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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
198
Highest
9.37 billion kg
China (People’s Republic of)
Lowest
0 kg
Guadeloupe
Median
15.33 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 198 countries. The highest value is 9.37 billion kg in China (People’s Republic of); the lowest is 0 kg in Guadeloupe.

The median across all reporting countries is 15.33 million kg, and the mean is 287.66 million kg.

Over the past decade 12 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Comoros (up 3,344.9%), and the largest decrease in Niue (down 100.0%).

Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China (People’s Republic of) 9.37 billion kg 2050 — volatile
2 China, mainland 9.31 billion kg 2050 — volatile
3 OECD 8.83 billion kg 2050 — rising
4 India 8.31 billion kg 2050 — volatile
5 Brazil 2.56 billion kg 2050 — volatile
6 USSR 2.33 billion kg 1991 down 7.2% volatile
7 Pakistan 1.90 billion kg 2050 — volatile
8 Indonesia 1.12 billion kg 2050 — volatile
9 Canada 680.39 million kg 2050 — volatile
10 France 670.44 million kg 2050 — rising
11 Bangladesh 614.65 million kg 2050 — volatile
12 Mexico 594.36 million kg 2050 — rising
13 Egypt 548.53 million kg 2050 — rising
14 Argentina 534.70 million kg 2050 — volatile
15 Germany 511.02 million kg 2050 — falling
16 Russian Federation 481.27 million kg 2050 — rising
17 Thailand 474.06 million kg 2050 — volatile
18 Australia and New Zealand 423.29 million kg 2050 — volatile
19 Australia 389.35 million kg 2050 — volatile
20 Philippines 368.67 million 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
32 Nigeria 182.52 million kg 2050 — volatile
33 Colombia 173.68 million kg 2050 — 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
42 Cook Islands 7,771 kg 2050 — volatile
43 Zambia 90.96 million kg 2050 — volatile
43 Niue 0 kg 2023 down 100.0% 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 Slovak Republic 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 State of 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 Samoa 5,638 kg 2050 — volatile
186 Bermuda 4,084 kg 2023 down 74.4% volatile
187 Antigua and Barbuda 3,360 kg 2050 — volatile
188 Tuvalu 367.2 kg 2023 down 78.1% falling
189 Aruba 0 kg 2023 down 100.0% volatile
189 Kiribati 0 kg 2023 down 100.0% volatile
189 Nauru 0 kg 2023 — volatile
189 Solomon Islands 0 kg 2023 down 100.0% volatile
189 South Sudan 0 kg 2050 — volatile
189 Tonga 0 kg 2050 — volatile
189 Vanuatu 0 kg 2023 down 100.0% volatile
189 Guadeloupe 0 kg 2023 — volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that leaches
Unit
kg
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
252 places, 14,463 data points, 1961–2050
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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).