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Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that volatilises, per capita by country

Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that volatilises 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
8.07 kg per person
Australia
Lowest
0 kg per person
Vanuatu
Median
0.389 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 volatilises, per capita is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 8.07 kg per person in Australia; the lowest is 0 kg per person in Vanuatu.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.389 kg per person, and the mean is 1.03 kg per person.

Over the past decade 72 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Kitts and Nevis (up 92,147.9%), 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 Australia 8.07 kg per person 2023 up 52.6% volatile
2 Canada 7.78 kg per person 2023 up 10.9% rising
3 New Zealand 7.1 kg per person 2023 down 14.8% volatile
4 Turkmenistan 6.93 kg per person 2023 up 8.4% rising
5 Uruguay 5.96 kg per person 2023 down 4.3% volatile
6 Belarus 5.35 kg per person 2023 down 5.6% rising
7 Bulgaria 5.29 kg per person 2023 up 29.5% rising
8 Ireland 5.28 kg per person 2023 down 26.4% rising
9 Lithuania 4.44 kg per person 2023 down 16.5% rising
10 Latvia 4.26 kg per person 2023 up 23.1% rising
11 Belize 4.08 kg per person 2023 up 1.8% volatile
12 Thailand 3.74 kg per person 2023 up 59.0% volatile
13 Serbia 3.51 kg per person 2023 down 26.3% falling
14 Denmark 3.3 kg per person 2023 up 3.7% falling
15 Poland 3.15 kg per person 2023 up 9.1% rising
16 Brazil 3.03 kg per person 2023 up 48.0% volatile
17 Estonia 2.8 kg per person 2023 up 9.7% rising
18 Hungary 2.77 kg per person 2023 down 20.3% flat
19 Argentina 2.77 kg per person 2023 up 49.4% volatile
20 Uzbekistan 2.7 kg per person 2023 up 18.6% falling
21 Ukraine 2.63 kg per person 2023 up 16.5% volatile
22 France 2.54 kg per person 2023 down 22.8% rising
23 Finland 2.52 kg per person 2023 down 0.8% falling
24 Romania 2.43 kg per person 2023 up 41.1% falling
25 Iceland 2.26 kg per person 2023 down 15.2% falling
26 Croatia 2.25 kg per person 2023 up 22.3% falling
27 Suriname 2.23 kg per person 2023 up 95.8% volatile
28 Czechia 2.19 kg per person 2023 down 30.7% rising
29 Slovakia 1.98 kg per person 2023 down 5.4% rising
30 Paraguay 1.97 kg per person 2023 up 1.9% volatile
31 Norway 1.92 kg per person 2023 up 2.3% flat
32 China 1.75 kg per person 2023 down 23.0% volatile
33 Sweden 1.75 kg per person 2023 up 4.1% falling
34 Costa Rica 1.72 kg per person 2023 down 9.8% rising
35 Greece 1.68 kg per person 2023 down 2.9% falling
36 Guyana 1.65 kg per person 2023 down 25.3% rising
37 Spain 1.6 kg per person 2023 down 22.5% rising
38 Mongolia 1.56 kg per person 2023 up 78.0% volatile
39 Pakistan 1.54 kg per person 2023 up 0.3% rising
40 India 1.42 kg per person 2023 up 10.0% volatile
41 Luxembourg 1.36 kg per person 2023 down 44.6% falling
42 Malawi 1.3 kg per person 2023 up 256.9% volatile
43 Germany 1.25 kg per person 2023 down 40.0% falling
44 Chile 1.25 kg per person 2023 down 19.6% rising
45 Slovenia 1.17 kg per person 2023 down 11.2% falling
46 Malaysia 1.13 kg per person 2023 down 38.4% rising
47 Georgia 1.13 kg per person 2023 up 85.9% flat
48 Zambia 1.12 kg per person 2023 up 22.5% volatile
49 Egypt 1.11 kg per person 2023 down 3.8% rising
50 Austria 1.07 kg per person 2023 down 19.1% falling
51 Indonesia 1.06 kg per person 2023 down 2.7% volatile
52 Mexico 1.05 kg per person 2023 down 15.6% rising
53 Albania 1.04 kg per person 2023 down 4.4% volatile
54 Guatemala 0.9959 kg per person 2023 down 15.8% rising
