Crop harvest removal — 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
762.68 kg/ha
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Lowest
1.42 kg/ha
Iceland
Median
42.31 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,483
What the numbers show
Crop harvest removal — Cropland nitrogen per unit area is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 762.68 kg/ha in Micronesia (Federated States of); the lowest is 1.42 kg/ha in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 42.31 kg/ha, and the mean is 52.55 kg/ha.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 539.
Over the past decade 118 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 477.7%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 72.8%).
Crop harvest removal — Cropland nitrogen per unit area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 762.68 kg/ha | 2023 | up 70.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Brazil | 228.06 kg/ha | 2023 | up 49.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Guyana | 200.58 kg/ha | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 4 | Djibouti | 184.96 kg/ha | 2023 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Singapore | 162.46 kg/ha | 2023 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Paraguay | 153.8 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Egypt | 152.55 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 8 | China, mainland | 136.58 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 9 | China | 136.16 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 10 | Guadeloupe | 135.54 kg/ha | 2006 | up 33.5% | falling |
| 11 | Dominican Republic | 127.78 kg/ha | 2023 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 12 | Nepal | 124.72 kg/ha | 2023 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Mauritius | 122.05 kg/ha | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 14 | Eswatini | 116.71 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 113.31 kg/ha | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 16 | Kuwait | 107.3 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 17 | Uzbekistan | 97.14 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 18 | Ireland | 96.78 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 19 | Nauru | 96.41 kg/ha | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 20 | Belgium | 95.07 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 21 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 94.33 kg/ha | 1999 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 22 | Germany | 92.03 kg/ha | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 23 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 90.87 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 24 | Kiribati | 87.3 kg/ha | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 25 | France | 87.18 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 26 | Austria | 86.58 kg/ha | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 27 | Czechia | 85.2 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 28 | Slovakia | 85.2 kg/ha | 2023 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 29 | Serbia | 84.05 kg/ha | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 30 | Viet Nam | 81.9 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 31 | Republic of Korea | 81.8 kg/ha | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 32 | Hungary | 79.45 kg/ha | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 33 | Oman | 77.44 kg/ha | 2023 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 34 | India | 77.29 kg/ha | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 35 | Denmark | 75.95 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 36 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 74.72 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 37 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 74.25 kg/ha | 2023 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Poland | 74.05 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 39 | Belize | 73.78 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 40 | Croatia | 72.78 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 41 | Seychelles | 71.14 kg/ha | 2023 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Philippines | 68.72 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 43 | China, Taiwan Province of | 68.51 kg/ha | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 68.48 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 68 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 46 | Guatemala | 67.36 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 47 | Lithuania | 66.66 kg/ha | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 48 | Argentina | 64.36 kg/ha | 2023 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Colombia | 63.29 kg/ha | 2023 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 50 | Australia | 62.6 kg/ha | 2023 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 51 | Australia and New Zealand | 62.29 kg/ha | 2023 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 52 | Tajikistan | 60.97 kg/ha | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 53 | Indonesia | 59.92 kg/ha | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 54 | Faroe Islands | 59.72 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 55 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 59.49 kg/ha | 2023 | up 35.5% | falling |
| 56 | Canada | 59.48 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 57 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 58.96 kg/ha | 2023 | up 155.7% | rising |
| 58 | Switzerland | 58.92 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 59 | Fiji | 58.53 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 60 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 57.55 kg/ha | 2023 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 61 | Japan | 57.13 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 62 | Myanmar | 56.95 kg/ha | 2023 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Romania | 56.54 kg/ha | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 64 | Suriname | 56.11 kg/ha | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 65 | Uruguay | 55.9 kg/ha | 2023 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Sri Lanka | 53.9 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 67 | Ukraine | 53.82 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 68 | Bahamas | 53.66 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 69 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 53.63 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Pakistan | 53.44 kg/ha | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 71 | Barbados | 53.34 kg/ha | 2023 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Türkiye | 53.3 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 73 | El Salvador | 52.88 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 74 | Latvia | 52.75 kg/ha | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 75 | Malaysia | 52.21 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 76 | Luxembourg | 52.05 kg/ha | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 77 | Thailand | 50.74 kg/ha | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 78 | Cambodia | 50.63 kg/ha | 2023 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Slovenia | 50.58 kg/ha | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 80 | Czechoslovakia | 50.01 kg/ha | 1992 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 81 | Yugoslav SFR | 48.96 kg/ha | 1991 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 82 | Malawi | 48.59 kg/ha | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 83 | French Polynesia | 47.66 kg/ha | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 84 | New Zealand | 46.33 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 85 | Estonia | 46.13 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 86 | Vanuatu | 46.04 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 87 | Turkmenistan | 45.85 kg/ha | 2023 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 88 | Chile | 45.78 kg/ha | 2023 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Italy | 45.5 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 90 | Melanesia | 45.49 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 91 | Cook Islands | 45.2 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 92 | Israel | 44.9 kg/ha | 2023 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 93 | Solomon Islands | 44.43 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 94 | Papua New Guinea | 44.07 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 95 | Lebanon | 43.78 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 96 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 43.16 kg/ha | 2023 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 97 | Caribbean | 42.81 kg/ha | 2023 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 98 | Mexico | 42.69 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 99 | Ecuador | 42.65 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 100 | Sweden | 42.63 kg/ha | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 101 | Tonga | 42.31 kg/ha | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 102 | Republic of Moldova | 42.09 kg/ha | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 103 | Burundi | 41.56 kg/ha | 2023 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 104 | New Caledonia | 40.87 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 105 | Ghana | 40.82 kg/ha | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 106 | Polynesia | 40.55 kg/ha | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 107 | Grenada | 40.3 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 108 | Rwanda | 39.4 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 109 | Azerbaijan | 38.03 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 110 | Jamaica | 38 kg/ha | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 111 | Zambia | 37.1 kg/ha | 2023 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Ethiopia | 36.33 kg/ha | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 113 | Senegal | 36.3 kg/ha | 2023 | up 121.0% | rising |
