Italy vs Spain: Nitrogen fertilizer use

Italy
569,434 tonnes
in 2023
Spain
773,011 tonnes
in 2023
Italy rank
26th
Spain rank
24th

Nitrogen fertilizer use over time

  • Italy
  • Spain
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How they compare

Spain currently reports 773,011 tonnes against 569,434 tonnes in Italy, a difference of 203,577 tonnes.

That makes Spain's figure about 1.4 times Italy's.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Italy ahead.

Italy ranks 26th and Spain ranks 24th 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.