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Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that volatilises 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
3.12 billion kg
China
Lowest
0 kg
Niue
Median
5.11 million kg
Years covered
90
1961–2050
Data points
14,463

What the numbers show

Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that volatilises is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 3.12 billion kg in China; the lowest is 0 kg in Niue.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.11 million kg, and the mean is 95.89 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 Aruba (down 100.0%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 3.12 billion kg 2050 — volatile
2 China, mainland 3.10 billion kg 2050 — volatile
3 OECD 2.94 billion kg 2050 — rising
4 India 2.77 billion kg 2050 — volatile
5 Brazil 853.99 million kg 2050 — volatile
6 USSR 777.80 million kg 1991 down 7.2% volatile
7 Pakistan 631.76 million kg 2050 — volatile
8 Indonesia 373.34 million kg 2050 — volatile
9 Canada 226.79 million kg 2050 — volatile
10 France 223.48 million kg 2050 — rising
11 Bangladesh 204.88 million kg 2050 — volatile
12 Mexico 198.12 million kg 2050 — rising
13 Egypt 182.84 million kg 2050 — rising
14 Argentina 178.23 million kg 2050 — volatile
15 Germany 170.34 million kg 2050 — falling
16 Russian Federation 160.42 million kg 2050 — rising
17 Thailand 158.02 million kg 2050 — volatile
18 Australia and New Zealand 141.09 million kg 2050 — volatile
19 Australia 129.78 million kg 2050 — volatile
20 Philippines 122.89 million kg 2050 — volatile
21 Poland 104.82 million kg 2050 — rising
22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 100.79 million kg 2050 — rising
23 Uzbekistan 97.40 million kg 2050 — rising
24 Spain 94.47 million kg 2050 — rising
25 Italy 79.13 million kg 2050 — flat
26 South Africa 71.73 million kg 2050 — rising
27 Ukraine 68.75 million kg 2050 — volatile
28 Iraq 67.25 million kg 2050 — volatile
29 Belarus 64.43 million kg 2050 — rising
30 Morocco 63.03 million kg 2050 — volatile
31 Malaysia 62.18 million kg 2050 — volatile
32 Nigeria 60.84 million kg 2050 — volatile
33 Colombia 57.89 million kg 2050 — volatile
34 Ethiopia 46.79 million kg 2050 — volatile
35 Malawi 41.50 million kg 2050 — volatile
36 Serbia 40.60 million kg 2050 — rising
37 Turkmenistan 40.10 million kg 2050 — volatile
38 Peru 39.70 million kg 2050 — volatile
39 Japan 33.76 million kg 2050 — falling
40 Sri Lanka 32.71 million kg 2050 — volatile
41 Ireland 32.01 million kg 2050 — rising
42 Chile 30.62 million kg 2050 — volatile
43 Zambia 30.32 million kg 2050 — volatile
44 Yugoslav SFR 28.80 million kg 1991 down 39.6% rising
45 Hungary 28.51 million kg 2050 — falling
46 Republic of Korea 28.40 million kg 2050 — falling
47 Uruguay 28.23 million kg 2050 — volatile
48 Czechoslovakia 28.00 million kg 1992 down 55.8% rising
49 Serbia and Montenegro 27.70 million kg 2005 up 114.7% rising
50 Kenya 27.63 million kg 2050 — volatile
51 Romania 26.80 million kg 2050 — volatile
52 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 26.52 million kg 2050 — falling
53 Croatia 25.55 million kg 2050 — rising
54 Guatemala 24.85 million kg 2050 — volatile
