Canada vs Uruguay: Fertilizer use per capita
Canada
21.04 Kilograms per capita
in 2023
Uruguay
23.79 Kilograms per capita
in 2023
Canada rank
7th
Uruguay rank
5th
Fertilizer use per capita over time
- Canada
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 23.79 Kilograms per capita against 21.04 Kilograms per capita in Canada, a difference of 2.75 Kilograms per capita.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 7th and Uruguay ranks 5th of 204 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 5 and Uruguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.09 Kilograms per capita | 1.52 Kilograms per capita | 5.57 Kilograms per capita | Canada |
| 1970s | 10.41 Kilograms per capita | 1.72 Kilograms per capita | 8.69 Kilograms per capita | Canada |
| 1980s | 14.41 Kilograms per capita | 0.974 Kilograms per capita | 13.44 Kilograms per capita | Canada |
| 1990s | 11.37 Kilograms per capita | 1.57 Kilograms per capita | 9.8 Kilograms per capita | Canada |
| 2000s | 8.73 Kilograms per capita | 1.16 Kilograms per capita | 7.57 Kilograms per capita | Canada |
| 2010s | 10.47 Kilograms per capita | 16.17 Kilograms per capita | 5.69 Kilograms per capita | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 20.42 Kilograms per capita | 20.92 Kilograms per capita | 0.505 Kilograms per capita | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertilizer use per capita, Canada or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 23.79 Kilograms per capita against 21.04 Kilograms per capita in Canada as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertilizer use per capita between Canada and Uruguay?
- 2.75 Kilograms per capita, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Uruguay?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Canada and Uruguay rank globally for fertilizer use per capita?
- Canada ranks 7th and Uruguay ranks 5th of 204 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertilizer use per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fertilizer use is the sum of synthetic inputs of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorous, plus organic nitrogen inputs. This is given in kilograms per person per year.