Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen in Northern America
Northern America: Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen was 7.85 million t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen in Northern America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 7.85 million t for biological fixation — cropland nitrogen in 2023.
That represents a change of down 3.4% on the previous year and up 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, biological fixation — cropland nitrogen in Northern America peaked at 8.61 million t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 1.69 million t, in 1961.
Northern America ranks 5th of 32 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.12 million t | 1.69 million t | 2.66 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.46 million t | 2.68 million t | 4.84 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.24 million t | 3.73 million t | 4.77 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.88 million t | 4.14 million t | 5.70 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.02 million t | 5.43 million t | 6.70 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.43 million t | 6.31 million t | 8.61 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.06 million t | 7.85 million t | 8.17 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More environment data for Northern America
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Agricultural Use 14.64 million t (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per capita 37.99 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Use per area of cropland 75.85 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 13.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 11.92 g/Int$ (2024)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity 5.16 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is biological fixation — cropland nitrogen in Northern America?
- Biological fixation — cropland nitrogen in Northern America was 7.85 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest biological fixation — cropland nitrogen recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 8.61 million t in 2017.
- What is the lowest biological fixation — cropland nitrogen recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.69 million t in 1961.
- How does Northern America rank for biological fixation — cropland nitrogen?
- Northern America ranks 5th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is biological fixation — cropland nitrogen rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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 (%).