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
203
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 203 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 52.34 kg/ha.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 539.
Over the past decade 120 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 |
| 1 | Brazil | 228.06 kg/ha | 2023 | up 49.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Guyana | 200.58 kg/ha | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 81.9 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 3 | Djibouti | 184.96 kg/ha | 2023 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Singapore | 162.46 kg/ha | 2023 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 74.25 kg/ha | 2023 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Paraguay | 153.8 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 53.63 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Egypt | 152.55 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 6 | Türkiye | 53.3 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 7 | China, mainland | 136.58 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 7 | Melanesia | 45.49 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 8 | China | 136.16 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 9 | Guadeloupe | 135.54 kg/ha | 2006 | up 33.5% | falling |
| 9 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 43.16 kg/ha | 2023 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 10 | Dominican Republic | 127.78 kg/ha | 2023 | up 81.8% | rising |
| 10 | Republic of Moldova | 42.09 kg/ha | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 11 | Nepal | 124.72 kg/ha | 2023 | up 41.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Polynesia | 40.55 kg/ha | 2023 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 12 | Mauritius | 122.05 kg/ha | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 12 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 32.77 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 13 | Eswatini | 116.71 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 113.31 kg/ha | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 14 | United Republic of Tanzania | 26.56 kg/ha | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 15 | Kuwait | 107.3 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 15 | Caribbean | 42.81 kg/ha | 2023 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 15 | Syrian Arab Republic | 23.74 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 97.14 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 16 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 21.51 kg/ha | 2023 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 17 | Ireland | 96.78 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 18 | Nauru | 96.41 kg/ha | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 18 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 16.21 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 19 | Belgium | 95.07 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 20 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 94.33 kg/ha | 1999 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 21 | Germany | 92.03 kg/ha | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 90.87 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 23 | Kiribati | 87.3 kg/ha | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 24 | France | 87.18 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 25 | Austria | 86.58 kg/ha | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 26 | Czechia | 85.2 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 27 | Slovakia | 85.2 kg/ha | 2023 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 28 | Serbia | 84.05 kg/ha | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 18.49 kg/ha | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 29 | Republic of Korea | 81.8 kg/ha | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 8.7 kg/ha | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 30 | Hungary | 79.45 kg/ha | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 31 | Oman | 77.44 kg/ha | 2023 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 32 | India | 77.29 kg/ha | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 33 | Denmark | 75.95 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 34 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 74.72 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 35 | Poland | 74.05 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 36 | Belize | 73.78 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 37 | Croatia | 72.78 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 38 | Seychelles | 71.14 kg/ha | 2023 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Philippines | 68.72 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 40 | China, Taiwan Province of | 68.51 kg/ha | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 41 | Costa Rica | 68.48 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 42 | Bulgaria | 68 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 43 | Guatemala | 67.36 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 44 | Lithuania | 66.66 kg/ha | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 45 | Argentina | 64.36 kg/ha | 2023 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Colombia | 63.29 kg/ha | 2023 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 47 | Australia | 62.6 kg/ha | 2023 | up 68.0% | rising |
| 48 | Australia and New Zealand | 62.29 kg/ha | 2023 | up 66.3% | rising |
| 49 | Tajikistan | 60.97 kg/ha | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 50 | Indonesia | 59.92 kg/ha | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 51 | Faroe Islands | 59.72 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 52 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 59.49 kg/ha | 2023 | up 35.5% | falling |
