Chile vs Malawi: Nitrogen fertilizer use

Chile

244,877 tonnes

in 2023

Malawi

273,988 tonnes

in 2023

Chile rank

41st

Malawi rank

38th

Nitrogen fertilizer use over time

Chile
Malawi

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 273,988 tonnes against 244,877 tonnes in Chile, a difference of 29,111 tonnes.

That makes Malawi's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 41st and Malawi ranks 38th of 201 countries.

Individual pages

Nitrogen fertilizer use in Chile
Nitrogen fertilizer use in Malawi
Full country ranking

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: 07 August 2026

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