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Biological fixation — 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
191
Highest
212.66 kg/ha
Djibouti
Lowest
0 kg/ha
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
5.9 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
12,870

What the numbers show

Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 212.66 kg/ha in Djibouti; the lowest is 0 kg/ha in China, Hong Kong SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.9 kg/ha, and the mean is 11.97 kg/ha.

Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 80 fell. The largest increase was in Latvia (up 1,043.5%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 100.0%).

Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Djibouti 212.66 kg/ha 2023 up 240.9% volatile
2 Brazil 190.79 kg/ha 2023 up 64.9% volatile
3 Paraguay 146.87 kg/ha 2023 down 0.4% volatile
4 Argentina 52.73 kg/ha 2023 down 39.3% volatile
5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 51.82 kg/ha 2023 up 20.1% volatile
6 Myanmar 42.66 kg/ha 2023 down 17.6% rising
7 Uruguay 41.26 kg/ha 2023 down 49.9% volatile
8 Bangladesh 40.53 kg/ha 2023 up 9.5% rising
9 Guyana 36.2 kg/ha 2023 down 15.7% rising
10 Malawi 35.84 kg/ha 2023 up 16.9% rising
11 India 34.46 kg/ha 2023 up 18.0% rising
12 Nepal 34.43 kg/ha 2023 up 17.3% rising
13 Senegal 33.26 kg/ha 2023 up 49.7% falling
14 Burundi 32.58 kg/ha 2023 up 171.3% rising
15 Belize 28.58 kg/ha 2023 up 82.1% rising
16 Zambia 28.37 kg/ha 2023 up 149.8% volatile
17 China, mainland 28.15 kg/ha 2023 up 25.7% rising
18 China 28.05 kg/ha 2023 up 25.5% rising
19 Suriname 23.57 kg/ha 2023 up 0.7% falling
20 Guinea-Bissau 23.48 kg/ha 2023 up 58.7% falling
21 Rwanda 21.74 kg/ha 2023 up 17.6% rising
22 Cambodia 21.38 kg/ha 2023 down 5.5% rising
23 Sierra Leone 21.23 kg/ha 2023 up 19.7% falling
24 Benin 21.15 kg/ha 2023 up 115.5% rising
25 Guinea 20.35 kg/ha 2023 up 33.8% rising
26 Republic of Korea 19.89 kg/ha 2023 down 2.0% falling
27 Canada 19.57 kg/ha 2023 down 0.1% volatile
28 Viet Nam 19.57 kg/ha 2023 down 26.0% rising
29 Mozambique 18.48 kg/ha 2023 up 61.3% rising
30 Madagascar 18.4 kg/ha 2023 up 75.4% flat
31 Barbados 18.35 kg/ha 2023 down 9.2% falling
32 Togo 18.29 kg/ha 2023 up 201.7% volatile
33 Cabo Verde 17.51 kg/ha 2023 up 9.2% volatile
34 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 17.16 kg/ha 2023 down 30.5% falling
35 Lao People's Democratic Republic 16.1 kg/ha 2023 down 4.6% falling
36 Chad 15.83 kg/ha 2023 down 18.3% volatile
37 Thailand 15.65 kg/ha 2023 down 0.4% flat
38 Gambia 14.67 kg/ha 2023 down 37.5% falling
39 Japan 14.43 kg/ha 2023 up 4.2% falling
40 Guadeloupe 14.21 kg/ha 2023 up 8.1% falling
41 Nigeria 13.67 kg/ha 2023 up 51.8% rising
42 Nicaragua 13.45 kg/ha 2023 up 4.8% volatile
43 United Republic of Tanzania 13.42 kg/ha 2023 down 26.9% volatile
44 Kenya 13.24 kg/ha 2023 up 8.3% rising
45 Mauritania 12.65 kg/ha 2023 up 17.8% rising
46 Sri Lanka 12.63 kg/ha 2023 down 13.4% rising
47 Ethiopia 12.63 kg/ha 2023 down 0.6% rising
48 Egypt 12.29 kg/ha 2023 down 1.2% falling
49 Philippines 12.25 kg/ha 2023 down 1.6% flat
50 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12.11 kg/ha 2023 up 89.5% volatile
51 Grenada 12 kg/ha 2023 down 36.3% rising
52 Australia 11.91 kg/ha 2023 up 96.9% volatile
53 Liberia 11.83 kg/ha 2023 up 10.7% rising
54 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.75 kg/ha 2023 down 32.1% volatile
55 Australia and New Zealand 11.73 kg/ha 2023 up 96.3% volatile
