Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre by country
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 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
18.2 t per square kilometre
Belgium
Lowest
0 t per square kilometre
Vanuatu
Median
0.3128 t per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
9,084
What the numbers show
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre is currently reported for 173 countries. The highest value is 18.2 t per square kilometre in Belgium; the lowest is 0 t per square kilometre in Vanuatu.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3128 t per square kilometre, and the mean is 1.08 t per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 9,710.7%), and the largest decrease in Kiribati (down 100.0%).
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 18.2 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 15.35 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 3 | Djibouti | 13.29 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 689.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Singapore | 9.71 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Denmark | 5.35 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 6 | Marshall Islands | 5.23 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Slovenia | 4.54 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 101.9% | rising |
| 8 | Lithuania | 3.86 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Ireland | 3.65 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Israel | 3.54 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Czechia | 3.5 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 12 | France | 3.33 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Romania | 3.21 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 348.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Germany | 3.12 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 15 | Malta | 3.03 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Thailand | 2.95 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Slovakia | 2.76 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Serbia | 2.69 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 19 | Sri Lanka | 2.68 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Hungary | 2.65 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Italy | 2.61 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Poland | 2.61 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 118.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 2.51 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 24 | El Salvador | 2.36 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 25 | Philippines | 2.36 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 61.7% | volatile |
| 26 | Latvia | 2.3 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Switzerland | 2.11 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.0% | rising |
| 28 | India | 1.97 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Bulgaria | 1.92 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 1.84 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Guatemala | 1.77 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Croatia | 1.69 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 161.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Portugal | 1.61 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Estonia | 1.54 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 35 | Lebanon | 1.53 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 36 | Spain | 1.51 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Austria | 1.5 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Dominican Republic | 1.4 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 39 | Faroe Islands | 1.38 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 576.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Malawi | 1.33 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Malaysia | 1.3 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Greece | 1.25 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Mauritius | 1.23 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Uruguay | 1.16 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Honduras | 1.06 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Albania | 0.9857 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Cyprus | 0.9728 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.8% | falling |
| 48 | Ukraine | 0.932 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 49 | New Zealand | 0.8828 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Eswatini | 0.8637 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Cambodia | 0.8429 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 195.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Maldives | 0.7953 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 53 | North Macedonia | 0.7826 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 54 | Brazil | 0.7427 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 87.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Belize | 0.7352 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Palestine | 0.7031 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 352.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Burundi | 0.6617 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 316.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Sweden | 0.6474 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 59 | Rwanda | 0.6127 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Japan | 0.5835 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Armenia | 0.5794 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Gambia | 0.5429 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9,710.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Panama | 0.521 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.5123 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 65 | Mexico | 0.5119 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Saint Lucia | 0.5082 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.0% | volatile |
| 67 | United Arab Emirates | 0.4979 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 101.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Togo | 0.4889 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 96.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Benin | 0.4868 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6,570.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Ethiopia | 0.4849 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 220.1% | volatile |
| 71 | South Africa | 0.4765 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 49.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Nepal | 0.4707 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Nicaragua | 0.4238 t per square kilometre | 2022 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 74 | Ghana | 0.4227 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Chile | 0.4083 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Colombia | 0.404 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Morocco | 0.3996 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Paraguay | 0.3808 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Azerbaijan | 0.3588 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Ecuador | 0.3396 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Bahrain | 0.3387 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Jamaica | 0.3318 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 83 | Zambia | 0.3307 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 84 | Barbados | 0.3256 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 89.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Kenya | 0.3246 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Jordan | 0.3163 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 79.9% | volatile |
| 87 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.3128 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 88 | Zimbabwe | 0.3011 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 113.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Senegal | 0.2968 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 78.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Peru | 0.2918 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Argentina | 0.2597 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 76.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2573 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 93 | Fiji | 0.2549 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.7% | falling |
| 94 | Australia | 0.2411 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 68.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Bermuda | 0.2407 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Burkina Faso | 0.2383 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.2236 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Tajikistan | 0.2098 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 309.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Pakistan | 0.2081 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 66.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Georgia | 0.1981 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 86.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Indonesia | 0.1891 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 102 | Finland | 0.1864 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Qatar | 0.1789 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 93.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Kuwait | 0.1765 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Iraq | 0.1628 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Myanmar | 0.1534 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Dominica | 0.1467 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,471.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Uzbekistan | 0.1302 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3,470.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Canada | 0.121 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Norway | 0.1186 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Cameroon | 0.1111 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Mozambique | 0.1105 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 233.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Tunisia | 0.1046 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Montenegro | 0.0979 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 115 | Tonga | 0.0931 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Iceland | 0.0905 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Suriname | 0.0872 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 116.9% | volatile |
| 118 | Seychelles | 0.087 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Guyana | 0.0787 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 120 | Lesotho | 0.0784 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Turkmenistan | 0.0773 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0729 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 233.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Guinea | 0.0723 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 703.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Nigeria | 0.0649 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.5% | volatile |
| 125 | Sudan | 0.0645 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 161.2% | rising |
| 126 | Uganda | 0.0601 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Kazakhstan | 0.0589 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.8% | 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 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0557 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Mali | 0.0501 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0462 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 133 | New Caledonia | 0.0421 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Grenada | 0.0412 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Aruba | 0.0389 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 600.0% | volatile |
| 136 | Afghanistan | 0.0374 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Cuba | 0.0348 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Bahamas | 0.0344 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 139 | Sierra Leone | 0.0343 t per square kilometre | 2022 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Mongolia | 0.0326 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Botswana | 0.0312 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Oman | 0.0311 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 143 | China | 0.029 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Egypt | 0.0274 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0273 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Namibia | 0.0249 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 174.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0233 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 126.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Liberia | 0.0223 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Gabon | 0.0215 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 119.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.018 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Palau | 0.0174 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Madagascar | 0.0168 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 65.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Algeria | 0.0163 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Angola | 0.0147 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Haiti | 0.013 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Yemen | 0.0125 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Solomon Islands | 0.0117 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Mauritania | 0.0107 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 159 | Eritrea | 0.0107 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Libya | 0.0079 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Niger | 0.0064 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 162 | Congo | 0.0051 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 173.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Belarus | 0.005 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Samoa | 0.0036 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 409.0% | volatile |
| 165 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0017 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 96.9% | volatile |
| 166 | South Sudan | 0.0007 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 167 | Bhutan | 0.0006 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 299.8% | volatile |
| 168 | Chad | 0.0005 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 82.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Central African Republic | 0.0001 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Greenland | 0.0001 t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Kiribati | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Tuvalu | 0 t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 171 | 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 0.3582 t per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 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) — Import quantity ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 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) — Import quantity 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.