Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre by country
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — 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
173
Highest
11.53 t per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
0 t per square kilometre
Vanuatu
Median
0.3397 t per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
8,896
What the numbers show
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 11.53 t per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0 t per square kilometre in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3397 t per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.8909 t per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 9,710.7%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bangladesh | 11.53 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 6.88 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Thailand | 5.25 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Pakistan | 4.94 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Denmark | 4.9 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | falling |
| 6 | Ireland | 4.07 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 7 | Poland | 3.77 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 8 | Dominican Republic | 3.62 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 376.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 3.56 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 10 | Belgium | 3.5 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 11 | France | 3.4 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 3.14 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.6% | flat |
| 13 | Czechia | 3.08 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 14 | Hungary | 2.91 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 15 | Germany | 2.8 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 16 | Serbia | 2.76 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 17 | China | 2.63 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Mauritius | 2.5 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 19 | Belarus | 2.42 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 20 | Slovakia | 2.24 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 21 | Philippines | 2.19 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 2.18 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.7% | rising |
| 23 | Lithuania | 2.03 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 24 | Romania | 2.02 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Sri Lanka | 1.93 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 26 | Italy | 1.93 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 27 | Malta | 1.83 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 28 | El Salvador | 1.8 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.1% | rising |
| 29 | Costa Rica | 1.72 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 30 | Ukraine | 1.71 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Guatemala | 1.68 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Egypt | 1.59 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 33 | Indonesia | 1.58 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Croatia | 1.55 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 35 | Spain | 1.55 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 36 | Lebanon | 1.53 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 37 | New Zealand | 1.4 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Israel | 1.36 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 39 | Greece | 1.35 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 40 | Malawi | 1.31 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 110.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Latvia | 1.29 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 42 | Slovenia | 1.24 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 43 | Malaysia | 1.21 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Austria | 1.18 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | flat |
| 45 | Uruguay | 1.15 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Turkmenistan | 1.09 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Switzerland | 1.01 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 48 | Cyprus | 0.9695 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.4% | falling |
| 49 | Portugal | 0.9464 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 50 | Honduras | 0.9333 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Albania | 0.9169 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Palestine | 0.909 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 53 | Estonia | 0.8988 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 54 | Maldives | 0.7953 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Cambodia | 0.7921 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 177.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Azerbaijan | 0.78 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 154.0% | volatile |
| 57 | Brazil | 0.7663 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Belize | 0.7352 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Mexico | 0.7025 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 60 | North Macedonia | 0.6517 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 61 | Rwanda | 0.6127 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 124.9% | volatile |
| 62 | Georgia | 0.6044 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.8% | falling |
| 63 | Japan | 0.5765 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 64 | Nepal | 0.558 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Armenia | 0.5507 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Gambia | 0.5429 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9,710.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Tajikistan | 0.542 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 978.7% | volatile |
| 68 | Panama | 0.5208 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 69 | Saint Lucia | 0.5082 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 70 | United Arab Emirates | 0.4979 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 109.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Togo | 0.4882 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 185.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Benin | 0.4868 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 991.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Ethiopia | 0.4849 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 218.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.4781 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.2% | volatile |
| 75 | South Africa | 0.4765 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 76 | Colombia | 0.4656 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Finland | 0.4551 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 78 | Sweden | 0.4518 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 79 | Argentina | 0.4458 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Nicaragua | 0.4238 t per square kilometre | 2022 | down 22.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Eswatini | 0.4218 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 82 | Tunisia | 0.4151 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Grenada | 0.4029 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 84 | Morocco | 0.3996 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Iraq | 0.391 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Canada | 0.3527 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Paraguay | 0.3397 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Ecuador | 0.3351 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Chile | 0.3297 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Jamaica | 0.3276 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 91 | Barbados | 0.3256 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 88.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Zambia | 0.3122 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.9% | volatile |
| 93 | Kenya | 0.2868 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Norway | 0.2819 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 95 | Australia | 0.2808 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Burundi | 0.2682 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Ghana | 0.2602 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Nigeria | 0.2577 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Fiji | 0.2549 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.6% | falling |
| 100 | Zimbabwe | 0.2497 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.5% | rising |
| 101 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2487 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Bermuda | 0.2407 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 75.5% | falling |
| 103 | Burkina Faso | 0.2377 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Jordan | 0.1859 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1807 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 84.5% | falling |
| 106 | Peru | 0.1736 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Myanmar | 0.1534 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Puerto Rico | 0.1461 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 109 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1385 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 92.8% | rising |
| 110 | Kuwait | 0.136 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Qatar | 0.1355 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1203 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 113 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1202 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Montenegro | 0.0978 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 115 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0956 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 116 | Tonga | 0.0931 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Suriname | 0.0872 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Seychelles | 0.087 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Iceland | 0.0863 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 120 | Cameroon | 0.0851 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Bahrain | 0.0788 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 98.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Mozambique | 0.0719 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 112.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Lesotho | 0.0709 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Guinea | 0.0693 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 525.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Guyana | 0.0647 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.2% | rising |
| 126 | Sudan | 0.0645 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 163.9% | volatile |
| 127 | Uganda | 0.0582 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 128 | French Polynesia | 0.057 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 129 | Comoros | 0.057 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,433.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Singapore | 0.0557 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0557 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 132 | Afghanistan | 0.0548 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Cuba | 0.0507 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.5% | volatile |
| 134 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0462 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Mali | 0.0435 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Senegal | 0.0428 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Madagascar | 0.042 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 138.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Mongolia | 0.0348 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 113.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Bahamas | 0.0344 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Sierra Leone | 0.0343 t per square kilometre | 2022 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Tuvalu | 0.0333 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 80.0% | falling |
| 142 | Oman | 0.0311 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Botswana | 0.031 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 144 | New Caledonia | 0.0307 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 145 | Liberia | 0.0303 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Algeria | 0.0295 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 147 | Kazakhstan | 0.0261 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 148 | Namibia | 0.0252 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 168.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Gabon | 0.0215 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 333.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Palau | 0.0174 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Bhutan | 0.0169 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 152 | Angola | 0.0145 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 153 | Yemen | 0.0125 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Haiti | 0.0125 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Chad | 0.0121 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0113 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Eritrea | 0.0107 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Libya | 0.0078 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Niger | 0.0064 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Congo | 0.0043 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 130.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Faroe Islands | 0.0036 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Samoa | 0.0036 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Djibouti | 0.0034 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 188.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Mauritania | 0.0018 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 165 | South Sudan | 0.0007 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Central African Republic | 0.0001 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Greenland | 0.0001 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Aruba | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Dominica | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Kiribati | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Solomon Islands | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Vanuatu | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.863 t per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — 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) — Agricultural Use ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 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) — 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.