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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
192
Highest
212.66 kg/ha
Djibouti
Lowest
0 kg/ha
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
6.08 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 192 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 6.08 kg/ha, and the mean is 12.07 kg/ha.

Over the past decade 109 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
1 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 51.82 kg/ha 2023 up 20.1% volatile
2 Brazil 190.79 kg/ha 2023 up 64.9% volatile
3 Paraguay 146.87 kg/ha 2023 down 0.4% volatile
3 Viet Nam 19.57 kg/ha 2023 down 26.0% rising
4 Argentina 52.73 kg/ha 2023 down 39.3% volatile
4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 17.16 kg/ha 2023 down 30.5% falling
5 Myanmar 42.66 kg/ha 2023 down 17.6% rising
5 Lao People's Democratic Republic 16.1 kg/ha 2023 down 4.6% falling
6 Uruguay 41.26 kg/ha 2023 down 49.9% volatile
7 Bangladesh 40.53 kg/ha 2023 up 9.5% rising
7 United Republic of Tanzania 13.42 kg/ha 2023 down 26.9% volatile
8 Guyana 36.2 kg/ha 2023 down 15.7% rising
8 Cabo Verde 17.51 kg/ha 2023 up 9.2% volatile
9 Malawi 35.84 kg/ha 2023 up 16.9% rising
10 India 34.46 kg/ha 2023 up 18.0% rising
10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7 kg/ha 2023 up 3.9% rising
11 Nepal 34.43 kg/ha 2023 up 17.3% rising
11 Türkiye 4.49 kg/ha 2023 up 1.5% rising
12 Senegal 33.26 kg/ha 2023 up 49.7% falling
12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4.02 kg/ha 2023 down 2.9% rising
13 Burundi 32.58 kg/ha 2023 up 171.3% rising
13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.43 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% rising
14 Belize 28.58 kg/ha 2023 up 82.1% rising
14 Syrian Arab Republic 2.53 kg/ha 2023 down 23.8% rising
15 Zambia 28.37 kg/ha 2023 up 149.8% volatile
15 Republic of Moldova 2.28 kg/ha 2023 down 10.2% rising
16 China, mainland 28.15 kg/ha 2023 up 25.7% rising
16 Melanesia 1.62 kg/ha 2023 down 13.3% falling
17 China 28.05 kg/ha 2023 up 25.5% rising
17 Polynesia 1.38 kg/ha 2023 up 4.8% rising
18 Suriname 23.57 kg/ha 2023 up 0.7% falling
18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.24 kg/ha 2023 up 4.2% rising
19 Guinea-Bissau 23.48 kg/ha 2023 up 58.7% falling
20 Rwanda 21.74 kg/ha 2023 up 17.6% rising
20 Caribbean 5.74 kg/ha 2023 down 41.2% falling
21 Cambodia 21.38 kg/ha 2023 down 5.5% rising
22 Sierra Leone 21.23 kg/ha 2023 up 19.7% falling
23 Benin 21.15 kg/ha 2023 up 115.5% rising
24 Guinea 20.35 kg/ha 2023 up 33.8% rising
25 Republic of Korea 19.89 kg/ha 2023 down 2.0% falling
26 Canada 19.57 kg/ha 2023 down 0.1% volatile
27 Mozambique 18.48 kg/ha 2023 up 61.3% rising
28 Madagascar 18.4 kg/ha 2023 up 75.4% flat
28 Côte d'Ivoire 2.73 kg/ha 2023 down 18.3% falling
29 Barbados 18.35 kg/ha 2023 down 9.2% falling
30 Togo 18.29 kg/ha 2023 up 201.7% volatile
31 South Africa 16.97 kg/ha 2023 up 152.6% volatile
32 Chad 15.83 kg/ha 2023 down 18.3% volatile
33 Thailand 15.65 kg/ha 2023 down 0.4% flat
34 Gambia 14.67 kg/ha 2023 down 37.5% falling
35 Central African Republic 14.61 kg/ha 2023 up 43.9% rising
36 Japan 14.43 kg/ha 2023 up 4.2% falling
37 Guadeloupe 14.21 kg/ha 2023 up 8.1% falling
38 Nigeria 13.67 kg/ha 2023 up 51.8% rising
39 Nicaragua 13.45 kg/ha 2023 up 4.8% volatile
40 Kenya 13.24 kg/ha 2023 up 8.3% rising
41 Mauritania 12.65 kg/ha 2023 up 17.8% rising
