Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Malta
Malta: Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied was 0.3181 kg per person in 2023. ▼ Falling
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Malta, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kg per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Malta is 0.3181 kg per person, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 21.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Malta peaked at 0.9086 kg per person in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0.1721 kg per person, in 1982.
That places Malta 122nd out of 176 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Malta, year by year
| Year | kg per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.3717 kg per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.3723 kg per person | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 0.506 kg per person | +35.9% |
| 1964 | 0.4184 kg per person | -17.3% |
| 1965 | 0.304 kg per person | -27.3% |
| 1966 | 0.2979 kg per person | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 0.416 kg per person | +39.6% |
| 1968 | 0.2933 kg per person | -29.5% |
| 1969 | 0.485 kg per person | +65.4% |
| 1970 | 0.5581 kg per person | +15.1% |
| 1971 | 0.4817 kg per person | -13.7% |
| 1972 | 0.6031 kg per person | +25.2% |
| 1973 | 0.268 kg per person | -55.6% |
| 1974 | 0.2315 kg per person | -13.6% |
| 1975 | 0.2288 kg per person | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 0.2404 kg per person | +5.1% |
| 1977 | 0.56 kg per person | +133.0% |
| 1978 | 0.5571 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 0.4672 kg per person | -16.1% |
| 1980 | 0.9086 kg per person | +94.5% |
| 1981 | 0.2144 kg per person | -76.4% |
| 1982 | 0.1721 kg per person | -19.7% |
| 1983 | 0.4429 kg per person | +157.3% |
| 1984 | 0.481 kg per person | +8.6% |
| 1985 | 0.4628 kg per person | -3.8% |
| 1986 | 0.4104 kg per person | -11.3% |
| 1987 | 0.5016 kg per person | +22.2% |
| 1988 | 0.4025 kg per person | -19.8% |
| 1989 | 0.3738 kg per person | -7.1% |
| 1990 | 0.3948 kg per person | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 0.3843 kg per person | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 0.4192 kg per person | +9.1% |
| 1993 | 0.3981 kg per person | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 0.3944 kg per person | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 0.6979 kg per person | +77.0% |
| 1996 | 0.4628 kg per person | -33.7% |
| 1997 | 0.4649 kg per person | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 0.9024 kg per person | +94.1% |
| 1999 | 0.3491 kg per person | -61.3% |
| 2000 | 0.5804 kg per person | +66.3% |
| 2001 | 0.4767 kg per person | -17.9% |
| 2002 | 0.4998 kg per person | +4.8% |
| 2003 | 0.4034 kg per person | -19.3% |
| 2004 | 0.394 kg per person | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 0.439 kg per person | +11.4% |
| 2006 | 0.5042 kg per person | +14.9% |
| 2007 | 0.4365 kg per person | -13.4% |
| 2008 | 0.2984 kg per person | -31.6% |
| 2009 | 0.32 kg per person | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 0.3995 kg per person | +24.8% |
| 2011 | 0.3393 kg per person | -15.1% |
| 2012 | 0.3916 kg per person | +15.4% |
| 2013 | 0.4035 kg per person | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4115 kg per person | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4172 kg per person | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 0.375 kg per person | -10.1% |
| 2017 | 0.376 kg per person | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.3631 kg per person | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 0.3488 kg per person | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 0.3411 kg per person | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 0.3394 kg per person | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.3311 kg per person | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 0.3181 kg per person | -3.9% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 0.3181 kg per person is below the median for high income countries, which is 2.9 kg per person, 11% of the median. (61 countries reporting)
- Malta's 0.3181 kg per person is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.5626 kg per person, 57% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Malta 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +157.3% | 0.1721 kg per person | 0.4429 kg per person |
| 1977 | +133.0% | 0.2404 kg per person | 0.56 kg per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.385 kg per person | 0.2933 kg per person | 0.506 kg per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4196 kg per person | 0.2288 kg per person | 0.6031 kg per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.437 kg per person | 0.1721 kg per person | 0.9086 kg per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4868 kg per person | 0.3491 kg per person | 0.9024 kg per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4352 kg per person | 0.2984 kg per person | 0.5804 kg per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3826 kg per person | 0.3393 kg per person | 0.4172 kg per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3324 kg per person | 0.3181 kg per person | 0.3411 kg per person | 4 |
Countries ranked near Malta
More climate change data for Malta
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 611,521 kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 109.61 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 21.84 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 87.78 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.0824 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3.13 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 4.61 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 4.53 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 0.0784 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.0171 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Malta?
- Nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied in Malta was 0.3181 kg per person in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9086 kg per person in 1980.
- What is the lowest nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1721 kg per person in 1982.
- How does Malta rank for nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied?
- Malta ranks 122nd out of 176 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta 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.