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Nitrogen fertilizer use in agriculture

Observed

Nitrogen fertilizers applied in agriculture, in tonnes of nutrient nitrogen (N), from FAOSTAT fertilizers by nutrient.

Ingestedfrom Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsfreshJSON export
Current value, United States
11.43Mtonnes of nitrogen
period 2024
Geography
United States (USA)
Observation date
2024
Unit
tonnes of nitrogen
Frequency
annual
Ingested
2026-09-07 20:00 UTC
1-year change0contextual0.00%2023 to 2024from 11.43M to 11.43M tonnes of nitrogen
10-year trend-0.32% per yearcontextual-3.19%2014 to 2024compound annual growth rate; total -376,048 tonnes of nitrogen, from 11.8M to 11.43M tonnes of nitrogen
Historical series

Nitrogen fertilizer use in agriculture, United States

Observed
2M4M6M8M10M12M14M19611970198019902000201020202024TONNES OF NITROGEN11.43M
64 observations, 1961 to 2024latest point emphasised
Data table (64 rows)
Nitrogen fertilizer use in agriculture, United States: 64 observations from 1961 to 2024, values from 2.96M to 12.25M tonnes of nitrogen. Latest 11.43M tonnes of nitrogen in 2024. Full data table below.
PeriodValue (tonnes of nitrogen)Source revisionIngested at
202411,426,1522026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
202311,426,1522026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
202211,426,1522026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
202111,722,8232026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
202011,925,9542026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
201911,760,1722026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
201811,891,3212026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
201711,581,6922026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
201611,644,8282026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
201511,829,3812026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
201411,802,2002026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
201312,060,8392026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
201212,249,0792026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
201112,231,2992026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
201011,624,7552026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
200911,097,5902026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
200810,397,6062026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
200711,395,4192026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
200611,969,7572026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
200510,925,9512026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
200411,191,4842026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
200311,818,6202026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
200210,969,7682026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
200110,752,6822026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
200010,703,4402026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
199911,224,5062026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
199811,254,5862026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
199711,181,7422026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
199611,191,1722026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
199510,986,4672026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
199410,907,6642026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
199311,095,1652026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
199210,351,3442026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
199110,336,3552026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
199010,176,2702026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19899,903,3632026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19889,585,2942026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19879,445,6202026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19869,326,3332026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19859,776,7442026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
198410,306,1482026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19839,474,4472026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19828,835,8672026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
198110,245,9102026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
198010,662,3942026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
197910,140,9232026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19789,492,7572026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19779,238,1602026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19769,588,6652026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19758,903,2352026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19747,969,1662026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19738,049,2662026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19727,443,5962026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19717,311,1032026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19707,176,7952026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19696,616,6542026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19686,260,9992026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19675,929,9962026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19665,257,9472026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19654,626,0782026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19644,122,4882026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19633,821,9892026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19623,397,0762026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
19612,955,6962026-07-302026-09-07 20:00 UTC
201 geographies have observations for this metric
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAOSTAT (bulk download service), series RFN:3102:5157
Definition

What this measures

Agricultural use of nitrogen fertilizers expressed in tonnes of plant nutrient (N), covering all nitrogenous mineral or chemical fertilizers (ammonia, urea, ammonium nitrate, ammonium sulphate, compound NPK products counted by their N content, and others). Agricultural use is estimated by FAO from production, imports, exports and non-agricultural use. FAOSTAT domain RFN, item Nutrient nitrogen N (total) (3102), element Agricultural Use (5157), unit t. Annual.

Direction
contextual, not scored
Geography level
country
Slug
fertilizer-nitrogen-use
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Provenance and methodologysource, series, ingestion, revisions
Classification
Observedpublished by the cited source, ingested without transformation
Source organization
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAOSTAT (bulk download service)
Series ID
RFN:3102:5157last fetch: ok
Source links
License and attribution
Approved with attribution
FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: [Domain name]. Accessed on [DD Month YYYY]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data. Licence: CC-BY-4.0. Data used with attribution and not for or in conjunction with the promotion of a commercial enterprise, product or service.
Terms of use
Last source update
2026-07-30(source revision label as published by the provider)
Last ingestion
last successful runfresh
Last run
success2026-10-19 00:15 UTC
Parser version
faostat-bulk/1.0.0
Methodology version
1.0
Quality and confidence
FAOSTAT revises history in place; each revision is stored as a new row labelled with the domain's DateUpdate. Aggregates other than World and former countries (USSR, Sudan (former), ...) are not stored.
Ingestion rejects values outside 0 to 1,000,000,000 tonnes of nitrogen.
64 periods with values for this geography, 1961 to 2024.
Revisions
Values reported for the latest period (2024) by each source revision ingested. Earlier rows are never deleted; the newest ingested row is shown as current.
Source revisionValue (tonnes of nitrogen)Ingested atStatus
2026-07-3011,426,1522026-09-07 20:00 UTCcurrent
No superseded rows for this geography: every period has been ingested once.