55 Honduras 0.981 kg per person 2023 up 16.7% volatile
56 Italy 0.9654 kg per person 2023 down 3.1% falling
57 Belgium 0.9057 kg per person 2023 down 39.6% falling
58 North Macedonia 0.8992 kg per person 2023 down 10.5% rising
59 Bangladesh 0.8742 kg per person 2023 up 23.1% volatile
60 Panama 0.8664 kg per person 2023 up 24.2% falling
61 Nicaragua 0.8635 kg per person 2023 up 42.4% rising
62 Portugal 0.8431 kg per person 2023 down 20.3% falling
63 Colombia 0.8145 kg per person 2023 down 3.1% rising
64 Cambodia 0.8025 kg per person 2023 up 141.4% volatile
65 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.7686 kg per person 2023 down 67.4% volatile
66 Saudi Arabia 0.7665 kg per person 2023 up 23.4% volatile
67 Tajikistan 0.7241 kg per person 2023 up 745.9% volatile
68 Botswana 0.7075 kg per person 2023 down 31.1% volatile
69 Namibia 0.7003 kg per person 2023 up 104.1% volatile
70 South Africa 0.6654 kg per person 2023 down 9.9% flat
71 Cyprus 0.6617 kg per person 2023 up 12.3% falling
72 Peru 0.6565 kg per person 2023 down 22.6% rising
73 Azerbaijan 0.6349 kg per person 2023 up 135.5% volatile
74 Morocco 0.6059 kg per person 2023 down 14.3% rising
75 Zimbabwe 0.5911 kg per person 2023 up 59.9% falling
76 El Salvador 0.5909 kg per person 2023 down 47.6% falling
77 Eswatini 0.5897 kg per person 2023 up 20.6% falling
78 Dominican Republic 0.5793 kg per person 2023 up 61.0% rising
79 Philippines 0.5687 kg per person 2023 up 10.0% rising
80 Sri Lanka 0.541 kg per person 2023 down 12.8% rising
81 Tunisia 0.5285 kg per person 2023 down 0.0% rising
82 Armenia 0.5239 kg per person 2023 down 73.0% volatile
83 Fiji 0.5039 kg per person 2023 up 24.5% falling
84 Ecuador 0.4629 kg per person 2023 down 54.7% volatile
85 Switzerland 0.4487 kg per person 2023 down 25.7% falling
86 Ethiopia 0.4253 kg per person 2023 up 143.3% volatile
87 Mauritius 0.3997 kg per person 2023 down 33.7% falling
88 Benin 0.389 kg per person 2023 up 728.4% volatile
89 Iraq 0.3766 kg per person 2023 down 16.9% volatile
90 Kazakhstan 0.3463 kg per person 2023 up 9.1% volatile
91 Kyrgyzstan 0.325 kg per person 2023 down 35.5% falling
92 Togo 0.3229 kg per person 2023 up 136.2% volatile
93 Jordan 0.3103 kg per person 2023 down 0.1% volatile
94 Kenya 0.3011 kg per person 2023 down 8.7% rising
95 Israel 0.2978 kg per person 2023 down 48.8% falling
96 Burkina Faso 0.2825 kg per person 2023 down 1.4% volatile
97 Japan 0.2711 kg per person 2023 down 5.8% falling
98 Lebanon 0.2703 kg per person 2023 down 22.3% volatile
99 Nepal 0.2694 kg per person 2023 down 5.1% volatile
100 Oman 0.246 kg per person 2023 down 16.0% volatile
101 Papua New Guinea 0.2427 kg per person 2023 up 21.9% volatile
102 Sudan 0.2407 kg per person 2023 up 99.3% rising
103 Ghana 0.2335 kg per person 2023 up 41.0% volatile
104 Mali 0.2235 kg per person 2023 down 47.7% volatile
105 Gabon 0.2229 kg per person 2023 up 233.9% volatile
106 Montenegro 0.2112 kg per person 2023 down 7.0% falling
107 Gambia 0.2037 kg per person 2023 up 7,451.1% volatile
108 New Caledonia 0.1939 kg per person 2023 up 7.6% volatile
109 Libya 0.1875 kg per person 2023 down 62.1% volatile
110 Myanmar 0.1849 kg per person 2023 down 49.8% volatile
111 Saint Lucia 0.1733 kg per person 2023 up 46.5% volatile
112 Mozambique 0.168 kg per person 2023 up 58.1% volatile
113 Algeria 0.1521 kg per person 2023 down 8.7% volatile
114 Cameroon 0.1417 kg per person 2023 down 18.3% rising
115 Jamaica 0.125 kg per person 2023 down 27.6% falling
116 Guinea-Bissau 0.1249 kg per person 2023 down 22.7% volatile
117 Guinea 0.1182 kg per person 2023 up 386.0% volatile
118 Grenada 0.1171 kg per person 2023 up 0.0% volatile
