Chile vs Zambia: Nitrogen fertilizer use

Chile

244,877 tonnes

in 2023

Zambia

232,086 tonnes

in 2023

Chile rank

41st

Zambia rank

44th

Nitrogen fertilizer use over time

Chile
Zambia

How they compare

Chile currently reports 244,877 tonnes against 232,086 tonnes in Zambia, a difference of 12,791 tonnes.

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

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

Chile ranks 41st and Zambia ranks 44th of 201 countries.

Individual pages

Nitrogen fertilizer use in Chile
Nitrogen fertilizer use in Zambia
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.