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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
201
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 201 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 7.03 kg/ha.

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

Over the past decade 128 countries rose and 73 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
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
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
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 20.31 kg/ha 2023 up 169.3% rising
9 Lebanon 18.96 kg/ha 2023 down 1.2% rising
10 Armenia 18.63 kg/ha 2023 down 2.9% 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
16 Pakistan 15.84 kg/ha 2023 up 4.2% rising
17 Republic of Korea 15.51 kg/ha 2023 down 8.9% rising
18 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 15.15 kg/ha 2023 up 34.8% rising
19 Germany 15.11 kg/ha 2023 down 0.0% flat
20 Viet Nam 12.59 kg/ha 2023 up 12.1% rising
21 Czechoslovakia 12.52 kg/ha 1992 down 14.2% rising
22 Poland 12.44 kg/ha 2023 up 2.4% falling
23 China, Taiwan Province of 12.19 kg/ha 2023 up 6.2% volatile
24 France 12.13 kg/ha 2023 up 5.2% rising
25 Ethiopia 11.83 kg/ha 2023 up 0.6% rising
26 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 11.61 kg/ha 2023 down 27.7% rising
27 Ethiopia PDR 10.94 kg/ha 1992 up 48.2% rising
28 Czechia 10.86 kg/ha 2023 down 13.1% falling
29 Belgium 10.25 kg/ha 2023 up 7.0% rising
30 Hungary 10.19 kg/ha 2023 up 1.5% falling
31 Slovakia 10.09 kg/ha 2023 up 1.2% falling
32 Cambodia 10.05 kg/ha 2023 down 3.8% rising
33 Austria 9.91 kg/ha 2023 down 7.8% falling
34 Switzerland 9.86 kg/ha 2023 down 5.8% falling
35 Myanmar 9.62 kg/ha 2023 up 23.8% rising
36 Thailand 9.51 kg/ha 2023 up 2.4% rising
37 USSR 9.3 kg/ha 1991 up 4.5% rising
38 Togo 9.09 kg/ha 2023 up 3.2% rising
39 Uganda 9.06 kg/ha 2023 down 4.5% rising
40 Japan 8.89 kg/ha 2023 up 3.5% rising
41 Belgium-Luxembourg 8.81 kg/ha 1999 down 12.6% flat
42 Brazil 8.48 kg/ha 2023 up 5.3% rising
43 Yugoslav SFR 8.43 kg/ha 1991 down 6.0% rising
44 Bulgaria 8.33 kg/ha 2023 up 5.9% falling
45 Eswatini 8.22 kg/ha 2023 up 14.3% rising
46 Congo 7.97 kg/ha 2023 down 0.4% rising
47 Italy 7.91 kg/ha 2023 down 4.6% rising
48 Guyana 7.9 kg/ha 2023 up 3.1% falling
49 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.89 kg/ha 2023 up 2.0% falling
50 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7.74 kg/ha 2023 up 2.6% rising
51 Egypt 7.73 kg/ha 2023 up 29.2% rising
52 Serbia 7.67 kg/ha 2023 up 10.6% flat
53 Ghana 7.56 kg/ha 2023 down 0.4% rising
54 El Salvador 7.48 kg/ha 2023 up 12.7% rising
55 Bhutan 7.47 kg/ha 2023 down 34.8% rising
56 Cameroon 7.44 kg/ha 2023 down 0.6% rising
57 Uruguay 7.41 kg/ha 2023 down 1.5% rising
58 Chad 7.31 kg/ha 2023 up 5.8% falling
59 Malta 7.29 kg/ha 2023 up 9.4% falling
60 Ukraine 7.19 kg/ha 2023 up 7.4% falling
61 Slovenia 7.18 kg/ha 2023 down 1.6% rising
62 Romania 7.05 kg/ha 2023 up 4.4% falling
63 Albania 6.99 kg/ha 2023 up 4.9% falling
64 Luxembourg 6.98 kg/ha 2023 up 4.7% falling
65 Belarus 6.96 kg/ha 2023 up 4.4% falling
66 Faroe Islands 6.91 kg/ha 2023 up 3.6% falling
67 Croatia 6.84 kg/ha 2023 down 0.4% falling
68 Guadeloupe 6.79 kg/ha 2023 up 2.8% rising
69 Nigeria 6.68 kg/ha 2023 up 4.4% rising
70 Rwanda 6.67 kg/ha 2023 up 11.3% rising
71 Antigua and Barbuda 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
71 Bahamas 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