56 Comoros 11.68 kg/ha 2023 down 39.7% volatile
57 China, Taiwan Province of 11.67 kg/ha 2023 down 9.7% falling
58 Ghana 11.66 kg/ha 2023 up 22.3% volatile
59 Mauritius 11.63 kg/ha 2023 down 33.0% falling
60 Croatia 11.29 kg/ha 2023 up 83.7% rising
61 Austria 11.18 kg/ha 2023 up 115.1% volatile
62 Sudan 10.98 kg/ha 2023 up 10.6% rising
63 Lithuania 10.89 kg/ha 2023 up 346.6% volatile
64 Uganda 10.81 kg/ha 2023 up 14.9% rising
65 Serbia 10.8 kg/ha 2023 up 36.8% rising
66 Ireland 10.78 kg/ha 2023 up 258.7% volatile
67 Estonia 10.74 kg/ha 2023 up 257.8% volatile
68 Cameroon 10.46 kg/ha 2023 up 9.9% rising
69 Burkina Faso 10.36 kg/ha 2023 up 57.7% rising
70 Eswatini 10.02 kg/ha 2023 down 3.1% rising
71 Colombia 9.94 kg/ha 2023 down 14.6% rising
72 Dominican Republic 9.9 kg/ha 2023 down 12.1% falling
73 Zimbabwe 9.77 kg/ha 2023 up 71.1% falling
74 Angola 9.57 kg/ha 2023 up 5.3% volatile
75 South Sudan 9.34 kg/ha 2023 up 36.7% rising
76 Mali 8.78 kg/ha 2023 down 0.2% falling
77 Haiti 8.75 kg/ha 2023 down 52.7% rising
78 Bahamas 8.31 kg/ha 2023 up 6.7% falling
79 El Salvador 7.98 kg/ha 2023 down 12.9% rising
80 Indonesia 7.82 kg/ha 2023 down 31.3% falling
81 Ukraine 7.67 kg/ha 2023 up 44.5% volatile
82 Sudan (former) 7.64 kg/ha 2011 down 5.2% rising
83 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.55 kg/ha 2023 up 411.8% volatile
84 Guatemala 7.49 kg/ha 2023 down 26.0% rising
85 Congo 7.47 kg/ha 2023 down 0.6% rising
86 Latvia 7.31 kg/ha 2023 up 1,043.5% volatile
87 Gabon 7.05 kg/ha 2023 up 22.3% volatile
88 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7 kg/ha 2023 up 3.9% rising
89 Fiji 6.75 kg/ha 2023 down 24.6% falling
90 Italy 6.74 kg/ha 2023 up 43.3% rising
91 Kyrgyzstan 6.7 kg/ha 2023 up 126.8% volatile
92 Slovakia 6.57 kg/ha 2023 up 179.3% volatile
93 Montenegro 6.43 kg/ha 2023 down 1.2% rising
94 Trinidad and Tobago 6.09 kg/ha 2023 up 35.8% falling
95 Honduras 6.06 kg/ha 2023 up 29.7% rising
96 Ethiopia PDR 5.9 kg/ha 1992 down 0.3% rising
97 Caribbean 5.74 kg/ha 2023 down 41.2% falling
98 Panama 5.7 kg/ha 2023 down 2.7% falling
99 Pakistan 5.64 kg/ha 2023 down 10.4% rising
100 Russian Federation 5.58 kg/ha 2023 up 167.6% volatile
101 Ecuador 5.48 kg/ha 2023 down 28.9% rising
102 Poland 5.34 kg/ha 2023 up 128.0% volatile
103 Israel 5.22 kg/ha 2023 down 18.3% rising
104 Solomon Islands 5.21 kg/ha 2023 down 10.4% rising
105 Tonga 4.83 kg/ha 2023 down 6.4% rising
106 Eritrea 4.77 kg/ha 2023 down 2.1% falling
107 Peru 4.76 kg/ha 2023 down 13.6% rising
108 Czechoslovakia 4.65 kg/ha 1992 up 138.8% rising
109 Costa Rica 4.63 kg/ha 2023 down 37.1% falling
110 France 4.56 kg/ha 2023 up 67.3% volatile
111 Türkiye 4.49 kg/ha 2023 up 1.5% rising
112 Niger 4.44 kg/ha 2023 up 35.6% volatile
113 Greece 4.3 kg/ha 2023 up 298.1% volatile
114 Lebanon 4.07 kg/ha 2023 down 10.3% rising
115 Czechia 4.03 kg/ha 2023 up 207.4% rising
116 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4.02 kg/ha 2023 down 2.9% rising
117 Mexico 3.8 kg/ha 2023 down 31.0% falling
118 Bhutan 3.78 kg/ha 2023 down 46.4% flat
119 Brunei Darussalam 3.76 kg/ha 2023 up 15.7% falling
120 Tajikistan 3.73 kg/ha 2023 down 11.9% rising
121 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.65 kg/ha 2023 down 7.6% falling
122 Botswana 3.58 kg/ha 2023 up 86.6% volatile
123 Denmark 3.48 kg/ha 2023 up 506.8% volatile
124 Yemen 3.47 kg/ha 2023 down 25.3% rising
125 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.43 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% rising
