Nitrogen fertilizer application per hectare of cropland by country
Countries reporting
201
Highest
314.56
Egypt
Lowest
0
Guadeloupe
Median
35.85
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,249
What the numbers show
Nitrogen fertilizer application per hectare of cropland is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 314.56 in Egypt; the lowest is 0 in Guadeloupe.
The median across all reporting countries is 35.85, and the mean is 49.75.
Over the past decade 106 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 10,141.7%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).
Nitrogen fertilizer application per hectare of cropland: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Egypt | 314.56 | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 1 | Cook Islands | 5.26 | 2023 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | 312.98 | 2023 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Suriname | 252.58 | 2023 | up 157.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 215.13 | 2023 | up 40.8% | rising |
| 5 | China (People’s Republic of) | 192.39 | 2023 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Hong Kong, China | 181.96 | 2023 | down 17.6% | flat |
| 7 | Kuwait | 173.21 | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 170.35 | 2023 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Costa Rica | 161.41 | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 10 | Taiwan, China | 159.63 | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 11 | Viet Nam | 151.49 | 2023 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Ireland | 146.33 | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 13 | Korea | 139.82 | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 14 | Norway | 131.68 | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 15 | Belize | 127.04 | 2023 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Thailand | 124.4 | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 17 | United Arab Emirates | 124.12 | 2023 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Jordan | 123.54 | 2023 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Pakistan | 122.88 | 2023 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 20 | India | 121.53 | 2023 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Belgium | 120.36 | 2023 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 22 | United Kingdom | 114.49 | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 23 | Guyana | 108.43 | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 24 | Chile | 102.36 | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Oman | 102.03 | 2023 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Faroe Islands | 97.83 | 2023 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Georgia | 97.24 | 2023 | up 134.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 94.08 | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 29 | Czechia | 92.6 | 2023 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 30 | Montenegro | 91.84 | 2023 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 31 | Croatia | 91.71 | 2023 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 32 | Brazil | 90.92 | 2023 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Netherlands | 90.56 | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 34 | France | 87.04 | 2023 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 35 | Belarus | 86.82 | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 36 | Colombia | 85.31 | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Serbia | 82.44 | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 38 | Denmark | 81.86 | 2023 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 39 | Slovak Republic | 81.33 | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 40 | Türkiye | 81.27 | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Uruguay | 81.15 | 2023 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 42 | Poland | 80.11 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 43 | Israel | 78.69 | 2023 | down 36.2% | rising |
| 44 | Canada | 73.19 | 2023 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Sweden | 72.76 | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 46 | Iceland | 71.93 | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 47 | Tajikistan | 71.72 | 2023 | up 823.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Saudi Arabia | 71.02 | 2023 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Malta | 70.7 | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 50 | Cyprus | 70.14 | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 51 | Germany | 69.95 | 2023 | down 37.0% | flat |
| 52 | Indonesia | 67.65 | 2023 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Botswana | 66.97 | 2023 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Switzerland | 66.21 | 2023 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 55 | Guatemala | 65.95 | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Malawi | 65.24 | 2023 | up 310.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Qatar | 64.88 | 2023 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Honduras | 64.54 | 2023 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 59 | French Guiana | 64.53 | 2023 | up 40.1% | falling |
| 60 | Slovenia | 64.05 | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 61 | Austria | 63.32 | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 62 | Mauritius | 63.21 | 2023 | down 34.3% | flat |
| 63 | Japan | 62.85 | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 64 | Hungary | 61.83 | 2023 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 65 | Australia | 61.68 | 2023 | up 77.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Singapore | 61.62 | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Zambia | 60.45 | 2023 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Greece | 60.24 | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 69 | Italy | 60.04 | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 70 | United States | 59.08 | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 71 | Latvia | 58.62 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 72 | Philippines | 58.22 | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 73 | New Caledonia | 57.94 | 2023 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Luxembourg | 57.78 | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 75 | Lebanon | 56.9 | 2023 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 76 | Panama | 56.73 | 2023 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 77 | Mexico | 55.86 | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 55.14 | 2023 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Lithuania | 54.53 | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 80 | Estonia | 53.71 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 81 | Romania | 52.61 | 2023 | up 40.3% | flat |
| 82 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 51.35 | 2023 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 83 | New Zealand | 49.86 | 2023 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Portugal | 49.34 | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 85 | Maldives | 48.56 | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Palestine, State of | 48.39 | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 87 | Malaysia | 48.29 | 2023 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Mongolia | 47.2 | 2023 | up 140.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Spain | 46.55 | 2023 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 90 | Sri Lanka | 46.45 | 2023 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 91 | Bermuda | 45.37 | 2023 | down 74.4% | falling |
| 92 | Finland | 43.78 | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 43.21 | 2023 | up 52.3% | volatile |
