Congo vs Lesotho: Nitrogen fertilizer use

Congo
1,471 tonnes
in 2023
Lesotho
2,152 tonnes
in 2023
Congo rank
153rd
Lesotho rank
150th

Nitrogen fertilizer use over time

  • Congo
  • Lesotho
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How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 2,152 tonnes against 1,471 tonnes in Congo, a difference of 681 tonnes.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.5 times Congo's.

The two have swapped places 19 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Congo ahead.

Congo ranks 153rd and Lesotho ranks 150th 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.