Nitrogen fertilizer use, per capita by country
Nitrogen fertilizer use divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
194
Highest
0.0807 tonnes per person
Australia
Lowest
0 tonnes per person
Vanuatu
Median
0.004 tonnes per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,961
What the numbers show
Nitrogen fertilizer use, per capita is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 0.0807 tonnes per person in Australia; the lowest is 0 tonnes per person in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.004 tonnes per person, and the mean is 0.0102 tonnes per person.
Over the past decade 81 countries rose and 110 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 7,416.3%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).
Nitrogen fertilizer use, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 0.0807 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Canada | 0.0778 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 3 | New Zealand | 0.071 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Turkmenistan | 0.0693 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 5 | Uruguay | 0.0596 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Belarus | 0.0535 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 0.0529 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 8 | Ireland | 0.0528 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 26.4% | rising |
| 9 | Lithuania | 0.0444 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 10 | Latvia | 0.0426 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 11 | Belize | 0.0408 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Thailand | 0.0374 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Serbia | 0.0351 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 14 | United States | 0.0339 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 15 | Denmark | 0.033 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 16 | Poland | 0.0315 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 17 | Brazil | 0.0303 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Moldova | 0.0281 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 136.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Estonia | 0.028 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 20 | Hungary | 0.0277 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 20.3% | flat |
| 21 | Argentina | 0.0277 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 0.027 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 23 | Ukraine | 0.0263 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 24 | France | 0.0254 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 25 | Finland | 0.0252 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 26 | Romania | 0.0243 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 41.1% | falling |
| 27 | Turkey | 0.0228 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 28 | Iceland | 0.0226 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 29 | Croatia | 0.0225 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 22.3% | falling |
| 30 | Suriname | 0.0223 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 95.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Czechia | 0.0219 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 32 | Slovakia | 0.0198 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 33 | Paraguay | 0.0197 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Norway | 0.0192 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 35 | Vietnam | 0.0176 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Sweden | 0.0175 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 37 | China | 0.0174 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Costa Rica | 0.0172 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 39 | Greece | 0.0168 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 40 | Guyana | 0.0165 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 41 | Spain | 0.016 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 42 | Mongolia | 0.0156 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 78.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Pakistan | 0.0154 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 44 | Russia | 0.0154 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 89.5% | rising |
| 45 | India | 0.0142 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Luxembourg | 0.0136 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 47 | Malawi | 0.013 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 256.9% | volatile |
| 48 | United Kingdom | 0.0127 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 18.4% | flat |
| 49 | Germany | 0.0125 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 50 | Chile | 0.0125 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 51 | Slovenia | 0.0117 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 52 | Malaysia | 0.0113 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 38.4% | rising |
| 53 | Georgia | 0.0113 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 85.9% | flat |
| 54 | Zambia | 0.0112 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Egypt | 0.0111 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 56 | Austria | 0.0107 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 57 | Indonesia | 0.0106 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Netherlands | 0.0106 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 59 | Mexico | 0.0105 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 60 | Albania | 0.0104 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Iran | 0.01 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Guatemala | 0.01 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 63 | Honduras | 0.0098 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Italy | 0.0097 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 65 | Belgium | 0.0091 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 66 | North Macedonia | 0.009 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 67 | Bangladesh | 0.0087 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Panama | 0.0087 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 69 | Nicaragua | 0.0086 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 70 | Portugal | 0.0084 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 71 | Laos | 0.0083 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 163.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Colombia | 0.0081 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 73 | Cambodia | 0.008 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 141.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0077 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0077 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 0.0072 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 746.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Botswana | 0.0071 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Namibia | 0.007 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 104.1% | volatile |
| 79 | South Africa | 0.0067 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 80 | Cyprus | 0.0066 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 81 | Peru | 0.0066 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 0.0063 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 135.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Morocco | 0.0061 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 84 | Zimbabwe | 0.0059 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 59.9% | falling |
| 85 | El Salvador | 0.0059 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 86 | Eswatini | 0.0059 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 0.0058 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 88 | Philippines | 0.0057 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 89 | Sri Lanka | 0.0054 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 90 | Tunisia | 0.0053 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 91 | Armenia | 0.0052 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Fiji | 0.005 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 93 | Ecuador | 0.0046 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 54.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Switzerland | 0.0045 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 95 | Ethiopia | 0.0043 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 143.3% | volatile |
