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Atmospheric deposition — Cropland nitrogen per unit area by country

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...

Countries reporting
203
Highest
37.03 kg/ha
Bangladesh
Lowest
0.4583 kg/ha
New Caledonia
Median
5.95 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500

What the numbers show

Atmospheric deposition — Cropland nitrogen per unit area is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 37.03 kg/ha in Bangladesh; the lowest is 0.4583 kg/ha in New Caledonia.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.95 kg/ha, and the mean is 7.02 kg/ha.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 81.

Over the past decade 129 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Bosnia and Herzegovina (up 169.3%), and the largest decrease in Bhutan (down 34.8%).

Atmospheric deposition — Cropland nitrogen per unit area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bangladesh 37.03 kg/ha 2023 up 15.0% rising
2 Nepal 31.37 kg/ha 2023 down 5.5% rising
2 Viet Nam 12.59 kg/ha 2023 up 12.1% rising
3 China, Hong Kong SAR 24.28 kg/ha 2023 down 10.9% volatile
3 China, mainland 24.28 kg/ha 2023 down 10.9% volatile
3 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 11.61 kg/ha 2023 down 27.7% rising
4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7.74 kg/ha 2023 up 2.6% rising
5 China 24.2 kg/ha 2023 down 10.8% volatile
6 Israel 23.7 kg/ha 2023 up 23.5% rising
7 India 20.63 kg/ha 2023 up 2.4% rising
7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6.46 kg/ha 2023 up 0.2% rising
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.31 kg/ha 2023 up 169.3% rising
8 Republic of Moldova 6.34 kg/ha 2023 down 2.9% falling
9 Lebanon 18.96 kg/ha 2023 down 1.2% rising
9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.19 kg/ha 2023 up 3.4% rising
10 Armenia 18.63 kg/ha 2023 down 2.9% rising
10 Türkiye 5.95 kg/ha 2023 up 8.9% rising
11 Bahrain 18.61 kg/ha 2023 down 3.0% rising
11 Kuwait 18.61 kg/ha 2023 down 3.0% rising
11 Maldives 18.61 kg/ha 2023 down 3.0% rising
11 Singapore 18.61 kg/ha 2023 down 3.0% rising
11 Brunei Darussalam 18.61 kg/ha 2023 down 3.0% rising
11 Syrian Arab Republic 4.82 kg/ha 2023 down 5.1% rising
12 United Republic of Tanzania 4.78 kg/ha 2023 up 1.9% rising
14 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4.5 kg/ha 2023 up 2.0% rising
15 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4.2 kg/ha 2023 up 18.2% rising
16 Pakistan 15.84 kg/ha 2023 up 4.2% rising
16 Cabo Verde 6.17 kg/ha 2023 up 3.0% rising
16 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.82 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% falling
17 Republic of Korea 15.51 kg/ha 2023 down 8.9% rising
17 Melanesia 1.38 kg/ha 2023 down 2.5% rising
18 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 15.15 kg/ha 2023 up 34.8% rising
18 Polynesia 1.32 kg/ha 2023 up 6.5% rising
19 Germany 15.11 kg/ha 2023 down 0.0% flat
20 Czechoslovakia 12.52 kg/ha 1992 down 14.2% rising
20 Côte d'Ivoire 5.85 kg/ha 2023 down 2.3% rising
21 Poland 12.44 kg/ha 2023 up 2.4% falling
22 China, Taiwan Province of 12.19 kg/ha 2023 up 6.2% volatile
23 France 12.13 kg/ha 2023 up 5.2% rising
24 Ethiopia 11.83 kg/ha 2023 up 0.6% rising
25 Ethiopia PDR 10.94 kg/ha 1992 up 48.2% rising
26 Czechia 10.86 kg/ha 2023 down 13.1% falling
26 Caribbean 4.61 kg/ha 2023 down 3.4% rising
27 Belgium 10.25 kg/ha 2023 up 7.0% rising
28 Hungary 10.19 kg/ha 2023 up 1.5% falling
29 Slovakia 10.09 kg/ha 2023 up 1.2% falling
30 Cambodia 10.05 kg/ha 2023 down 3.8% rising
31 Austria 9.91 kg/ha 2023 down 7.8% falling
32 Switzerland 9.86 kg/ha 2023 down 5.8% falling
33 Myanmar 9.62 kg/ha 2023 up 23.8% rising
34 Thailand 9.51 kg/ha 2023 up 2.4% rising
35 USSR 9.3 kg/ha 1991 up 4.5% rising