| 94 | El Salvador | 42.32 | 2023 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 95 | Bahamas | 41.1 | 2021 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Nepal | 41.05 | 2023 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 39.74 | 2023 | up 216.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Eswatini | 37.21 | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 99 | Albania | 37.03 | 2023 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 100 | North Macedonia | 36.04 | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 101 | Peru | 35.85 | 2023 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 102 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 34.85 | 2023 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Ecuador | 34.55 | 2023 | down 43.0% | volatile |
| 104 | USSR | 33.98 | 1991 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Fiji | 33.6 | 2023 | up 30.5% | falling |
| 106 | Nicaragua | 32.75 | 2023 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 107 | Saint Lucia | 32.47 | 2023 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Republic of Moldova | 32.27 | 2023 | up 100.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Iraq | 30.9 | 2023 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Armenia | 30.85 | 2023 | down 73.4% | volatile |
| 111 | South Africa | 30.5 | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 112 | Argentina | 30.38 | 2023 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Cambodia | 30.04 | 2023 | up 141.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Ethiopia | 29.65 | 2023 | up 189.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Ukraine | 29.42 | 2023 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Paraguay | 28.97 | 2023 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Azerbaijan | 27.26 | 2023 | up 131.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Seychelles | 26.11 | 2023 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Namibia | 25.55 | 2023 | up 167.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Brunei Darussalam | 24.3 | 2023 | up 247.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Zimbabwe | 23.75 | 2023 | up 87.5% | falling |
| 122 | Morocco | 23.4 | 2023 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Kenya | 22.31 | 2023 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Papua New Guinea | 20.75 | 2023 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.73 | 2023 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Martinique | 19.67 | 2023 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Grenada | 19.58 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 127 | Puerto Rico | 19.58 | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 127 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 19.58 | 2023 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Jamaica | 18.88 | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 131 | Russia | 17.88 | 2023 | up 89.2% | rising |
| 132 | Barbados | 17.61 | 2023 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Kyrgyzstan | 16.93 | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 134 | Bahrain | 15.47 | 2022 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Réunion | 13.57 | 2023 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Djibouti | 13.43 | 2023 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Benin | 13.17 | 2023 | up 795.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Tunisia | 13.03 | 2023 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Gambia | 12.29 | 2023 | up 10,141.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 12.12 | 2023 | up 57.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Gabon | 11.19 | 2023 | up 333.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Syrian Arab Republic | 10.88 | 2023 | up 148.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Ghana | 10.64 | 2023 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Rwanda | 10.1 | 2023 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Togo | 9.42 | 2023 | up 185.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Mozambique | 9.34 | 2023 | up 109.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea | 8.52 | 2023 | down 83.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Algeria | 8.22 | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 149 | Myanmar | 8 | 2023 | down 46.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Burkina Faso | 7.55 | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 151 | French Polynesia | 6.96 | 2023 | down 28.1% | flat |
| 152 | Libya | 6.68 | 2023 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Mali | 6.15 | 2023 | down 42.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.99 | 2023 | up 67.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Lesotho | 5.97 | 2023 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Sudan | 5.68 | 2023 | up 149.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Bhutan | 5.64 | 2023 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Cameroon | 5.09 | 2023 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Yemen | 4.55 | 2023 | down 74.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Afghanistan | 4.4 | 2023 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.17 | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Liberia | 4.17 | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Mauritania | 4.17 | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Burundi | 4.12 | 2023 | up 46.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Madagascar | 4.07 | 2023 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Palau | 3.49 | 2023 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 3.38 | 2023 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Angola | 3.18 | 2023 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.18 | 2023 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.17 | 2023 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 170 | Chad | 3.17 | 2023 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.48 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Cape Verde | 2.47 | 2023 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 174 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.4 | 2023 | up 57.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Kazakhstan | 2.36 | 2023 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Guinea | 2.34 | 2023 | up 325.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Congo | 2.26 | 2023 | up 123.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Tonga | 2.17 | 2023 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 179 | Senegal | 2.11 | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Nigeria | 1.99 | 2023 | down 69.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.91 | 2023 | up 253.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Eritrea | 1.87 | 2023 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 183 | Cuba | 1.48 | 2023 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 184 | Sierra Leone | 1.42 | 2023 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Uganda | 1.28 | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Comoros | 0.9 | 2023 | up 2,900.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Tuvalu | 0.68 | 2023 | down 78.1% | falling |
| 188 | Niger | 0.46 | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 189 | Haiti | 0.26 | 2023 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 190 | Samoa | 0.25 | 2023 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 191 | South Sudan | 0.18 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 192 | Central African Republic | 0.03 | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Aruba | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Dominica | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Kiribati | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Naoero | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 193 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Vanuatu | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 193 | Guadeloupe | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |