Lesotho vs Sierra Leone: Nitrogen fertilizer use

Lesotho
2,152 tonnes
in 2023
Sierra Leone
2,478 tonnes
in 2023
Lesotho rank
150th
Sierra Leone rank
148th

Nitrogen fertilizer use over time

  • Lesotho
  • Sierra Leone
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How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 2,478 tonnes against 2,152 tonnes in Lesotho, a difference of 326 tonnes.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.2 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 17 times across 58 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 150th and Sierra Leone ranks 148th 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.