| 53 | Canada | 59.48 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 54 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 58.96 kg/ha | 2023 | up 155.7% | rising |
| 55 | Switzerland | 58.92 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 56 | Fiji | 58.53 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 57 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 57.55 kg/ha | 2023 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 58 | Japan | 57.13 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 59 | Myanmar | 56.95 kg/ha | 2023 | down 13.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Romania | 56.54 kg/ha | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 61 | Suriname | 56.11 kg/ha | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 62 | Uruguay | 55.9 kg/ha | 2023 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Sri Lanka | 53.9 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 64 | Ukraine | 53.82 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 65 | Bahamas | 53.66 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 66 | Pakistan | 53.44 kg/ha | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 67 | Barbados | 53.34 kg/ha | 2023 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 68 | El Salvador | 52.88 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 69 | Latvia | 52.75 kg/ha | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 70 | Malaysia | 52.21 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 71 | Luxembourg | 52.05 kg/ha | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 72 | Thailand | 50.74 kg/ha | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 73 | Cambodia | 50.63 kg/ha | 2023 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Slovenia | 50.58 kg/ha | 2023 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 75 | Czechoslovakia | 50.01 kg/ha | 1992 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 76 | Yugoslav SFR | 48.96 kg/ha | 1991 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 77 | Malawi | 48.59 kg/ha | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 78 | French Polynesia | 47.66 kg/ha | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 79 | New Zealand | 46.33 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 80 | Estonia | 46.13 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 81 | Vanuatu | 46.04 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 82 | Turkmenistan | 45.85 kg/ha | 2023 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 83 | Chile | 45.78 kg/ha | 2023 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Italy | 45.5 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 85 | Cook Islands | 45.2 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 86 | Israel | 44.9 kg/ha | 2023 | down 13.5% | flat |
| 87 | Solomon Islands | 44.43 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 88 | South Africa | 44.2 kg/ha | 2023 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 89 | Papua New Guinea | 44.07 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 90 | Lebanon | 43.78 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 91 | Mexico | 42.69 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 92 | Ecuador | 42.65 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 93 | Sweden | 42.63 kg/ha | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 94 | Tonga | 42.31 kg/ha | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 95 | Burundi | 41.56 kg/ha | 2023 | up 74.4% | rising |
| 96 | New Caledonia | 40.87 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 97 | Ghana | 40.82 kg/ha | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 98 | Grenada | 40.3 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 99 | Rwanda | 39.4 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 38.03 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 101 | Jamaica | 38 kg/ha | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 102 | Zambia | 37.1 kg/ha | 2023 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Ethiopia | 36.33 kg/ha | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 104 | Senegal | 36.3 kg/ha | 2023 | up 121.0% | rising |
| 105 | Belarus | 36.29 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 106 | Samoa | 35.81 kg/ha | 2023 | down 42.8% | rising |
| 107 | Honduras | 35.59 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 108 | Benin | 35.58 kg/ha | 2023 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 109 | Montenegro | 34.72 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 110 | Nicaragua | 34.15 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 111 | Peru | 33.95 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 33.73 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 113 | Nigeria | 32.76 kg/ha | 2023 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 114 | Russian Federation | 32.62 kg/ha | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 115 | Kenya | 32.02 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 116 | North Macedonia | 31.68 kg/ha | 2023 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 117 | Madagascar | 30.42 kg/ha | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 118 | Jordan | 30.38 kg/ha | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 119 | Finland | 30.23 kg/ha | 2023 | down 21.7% | rising |
| 120 | Mali | 29.47 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 121 | Greece | 28.58 kg/ha | 2023 | down 40.7% | rising |
