Ecuador vs Nigeria: Nitrogen fertilizer use

Ecuador

83,227 tonnes

in 2023

Nigeria

87,804 tonnes

in 2023

Ecuador rank

77th

Nigeria rank

74th

Nitrogen fertilizer use over time

Ecuador
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 87,804 tonnes against 83,227 tonnes in Ecuador, a difference of 4,577 tonnes.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 77th and Nigeria ranks 74th of 201 countries.

Individual pages

Nitrogen fertilizer use in Ecuador
Nitrogen fertilizer use in Nigeria
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.