| 114 | Belarus | 36.29 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 115 | Samoa | 35.81 kg/ha | 2023 | down 42.8% | rising |
| 116 | Honduras | 35.59 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 117 | Benin | 35.58 kg/ha | 2023 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 118 | Montenegro | 34.72 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 119 | Nicaragua | 34.15 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 120 | Peru | 33.95 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 121 | Kyrgyzstan | 33.73 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 122 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 32.77 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 123 | Nigeria | 32.76 kg/ha | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 124 | Russian Federation | 32.62 kg/ha | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 125 | Kenya | 32.02 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 126 | North Macedonia | 31.68 kg/ha | 2023 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 127 | Madagascar | 30.42 kg/ha | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 128 | Jordan | 30.38 kg/ha | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 129 | Finland | 30.23 kg/ha | 2023 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 130 | Mali | 29.47 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 131 | Greece | 28.58 kg/ha | 2023 | down 40.7% | rising |
| 132 | Panama | 27.57 kg/ha | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 133 | Albania | 27.26 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 134 | Cameroon | 26.87 kg/ha | 2023 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 135 | United Republic of Tanzania | 26.56 kg/ha | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 136 | Bahrain | 25.87 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 137 | Saint Lucia | 24.77 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 138 | Puerto Rico | 24.6 kg/ha | 2023 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Dominica | 24.46 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 140 | United Arab Emirates | 24.16 kg/ha | 2023 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 141 | Uganda | 23.98 kg/ha | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 142 | Syrian Arab Republic | 23.74 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 143 | Burkina Faso | 23.33 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 144 | Maldives | 23.12 kg/ha | 2023 | up 52.5% | falling |
| 145 | Spain | 23.03 kg/ha | 2023 | down 40.6% | rising |
| 146 | Qatar | 22.73 kg/ha | 2023 | up 87.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Guinea-Bissau | 22.57 kg/ha | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 148 | Georgia | 22.54 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 149 | Angola | 22.39 kg/ha | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 150 | Tuvalu | 22.31 kg/ha | 2023 | up 21.8% | falling |
| 151 | Zimbabwe | 22.1 kg/ha | 2023 | up 36.8% | falling |
| 152 | Mozambique | 22.02 kg/ha | 2023 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 153 | Comoros | 21.71 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 154 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 21.51 kg/ha | 2023 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 155 | Armenia | 21.5 kg/ha | 2023 | down 38.5% | rising |
| 156 | Norway | 21.3 kg/ha | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 157 | Sierra Leone | 21.23 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 158 | Togo | 21.02 kg/ha | 2023 | up 70.3% | rising |
| 159 | Portugal | 20.61 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 160 | Iraq | 20.46 kg/ha | 2023 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 161 | Mauritania | 20.13 kg/ha | 2023 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 162 | Malta | 19.56 kg/ha | 2023 | down 72.8% | rising |
| 163 | Morocco | 19.44 kg/ha | 2023 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 164 | Guinea | 19.35 kg/ha | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 165 | USSR | 19.07 kg/ha | 1991 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 166 | Haiti | 18.79 kg/ha | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 167 | Gabon | 18.71 kg/ha | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 168 | Côte d'Ivoire | 18.49 kg/ha | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 169 | Chad | 17.71 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 170 | Congo | 17.58 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 171 | Algeria | 17.52 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 172 | Yemen | 17.45 kg/ha | 2023 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 173 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17.17 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Cuba | 16.97 kg/ha | 2023 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 175 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 16.21 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 176 | Afghanistan | 16.11 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 177 | Kazakhstan | 15.73 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 178 | South Sudan | 15.03 kg/ha | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 179 | Cyprus | 14.53 kg/ha | 2023 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 180 | Bhutan | 14.46 kg/ha | 2023 | down 49.5% | rising |
| 181 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 14.31 kg/ha | 2023 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Liberia | 14.27 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 183 | Equatorial Guinea | 13.87 kg/ha | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 184 | Brunei Darussalam | 13.03 kg/ha | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 185 | Niger | 12.62 kg/ha | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 186 | Ethiopia PDR | 12.55 kg/ha | 1992 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 187 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.7 kg/ha | 2023 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 188 | Mongolia | 11.01 kg/ha | 2023 | up 39.9% | falling |
| 189 | Saudi Arabia | 10.93 kg/ha | 2023 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 190 | Sudan | 10.65 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 191 | Eritrea | 10.02 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 192 | Gambia | 9.88 kg/ha | 2023 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 193 | Sudan (former) | 9.75 kg/ha | 2011 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 194 | Botswana | 8.99 kg/ha | 2023 | up 117.7% | rising |
| 195 | Cabo Verde | 8.7 kg/ha | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 196 | Tunisia | 8.33 kg/ha | 2023 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 197 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.36 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 198 | Lesotho | 7.35 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 199 | Namibia | 6.18 kg/ha | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 200 | Libya | 5.97 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 201 | Iceland | 1.42 kg/ha | 2023 | up 477.7% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South America 139.81 kg/ha
- Eastern Asia 130.35 kg/ha
- Americas 99.93 kg/ha
- United States of America 89.02 kg/ha
- Western Europe 88.27 kg/ha
- Northern America 83.16 kg/ha
- Asia 77.42 kg/ha
- Southern Asia 70.26 kg/ha
- World 67.26 kg/ha
- Northern Europe 64.66 kg/ha
- European Union (27) 62.94 kg/ha
- Oceania 61.49 kg/ha
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 (%).