| 122 | Panama | 27.57 kg/ha | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 123 | Albania | 27.26 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 124 | Cameroon | 26.87 kg/ha | 2023 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Bahrain | 25.87 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 126 | Saint Lucia | 24.77 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 127 | Puerto Rico | 24.6 kg/ha | 2023 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Dominica | 24.46 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 129 | United Arab Emirates | 24.16 kg/ha | 2023 | up 42.6% | rising |
| 130 | Uganda | 23.98 kg/ha | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 131 | Burkina Faso | 23.33 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 132 | Maldives | 23.12 kg/ha | 2023 | up 52.5% | falling |
| 133 | Spain | 23.03 kg/ha | 2023 | down 40.6% | rising |
| 134 | Qatar | 22.73 kg/ha | 2023 | up 87.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Guinea-Bissau | 22.57 kg/ha | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 136 | Georgia | 22.54 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 137 | Angola | 22.39 kg/ha | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 138 | Tuvalu | 22.31 kg/ha | 2023 | up 21.8% | falling |
| 139 | Zimbabwe | 22.1 kg/ha | 2023 | up 36.8% | falling |
| 140 | Mozambique | 22.02 kg/ha | 2023 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 141 | Comoros | 21.71 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 142 | Armenia | 21.5 kg/ha | 2023 | down 38.5% | rising |
| 143 | Norway | 21.3 kg/ha | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 144 | Sierra Leone | 21.23 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 145 | Togo | 21.02 kg/ha | 2023 | up 70.3% | rising |
| 146 | Portugal | 20.61 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 147 | Iraq | 20.46 kg/ha | 2023 | down 32.9% | rising |
| 148 | Mauritania | 20.13 kg/ha | 2023 | up 53.2% | rising |
| 149 | Malta | 19.56 kg/ha | 2023 | down 72.8% | rising |
| 150 | Morocco | 19.44 kg/ha | 2023 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 151 | Guinea | 19.35 kg/ha | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 152 | USSR | 19.07 kg/ha | 1991 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 153 | Haiti | 18.79 kg/ha | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 154 | Gabon | 18.71 kg/ha | 2023 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 155 | Central African Republic | 18.3 kg/ha | 2023 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 156 | Chad | 17.71 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 157 | Congo | 17.58 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 158 | Algeria | 17.52 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 159 | Yemen | 17.45 kg/ha | 2023 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 160 | Trinidad and Tobago | 17.17 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Cuba | 16.97 kg/ha | 2023 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 162 | Afghanistan | 16.11 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 163 | Kazakhstan | 15.73 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 164 | South Sudan | 15.03 kg/ha | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 165 | Cyprus | 14.53 kg/ha | 2023 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 166 | Bhutan | 14.46 kg/ha | 2023 | down 49.5% | rising |
| 167 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 14.31 kg/ha | 2023 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 168 | Liberia | 14.27 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 169 | Equatorial Guinea | 13.87 kg/ha | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 170 | Brunei Darussalam | 13.03 kg/ha | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 171 | Niger | 12.62 kg/ha | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Ethiopia PDR | 12.55 kg/ha | 1992 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.7 kg/ha | 2023 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 174 | Mongolia | 11.01 kg/ha | 2023 | up 39.9% | falling |
| 175 | Saudi Arabia | 10.93 kg/ha | 2023 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Sudan | 10.65 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 177 | Eritrea | 10.02 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 178 | Gambia | 9.88 kg/ha | 2023 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 179 | Sudan (former) | 9.75 kg/ha | 2011 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 180 | Botswana | 8.99 kg/ha | 2023 | up 117.7% | rising |
| 181 | Tunisia | 8.33 kg/ha | 2023 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.36 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 183 | Lesotho | 7.35 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 184 | Namibia | 6.18 kg/ha | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 185 | Libya | 5.97 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 186 | 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
- Asia 77.42 kg/ha
- United States of America 89.02 kg/ha
- Western Europe 88.27 kg/ha
- Northern America 83.16 kg/ha
- Southern Asia 70.26 kg/ha
- World 67.26 kg/ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 44.34 kg/ha
- Northern Europe 64.66 kg/ha
- European Union (27) 62.94 kg/ha
- Oceania 61.49 kg/ha
- South-Eastern Asia 60.16 kg/ha
- Europe 48.63 kg/ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 30.16 kg/ha
- Central America 44.44 kg/ha
- Eastern Europe 42.65 kg/ha
- Southern Africa 41.41 kg/ha
- Middle Africa 19.6 kg/ha
- Western Asia 39.18 kg/ha
- Southern Europe 36.03 kg/ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 33.43 kg/ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 33.04 kg/ha
- Eastern Africa 30.14 kg/ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 29.02 kg/ha
- Central Asia 28.38 kg/ha
- Africa 26.91 kg/ha
- Western Africa 26.47 kg/ha
- Northern Africa 24.58 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 (%).