Australia vs Indonesia: Nitrogen fertilizer use

Australia
2.15 million tonnes
in 2023
Indonesia
2.98 million tonnes
in 2023
Australia rank
10th
Indonesia rank
7th

Nitrogen fertilizer use over time

  • Australia
  • Indonesia
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How they compare

Indonesia currently reports 2.98 million tonnes against 2.15 million tonnes in Australia, a difference of 834,610 tonnes.

That makes Indonesia's figure about 1.4 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Indonesia ahead.

Australia ranks 10th and Indonesia ranks 7th of 201 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Nitrogen fertilizer use
Unit
tonnes
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
202 places, 10,271 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Measures total nitrogen inputs, including synthetic fertilizers alongside organic inputs from manure and crop fixation. Measured in tonnes of nitrogen.