Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Cameroon
Cameroon: Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied was 0.4252 kg per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Cameroon, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 0.4252 kg per person for nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied in 2023.
That represents a change of up 22.4% on the previous year and down 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Cameroon peaked at 0.8267 kg per person in 1985 and was at its lowest, 0.0843 kg per person, in 1962.
Cameroon ranks 114th of 176 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0859 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0843 kg per person | -1.9% |
| 1963 | 0.11 kg per person | +30.4% |
| 1964 | 0.1345 kg per person | +22.3% |
| 1965 | 0.1578 kg per person | +17.3% |
| 1966 | 0.3238 kg per person | +105.2% |
| 1967 | 0.4279 kg per person | +32.2% |
| 1968 | 0.5255 kg per person | +22.8% |
| 1969 | 0.4219 kg per person | -19.7% |
| 1970 | 0.5379 kg per person | +27.5% |
| 1971 | 0.4076 kg per person | -24.2% |
| 1972 | 0.3218 kg per person | -21.0% |
| 1973 | 0.3999 kg per person | +24.3% |
| 1974 | 0.4072 kg per person | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 0.2474 kg per person | -39.2% |
| 1976 | 0.1579 kg per person | -36.2% |
| 1977 | 0.5618 kg per person | +255.7% |
| 1978 | 0.5766 kg per person | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 0.517 kg per person | -10.3% |
| 1980 | 0.5669 kg per person | +9.7% |
| 1981 | 0.5645 kg per person | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 0.5615 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 0.7976 kg per person | +42.0% |
| 1984 | 0.8232 kg per person | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 0.8267 kg per person | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 0.6173 kg per person | -25.3% |
| 1987 | 0.7116 kg per person | +15.3% |
| 1988 | 0.6198 kg per person | -12.9% |
| 1989 | 0.4962 kg per person | -19.9% |
| 1990 | 0.2383 kg per person | -52.0% |
| 1991 | 0.1543 kg per person | -35.2% |
| 1992 | 0.2349 kg per person | +52.2% |
| 1993 | 0.2478 kg per person | +5.5% |
| 1994 | 0.3542 kg per person | +42.9% |
| 1995 | 0.3446 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 0.4025 kg per person | +16.8% |
| 1997 | 0.4116 kg per person | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 0.3505 kg per person | -14.9% |
| 1999 | 0.5367 kg per person | +53.1% |
| 2000 | 0.4397 kg per person | -18.1% |
| 2001 | 0.5012 kg per person | +14.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3966 kg per person | -20.9% |
| 2003 | 0.3596 kg per person | -9.3% |
| 2004 | 0.599 kg per person | +66.6% |
| 2005 | 0.4001 kg per person | -33.2% |
| 2006 | 0.4339 kg per person | +8.4% |
| 2007 | 0.3706 kg per person | -14.6% |
| 2008 | 0.3698 kg per person | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 0.397 kg per person | +7.4% |
| 2010 | 0.3883 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 0.5483 kg per person | +41.2% |
| 2012 | 0.4055 kg per person | -26.0% |
| 2013 | 0.5203 kg per person | +28.3% |
| 2014 | 0.3537 kg per person | -32.0% |
| 2015 | 0.5619 kg per person | +58.8% |
| 2016 | 0.5085 kg per person | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 0.5778 kg per person | +13.6% |
| 2018 | 0.5082 kg per person | -12.0% |
| 2019 | 0.4943 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 0.5618 kg per person | +13.7% |
| 2021 | 0.51 kg per person | -9.2% |
| 2022 | 0.3474 kg per person | -31.9% |
| 2023 | 0.4252 kg per person | +22.4% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 0.4252 kg per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.8081 kg per person, 53% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 0.4252 kg per person is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.3399 kg per person, 1.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Cameroon changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +255.7% | 0.1579 kg per person | 0.5618 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.2524 kg per person | 0.0843 kg per person | 0.5255 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4135 kg per person | 0.1579 kg per person | 0.5766 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6585 kg per person | 0.4962 kg per person | 0.8267 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3275 kg per person | 0.1543 kg per person | 0.5367 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4268 kg per person | 0.3596 kg per person | 0.599 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4867 kg per person | 0.3537 kg per person | 0.5778 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4611 kg per person | 0.3474 kg per person | 0.5618 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 111 Saint Lucia 0.5199 kg per person compare
- 112 Mozambique 0.504 kg per person compare
- 113 Algeria 0.4562 kg per person compare
- 115 Jamaica 0.3749 kg per person compare
- 116 Guinea-Bissau 0.3747 kg per person compare
- 117 Guinea 0.3547 kg per person compare
More climate change data for Cameroon
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 90.03 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 15,120 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 5,419 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 9,701 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 20.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 346.46 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,047 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 798.71 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 248.42 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3.01 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Cameroon?
- Nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Cameroon was 0.4252 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8267 kg per person in 1985.
- What is the lowest nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0843 kg per person in 1962.
- How does Cameroon rank for nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied?
- Cameroon ranks 114th out of 176 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that leaches, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.