Brazil vs Canada: Nitrogen fertilizer use

Brazil
6.40 million tonnes
in 2023
Canada
3.12 million tonnes
in 2023
Brazil rank
4th
Canada rank
6th

Nitrogen fertilizer use over time

  • Brazil
  • Canada
02.0M4.0M6.0M196119922023

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 6.40 million tonnes against 3.12 million tonnes in Canada, a difference of 3.29 million tonnes.

That makes Brazil's figure about 2.1 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Canada ahead.

Brazil ranks 4th and Canada ranks 6th 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.