119 Bahamas 0.1141 kg per person 2021 down 38.5% volatile
120 United Arab Emirates 0.1086 kg per person 2023 down 50.4% volatile
121 Rwanda 0.1083 kg per person 2023 up 78.8% volatile
122 Malta 0.106 kg per person 2023 down 21.2% falling
123 Palestine 0.106 kg per person 2023 down 37.2% falling
124 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0966 kg per person 2023 up 10.2% volatile
125 Lesotho 0.0931 kg per person 2023 down 56.6% volatile
126 Chad 0.0876 kg per person 2023 up 16.7% volatile
127 Afghanistan 0.0862 kg per person 2023 down 21.9% volatile
128 Bhutan 0.0817 kg per person 2023 down 21.8% volatile
129 French Polynesia 0.0706 kg per person 2023 down 21.4% volatile
130 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0678 kg per person 2023 down 84.8% falling
131 Tonga 0.0644 kg per person 2023 down 4.9% volatile
132 Qatar 0.0586 kg per person 2023 down 29.8% volatile
133 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0577 kg per person 2023 up 60.6% volatile
134 Liberia 0.0531 kg per person 2023 down 32.8% volatile
135 Burundi 0.0503 kg per person 2023 up 33.4% volatile
136 Kuwait 0.05 kg per person 2023 down 41.6% volatile
137 Barbados 0.0499 kg per person 2023 down 88.6% volatile
138 Angola 0.0493 kg per person 2023 down 36.9% volatile
139 Cuba 0.0478 kg per person 2023 down 92.3% volatile
140 Madagascar 0.047 kg per person 2023 up 10.4% volatile
141 Senegal 0.0455 kg per person 2023 down 70.7% volatile
142 Palau 0.0453 kg per person 2023 down 77.2% volatile
143 Maldives 0.0452 kg per person 2023 down 29.4% volatile
144 Puerto Rico 0.0405 kg per person 2023 down 4.6% rising
145 Greenland 0.0404 kg per person 2023 up 23.6% volatile
146 Nigeria 0.0385 kg per person 2023 down 74.1% volatile
147 Mauritania 0.0382 kg per person 2023 down 37.7% volatile
148 Eritrea 0.0372 kg per person 2023 up 39.5% volatile
149 Seychelles 0.0338 kg per person 2023 up 16.3% volatile
150 Niger 0.0311 kg per person 2023 down 19.1% volatile
151 Sierra Leone 0.0293 kg per person 2023 up 3.5% volatile
152 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.027 kg per person 2023 up 92,147.9% volatile
153 Uganda 0.024 kg per person 2023 down 11.7% volatile
154 Congo 0.0238 kg per person 2023 up 81.2% volatile
155 Bermuda 0.021 kg per person 2023 down 74.9% volatile
156 Equatorial Guinea 0.0172 kg per person 2023 up 13.2% volatile
157 Yemen 0.0168 kg per person 2023 down 81.6% volatile
158 Faroe Islands 0.0126 kg per person 2023 down 97.9% volatile
159 Comoros 0.0125 kg per person 2023 up 2,720.3% volatile
160 Tuvalu 0.0125 kg per person 2023 down 75.5% falling
161 Samoa 0.0049 kg per person 2023 up 12.0% volatile
162 Djibouti 0.0045 kg per person 2023 up 61.6% volatile
163 South Sudan 0.004 kg per person 2023 — volatile
164 Somalia 0.0034 kg per person 2023 up 1,878.9% volatile
165 Haiti 0.003 kg per person 2023 down 93.2% volatile
166 Central African Republic 0.0015 kg per person 2023 down 37.0% volatile
167 Singapore 0.0007 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

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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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Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that volatilises 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 volatilises ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that volatilises, per capita
Unit
kg per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
178 places, 9,865 data points, 1961–2023
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Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that volatilises divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.