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Crop harvest removal — Cropland phosphorus 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
130.04 kg/ha
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Lowest
0.2907 kg/ha
Iceland
Median
7.61 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,483

What the numbers show

Crop harvest removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 130.04 kg/ha in Micronesia (Federated States of); the lowest is 0.2907 kg/ha in Iceland.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.61 kg/ha, and the mean is 9.62 kg/ha.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 447.

Over the past decade 122 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 397.8%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 70.7%).

Crop harvest removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Micronesia (Federated States of) 130.04 kg/ha 2023 up 70.7% volatile
1 Guyana 39.64 kg/ha 2023 up 43.5% rising
2 Egypt 31.65 kg/ha 2023 down 0.1% rising
2 Viet Nam 16.47 kg/ha 2023 down 9.8% rising
3 Brazil 29.38 kg/ha 2023 up 53.1% volatile
4 China, mainland 26.56 kg/ha 2023 up 19.1% rising
4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 12.55 kg/ha 2023 up 22.1% rising
5 Djibouti 26.49 kg/ha 2023 up 59.1% volatile
5 Türkiye 10.89 kg/ha 2023 up 12.8% rising
6 China 26.48 kg/ha 2023 up 19.0% rising
6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 8.44 kg/ha 2023 down 15.0% rising
7 Dominican Republic 25.9 kg/ha 2023 up 99.3% volatile
7 Republic of Moldova 8.21 kg/ha 2023 up 27.0% rising
8 Bangladesh 25.33 kg/ha 2023 up 17.7% rising
8 Melanesia 7.95 kg/ha 2023 up 7.9% flat
9 Singapore 25.23 kg/ha 2023 down 20.1% volatile
10 Nepal 25.03 kg/ha 2023 up 41.6% volatile
10 Polynesia 7.2 kg/ha 2023 down 33.8% falling
11 Kuwait 24.95 kg/ha 2023 down 2.6% rising
11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7.17 kg/ha 2023 up 11.8% rising
12 Belgium-Luxembourg 22.35 kg/ha 1999 up 10.9% rising
12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6.29 kg/ha 2023 up 7.4% rising
13 Belgium 20.4 kg/ha 2023 down 13.5% falling
14 Paraguay 19.74 kg/ha 2023 down 4.1% volatile
14 Syrian Arab Republic 5.42 kg/ha 2023 up 5.5% rising
15 Uzbekistan 19.22 kg/ha 2023 up 9.0% rising
15 United Republic of Tanzania 4.97 kg/ha 2023 up 3.4% rising
16 Ireland 18.57 kg/ha 2023 down 8.2% rising
16 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.23 kg/ha 2023 down 31.8% rising
17 Germany 18.32 kg/ha 2023 down 7.2% rising
18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 17.64 kg/ha 2023 up 5.9% rising
18 Caribbean 7.83 kg/ha 2023 up 29.9% falling
18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.48 kg/ha 2023 up 0.2% rising
19 Faroe Islands 17.56 kg/ha 2023 down 12.7% flat
20 France 17.33 kg/ha 2023 up 5.1% rising
21 Oman 17.25 kg/ha 2023 up 54.5% volatile