36 Togo 9.09 kg/ha 2023 up 3.2% rising
37 Uganda 9.06 kg/ha 2023 down 4.5% rising
38 Japan 8.89 kg/ha 2023 up 3.5% rising
39 Belgium-Luxembourg 8.81 kg/ha 1999 down 12.6% flat
40 Brazil 8.48 kg/ha 2023 up 5.3% rising
41 Yugoslav SFR 8.43 kg/ha 1991 down 6.0% rising
42 Bulgaria 8.33 kg/ha 2023 up 5.9% falling
43 Eswatini 8.22 kg/ha 2023 up 14.3% rising
44 Congo 7.97 kg/ha 2023 down 0.4% rising
45 Italy 7.91 kg/ha 2023 down 4.6% rising
46 Guyana 7.9 kg/ha 2023 up 3.1% falling
47 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.89 kg/ha 2023 up 2.0% falling
48 Egypt 7.73 kg/ha 2023 up 29.2% rising
49 Serbia 7.67 kg/ha 2023 up 10.6% flat
50 Ghana 7.56 kg/ha 2023 down 0.4% rising
51 El Salvador 7.48 kg/ha 2023 up 12.7% rising
52 Bhutan 7.47 kg/ha 2023 down 34.8% rising
53 Cameroon 7.44 kg/ha 2023 down 0.6% rising
54 Uruguay 7.41 kg/ha 2023 down 1.5% rising
55 Chad 7.31 kg/ha 2023 up 5.8% falling
56 Malta 7.29 kg/ha 2023 up 9.4% falling
57 Central African Republic 7.2 kg/ha 2023 down 8.2% falling
58 Ukraine 7.19 kg/ha 2023 up 7.4% falling
59 Slovenia 7.18 kg/ha 2023 down 1.6% rising
60 Romania 7.05 kg/ha 2023 up 4.4% falling
61 Albania 6.99 kg/ha 2023 up 4.9% falling
62 Luxembourg 6.98 kg/ha 2023 up 4.7% falling
63 Belarus 6.96 kg/ha 2023 up 4.4% falling
64 Faroe Islands 6.91 kg/ha 2023 up 3.6% falling
65 Croatia 6.84 kg/ha 2023 down 0.4% falling
66 Guadeloupe 6.79 kg/ha 2023 up 2.8% rising
67 Nigeria 6.68 kg/ha 2023 up 4.4% rising
68 Rwanda 6.67 kg/ha 2023 up 11.3% rising
69 Antigua and Barbuda 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
69 Bahamas 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
69 Belize 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
69 Barbados 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
69 Dominica 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
69 Grenada 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
69 Haiti 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
69 Jamaica 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
69 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
69 Saint Lucia 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
69 Puerto Rico 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
69 Trinidad and Tobago 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
69 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
82 Paraguay 6.63 kg/ha 2023 up 2.6% rising
83 North Macedonia 6.52 kg/ha 2023 up 6.8% flat
84 Colombia 6.43 kg/ha 2023 down 5.2% rising
85 Mauritius 6.17 kg/ha 2023 up 3.0% rising
86 Comoros 6.17 kg/ha 2023 up 3.0% rising
86 Djibouti 6.17 kg/ha 2023 up 3.0% rising
86 Gambia 6.17 kg/ha 2023 up 3.0% rising
86 Sao Tome and Principe 6.17 kg/ha 2023 up 3.0% rising
86 Seychelles 6.17 kg/ha 2023 up 3.0% rising
91 Zambia 6.16 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% rising
92 Guinea-Bissau 6.16 kg/ha 2023 up 2.9% rising
93 Algeria 6.12 kg/ha 2023 up 4.6% rising
94 Burundi 6.06 kg/ha 2023 up 1.3% rising
95 Lithuania 5.95 kg/ha 2023 up 4.1% falling
96 Lesotho 5.94 kg/ha 2023 up 37.1% rising
97 Denmark 5.94 kg/ha 2023 up 17.4% falling
98 South Sudan 5.94 kg/ha 2023 down 0.8% flat
99 Spain 5.86 kg/ha 2023 down 0.9% rising
100 Azerbaijan 5.83 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% rising
101 Montenegro 5.81 kg/ha 2023 up 13.7% volatile
102 Benin 5.65 kg/ha 2023 up 12.5% rising
103 Indonesia 5.62 kg/ha 2023 up 8.1% volatile
104 Liberia 5.6 kg/ha 2023 down 8.8% volatile
105 Guatemala 5.55 kg/ha 2023 down 14.2% rising
106 Argentina 5.5 kg/ha 2023 up 3.3% rising
107 Ecuador 5.47 kg/ha 2023 down 3.5% rising
108 Malawi 5.45 kg/ha 2023 up 5.5% rising
109 Greece 5.36 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% falling
110 Georgia 5.35 kg/ha 2023 down 0.5% rising
111 Tunisia 5.27 kg/ha 2023 down 1.5% rising
112 Angola 5.21 kg/ha 2023 up 2.3% rising