55 Tunisia 24.17 million kg 2050 — volatile
56 Czechia 22.20 million kg 2050 — rising
57 Greece 21.98 million kg 2050 — falling
58 Ecuador 21.84 million kg 2050 — volatile
59 China, Taiwan Province of 21.14 million kg 2050 — falling
60 Mali 20.93 million kg 2050 — volatile
61 Paraguay 19.54 million kg 2050 — volatile
62 Denmark 18.45 million kg 2050 — falling
63 Zimbabwe 17.85 million kg 2050 — rising
64 Bulgaria 17.62 million kg 2050 — falling
65 Belgium-Luxembourg 17.10 million kg 1999 down 10.0% rising
66 Sweden 16.04 million kg 2050 — falling
67 El Salvador 15.56 million kg 2050 — rising
68 Myanmar 15.10 million kg 2050 — volatile
69 Norway 14.72 million kg 2050 — rising
70 Finland 14.65 million kg 2050 — flat
71 Belgium 14.35 million kg 2050 — falling
72 Saudi Arabia 13.45 million kg 2050 — volatile
73 Honduras 12.09 million kg 2050 — volatile
74 Lithuania 12.07 million kg 2050 — rising
75 Sudan 12.05 million kg 2023 up 163.9% volatile
76 Burkina Faso 11.87 million kg 2050 — volatile
77 New Zealand 11.31 million kg 2050 — volatile
78 Costa Rica 10.83 million kg 2050 — rising
79 Austria 10.06 million kg 2050 — falling
80 Dominican Republic 9.98 million kg 2050 — volatile
81 Nicaragua 9.81 million kg 2050 — volatile
82 Portugal 9.33 million kg 2050 — falling
83 Cameroon 9.00 million kg 2050 — volatile
84 Sudan (former) 8.76 million kg 2011 up 25.1% rising
85 Slovakia 8.38 million kg 2050 — rising
86 Mozambique 8.17 million kg 2050 — volatile
87 Afghanistan 7.92 million kg 2050 — volatile
88 Somalia 7.67 million kg 2050 — volatile
89 Algeria 7.65 million kg 2050 — rising
90 Libya 7.63 million kg 2050 — volatile
91 Switzerland 7.25 million kg 2050 — rising
92 Cuba 7.01 million kg 2050 — volatile
93 Yemen 6.41 million kg 2050 — volatile
94 Ghana 6.38 million kg 2050 — volatile
95 Cambodia 6.24 million kg 2050 — volatile
96 Armenia 5.76 million kg 2050 — volatile
97 Israel 5.39 million kg 2050 — rising
98 Senegal 5.29 million kg 2050 — volatile
99 Kazakhstan 5.21 million kg 2050 — volatile
100 Kyrgyzstan 5.01 million kg 2050 — rising
101 Albania 4.79 million kg 2050 — volatile
102 Niger 4.59 million kg 2050 — volatile
103 Latvia 4.31 million kg 2050 — rising
104 Angola 4.24 million kg 2050 — volatile
105 Georgia 3.88 million kg 2050 — falling
106 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.85 million kg 2050 — volatile
107 Panama 3.69 million kg 2050 — rising
108 Madagascar 3.68 million kg 2050 — volatile
109 Azerbaijan 3.32 million kg 2050 — volatile
110 Ethiopia PDR 3.01 million kg 1992 up 110.5% volatile
111 Slovenia 2.89 million kg 2050 — falling
112 North Macedonia 2.61 million kg 2050 — rising
113 Chad 2.48 million kg 2050 — volatile
114 Uganda 2.28 million kg 2050 — volatile
115 Estonia 2.22 million kg 2050 — rising
116 United Arab Emirates 2.04 million kg 2050 — volatile
117 Lebanon 1.97 million kg 2050 — rising
118 Papua New Guinea 1.90 million kg 2050 — volatile
119 Guinea 1.78 million kg 2050 — volatile
120 Botswana 1.75 million kg 2023 down 20.2% volatile
121 Iceland 1.68 million kg 2050 — falling
122 Tajikistan 1.56 million kg 2050 — volatile
123 Liberia 1.54 million kg 2050 — volatile
124 Jordan 1.52 million kg 2050 — volatile
125 Nepal 1.49 million kg 2050 — volatile