22 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 17.1 kg/ha 2023 down 0.7% rising
23 Czechia 16.84 kg/ha 2023 up 4.0% rising
24 Austria 16.75 kg/ha 2023 up 11.7% rising
25 Nauru 16.69 kg/ha 2023 down 9.2% rising
26 Slovakia 16.64 kg/ha 2023 up 39.0% rising
27 Republic of Korea 16.57 kg/ha 2023 up 2.9% rising
28 Serbia 16.42 kg/ha 2023 up 17.4% rising
28 Côte d'Ivoire 3.96 kg/ha 2023 down 0.6% rising
29 Hungary 15.58 kg/ha 2023 up 18.1% rising
29 Cabo Verde 1.32 kg/ha 2023 down 37.1% falling
30 Kiribati 14.99 kg/ha 2023 up 11.4% volatile
31 Denmark 14.99 kg/ha 2023 down 11.1% rising
32 Poland 14.62 kg/ha 2023 up 22.7% rising
33 Croatia 14.27 kg/ha 2023 down 9.3% rising
34 China, Taiwan Province of 13.99 kg/ha 2023 down 0.6% falling
35 India 13.79 kg/ha 2023 up 23.0% rising
36 Philippines 13.14 kg/ha 2023 up 1.6% rising
37 Lithuania 12.92 kg/ha 2023 up 37.6% rising
38 Bulgaria 12.86 kg/ha 2023 up 6.1% rising
39 Guadeloupe 12.77 kg/ha 2006 up 27.1% falling
40 Lebanon 12.44 kg/ha 2023 up 5.4% rising
41 Seychelles 12.24 kg/ha 2023 up 43.5% volatile
42 Tajikistan 12.11 kg/ha 2023 down 8.7% rising
43 Switzerland 12.09 kg/ha 2023 down 3.4% rising
44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.91 kg/ha 2023 up 150.1% rising
45 Suriname 11.78 kg/ha 2023 down 14.1% flat
46 Japan 11.7 kg/ha 2023 down 0.1% falling
47 Australia 11.64 kg/ha 2023 up 68.5% rising
48 Australia and New Zealand 11.61 kg/ha 2023 up 66.6% rising
49 Indonesia 11.42 kg/ha 2023 up 3.3% rising
50 Canada 11.23 kg/ha 2023 down 8.6% rising
51 Romania 11.2 kg/ha 2023 up 13.4% rising
52 Eswatini 10.89 kg/ha 2023 down 2.5% rising
53 Mauritius 10.86 kg/ha 2023 down 31.8% falling
54 Costa Rica 10.61 kg/ha 2023 down 13.7% rising
55 Myanmar 10.57 kg/ha 2023 down 12.4% volatile
56 Slovenia 10.56 kg/ha 2023 up 33.0% flat
57 Cambodia 10.53 kg/ha 2023 up 22.4% volatile
58 Israel 10.31 kg/ha 2023 down 15.3% rising
59 Italy 10.25 kg/ha 2023 down 15.3% rising
60 Sri Lanka 10.21 kg/ha 2023 down 13.5% rising
61 Ukraine 10.19 kg/ha 2023 up 5.9% rising
62 Yugoslav SFR 10.16 kg/ha 1991 up 27.2% rising
63 Latvia 10.09 kg/ha 2023 up 23.1% rising
64 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10.02 kg/ha 2023 down 15.6% rising
65 Argentina 9.98 kg/ha 2023 down 22.3% rising
66 Uruguay 9.96 kg/ha 2023 down 21.8% volatile
67 Czechoslovakia 9.95 kg/ha 1992 up 5.3% rising
68 Jordan 9.75 kg/ha 2023 up 34.7% rising
69 Chile 9.72 kg/ha 2023 down 20.4% volatile
70 Colombia 9.68 kg/ha 2023 down 19.5% rising
71 Luxembourg 9.68 kg/ha 2023 down 18.3% falling
72 New Zealand 9.6 kg/ha 2023 down 2.5% rising
73 Pakistan 9.57 kg/ha 2023 up 17.5% rising
74 Belize 9.41 kg/ha 2023 down 20.8% rising
75 Guatemala 9.34 kg/ha 2023 down 2.0% rising
76 Malaysia 9.34 kg/ha 2023 down 6.4% rising
77 China, Hong Kong SAR 9.28 kg/ha 2023 up 35.5% falling
78 Turkmenistan 9.03 kg/ha 2023 up 23.0% falling
