Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that leaches, per capita by country
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that leaches 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
175
Highest
24.2 kg per person
Australia
Lowest
0 kg per person
Vanuatu
Median
1.17 kg per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,865
What the numbers show
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that leaches, per capita is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 24.2 kg per person in Australia; the lowest is 0 kg per person in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.17 kg per person, and the mean is 3.08 kg per person.
Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Kitts and Nevis (up 92,148.2%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia | 24.2 kg per person | 2023 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Canada | 23.34 kg per person | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 3 | New Zealand | 21.29 kg per person | 2023 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Turkmenistan | 20.8 kg per person | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 5 | Uruguay | 17.87 kg per person | 2023 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Belarus | 16.04 kg per person | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 15.86 kg per person | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 8 | Ireland | 15.85 kg per person | 2023 | down 26.4% | rising |
| 9 | Lithuania | 13.31 kg per person | 2023 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 10 | Latvia | 12.79 kg per person | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 11 | Belize | 12.24 kg per person | 2023 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Thailand | 11.23 kg per person | 2023 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Serbia | 10.52 kg per person | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 14 | Denmark | 9.89 kg per person | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 15 | Poland | 9.45 kg per person | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 16 | Brazil | 9.1 kg per person | 2023 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Estonia | 8.41 kg per person | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 18 | Hungary | 8.3 kg per person | 2023 | down 20.3% | flat |
| 19 | Argentina | 8.3 kg per person | 2023 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | 8.09 kg per person | 2023 | up 18.6% | falling |
| 21 | Ukraine | 7.9 kg per person | 2023 | up 16.5% | volatile |
| 22 | France | 7.61 kg per person | 2023 | down 22.8% | rising |
| 23 | Finland | 7.56 kg per person | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 24 | Romania | 7.3 kg per person | 2023 | up 41.1% | falling |
| 25 | Iceland | 6.77 kg per person | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 26 | Croatia | 6.75 kg per person | 2023 | up 22.3% | falling |
| 27 | Suriname | 6.68 kg per person | 2023 | up 95.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Czechia | 6.56 kg per person | 2023 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 29 | Slovakia | 5.95 kg per person | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 30 | Paraguay | 5.9 kg per person | 2023 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Norway | 5.77 kg per person | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 32 | China | 5.25 kg per person | 2023 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Sweden | 5.24 kg per person | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 5.16 kg per person | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 35 | Greece | 5.03 kg per person | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 36 | Guyana | 4.96 kg per person | 2023 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 37 | Spain | 4.8 kg per person | 2023 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 38 | Mongolia | 4.67 kg per person | 2023 | up 78.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Pakistan | 4.62 kg per person | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 40 | India | 4.27 kg per person | 2023 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Luxembourg | 4.09 kg per person | 2023 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 42 | Malawi | 3.89 kg per person | 2023 | up 256.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Germany | 3.74 kg per person | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 44 | Chile | 3.74 kg per person | 2023 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 45 | Slovenia | 3.52 kg per person | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 46 | Malaysia | 3.4 kg per person | 2023 | down 38.4% | rising |
| 47 | Georgia | 3.39 kg per person | 2023 | up 85.9% | flat |
| 48 | Zambia | 3.36 kg per person | 2023 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Egypt | 3.34 kg per person | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 50 | Austria | 3.21 kg per person | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 51 | Indonesia | 3.18 kg per person | 2023 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Mexico | 3.16 kg per person | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 53 | Albania | 3.13 kg per person | 2023 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Guatemala | 2.99 kg per person | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 55 | Honduras | 2.94 kg per person | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Italy | 2.9 kg per person | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 57 | Belgium | 2.72 kg per person | 2023 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 58 | North Macedonia | 2.7 kg per person | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 59 | Bangladesh | 2.62 kg per person | 2023 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Panama | 2.6 kg per person | 2023 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 61 | Nicaragua | 2.59 kg per person | 2023 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 62 | Portugal | 2.53 kg per person | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 63 | Colombia | 2.44 kg per person | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 64 | Cambodia | 2.41 kg per person | 2023 | up 141.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2.31 kg per person | 2023 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Saudi Arabia | 2.3 kg per person | 2023 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Tajikistan | 2.17 kg per person | 2023 | up 745.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Botswana | 2.12 kg per person | 2023 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Namibia | 2.1 kg per person | 2023 | up 104.1% | volatile |
| 70 | South Africa | 2 kg per person | 2023 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 71 | Cyprus | 1.99 kg per person | 2023 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 72 | Peru | 1.97 kg per person | 2023 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 1.9 kg per person | 2023 | up 135.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Morocco | 1.82 kg per person | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | 1.77 kg per person | 2023 | up 59.9% | falling |
| 76 | El Salvador | 1.77 kg per person | 2023 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 77 | Eswatini | 1.77 kg per person | 2023 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 1.74 kg per person | 2023 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 79 | Philippines | 1.71 kg per person | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 80 | Sri Lanka | 1.62 kg per person | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 81 | Tunisia | 1.59 kg per person | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 82 | Armenia | 1.57 kg per person | 2023 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Fiji | 1.51 kg per person | 2023 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 84 | Ecuador | 1.39 kg per person | 2023 | down 54.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Switzerland | 1.35 kg per person | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 86 | Ethiopia | 1.28 kg per person | 2023 | up 143.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Mauritius | 1.2 kg per person | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 88 | Benin | 1.17 kg per person | 2023 | up 728.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Iraq | 1.13 kg per person | 2023 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Kazakhstan | 1.04 kg per person | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.9751 kg per person | 2023 | down 35.5% | falling |
