Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that leaches by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Crops provides estimates of emissions associated with crop processes, namely 1) crop residues, 2) burning of crop residues, and 3) rice cultivation and the application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers, including mineral and chemical fertilizers, to soils. Estimates are computed at...
Countries reporting
217
Highest
9.37 billion kg
China
Lowest
0 kg
Niue
Median
15.03 million kg
Years covered
90
1961–2050
Data points
14,463
What the numbers show
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that leaches is currently reported for 217 countries. The highest value is 9.37 billion kg in China; the lowest is 0 kg in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 15.03 million kg, and the mean is 271.68 million kg.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Comoros (up 3,344.9%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).
Nutrient nitrogen N: Nitrogen fertilizer content applied … leaches: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 9.37 billion kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 9.31 billion kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 3 | OECD | 8.83 billion kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 575.54 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 4 | India | 8.31 billion kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Türkiye | 517.89 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Brazil | 2.56 billion kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 406.87 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 6 | USSR | 2.33 billion kg | 1991 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Syrian Arab Republic | 137.60 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Pakistan | 1.90 billion kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 107.94 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 8 | Indonesia | 1.12 billion kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 9 | Canada | 680.39 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 9 | United Republic of Tanzania | 76.22 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 10 | France | 670.44 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 10 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 63.57 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 614.65 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Mexico | 594.36 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 12 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 11.03 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Egypt | 548.53 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 13 | Melanesia | 8.29 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 14 | Argentina | 534.70 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 14 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 7.06 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Germany | 511.02 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 15 | Republic of Moldova | 6.49 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 16 | Russian Federation | 481.27 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3.46 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 17 | Thailand | 474.06 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 17 | Polynesia | 157,548 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 18 | Australia and New Zealand | 423.29 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 18 | Micronesia | 22,092 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Australia | 389.35 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 19 | Timor-Leste | 14,275 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Philippines | 368.67 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 20 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 11,419 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 21 | Poland | 314.47 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 302.36 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 23 | Uzbekistan | 292.20 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 24 | Spain | 283.40 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 25 | Italy | 237.40 million kg | 2050 | — | flat |
| 26 | South Africa | 215.18 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 27 | Ukraine | 206.25 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 28 | Iraq | 201.74 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 29 | Belarus | 193.30 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 30 | Morocco | 189.10 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Malaysia | 186.54 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 31 | Caribbean | 58.81 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 32 | Nigeria | 182.52 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 32 | Côte d'Ivoire | 18.27 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 33 | Colombia | 173.68 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 33 | Cabo Verde | 39,974 kg | 2023 | up 47.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Ethiopia | 140.36 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Malawi | 124.51 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 36 | Serbia | 121.80 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 37 | Turkmenistan | 120.31 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 38 | Peru | 119.11 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Japan | 101.29 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 40 | Sri Lanka | 98.13 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 41 | Ireland | 96.03 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 42 | Chile | 91.85 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 43 | Zambia | 90.96 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Yugoslav SFR | 86.40 million kg | 1991 | down 39.6% | rising |
| 45 | Hungary | 85.53 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 46 | Republic of Korea | 85.19 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 47 | Uruguay | 84.69 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 48 | Czechoslovakia | 84.00 million kg | 1992 | down 55.8% | rising |
| 49 | Serbia and Montenegro | 83.09 million kg | 2005 | up 114.7% | rising |
| 50 | Kenya | 82.90 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Romania | 80.40 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 79.55 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 53 | Croatia | 76.65 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 54 | Guatemala | 74.56 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 55 | Tunisia | 72.52 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 56 | Czechia | 66.60 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 57 | Greece | 65.94 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 58 | Ecuador | 65.53 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 59 | China, Taiwan Province of | 63.43 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 60 | Mali | 62.78 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Paraguay | 58.62 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 62 | Denmark | 55.34 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 63 | Zimbabwe | 53.54 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 52.85 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 65 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 51.30 million kg | 1999 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 66 | Sweden | 48.12 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 67 | El Salvador | 46.68 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 68 | Myanmar | 45.29 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 69 | Norway | 44.16 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 70 | Finland | 43.95 million kg | 2050 | — | flat |
| 71 | Belgium | 43.05 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 72 | Saudi Arabia | 40.36 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Honduras | 36.27 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 74 | Lithuania | 36.22 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 75 | Sudan | 36.14 million kg | 2023 | up 163.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Burkina Faso | 35.61 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 77 | New Zealand | 33.94 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 32.48 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 79 | Austria | 30.18 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 29.95 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Nicaragua | 29.44 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 82 | Portugal | 27.99 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 83 | Cameroon | 27.01 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Sudan (former) | 26.27 million kg | 2011 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 85 | Slovakia | 25.13 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 86 | Mozambique | 24.52 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Afghanistan | 23.77 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 88 | Somalia | 23.00 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 89 | Algeria | 22.95 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 90 | Libya | 22.88 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Switzerland | 21.74 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 92 | Cuba | 21.02 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 93 | Yemen | 19.24 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 94 | Ghana | 19.15 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 95 | Cambodia | 18.73 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 96 | Armenia | 17.29 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 97 | Israel | 16.17 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 98 | Senegal | 15.86 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 99 | Kazakhstan | 15.62 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Kyrgyzstan | 15.03 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 101 | Albania | 14.36 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 102 | Niger | 13.78 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 103 | Latvia | 12.93 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 104 | Angola | 12.73 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Georgia | 11.65 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 106 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.54 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Panama | 11.06 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 108 | Madagascar | 11.05 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Azerbaijan | 9.96 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 110 | Ethiopia PDR | 9.03 million kg | 1992 | up 110.