| 96 | South Korea | 0.0041 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 97 | Venezuela | 0.0041 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Mauritius | 0.004 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 99 | Benin | 0.0039 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 728.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Iraq | 0.0038 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Kazakhstan | 0.0035 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0033 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 103 | Togo | 0.0032 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 136.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Jordan | 0.0031 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Kenya | 0.003 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 106 | Israel | 0.003 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 107 | Tanzania | 0.0028 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Burkina Faso | 0.0028 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0027 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 96.5% | rising |
| 110 | Japan | 0.0027 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 111 | Lebanon | 0.0027 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Nepal | 0.0027 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Syria | 0.0025 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 116.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Oman | 0.0025 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0024 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Sudan | 0.0024 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 99.3% | rising |
| 117 | Ghana | 0.0023 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Mali | 0.0022 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Gabon | 0.0022 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 233.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Montenegro | 0.0021 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 121 | Gambia | 0.002 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 7,416.3% | volatile |
| 122 | New Caledonia | 0.0019 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 123 | Libya | 0.0019 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Myanmar | 0.0018 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Saint Lucia | 0.0017 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Mozambique | 0.0017 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Bolivia | 0.0016 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Algeria | 0.0015 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Cameroon | 0.0014 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 130 | Jamaica | 0.0012 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0012 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Guinea | 0.0012 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 386.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Grenada | 0.0012 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 134 | Bahamas | 0.0011 tonnes per person | 2021 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 135 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0011 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Rwanda | 0.0011 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 78.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Palestine | 0.0011 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 138 | Malta | 0.0011 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 139 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.001 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Lesotho | 0.0009 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Chad | 0.0009 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Afghanistan | 0.0009 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 143 | North Korea | 0.0008 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Bhutan | 0.0008 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 145 | French Polynesia | 0.0007 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 146 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0007 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 84.8% | falling |
| 147 | Tonga | 0.0006 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Qatar | 0.0006 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0006 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 61.3% | rising |
| 150 | Liberia | 0.0005 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Brunei | 0.0005 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 211.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Burundi | 0.0005 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Kuwait | 0.0005 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 41.6% | rising |
| 154 | Barbados | 0.0005 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Angola | 0.0005 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Cuba | 0.0005 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Madagascar | 0.0005 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Senegal | 0.0005 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 70.7% | rising |
| 159 | Maldives | 0.0005 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Palau | 0.0005 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 77.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Puerto Rico | 0.0004 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 162 | Greenland | 0.0004 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Nigeria | 0.0004 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Mauritania | 0.0004 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Eritrea | 0.0004 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 166 | Seychelles | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Niger | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 226.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Sierra Leone | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 171 | Cape Verde | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 172 | Uganda | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Congo | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 81.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Bermuda | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 74.0% | falling |
| 175 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 176 | Yemen | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Faroe Islands | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 97.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Comoros | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 2,792.7% | volatile |
| 179 | Tuvalu | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 81.3% | falling |
| 180 | Hong Kong | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 181 | Samoa | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Djibouti | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 183 | Micronesia (country) | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Bahrain | 0 tonnes per person | 2022 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 185 | South Sudan | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 186 | Haiti | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 187 | Central African Republic | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Singapore | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 189 | Aruba | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Dominica | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Kiribati | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Solomon Islands | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Vanuatu | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Nitrogen fertilizer use divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Nitrogen fertilizer use ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Nitrogen fertilizer use Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Nitrogen fertilizer use divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.