Nitrogen fertilizer use, per square kilometre by country
Nitrogen fertilizer use divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
194
Highest
11.53 tonnes per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0 tonnes per square kilometre
Vanuatu
Median
0.3374 tonnes per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,961
What the numbers show
Nitrogen fertilizer use, per square kilometre is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 11.53 tonnes per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0 tonnes per square kilometre in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3374 tonnes per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.9222 tonnes per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 9,538.6%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).
Nitrogen fertilizer use, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 11.53 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 6.88 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Vietnam | 5.63 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Netherlands | 5.62 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 5 | Thailand | 5.25 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Pakistan | 4.94 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Denmark | 4.9 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 8 | Ireland | 4.07 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 9 | Poland | 3.77 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 3.6 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 11 | Luxembourg | 3.53 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 12 | Belgium | 3.5 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 13 | France | 3.22 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 14 | Bulgaria | 3.14 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | flat |
| 15 | Czechia | 3.08 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 16 | Germany | 2.97 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 17 | Hungary | 2.91 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 18 | Malawi | 2.91 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 366.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Serbia | 2.76 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 20 | China | 2.61 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Turkey | 2.53 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Mauritius | 2.5 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 23 | Belarus | 2.42 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 24 | Slovakia | 2.24 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 25 | Philippines | 2.19 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Uzbekistan | 2.18 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 27 | South Korea | 2.17 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 28 | Moldova | 2.09 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 102.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Lithuania | 2.03 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 30 | Romania | 2.02 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 1.93 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 32 | Italy | 1.93 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 33 | Malta | 1.83 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 34 | El Salvador | 1.8 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.1% | rising |
| 35 | Costa Rica | 1.72 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 36 | Ukraine | 1.71 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Guatemala | 1.68 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Indonesia | 1.58 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Croatia | 1.55 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 40 | Spain | 1.55 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 41 | Lebanon | 1.53 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 42 | New Zealand | 1.4 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Dominican Republic | 1.36 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 79.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Israel | 1.36 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 45 | Greece | 1.35 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 46 | Latvia | 1.29 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 47 | Egypt | 1.28 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 48 | United States | 1.25 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 49 | Slovenia | 1.24 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 50 | Malaysia | 1.21 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Austria | 1.18 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 52 | Uruguay | 1.15 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Turkmenistan | 1.09 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Switzerland | 1.01 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 55 | Portugal | 0.9736 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 56 | Cyprus | 0.9632 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.5% | falling |
| 57 | Honduras | 0.9333 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Japan | 0.926 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 59 | Albania | 0.9169 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Palestine | 0.9092 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 61 | Estonia | 0.8988 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 62 | Maldives | 0.7987 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Cambodia | 0.7921 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 177.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 0.7801 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 154.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Brazil | 0.7663 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Belize | 0.7352 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Mexico | 0.7025 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 68 | North Macedonia | 0.6517 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 69 | Rwanda | 0.6128 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 124.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Georgia | 0.6044 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.8% | falling |
| 71 | Nepal | 0.558 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Iran | 0.5567 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Armenia | 0.5508 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Gambia | 0.5429 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9,538.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Tajikistan | 0.542 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 978.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Panama | 0.5208 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 77 | Hong Kong | 0.52 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 78 | Morocco | 0.512 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Saint Lucia | 0.5098 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Nicaragua | 0.4896 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Togo | 0.4882 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 185.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Benin | 0.4868 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 991.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Ethiopia | 0.4849 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 218.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4782 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Finland | 0.4628 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 86 | Argentina | 0.4602 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Sweden | 0.4518 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 88 | Eswatini | 0.4219 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 89 | Tunisia | 0.4151 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Grenada | 0.4029 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 91 | Jordan | 0.3997 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 92 | Iraq | 0.391 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Colombia | 0.3841 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Canada | 0.3545 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 95 | South Africa | 0.3467 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 96 | Ghana | 0.3467 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Paraguay | 0.3397 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Ecuador | 0.3351 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Chile | 0.3297 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Barbados | 0.3279 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 88.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Jamaica | 0.3277 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 102 | Syria | 0.3226 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 135.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Zambia | 0.3122 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Norway | 0.2914 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 105 | Kenya | 0.2868 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Australia | 0.2796 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Laos | 0.2773 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 205.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.2692 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 155.9% | volatile |
| 109 | Burundi | 0.2682 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Bermuda | 0.2593 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 73.6% | falling |
| 111 | Fiji | 0.2549 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.6% | falling |
| 112 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2513 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Zimbabwe | 0.2497 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.5% | rising |
| 114 | Burkina Faso | 0.2377 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Tanzania | 0.2124 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1809 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.5% | falling |
| 117 | North Korea | 0.1802 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Peru | 0.1736 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 119 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1603 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Myanmar | 0.1534 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Puerto Rico | 0.1461 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 122 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1385 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 92.8% | rising |
| 123 | Kuwait | 0.1361 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Qatar | 0.1355 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Russia | 0.135 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 89.5% | rising |
| 126 | Venezuela | 0.1304 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1203 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 128 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1202 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Montenegro | 0.0979 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 130 | Nigeria | 0.0964 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0957 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 132 | Tonga | 0.0931 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Suriname | 0.0872 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Seychelles | 0.087 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Iceland | 0.0863 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 136 | Cameroon | 0.0851 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 137 | Bahrain | 0.0797 tonnes per square kilometre | 2022 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Mozambique | 0.0719 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 112.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Lesotho | 0.0709 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Guinea | 0.0693 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 525.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Guyana | 0.0647 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 142 | Sudan | 0.0645 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 163.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Uganda | 0.0582 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 144 | Singapore | 0.0571 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 145 | French Polynesia | 0.057 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.8% | rising |
| 146 | Comoros | 0.057 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,433.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0557 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 148 | Afghanistan | 0.0548 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Cuba | 0.0507 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.05 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Brunei | 0.0461 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 247.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Bahamas | 0.0452 tonnes per square kilometre | 2021 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Mali | 0.0435 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Senegal | 0.0428 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 155 | Oman | 0.0401 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Mongolia | 0.0348 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 113.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Sierra Leone | 0.0343 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Tuvalu | 0.0333 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 83.3% | falling |
| 159 | Cape Verde | 0.033 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 160 | Botswana | 0.031 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 161 | New Caledonia | 0.0307 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 162 | Liberia | 0.0303 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Algeria | 0.0295 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 164 | Kazakhstan | 0.0261 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Namibia | 0.0252 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 168.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Madagascar | 0.0252 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Gabon | 0.0215 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 333.8% | volatile |
| 168 | Bolivia | 0.0181 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Palau | 0.0174 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Bhutan | 0.0169 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Angola | 0.0145 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0142 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 355.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Chad | 0.0134 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Yemen | 0.0125 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Haiti | 0.0125 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0113 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Eritrea | 0.0107 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 178 | Libya | 0.0078 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0071 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Niger | 0.0064 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Faroe Islands | 0.0051 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.5% | volatile |
| 182 | Congo | 0.0043 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 130.9% | volatile |
| 183 | Samoa | 0.004 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 184 | Djibouti | 0.0022 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 185 | Mauritania | 0.0019 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 186 | South Sudan | 0.0007 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Central African Republic | 0.0001 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 188 | Greenland | 0.0001 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 189 | Aruba | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Dominica | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Kiribati | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Solomon Islands | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Vanuatu | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Nitrogen fertilizer use divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Nitrogen fertilizer use ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Nitrogen fertilizer use Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.