42 Sri Lanka 12.63 kg/ha 2023 down 13.4% rising
43 Ethiopia 12.63 kg/ha 2023 down 0.6% rising
44 Egypt 12.29 kg/ha 2023 down 1.2% falling
45 Philippines 12.25 kg/ha 2023 down 1.6% flat
46 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 12.11 kg/ha 2023 up 89.5% volatile
47 Grenada 12 kg/ha 2023 down 36.3% rising
48 Australia 11.91 kg/ha 2023 up 96.9% volatile
49 Liberia 11.83 kg/ha 2023 up 10.7% rising
50 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.75 kg/ha 2023 down 32.1% volatile
51 Australia and New Zealand 11.73 kg/ha 2023 up 96.3% volatile
52 Comoros 11.68 kg/ha 2023 down 39.7% volatile
53 China, Taiwan Province of 11.67 kg/ha 2023 down 9.7% falling
54 Ghana 11.66 kg/ha 2023 up 22.3% volatile
55 Mauritius 11.63 kg/ha 2023 down 33.0% falling
56 Croatia 11.29 kg/ha 2023 up 83.7% rising
57 Austria 11.18 kg/ha 2023 up 115.1% volatile
58 Sudan 10.98 kg/ha 2023 up 10.6% rising
59 Lithuania 10.89 kg/ha 2023 up 346.6% volatile
60 Uganda 10.81 kg/ha 2023 up 14.9% rising
61 Serbia 10.8 kg/ha 2023 up 36.8% rising
62 Ireland 10.78 kg/ha 2023 up 258.7% volatile
63 Estonia 10.74 kg/ha 2023 up 257.8% volatile
64 Cameroon 10.46 kg/ha 2023 up 9.9% rising
65 Burkina Faso 10.36 kg/ha 2023 up 57.7% rising
66 Eswatini 10.02 kg/ha 2023 down 3.1% rising
67 Colombia 9.94 kg/ha 2023 down 14.6% rising
68 Dominican Republic 9.9 kg/ha 2023 down 12.1% falling
69 Zimbabwe 9.77 kg/ha 2023 up 71.1% falling
70 Angola 9.57 kg/ha 2023 up 5.3% volatile
71 South Sudan 9.34 kg/ha 2023 up 36.7% rising
72 Mali 8.78 kg/ha 2023 down 0.2% falling
73 Haiti 8.75 kg/ha 2023 down 52.7% rising
74 Bahamas 8.31 kg/ha 2023 up 6.7% falling
75 El Salvador 7.98 kg/ha 2023 down 12.9% rising
76 Indonesia 7.82 kg/ha 2023 down 31.3% falling
77 Ukraine 7.67 kg/ha 2023 up 44.5% volatile
78 Sudan (former) 7.64 kg/ha 2011 down 5.2% rising
79 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.55 kg/ha 2023 up 411.8% volatile
80 Guatemala 7.49 kg/ha 2023 down 26.0% rising
81 Congo 7.47 kg/ha 2023 down 0.6% rising
82 Latvia 7.31 kg/ha 2023 up 1,043.5% volatile
83 Gabon 7.05 kg/ha 2023 up 22.3% volatile
84 Fiji 6.75 kg/ha 2023 down 24.6% falling
85 Italy 6.74 kg/ha 2023 up 43.3% rising
86 Kyrgyzstan 6.7 kg/ha 2023 up 126.8% volatile
87 Slovakia 6.57 kg/ha 2023 up 179.3% volatile
88 Montenegro 6.43 kg/ha 2023 down 1.2% rising
89 Trinidad and Tobago 6.09 kg/ha 2023 up 35.8% falling
90 Honduras 6.06 kg/ha 2023 up 29.7% rising
91 Ethiopia PDR 5.9 kg/ha 1992 down 0.3% rising
92 Panama 5.7 kg/ha 2023 down 2.7% falling
93 Pakistan 5.64 kg/ha 2023 down 10.4% rising
94 Russian Federation 5.58 kg/ha 2023 up 167.6% volatile
95 Ecuador 5.48 kg/ha 2023 down 28.9% rising
96 Poland 5.34 kg/ha 2023 up 128.0% volatile
97 Israel 5.22 kg/ha 2023 down 18.3% rising
98 Solomon Islands 5.21 kg/ha 2023 down 10.4% rising
99 Tonga 4.83 kg/ha 2023 down 6.4% rising
100 Eritrea 4.77 kg/ha 2023 down 2.1% falling
101 Peru 4.76 kg/ha 2023 down 13.6% rising
102 Czechoslovakia 4.65 kg/ha 1992 up 138.8% rising
103 Costa Rica 4.63 kg/ha 2023 down 37.1% falling
104 France 4.56 kg/ha 2023 up 67.3% volatile
105 Niger 4.44 kg/ha 2023 up 35.6% volatile
106 Greece 4.3 kg/ha 2023 up 298.1% volatile
107 Lebanon 4.07 kg/ha 2023 down 10.3% rising
108 Czechia 4.03 kg/ha 2023 up 207.4% rising
109 Mexico 3.8 kg/ha 2023 down 31.0% falling
110 Bhutan 3.78 kg/ha 2023 down 46.4% flat
111 Brunei Darussalam 3.76 kg/ha 2023 up 15.7% falling
112 Tajikistan 3.73 kg/ha 2023 down 11.9% rising