71 Belize 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
71 Barbados 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
71 Dominica 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
71 Grenada 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
71 Haiti 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
71 Jamaica 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
71 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
71 Saint Lucia 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
71 Puerto Rico 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
71 Trinidad and Tobago 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
71 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
84 Paraguay 6.63 kg/ha 2023 up 2.6% rising
85 North Macedonia 6.52 kg/ha 2023 up 6.8% flat
86 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6.46 kg/ha 2023 up 0.2% rising
87 Colombia 6.43 kg/ha 2023 down 5.2% rising
88 Republic of Moldova 6.34 kg/ha 2023 down 2.9% falling
89 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.19 kg/ha 2023 up 3.4% rising
90 Mauritius 6.17 kg/ha 2023 up 3.0% rising
91 Comoros 6.17 kg/ha 2023 up 3.0% rising
91 Djibouti 6.17 kg/ha 2023 up 3.0% rising
91 Gambia 6.17 kg/ha 2023 up 3.0% rising
91 Sao Tome and Principe 6.17 kg/ha 2023 up 3.0% rising
91 Seychelles 6.17 kg/ha 2023 up 3.0% rising
91 Cabo Verde 6.17 kg/ha 2023 up 3.0% rising
97 Zambia 6.16 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% rising
98 Guinea-Bissau 6.16 kg/ha 2023 up 2.9% rising
99 Algeria 6.12 kg/ha 2023 up 4.6% rising
100 Burundi 6.06 kg/ha 2023 up 1.3% rising
101 Türkiye 5.95 kg/ha 2023 up 8.9% rising
102 Lithuania 5.95 kg/ha 2023 up 4.1% falling
103 Lesotho 5.94 kg/ha 2023 up 37.1% rising
104 Denmark 5.94 kg/ha 2023 up 17.4% falling
105 South Sudan 5.94 kg/ha 2023 down 0.8% flat
106 Spain 5.86 kg/ha 2023 down 0.9% rising
107 Côte d'Ivoire 5.85 kg/ha 2023 down 2.3% rising
108 Azerbaijan 5.83 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% rising
109 Montenegro 5.81 kg/ha 2023 up 13.7% volatile
110 Benin 5.65 kg/ha 2023 up 12.5% rising
111 Indonesia 5.62 kg/ha 2023 up 8.1% volatile
112 Liberia 5.6 kg/ha 2023 down 8.8% volatile
113 Guatemala 5.55 kg/ha 2023 down 14.2% rising
114 Argentina 5.5 kg/ha 2023 up 3.3% rising
115 Ecuador 5.47 kg/ha 2023 down 3.5% rising
116 Malawi 5.45 kg/ha 2023 up 5.5% rising
117 Greece 5.36 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% falling
118 Georgia 5.35 kg/ha 2023 down 0.5% rising
119 Tunisia 5.27 kg/ha 2023 down 1.5% rising
120 Angola 5.21 kg/ha 2023 up 2.3% rising
121 Panama 5.15 kg/ha 2023 up 24.1% volatile
122 Sierra Leone 5.1 kg/ha 2023 down 11.4% rising
123 Kenya 5.05 kg/ha 2023 down 3.1% rising
124 Equatorial Guinea 5.02 kg/ha 2023 down 0.8% rising
125 Mozambique 5 kg/ha 2023 up 4.0% rising
126 Malaysia 4.92 kg/ha 2023 down 2.4% rising
127 Syrian Arab Republic 4.82 kg/ha 2023 down 5.1% rising
128 Sudan 4.82 kg/ha 2023 up 0.4% flat
129 United Republic of Tanzania 4.78 kg/ha 2023 up 1.9% rising
130 Sudan (former) 4.76 kg/ha 2011 down 0.5% rising
131 Costa Rica 4.69 kg/ha 2023 down 1.5% rising
132 Russian Federation 4.68 kg/ha 2023 up 8.8% falling
133 Burkina Faso 4.64 kg/ha 2023 up 3.4% rising
134 Jordan 4.63 kg/ha 2023 down 12.0% rising
135 Caribbean 4.61 kg/ha 2023 down 3.4% rising
136 Canada 4.58 kg/ha 2023 up 3.7% rising
137 Guinea 4.53 kg/ha 2023 down 17.0% rising
138 Mali 4.52 kg/ha 2023 up 0.5% rising