126 Rwanda 1.46 million kg 2050 — volatile
127 Guyana 1.39 million kg 2050 — rising
128 Luxembourg 1.36 million kg 2050 — falling
129 Eswatini 1.04 million kg 2050 — rising
130 Mongolia 980,044 kg 2050 — volatile
131 Palestine, State of 943,009 kg 2050 — falling
132 Mauritius 911,233 kg 2050 — falling
133 Suriname 844,950 kg 2050 — volatile
134 Burundi 792,167 kg 2050 — volatile
135 Haiti 786,397 kg 2050 — volatile
136 Fiji 753,609 kg 2050 — falling
137 Gambia 729,450 kg 2050 — volatile
138 Trinidad and Tobago 706,667 kg 2050 — falling
139 Cyprus 662,825 kg 2050 — falling
140 Lesotho 654,826 kg 2050 — volatile
141 Jamaica 629,280 kg 2050 — falling
142 Belize 579,425 kg 2050 — volatile
143 Namibia 564,267 kg 2050 — volatile
144 Oman 509,622 kg 2050 — volatile
145 Mauritania 505,003 kg 2050 — volatile
146 Sierra Leone 364,700 kg 2050 — volatile
147 Bhutan 270,050 kg 2050 — volatile
148 Guinea-Bissau 268,950 kg 2023 down 1.8% volatile
149 Puerto Rico 250,310 kg 2050 — rising
150 Montenegro 226,792 kg 2050 — rising
151 Eritrea 210,300 kg 2050 — volatile
152 Gabon 151,267 kg 2050 — volatile
153 Barbados 142,360 kg 2050 — volatile
154 Benin 133,333 kg 2050 — volatile
155 Central African Republic 119,412 kg 2050 — volatile
156 China, Hong Kong SAR 118,584 kg 2050 — falling
157 New Caledonia 112,092 kg 2050 — volatile
158 French Guiana 106,049 kg 2023 up 30.1% volatile
159 Bahrain 98,566 kg 2050 — volatile
160 Togo 78,826 kg 2050 — volatile
161 Kuwait 63,964 kg 2050 — volatile
161 Qatar 63,964 kg 2050 — volatile
163 Malta 61,152 kg 2050 — rising
164 French Polynesia 48,046 kg 2050 — volatile
165 Dominica 47,280 kg 2050 — volatile
166 Martinique 46,974 kg 2050 — volatile
167 Bahamas 45,211 kg 2021 down 35.1% volatile
168 Faroe Islands 41,662 kg 2050 — volatile
169 Réunion 38,904 kg 2023 up 1.9% volatile
170 Saint Lucia 31,071 kg 2023 up 51.5% volatile
171 Equatorial Guinea 30,067 kg 2050 — volatile
172 Brunei Darussalam 25,864 kg 2050 — volatile
173 Congo 22,633 kg 2050 — volatile
174 Maldives 20,773 kg 2050 — volatile
175 Greenland 14,821 kg 2050 — volatile
176 Grenada 13,706 kg 2023 up 3.2% volatile
177 Sao Tome and Principe 13,314 kg 2023 up 92.0% volatile
178 Comoros 10,635 kg 2023 up 3,344.9% volatile
179 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9,790 kg 2023 up 3.2% volatile
180 Seychelles 9,100 kg 2050 — volatile
181 Djibouti 5,238 kg 2023 up 89.1% volatile
182 Singapore 4,230 kg 2050 — volatile
183 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3,640 kg 2050 — volatile
184 Palau 3,557 kg 2050 — volatile
185 Cook Islands 2,590 kg 2050 — volatile
186 Samoa 1,879 kg 2050 — volatile
187 Bermuda 1,361 kg 2023 down 74.4% volatile
188 Antigua and Barbuda 1,120 kg 2050 — volatile
189 Tuvalu 122.4 kg 2023 down 78.1% falling
190 Aruba 0 kg 2023 down 100.0% volatile
190 Kiribati 0 kg 2023 down 100.0% volatile
190 Naoero 0 kg 2023 — volatile
190 Solomon Islands 0 kg 2023 down 100.0% volatile
190 South Sudan 0 kg 2050 — volatile
190 Tonga 0 kg 2050 — volatile
190 Vanuatu 0 kg 2023 down 100.0% volatile
190 Guadeloupe 0 kg 2023 — volatile
190 Niue 0 kg 2023 down 100.0% 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 volatilises
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).