Tanzania vs Uruguay: Nitrogen fertilizer use

Tanzania
188,183 tonnes
in 2023
Uruguay
201,843 tonnes
in 2023
Tanzania rank
51st
Uruguay rank
48th

Nitrogen fertilizer use over time

  • Tanzania
  • Uruguay
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k196119922023

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 201,843 tonnes against 188,183 tonnes in Tanzania, a difference of 13,660 tonnes.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Tanzania's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Uruguay ahead.

Tanzania ranks 51st and Uruguay ranks 48th 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.