113 Panama 5.15 kg/ha 2023 up 24.1% volatile
114 Sierra Leone 5.1 kg/ha 2023 down 11.4% rising
115 Kenya 5.05 kg/ha 2023 down 3.1% rising
116 Equatorial Guinea 5.02 kg/ha 2023 down 0.8% rising
117 Mozambique 5 kg/ha 2023 up 4.0% rising
118 Malaysia 4.92 kg/ha 2023 down 2.4% rising
119 Sudan 4.82 kg/ha 2023 up 0.4% flat
120 Sudan (former) 4.76 kg/ha 2011 down 0.5% rising
121 South Africa 4.74 kg/ha 2023 up 9.0% rising
122 Costa Rica 4.69 kg/ha 2023 down 1.5% rising
123 Russian Federation 4.68 kg/ha 2023 up 8.8% falling
124 Burkina Faso 4.64 kg/ha 2023 up 3.4% rising
125 Jordan 4.63 kg/ha 2023 down 12.0% rising
126 Canada 4.58 kg/ha 2023 up 3.7% rising
127 Guinea 4.53 kg/ha 2023 down 17.0% rising
128 Mali 4.52 kg/ha 2023 up 0.5% rising
129 Nicaragua 4.44 kg/ha 2023 down 0.6% rising
130 Mexico 4.43 kg/ha 2023 down 13.9% rising
131 Eritrea 4.42 kg/ha 2023 up 4.2% falling
132 Tajikistan 4.25 kg/ha 2023 up 5.0% rising
133 Niger 4.22 kg/ha 2023 up 6.9% rising
134 Morocco 4.2 kg/ha 2023 up 6.2% rising
135 Libya 4.16 kg/ha 2023 up 1.7% rising
136 Latvia 4.1 kg/ha 2023 up 5.5% falling
137 Cuba 4.07 kg/ha 2023 down 0.6% rising
138 Qatar 4.07 kg/ha 2023 up 8.4% rising
139 Madagascar 3.9 kg/ha 2023 up 3.7% volatile
140 Iraq 3.83 kg/ha 2023 down 13.9% rising
141 Philippines 3.83 kg/ha 2023 up 5.4% rising
142 Gabon 3.77 kg/ha 2023 down 1.2% rising
143 Botswana 3.76 kg/ha 2023 up 2.2% rising
144 Honduras 3.72 kg/ha 2023 down 12.9% rising
145 Estonia 3.71 kg/ha 2023 up 14.1% rising
146 Sweden 3.67 kg/ha 2023 up 14.5% falling
147 United Arab Emirates 3.58 kg/ha 2023 up 12.5% rising
148 Dominican Republic 3.56 kg/ha 2023 down 6.2% rising
149 Uzbekistan 3.48 kg/ha 2023 up 5.4% flat
150 Kyrgyzstan 3.3 kg/ha 2023 up 5.4% flat
151 Sri Lanka 3.3 kg/ha 2023 down 22.3% rising
152 Ireland 3.23 kg/ha 2023 up 1.4% rising
153 Saudi Arabia 3.18 kg/ha 2023 up 3.9% rising
154 Oman 3.05 kg/ha 2023 up 5.6% rising
155 Cyprus 2.97 kg/ha 2023 down 15.2% rising
156 Portugal 2.96 kg/ha 2023 up 7.9% rising
157 New Zealand 2.93 kg/ha 2023 up 2.5% rising
158 Namibia 2.89 kg/ha 2023 down 0.4% rising
159 Yemen 2.85 kg/ha 2023 down 17.0% rising
160 Kazakhstan 2.82 kg/ha 2023 down 4.2% falling
161 Turkmenistan 2.79 kg/ha 2023 down 0.6% flat
162 Afghanistan 2.75 kg/ha 2023 down 2.3% falling
163 Mauritania 2.54 kg/ha 2023 up 10.4% rising
164 Senegal 2.52 kg/ha 2023 up 6.0% rising
165 Finland 2.42 kg/ha 2023 up 8.9% falling
166 Zimbabwe 2.41 kg/ha 2023 down 13.7% rising
167 Peru 2.18 kg/ha 2023 up 7.4% rising
168 Solomon Islands 2.01 kg/ha 2023 down 2.8% rising
169 Australia and New Zealand 1.85 kg/ha 2023 up 3.0% falling
170 Australia 1.83 kg/ha 2023 up 3.1% falling
171 Fiji 1.82 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% flat
171 Kiribati 1.82 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% flat
171 Nauru 1.82 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% flat
171 French Polynesia 1.82 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% flat
171 Tonga 1.82 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% flat
171 Tuvalu 1.82 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% flat
171 Cook Islands 1.82 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% flat
178 Norway 1.76 kg/ha 2023 down 0.3% falling
179 Mongolia 1.75 kg/ha 2023 up 7.9% falling
180 Chile 1.45 kg/ha 2023 down 8.4% rising
181 Papua New Guinea 1.39 kg/ha 2023 down 3.7% rising
182 Suriname 1.02 kg/ha 2023 up 3.8% rising
183 Samoa 0.5297 kg/ha 2023 down 10.5% rising
184 Iceland 0.5209 kg/ha 2023 up 4.8% volatile
185 Vanuatu 0.4688 kg/ha 2023 down 1.6% rising
186 New Caledonia 0.4583 kg/ha 2023 down 1.1% rising

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Atmospheric deposition — Cropland nitrogen per unit area
Unit
kg/ha
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 (%).