| 92 | Togo | 0.9687 kg per person | 2023 | up 136.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Jordan | 0.9309 kg per person | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Kenya | 0.9033 kg per person | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 95 | Israel | 0.8933 kg per person | 2023 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 96 | Burkina Faso | 0.8474 kg per person | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Japan | 0.8134 kg per person | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 98 | Lebanon | 0.8108 kg per person | 2023 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Nepal | 0.8081 kg per person | 2023 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Oman | 0.7379 kg per person | 2023 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Papua New Guinea | 0.7281 kg per person | 2023 | up 21.9% | volatile |
| 102 | Sudan | 0.7222 kg per person | 2023 | up 99.3% | rising |
| 103 | Ghana | 0.7005 kg per person | 2023 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Mali | 0.6704 kg per person | 2023 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Gabon | 0.6687 kg per person | 2023 | up 233.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Montenegro | 0.6336 kg per person | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 107 | Gambia | 0.611 kg per person | 2023 | up 7,451.1% | volatile |
| 108 | New Caledonia | 0.5816 kg per person | 2023 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Libya | 0.5626 kg per person | 2023 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Myanmar | 0.5547 kg per person | 2023 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Saint Lucia | 0.5199 kg per person | 2023 | up 46.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Mozambique | 0.504 kg per person | 2023 | up 58.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Algeria | 0.4562 kg per person | 2023 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Cameroon | 0.4252 kg per person | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 115 | Jamaica | 0.3749 kg per person | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 116 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.3747 kg per person | 2023 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Guinea | 0.3547 kg per person | 2023 | up 386.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Grenada | 0.3512 kg per person | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Bahamas | 0.3422 kg per person | 2021 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 0.3257 kg per person | 2023 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Rwanda | 0.325 kg per person | 2023 | up 78.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Malta | 0.3181 kg per person | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 123 | Palestine | 0.3181 kg per person | 2023 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 124 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2899 kg per person | 2023 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Lesotho | 0.2793 kg per person | 2023 | down 56.6% | volatile |
| 126 | Chad | 0.2628 kg per person | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Afghanistan | 0.2585 kg per person | 2023 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Bhutan | 0.2451 kg per person | 2023 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 129 | French Polynesia | 0.2118 kg per person | 2023 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 130 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2035 kg per person | 2023 | down 84.8% | falling |
| 131 | Tonga | 0.1933 kg per person | 2023 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Qatar | 0.1759 kg per person | 2023 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.173 kg per person | 2023 | up 60.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Liberia | 0.1594 kg per person | 2023 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Burundi | 0.151 kg per person | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Kuwait | 0.1499 kg per person | 2023 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Barbados | 0.1497 kg per person | 2023 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Angola | 0.148 kg per person | 2023 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Cuba | 0.1434 kg per person | 2023 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Madagascar | 0.1409 kg per person | 2023 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Senegal | 0.1366 kg per person | 2023 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Palau | 0.1358 kg per person | 2023 | down 77.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Maldives | 0.1357 kg per person | 2023 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Puerto Rico | 0.1214 kg per person | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 145 | Greenland | 0.1213 kg per person | 2023 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Nigeria | 0.1156 kg per person | 2023 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Mauritania | 0.1146 kg per person | 2023 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Eritrea | 0.1117 kg per person | 2023 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Seychelles | 0.1014 kg per person | 2023 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Niger | 0.0933 kg per person | 2023 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Sierra Leone | 0.0879 kg per person | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0811 kg per person | 2023 | up 92,148.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Uganda | 0.0719 kg per person | 2023 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Congo | 0.0714 kg per person | 2023 | up 81.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Bermuda | 0.0631 kg per person | 2023 | down 74.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0515 kg per person | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Yemen | 0.0503 kg per person | 2023 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Faroe Islands | 0.0378 kg per person | 2023 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Comoros | 0.0375 kg per person | 2023 | up 2,720.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Tuvalu | 0.0374 kg per person | 2023 | down 75.5% | falling |
| 161 | Samoa | 0.0146 kg per person | 2023 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Djibouti | 0.0136 kg per person | 2023 | up 61.6% | volatile |
| 163 | South Sudan | 0.012 kg per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 164 | Somalia | 0.0101 kg per person | 2023 | up 1,878.9% | volatile |
| 165 | Haiti | 0.0089 kg per person | 2023 | down 93.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Central African Republic | 0.0046 kg per person | 2023 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Singapore | 0.0021 kg per person | 2023 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Aruba | 0 kg per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 kg per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Bahrain | 0 kg per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Dominica | 0 kg per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Kiribati | 0 kg per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Nauru | 0 kg per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 0 kg per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Vanuatu | 0 kg per person | 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 4.15 kg per person
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.6439 kg per person
How this figure is calculated
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that leaches divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that leaches ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- 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
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that leaches divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.