126 Germany 3.26 kg/ha 2023 up 155.4% volatile
127 Romania 3.19 kg/ha 2023 up 129.1% falling
128 Cuba 3.03 kg/ha 2023 down 48.3% falling
129 Belgium 2.94 kg/ha 2023 up 911.8% volatile
130 Belarus 2.87 kg/ha 2023 down 8.8% rising
131 Jamaica 2.86 kg/ha 2023 down 55.5% falling
132 Sweden 2.77 kg/ha 2023 up 11.4% volatile
133 Finland 2.75 kg/ha 2023 up 865.7% volatile
134 Yugoslav SFR 2.75 kg/ha 1991 up 36.5% falling
135 Côte d'Ivoire 2.73 kg/ha 2023 down 18.3% falling
136 Syrian Arab Republic 2.53 kg/ha 2023 down 23.8% rising
137 New Zealand 2.5 kg/ha 2023 up 3.6% falling
138 Morocco 2.38 kg/ha 2023 down 37.5% falling
139 Hungary 2.3 kg/ha 2023 up 37.2% falling
140 Republic of Moldova 2.28 kg/ha 2023 down 10.2% rising
141 Qatar 2.28 kg/ha 2023 down 4.3% volatile
142 Malaysia 2.18 kg/ha 2023 up 0.6% falling
143 Namibia 2.18 kg/ha 2023 up 22.6% volatile
144 Switzerland 2.13 kg/ha 2023 down 5.9% volatile
145 Vanuatu 2.13 kg/ha 2023 up 42.2% rising
146 Kazakhstan 2.11 kg/ha 2023 up 156.3% volatile
147 Spain 2.07 kg/ha 2023 up 14.1% falling
148 USSR 2.04 kg/ha 1991 up 14.7% rising
149 Slovenia 1.98 kg/ha 2023 up 407.4% volatile
150 Tunisia 1.91 kg/ha 2023 up 1.6% rising
151 Chile 1.89 kg/ha 2023 down 25.8% rising
152 Albania 1.84 kg/ha 2023 down 10.8% falling
153 Jordan 1.76 kg/ha 2023 up 153.7% volatile
154 North Macedonia 1.75 kg/ha 2023 down 10.3% falling
155 Uzbekistan 1.73 kg/ha 2023 up 45.9% rising
156 Maldives 1.66 kg/ha 2023 up 16.5% rising
157 Melanesia 1.62 kg/ha 2023 down 13.3% falling
158 Polynesia 1.38 kg/ha 2023 up 4.8% rising
159 Algeria 1.25 kg/ha 2023 up 30.3% rising
160 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.24 kg/ha 2023 up 4.2% rising
161 Lesotho 1.2 kg/ha 2023 down 18.3% falling
162 Turkmenistan 1.13 kg/ha 2023 up 4.5% rising
163 Luxembourg 1.07 kg/ha 2023 up 24.3% falling
164 Afghanistan 0.9911 kg/ha 2023 down 22.2% rising
165 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.9334 kg/ha 1999 up 1.5% volatile
166 Portugal 0.9083 kg/ha 2023 up 55.0% volatile
167 Dominica 0.8955 kg/ha 2023 up 1.5% falling
168 Georgia 0.8782 kg/ha 2023 down 22.1% rising
169 Libya 0.7362 kg/ha 2023 down 8.3% rising
170 Papua New Guinea 0.6878 kg/ha 2023 up 1.5% rising
171 Bulgaria 0.6835 kg/ha 2023 up 158.5% volatile
172 Puerto Rico 0.6504 kg/ha 2023 up 21.7% volatile
173 Norway 0.5808 kg/ha 2023 up 504.4% volatile
174 Azerbaijan 0.5043 kg/ha 2023 down 23.3% rising
175 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.3834 kg/ha 2023 down 10.6% volatile
176 Saint Lucia 0.3349 kg/ha 2023 down 4.0% volatile
177 Cyprus 0.2771 kg/ha 2023 down 61.9% volatile
178 Saudi Arabia 0.2662 kg/ha 2023 up 6.8% rising
179 Armenia 0.2477 kg/ha 2023 down 34.6% rising
180 Iraq 0.1154 kg/ha 2023 down 84.3% volatile
181 Mongolia 0.094 kg/ha 2023 up 5.9% volatile
182 French Polynesia 0.0683 kg/ha 2023 up 74.2% volatile
183 Oman 0.0528 kg/ha 2023 up 190.1% volatile
184 New Caledonia 0.0208 kg/ha 2023 up 55.2% volatile
185 Samoa 0.0006 kg/ha 2023 up 20.0% rising
186 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile
186 Bahrain 0 kg/ha 2023 down 100.0% volatile
186 Kuwait 0 kg/ha 2023 — flat
186 Malta 0 kg/ha 2023 down 100.0% falling
186 Singapore 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile
186 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile

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
Biological fixation — 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
223 places, 12,870 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 (%).