Congo vs Eritrea: Nitrogen fertilizer use

Congo

1,471 tonnes

in 2023

Eritrea

1,292 tonnes

in 2023

Congo rank

153rd

Eritrea rank

156th

Nitrogen fertilizer use over time

Congo
Eritrea

How they compare

Congo currently reports 1,471 tonnes against 1,292 tonnes in Eritrea, a difference of 179 tonnes.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Eritrea's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 153rd and Eritrea ranks 156th of 201 countries.

Individual pages

Nitrogen fertilizer use in Congo
Nitrogen fertilizer use in Eritrea
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.