113 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.65 kg/ha 2023 down 7.6% falling
114 Botswana 3.58 kg/ha 2023 up 86.6% volatile
115 Denmark 3.48 kg/ha 2023 up 506.8% volatile
116 Yemen 3.47 kg/ha 2023 down 25.3% rising
117 Germany 3.26 kg/ha 2023 up 155.4% volatile
118 Romania 3.19 kg/ha 2023 up 129.1% falling
119 Cuba 3.03 kg/ha 2023 down 48.3% falling
120 Belgium 2.94 kg/ha 2023 up 911.8% volatile
121 Belarus 2.87 kg/ha 2023 down 8.8% rising
122 Jamaica 2.86 kg/ha 2023 down 55.5% falling
123 Sweden 2.77 kg/ha 2023 up 11.4% volatile
124 Finland 2.75 kg/ha 2023 up 865.7% volatile
125 Yugoslav SFR 2.75 kg/ha 1991 up 36.5% falling
126 New Zealand 2.5 kg/ha 2023 up 3.6% falling
127 Morocco 2.38 kg/ha 2023 down 37.5% falling
128 Hungary 2.3 kg/ha 2023 up 37.2% falling
129 Qatar 2.28 kg/ha 2023 down 4.3% volatile
130 Malaysia 2.18 kg/ha 2023 up 0.6% falling
131 Namibia 2.18 kg/ha 2023 up 22.6% volatile
132 Switzerland 2.13 kg/ha 2023 down 5.9% volatile
133 Vanuatu 2.13 kg/ha 2023 up 42.2% rising
134 Kazakhstan 2.11 kg/ha 2023 up 156.3% volatile
135 Spain 2.07 kg/ha 2023 up 14.1% falling
136 USSR 2.04 kg/ha 1991 up 14.7% rising
137 Slovenia 1.98 kg/ha 2023 up 407.4% volatile
138 Tunisia 1.91 kg/ha 2023 up 1.6% rising
139 Chile 1.89 kg/ha 2023 down 25.8% rising
140 Albania 1.84 kg/ha 2023 down 10.8% falling
141 Jordan 1.76 kg/ha 2023 up 153.7% volatile
142 North Macedonia 1.75 kg/ha 2023 down 10.3% falling
143 Uzbekistan 1.73 kg/ha 2023 up 45.9% rising
144 Maldives 1.66 kg/ha 2023 up 16.5% rising
145 Algeria 1.25 kg/ha 2023 up 30.3% rising
146 Lesotho 1.2 kg/ha 2023 down 18.3% falling
147 Turkmenistan 1.13 kg/ha 2023 up 4.5% rising
148 Luxembourg 1.07 kg/ha 2023 up 24.3% falling
149 Afghanistan 0.9911 kg/ha 2023 down 22.2% rising
150 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.9334 kg/ha 1999 up 1.5% volatile
151 Portugal 0.9083 kg/ha 2023 up 55.0% volatile
152 Dominica 0.8955 kg/ha 2023 up 1.5% falling
153 Georgia 0.8782 kg/ha 2023 down 22.1% rising
154 Libya 0.7362 kg/ha 2023 down 8.3% rising
155 Papua New Guinea 0.6878 kg/ha 2023 up 1.5% rising
156 Bulgaria 0.6835 kg/ha 2023 up 158.5% volatile
157 Puerto Rico 0.6504 kg/ha 2023 up 21.7% volatile
158 Norway 0.5808 kg/ha 2023 up 504.4% volatile
159 Azerbaijan 0.5043 kg/ha 2023 down 23.3% rising
160 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.3834 kg/ha 2023 down 10.6% volatile
161 Saint Lucia 0.3349 kg/ha 2023 down 4.0% volatile
162 Cyprus 0.2771 kg/ha 2023 down 61.9% volatile
163 Saudi Arabia 0.2662 kg/ha 2023 up 6.8% rising
164 Armenia 0.2477 kg/ha 2023 down 34.6% rising
165 Iraq 0.1154 kg/ha 2023 down 84.3% volatile
166 Mongolia 0.094 kg/ha 2023 up 5.9% volatile
167 French Polynesia 0.0683 kg/ha 2023 up 74.2% volatile
168 Oman 0.0528 kg/ha 2023 up 190.1% volatile
169 New Caledonia 0.0208 kg/ha 2023 up 55.2% volatile
170 Samoa 0.0006 kg/ha 2023 up 20.0% rising
171 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile
171 Bahrain 0 kg/ha 2023 down 100.0% volatile
171 Malta 0 kg/ha 2023 down 100.0% falling
171 Singapore 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile
171 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile

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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
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
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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 (%).