China (People’s Republic of) vs Europe: Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen

China (People’s Republic of)
3.24 million t
in 2023
Europe
6.66 million t
in 2023
China (People’s Republic of) rank
1st
Europe rank
2nd

Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen over time

  • China (People’s Republic of)
  • Europe
02.0M4.0M6.0M196119922023

How they compare

Europe currently reports 6.66 million t against 3.24 million t in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 3.43 million t.

That makes Europe's figure about 2.1 times China (People’s Republic of)'s.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Europe has been ahead every year.

China (People’s Republic of) ranks 1st and Europe ranks 2nd of 185 countries.

Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China (People’s Republic of) Europe Difference Ahead
1960s 1.03 million t 3.12 million t 2.09 million t Europe
1970s 1.32 million t 3.88 million t 2.56 million t Europe
1980s 1.95 million t 4.28 million t 2.33 million t Europe
1990s 2.29 million t 4.16 million t 1.87 million t Europe
2000s 2.30 million t 4.19 million t 1.89 million t Europe
2010s 2.66 million t 5.18 million t 2.53 million t Europe
2020s 3.12 million t 6.33 million t 3.21 million t Europe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher crop residue removal — cropland nitrogen, China (People’s Republic of) or Europe?
Europe, at 6.66 million t against 3.24 million t in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2023.
What is the difference in crop residue removal — cropland nitrogen between China (People’s Republic of) and Europe?
3.43 million t, with Europe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China (People’s Republic of) and Europe?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do China (People’s Republic of) and Europe rank globally for crop residue removal — cropland nitrogen?
China (People’s Republic of) ranks 1st and Europe ranks 2nd of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,500 data points, 1961–2023
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The Cropland Nutrient balance domain contains information on the flows of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium from mineral fertilizer, manure applied, atmospheric deposition, crop removal, and biological fixation over cropland and per unit area of cropland. The flows are aggregated to total inputs and total outputs, from which the overall nutrient balance and nutrient use efficiency on cropland are calculated. Statistics are disseminated in units of tonnes and in kg/ha, as appropriate. Nutrient use efficiency is expressed as a fraction (%).