Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Emissions N2O) in Belgium
Belgium: Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Emissions N2O) was 0.0001 kt per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Emissions N2O) in Belgium, 2002–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kt per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nutrient nitrogen n (total) — synthetic fertilizers (emissions n2o) in Belgium is 0.0001 kt per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 22 years on record.
The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 36.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient nitrogen n (total) — synthetic fertilizers (emissions n2o) in Belgium peaked at 0.0001 kt per square kilometre in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0001 kt per square kilometre, in 2023.
That places Belgium 9th out of 176 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Emissions N2O) in Belgium, year by year
| Year | kt per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | — |
| 2003 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | -10.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | +13.9% |
| 2010 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | +5.1% |
| 2015 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | -5.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | -29.4% |
| 2023 | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | -3.0% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 0.0001 kt per square kilometre is above the median for high income countries, which is 0 kt per square kilometre, 6.7× the median. (61 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 0.0001 kt per square kilometre is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0 kt per square kilometre, 2.8× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Emissions N2O) in Belgium 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | -29.4% | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 8 |
| 2010s | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More climate change data for Belgium
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 143.51 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 8,360 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,763 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 6,597 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 6.65 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 235.6 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,004 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 993.72 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 10.01 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3.75 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient nitrogen n (total) — synthetic fertilizers (emissions n2o) in Belgium?
- Nutrient nitrogen n (total) — synthetic fertilizers (emissions n2o) in Belgium was 0.0001 kt per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest nutrient nitrogen n (total) — synthetic fertilizers (emissions n2o) recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0001 kt per square kilometre in 2015.
- What is the lowest nutrient nitrogen n (total) — synthetic fertilizers (emissions n2o) recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0001 kt per square kilometre in 2023.
- How does Belgium rank for nutrient nitrogen n (total) — synthetic fertilizers (emissions n2o)?
- Belgium ranks 9th out of 176 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient nitrogen n (total) — synthetic fertilizers (emissions n2o) rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Emissions N2O) 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 (Emissions N2O) ÷ 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 (Emissions N2O) 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.