Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural use), per square kilometre by country
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural use) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
175
Highest
11,532 kg per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0 kg per square kilometre
Vanuatu
Median
339.69 kg per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,026
What the numbers show
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural use), per square kilometre is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 11,532 kg per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0 kg per square kilometre in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 339.69 kg per square kilometre, and the mean is 876.08 kg per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Kitts and Nevis (up 91,538.4%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 11,532 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 6,880 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Thailand | 5,254 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Pakistan | 4,941 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Denmark | 4,901 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 6 | Ireland | 4,073 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 7 | Poland | 3,775 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 3,528 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 9 | Belgium | 3,499 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 10 | France | 3,217 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 11 | Bulgaria | 3,139 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | flat |
| 12 | Czechia | 3,079 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 13 | Germany | 2,973 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 14 | Hungary | 2,909 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 15 | Malawi | 2,906 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 366.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Serbia | 2,762 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 17 | China | 2,628 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Mauritius | 2,499 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 19 | Belarus | 2,418 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 20 | Slovakia | 2,240 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 21 | Philippines | 2,191 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 2,181 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 23 | Lithuania | 2,035 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 24 | Romania | 2,015 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Sri Lanka | 1,927 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 26 | Italy | 1,926 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 27 | Malta | 1,832 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 28 | El Salvador | 1,799 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.1% | rising |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 1,721 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 30 | Ukraine | 1,715 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Guatemala | 1,684 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Indonesia | 1,577 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Croatia | 1,552 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 34 | Spain | 1,547 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 35 | Lebanon | 1,525 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 36 | New Zealand | 1,401 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Dominican Republic | 1,362 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 79.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Israel | 1,355 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 39 | Greece | 1,353 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 40 | Latvia | 1,291 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 41 | Egypt | 1,282 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 42 | Slovenia | 1,237 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 43 | Malaysia | 1,212 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Austria | 1,183 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 45 | Uruguay | 1,153 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Turkmenistan | 1,086 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Switzerland | 1,010 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 48 | Portugal | 973.62 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 49 | Cyprus | 963.2 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.5% | falling |
| 50 | Honduras | 933.3 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Japan | 926.02 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 52 | Albania | 916.94 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Palestine | 909.17 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 54 | Estonia | 898.76 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 55 | Maldives | 798.45 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Cambodia | 792.14 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 177.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Azerbaijan | 780.06 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 154.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Brazil | 766.26 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Belize | 735.2 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Mexico | 702.5 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 61 | North Macedonia | 651.68 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 62 | Rwanda | 612.76 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 124.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Georgia | 604.4 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.8% | falling |
| 64 | Nepal | 558.01 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Armenia | 550.75 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Gambia | 542.92 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9,583.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Tajikistan | 542.05 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 978.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Panama | 520.77 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 69 | Morocco | 511.99 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Saint Lucia | 509.36 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 71 | Nicaragua | 489.61 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 62.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Togo | 488.23 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 185.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Benin | 486.83 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 991.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Ethiopia | 484.95 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 218.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 478.15 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Finland | 462.8 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 77 | Argentina | 460.22 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Sweden | 451.79 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 79 | Eswatini | 421.86 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 80 | Tunisia | 415.07 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Grenada | 403.12 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 82 | Jordan | 399.73 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Iraq | 390.96 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Colombia | 384.08 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Canada | 354.55 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 86 | South Africa | 346.75 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 87 | Ghana | 346.74 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Paraguay | 339.69 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Ecuador | 335.11 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Chile | 329.65 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Jamaica | 327.67 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 92 | Barbados | 327.65 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 88.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Zambia | 312.2 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Norway | 291.37 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 95 | Kenya | 286.84 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Australia | 279.55 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Burundi | 268.24 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Fiji | 254.91 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.6% | falling |
| 99 | Bermuda | 252.07 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.4% | falling |
| 100 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 251.03 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Zimbabwe | 249.68 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.5% | rising |
| 102 | Burkina Faso | 237.71 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Trinidad and Tobago | 180.81 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.5% | falling |
| 104 | Peru | 173.6 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 105 | United Arab Emirates | 160.26 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Myanmar | 153.35 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Puerto Rico | 146.13 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 108 | Sao Tome and Principe | 138.69 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 92.0% | rising |
| 109 | Kuwait | 136.08 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Qatar | 135.53 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Kyrgyzstan | 120.32 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 112 | Saudi Arabia | 120.17 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Montenegro | 97.92 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 114 | Nigeria | 96.41 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Guinea-Bissau | 95.64 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Tonga | 93.6 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Seychelles | 87.97 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Suriname | 87.23 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Iceland | 86.31 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 120 | Cameroon | 85.06 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Bahrain | 80.27 kg per square kilometre | 2022 | down 98.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Mozambique | 71.86 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 112.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Lesotho | 70.88 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Guinea | 69.32 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 525.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Guyana | 64.7 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 126 | Sudan | 64.5 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 163.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Uganda | 58.18 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 128 | French Polynesia | 57.17 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 129 | Comoros | 57.15 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,344.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Singapore | 56.64 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Papua New Guinea | 55.68 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Afghanistan | 54.77 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Cuba | 50.75 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 48.64 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 91,538.4% | volatile |
| 135 | Bahamas | 45.17 kg per square kilometre | 2021 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Mali | 43.53 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Senegal | 42.76 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Tuvalu | 40.8 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 78.1% | falling |
| 139 | Oman | 40.13 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Mongolia | 34.8 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 113.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Sierra Leone | 34.34 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Botswana | 30.96 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 143 | New Caledonia | 30.74 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 144 | Liberia | 30.31 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Algeria | 29.47 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 146 | Kazakhstan | 26.08 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Namibia | 25.2 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 168.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Madagascar | 25.18 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Gabon | 21.5 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 333.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Palau | 17.45 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Bhutan | 16.85 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Angola | 14.54 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Chad | 13.44 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Yemen | 12.52 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Haiti | 12.51 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 11.3 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Eritrea | 10.66 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Libya | 7.79 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Niger | 6.42 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Faroe Islands | 5 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Congo | 4.31 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 130.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Samoa | 3.79 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Djibouti | 2.26 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 89.1% | volatile |
| 164 | Mauritania | 1.86 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Somalia | 0.9896 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,723.0% | volatile |
| 166 | South Sudan | 0.7242 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Central African Republic | 0.1272 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 168 | Greenland | 0.056 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 169 | Aruba | 0 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Dominica | 0 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Kiribati | 0 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Nauru | 0 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Solomon Islands | 0 kg per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Vanuatu | 0 kg per square kilometre | 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.
- World 859.96 kg per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 113.04 kg per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural use) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural use) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural use) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.