Greece vs Sweden: Nitrogen fertilizer use

Greece
174,442 tonnes
in 2023
Sweden
184,000 tonnes
in 2023
Greece rank
54th
Sweden rank
52nd

Nitrogen fertilizer use over time

  • Greece
  • Sweden
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How they compare

Sweden currently reports 184,000 tonnes against 174,442 tonnes in Greece, a difference of 9,558 tonnes.

That makes Sweden's figure about 1.1 times Greece's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sweden ahead.

Greece ranks 54th and Sweden ranks 52nd 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
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Measures total nitrogen inputs, including synthetic fertilizers alongside organic inputs from manure and crop fixation. Measured in tonnes of nitrogen.