Islands	71.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
52	Montenegro	70.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
53	Belize	69.7 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
54	Indonesia	68.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
55	Greece	67.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
56	Botswana	67.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
57	Lebanon	66.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
58	Slovenia	66.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
59	Austria	65.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
60	Switzerland	64.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
61	Qatar	64.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
62	Cyprus	64.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
63	Laos	64.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
64	Honduras	61.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
65	Singapore	61.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
66	Luxembourg	60.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
67	Latvia	60.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
68	United States	59.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
69	Philippines	58.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
70	Italy	57.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
71	Jordan	56.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
72	Saudi Arabia	56.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
73	Mexico	56.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
74	Malaysia	55.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
75	Sri Lanka	54.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
76	Zambia	53.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
77	Lithuania	53.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
78	Spain	52.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
79	Portugal	52.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
80	New Zealand	52.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
81	Iran	51.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
82	Estonia	51.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
83	Finland	50.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
84	Romania	50.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
85	South Africa	46.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
86	North Macedonia	45.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
87	Mongolia	45.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
88	Cambodia	44.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
89	Bahamas	42.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
90	Nepal	41.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
91	Japan	39.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
92	Bahrain	37.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
93	Panama	37.7 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
94	West Bank and Gaza	37.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
95	Albania	37.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
96	Bermuda	36.7 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
97	Peru	35.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
98	Venezuela	34.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
99	Paraguay	34.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
100	El Salvador	34.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
101	Tajikistan	33.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
102	Saint Lucia	32.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
103	Iraq	31.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
104	Armenia	31.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
105	Maldives	29.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
106	Ethiopia	29.7 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
107	Eswatini	29.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
108	Fiji	29.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
109	Ukraine	28.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
110	Argentina	28.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
111	Ecuador	28.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
112	Moldova	27.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
113	Papua New Guinea	26.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
114	Namibia	25.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
115	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	24.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
116	Zimbabwe	23.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
117	Malawi	22.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
118	Kenya	21.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
119	Brunei	20.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
120	Jamaica	19.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
121	Russia	18.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
122	Puerto Rico (US)	17.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
123	Morocco	17.7 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
124	Trinidad and Tobago	17.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
125	Djibouti	17.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
126	Kyrgyzstan	16.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
127	Seychelles	16.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
128	Azerbaijan	16.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
129	Barbados	14.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
130	Tunisia	14.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
131	Ghana	14.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
132	Senegal	13.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
133	Myanmar	13.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
134	Afghanistan	12.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
135	Togo	12.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
136	Mozambique	11.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
137	Benin	11.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
138	Gabon	11.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
139	Tanzania	9.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
140	Rwanda	9.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
141	Algeria	8.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
142	Nigeria	7.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
143	French Polynesia	7.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
144	Angola	7.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
145	Syria	6.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
146	Libya	6.7 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
147	Cameroon	6.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
148	Burkina Faso	6.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
149	Yemen	6.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
150	Sudan	5.7 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
151	Bhutan	5.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
152	Republic of the Congo	5.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
153	Dominica	4.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
154	Grenada	4.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
155	Burundi	4.8 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
156	Côte d'Ivoire	4.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
157	Mali	4.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
158	Mauritania	4.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
159	Bolivia	4.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
160	Lesotho	3.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
161	Antigua and Barbuda	3.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
162	Palau	3.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
163	Micronesia	3.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
164	Liberia	3.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
165	Chad	2.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
166	Madagascar	2.7 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
167	Guinea	2.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
168	Cabo Verde	2.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
169	Eritrea	2.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
170	Haiti	2.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
171	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2.4 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
172	Gambia	2.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
173	Comoros	2.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
174	Kazakhstan	2.3 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
175	Equatorial Guinea	1.9 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
176	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1.7 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
177	São Tomé and Príncipe	1.6 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
178	Cuba	1.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
179	Uganda	1.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
180	Tonga	1.2 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
181	North Korea	1.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
182	Guinea-Bissau	0.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
183	Niger	0.5 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
184	Samoa	0.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
185	Solomon Islands	0.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
186	South Sudan	0.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
187	Vanuatu	0.1 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
188	Central African Republic	0.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
189	Aruba	0.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
190	Kiribati	0.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
191	Naoero	0.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024
192	Tuvalu	0.0 kg/hae (Estimated value)	2024

Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.

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How this ranking works

Every country is ranked on its value for 2024, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2024 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by FAOSTAT; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.

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