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Slovenia | 8.66 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 112 | North Macedonia | 7.84 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 113 | Chad | 7.44 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 114 | Uganda | 6.83 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Estonia | 6.66 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 116 | United Arab Emirates | 6.13 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 117 | Lebanon | 5.92 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 118 | Papua New Guinea | 5.69 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Guinea | 5.34 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Botswana | 5.26 million kg | 2023 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Iceland | 5.04 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 122 | Tajikistan | 4.69 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 123 | Liberia | 4.63 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Jordan | 4.55 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 125 | Nepal | 4.48 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Rwanda | 4.38 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 127 | Guyana | 4.17 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 128 | Luxembourg | 4.09 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 129 | Eswatini | 3.12 million kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 130 | Mongolia | 2.94 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 131 | Palestine | 2.83 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 132 | Mauritius | 2.73 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 133 | Suriname | 2.53 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Burundi | 2.38 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Haiti | 2.36 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Fiji | 2.26 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 137 | Gambia | 2.19 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 138 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.12 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 139 | Cyprus | 1.99 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 140 | Lesotho | 1.96 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 141 | Jamaica | 1.89 million kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 142 | Belize | 1.74 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 143 | Namibia | 1.69 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Oman | 1.53 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 145 | Mauritania | 1.52 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 146 | Sierra Leone | 1.09 million kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 147 | Bhutan | 810,150 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 806,851 kg | 2023 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Puerto Rico | 750,930 kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 150 | Montenegro | 680,376 kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 151 | Eritrea | 630,900 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Gabon | 453,800 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 153 | Barbados | 427,080 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Benin | 400,000 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 155 | Central African Republic | 358,236 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 156 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 355,753 kg | 2050 | — | falling |
| 157 | New Caledonia | 336,275 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 158 | French Guiana | 318,146 kg | 2023 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Bahrain | 295,699 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Togo | 236,479 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Kuwait | 191,892 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 161 | Qatar | 191,892 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 163 | Malta | 183,456 kg | 2050 | — | rising |
| 164 | French Polynesia | 144,140 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 165 | Dominica | 141,840 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Martinique | 140,921 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Bahamas | 135,634 kg | 2021 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Faroe Islands | 124,987 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Réunion | 116,712 kg | 2023 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 170 | Saint Lucia | 93,212 kg | 2023 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Equatorial Guinea | 90,200 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 172 | Brunei Darussalam | 77,593 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 173 | Congo | 67,900 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 174 | Maldives | 62,318 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Greenland | 44,462 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 176 | Grenada | 41,118 kg | 2023 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Sao Tome and Principe | 39,942 kg | 2023 | up 92.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Comoros | 31,906 kg | 2023 | up 3,344.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 29,370 kg | 2023 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Seychelles | 27,300 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Djibouti | 15,713 kg | 2023 | up 89.1% | volatile |
| 182 | Singapore | 12,689 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10,920 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 184 | Palau | 10,672 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 185 | Cook Islands | 7,771 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 186 | Samoa | 5,638 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 187 | Bermuda | 4,084 kg | 2023 | down 74.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3,360 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 189 | Tuvalu | 367.2 kg | 2023 | down 78.1% | falling |
| 190 | Aruba | 0 kg | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Kiribati | 0 kg | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Nauru | 0 kg | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Solomon Islands | 0 kg | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | South Sudan | 0 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Tonga | 0 kg | 2050 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Vanuatu | 0 kg | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Guadeloupe | 0 kg | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Niue | 0 kg | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 40.77 billion kg
- Asia 25.22 billion kg
- Non-Annex I countries 31.60 billion kg
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.41 billion kg
- Southern Asia 11.52 billion kg
- Eastern Asia 9.63 billion kg
- Annex I countries 9.17 billion kg
- Americas 8.61 billion kg
- Latin America and the Caribbean 4.70 billion kg
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4.70 billion kg
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 78.57 million kg
- Europe 4.38 billion kg
- Northern America 3.91 billion kg
- South America 3.82 billion kg
- Middle Africa 51.61 million kg
- United States of America 3.23 billion kg
- European Union (27) 2.96 billion kg
- South-Eastern Asia 2.63 billion kg
- Africa 2.14 billion kg
- Eastern Europe 1.51 billion kg
- Western Europe 1.36 billion kg
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.33 billion kg
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.28 billion kg
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.15 billion kg
- Western Asia 995.53 million kg
- Southern Europe 856.46 million kg
- Northern Africa 855.98 million kg
- Central America 826.60 million kg
- Northern Europe 650.94 million kg
- Eastern Africa 644.04 million kg
- Central Asia 447.86 million kg
- Oceania 431.75 million kg
- Western Africa 363.38 million kg
- Southern Africa 221.96 million kg
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Crops provides estimates of emissions associated with crop processes, namely 1) crop residues, 2) burning of crop residues, and 3) rice cultivation and the application of nitrogen (N) fertilizers, including mineral and chemical fertilizers, to soils. Estimates are computed at Tier 1 following the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 2006).