Urea — Agricultural Use in Canada
Canada: Urea — Agricultural Use was 4.03 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Urea — Agricultural Use in Canada, 2006–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for urea — agricultural use in Canada is 4.03 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 18 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.9% on the previous year and up 45.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, urea — agricultural use in Canada peaked at 4.03 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.71 million t, in 2006.
Canada ranks 6th of 139 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.66 million t | 1.71 million t | 3.57 million t | 4 |
| 2010s | 2.78 million t | 2.33 million t | 3.20 million t | 9 |
| 2020s | 3.60 million t | 3.18 million t | 4.03 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
More environment data for Canada
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 3.19 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 1,218 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 108,496 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 2.11 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 32.68 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 18,560 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.3 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 172 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 67.02 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 38,064 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is urea — agricultural use in Canada?
- Urea — agricultural use in Canada was 4.03 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest urea — agricultural use recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 4.03 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest urea — agricultural use recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.71 million t in 2006.
- How does Canada rank for urea — agricultural use?
- Canada ranks 6th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is urea — agricultural use rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Urea — Agricultural Use. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The Fertilizers by Product dataset contains information on the Production, Trade and Agriculture Use of inorganic (chemical or mineral) fertilizers products. The fertilizer statistics data are for a set of 23 product categories. Both straight and compound fertilizers are included. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/RFB/RFB_EN_README.pdf