Australia vs New Zealand: Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, per capita

Australia
0.1012 t per person
in 2024
New Zealand
0.0732 t per person
in 2024
Australia rank
1st
New Zealand rank
3rd

Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, per capita over time

  • Australia
  • New Zealand
00.020.040.060.080.1196119922024

How they compare

Australia currently reports 0.1012 t per person against 0.0732 t per person in New Zealand, a difference of 0.028 t per person.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.4 times New Zealand's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.

Australia ranks 1st and New Zealand ranks 3rd of 173 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 5 and New Zealand in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia New Zealand Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0073 t per person 0.0023 t per person 0.0051 t per person Australia
1970s 0.0129 t per person 0.0066 t per person 0.0064 t per person Australia
1980s 0.0207 t per person 0.0088 t per person 0.0119 t per person Australia
1990s 0.0383 t per person 0.0326 t per person 0.0058 t per person Australia
2000s 0.0462 t per person 0.0745 t per person 0.0283 t per person New Zealand
2010s 0.0542 t per person 0.0879 t per person 0.0337 t per person New Zealand
2020s 0.0816 t per person 0.0804 t per person 0.0012 t per person Australia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nutrient nitrogen n (total) — agricultural use, per capita, Australia or New Zealand?
Australia, at 0.1012 t per person against 0.0732 t per person in New Zealand as of 2024.
What is the difference in nutrient nitrogen n (total) — agricultural use, per capita between Australia and New Zealand?
0.028 t per person, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Australia and New Zealand rank globally for nutrient nitrogen n (total) — agricultural use, per capita?
Australia ranks 1st and New Zealand ranks 3rd of 173 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, per capita
Unit
t per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
174 places, 9,068 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.