139 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4.5 kg/ha 2023 up 2.0% rising
140 Nicaragua 4.44 kg/ha 2023 down 0.6% rising
141 Mexico 4.43 kg/ha 2023 down 13.9% rising
142 Eritrea 4.42 kg/ha 2023 up 4.2% falling
143 Tajikistan 4.25 kg/ha 2023 up 5.0% rising
144 Niger 4.22 kg/ha 2023 up 6.9% rising
145 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4.2 kg/ha 2023 up 18.2% rising
146 Morocco 4.2 kg/ha 2023 up 6.2% rising
147 Libya 4.16 kg/ha 2023 up 1.7% rising
148 Latvia 4.1 kg/ha 2023 up 5.5% falling
149 Cuba 4.07 kg/ha 2023 down 0.6% rising
150 Qatar 4.07 kg/ha 2023 up 8.4% rising
151 Madagascar 3.9 kg/ha 2023 up 3.7% volatile
152 Iraq 3.83 kg/ha 2023 down 13.9% rising
153 Philippines 3.83 kg/ha 2023 up 5.4% rising
154 Gabon 3.77 kg/ha 2023 down 1.2% rising
155 Botswana 3.76 kg/ha 2023 up 2.2% rising
156 Honduras 3.72 kg/ha 2023 down 12.9% rising
157 Estonia 3.71 kg/ha 2023 up 14.1% rising
158 Sweden 3.67 kg/ha 2023 up 14.5% falling
159 United Arab Emirates 3.58 kg/ha 2023 up 12.5% rising
160 Dominican Republic 3.56 kg/ha 2023 down 6.2% rising
161 Uzbekistan 3.48 kg/ha 2023 up 5.4% flat
162 Kyrgyzstan 3.3 kg/ha 2023 up 5.4% flat
163 Sri Lanka 3.3 kg/ha 2023 down 22.3% rising
164 Ireland 3.23 kg/ha 2023 up 1.4% rising
165 Saudi Arabia 3.18 kg/ha 2023 up 3.9% rising
166 Oman 3.05 kg/ha 2023 up 5.6% rising
167 Cyprus 2.97 kg/ha 2023 down 15.2% rising
168 Portugal 2.96 kg/ha 2023 up 7.9% rising
169 New Zealand 2.93 kg/ha 2023 up 2.5% rising
170 Namibia 2.89 kg/ha 2023 down 0.4% rising
171 Yemen 2.85 kg/ha 2023 down 17.0% rising
172 Kazakhstan 2.82 kg/ha 2023 down 4.2% falling
173 Turkmenistan 2.79 kg/ha 2023 down 0.6% flat
174 Afghanistan 2.75 kg/ha 2023 down 2.3% falling
175 Mauritania 2.54 kg/ha 2023 up 10.4% rising
176 Senegal 2.52 kg/ha 2023 up 6.0% rising
177 Finland 2.42 kg/ha 2023 up 8.9% falling
178 Zimbabwe 2.41 kg/ha 2023 down 13.7% rising
179 Peru 2.18 kg/ha 2023 up 7.4% rising
180 Solomon Islands 2.01 kg/ha 2023 down 2.8% rising
181 Australia and New Zealand 1.85 kg/ha 2023 up 3.0% falling
182 Australia 1.83 kg/ha 2023 up 3.1% falling
183 Fiji 1.82 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% flat
183 Kiribati 1.82 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% flat
183 Nauru 1.82 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% flat
183 French Polynesia 1.82 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% flat
183 Tonga 1.82 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% flat
183 Tuvalu 1.82 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% flat
183 Cook Islands 1.82 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% flat
183 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.82 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% falling
191 Norway 1.76 kg/ha 2023 down 0.3% falling
192 Mongolia 1.75 kg/ha 2023 up 7.9% falling
193 Chile 1.45 kg/ha 2023 down 8.4% rising
194 Papua New Guinea 1.39 kg/ha 2023 down 3.7% rising
195 Melanesia 1.38 kg/ha 2023 down 2.5% rising
196 Polynesia 1.32 kg/ha 2023 up 6.5% rising
197 Suriname 1.02 kg/ha 2023 up 3.8% rising
198 Samoa 0.5297 kg/ha 2023 down 10.5% rising
199 Iceland 0.5209 kg/ha 2023 up 4.8% volatile
200 Vanuatu 0.4688 kg/ha 2023 down 1.6% rising
201 New Caledonia 0.4583 kg/ha 2023 down 1.1% rising

Regions and income groups

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

About this data

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
Last refreshed

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 (%).