Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that leaches, per unit of GDP by country
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that leaches divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
174
Highest
0.0062 kg per US$ of GDP
Malawi
Lowest
0 kg per US$ of GDP
Vanuatu
Median
0.0002 kg per US$ of GDP
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,212
What the numbers show
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that leaches, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 174 countries. The highest value is 0.0062 kg per US$ of GDP in Malawi; the lowest is 0 kg per US$ of GDP in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0002 kg per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0.0004 kg per US$ of GDP.
Over the past decade 54 countries rose and 119 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Kitts and Nevis (up 75,817.6%), 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 | Malawi | 0.0062 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 180.1% | falling |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | 0.0039 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Pakistan | 0.0034 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 0.0027 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Zambia | 0.0025 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 67.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Belarus | 0.002 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 7 | Tajikistan | 0.0018 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 638.0% | volatile |
| 8 | India | 0.0018 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 9 | Belize | 0.0016 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Ukraine | 0.0016 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 11 | Thailand | 0.0016 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 32.7% | falling |
| 12 | Suriname | 0.0012 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 220.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Ethiopia | 0.0012 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 0.001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 15 | Bulgaria | 0.001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Nicaragua | 0.001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Cambodia | 0.001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Burkina Faso | 0.001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Egypt | 0.001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Paraguay | 0.0009 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Honduras | 0.0009 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Sudan | 0.0009 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 184.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Brazil | 0.0009 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 77.7% | falling |
| 24 | Serbia | 0.0009 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 57.7% | falling |
| 25 | Benin | 0.0008 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 594.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Togo | 0.0008 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 77.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Mozambique | 0.0008 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 74.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Zimbabwe | 0.0008 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Mongolia | 0.0008 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Uruguay | 0.0008 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 31 | Gambia | 0.0007 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 5,491.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Indonesia | 0.0007 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Mali | 0.0006 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 54.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Afghanistan | 0.0006 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Burundi | 0.0006 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 25.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Nepal | 0.0006 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Argentina | 0.0006 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Latvia | 0.0006 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 39 | Guatemala | 0.0005 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 49.6% | falling |
| 40 | Namibia | 0.0005 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 158.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Lithuania | 0.0005 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 42 | Eswatini | 0.0005 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Morocco | 0.0005 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Kenya | 0.0005 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0005 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Myanmar | 0.0004 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Philippines | 0.0004 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 48 | New Zealand | 0.0004 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Poland | 0.0004 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 50 | Canada | 0.0004 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 51 | Sri Lanka | 0.0004 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Georgia | 0.0004 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 53 | China | 0.0004 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Tunisia | 0.0004 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Romania | 0.0004 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0004 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Hungary | 0.0004 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Australia | 0.0004 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 60.7% | falling |
| 59 | Colombia | 0.0003 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 60 | El Salvador | 0.0003 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 61 | South Africa | 0.0003 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Albania | 0.0003 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 63 | North Macedonia | 0.0003 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Rwanda | 0.0003 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Croatia | 0.0003 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 66 | Lesotho | 0.0003 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 0.0003 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Malaysia | 0.0003 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Ghana | 0.0003 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Estonia | 0.0003 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Chad | 0.0003 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 60.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Madagascar | 0.0003 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Botswana | 0.0003 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 41.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Azerbaijan | 0.0003 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 160.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0003 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Fiji | 0.0003 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Peru | 0.0002 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Cameroon | 0.0002 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0002 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Guyana | 0.0002 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 81 | Slovakia | 0.0002 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Lebanon | 0.0002 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 82.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Mexico | 0.0002 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Guinea | 0.0002 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 133.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Chile | 0.0002 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Greece | 0.0002 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Ecuador | 0.0002 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Czechia | 0.0002 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Liberia | 0.0002 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 40.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Armenia | 0.0002 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Jordan | 0.0002 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Iraq | 0.0002 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 93 | France | 0.0002 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 0.0002 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Ireland | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Denmark | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Niger | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Spain | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Finland | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Panama | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Sierra Leone | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Cuba | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Slovenia | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Mauritius | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Sweden | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Libya | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Portugal | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Palestine | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Gabon | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 293.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Algeria | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Iceland | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 48.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Eritrea | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 94.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Kazakhstan | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Senegal | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 76.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Cyprus | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Italy | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Uganda | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Germany | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Bhutan | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Norway | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Austria | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Nigeria | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 125 | Mauritania | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Montenegro | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 46.1% | falling |
| 127 | Angola | 0.0001 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Jamaica | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Belgium | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 130 | Saint Lucia | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Oman | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Tonga | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Grenada | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 34.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Luxembourg | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 135 | Congo | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 170.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Japan | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Comoros | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 2,523.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Yemen | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2018 | down 90.6% | volatile |
| 140 | New Caledonia | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Israel | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Somalia | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 1,204.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Switzerland | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Bahamas | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2021 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 82.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Maldives | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 147 | French Polynesia | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Central African Republic | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Palau | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 81.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Malta | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 171.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Tuvalu | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 153 | United Arab Emirates | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Barbados | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 91.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Seychelles | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Haiti | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 94.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Kuwait | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Djibouti | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 75,817.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Puerto Rico | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 161 | Samoa | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Qatar | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Greenland | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Faroe Islands | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Bermuda | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 80.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Singapore | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Aruba | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Bahrain | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Dominica | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Kiribati | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Nauru | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 0 kg per US$ of GDP | 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.
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0004 kg per US$ of GDP
- World 0.0003 kg per US$ of GDP
How this figure is calculated
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that leaches divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that leaches ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
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 GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.