79 Cook Islands 9.02 kg/ha 2023 down 4.6% rising
80 Estonia 8.98 kg/ha 2023 up 11.1% rising
81 Malawi 8.57 kg/ha 2023 up 13.8% rising
82 Portugal 8.57 kg/ha 2023 up 38.1% rising
83 Thailand 8.51 kg/ha 2023 down 1.9% rising
84 Vanuatu 8.49 kg/ha 2023 up 12.4% falling
85 Solomon Islands 8.36 kg/ha 2023 up 1.6% falling
86 Sweden 8.25 kg/ha 2023 down 8.7% rising
87 Mexico 8.18 kg/ha 2023 up 13.0% rising
88 French Polynesia 8.15 kg/ha 2023 down 8.0% falling
89 Papua New Guinea 8.01 kg/ha 2023 up 6.7% rising
90 Ecuador 7.92 kg/ha 2023 up 26.2% rising
91 Bahamas 7.9 kg/ha 2023 up 8.4% rising
92 South Africa 7.7 kg/ha 2023 up 43.9% rising
93 Ghana 7.67 kg/ha 2023 up 37.6% rising
94 Azerbaijan 7.61 kg/ha 2023 up 20.1% rising
95 Ethiopia 7.44 kg/ha 2023 up 17.5% rising
96 New Caledonia 7.39 kg/ha 2023 up 8.0% rising
97 El Salvador 7.15 kg/ha 2023 down 8.4% rising
98 Tonga 7.14 kg/ha 2023 down 45.8% falling
99 Belarus 7.13 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
100 Montenegro 6.99 kg/ha 2023 down 6.5% falling
101 Rwanda 6.95 kg/ha 2023 down 1.3% rising
102 Kyrgyzstan 6.93 kg/ha 2023 down 0.7% rising
103 Burundi 6.9 kg/ha 2023 up 68.3% rising
104 Albania 6.85 kg/ha 2023 up 12.9% rising
105 Benin 6.82 kg/ha 2023 up 32.7% rising
106 Maldives 6.82 kg/ha 2023 up 44.5% falling
107 Samoa 6.78 kg/ha 2023 down 40.1% rising
108 Nigeria 6.71 kg/ha 2023 up 30.3% rising
109 Peru 6.63 kg/ha 2023 down 1.2% rising
110 Fiji 6.6 kg/ha 2023 up 17.4% falling
111 Grenada 6.59 kg/ha 2023 down 6.3% rising
112 Spain 6.55 kg/ha 2023 down 40.5% rising
113 Bahrain 6.34 kg/ha 2023 up 12.2% rising
114 North Macedonia 6.32 kg/ha 2023 down 10.6% rising
115 Jamaica 6.32 kg/ha 2023 down 11.8% falling
116 Barbados 6.31 kg/ha 2023 down 14.9% volatile
117 Mali 6.07 kg/ha 2023 up 16.2% rising
118 Madagascar 6.06 kg/ha 2023 up 25.7% rising
119 Russian Federation 6.04 kg/ha 2023 up 62.0% rising
120 Senegal 5.9 kg/ha 2023 up 137.5% rising
121 United Arab Emirates 5.84 kg/ha 2023 up 39.8% rising
122 Greece 5.78 kg/ha 2023 down 54.7% rising
123 Zambia 5.76 kg/ha 2023 up 37.8% volatile
124 Finland 5.7 kg/ha 2023 down 21.9% rising
125 Kenya 5.66 kg/ha 2023 up 7.9% rising
126 Honduras 5.12 kg/ha 2023 up 6.6% rising
127 Dominica 5.02 kg/ha 2023 up 9.6% falling
128 Cameroon 4.83 kg/ha 2023 up 21.2% volatile
129 Panama 4.74 kg/ha 2023 up 34.2% rising
130 Georgia 4.67 kg/ha 2023 up 4.3% rising
131 Burkina Faso 4.55 kg/ha 2023 down 5.0% rising
132 Qatar 4.54 kg/ha 2023 up 61.3% volatile
133 Morocco 4.52 kg/ha 2023 down 24.6% rising
134 Mauritania 4.5 kg/ha 2023 up 55.2% rising
135 Nicaragua 4.43 kg/ha 2023 up 3.1% falling
136 Puerto Rico 4.32 kg/ha 2023 up 33.2% falling
137 Saint Lucia 4.29 kg/ha 2023 down 17.5% falling
138 Armenia 4.29 kg/ha 2023 down 37.9% rising
139 Guinea-Bissau 4.17 kg/ha 2023 up 8.2% rising
140 Algeria 4.11 kg/ha 2023 up 0.1% volatile
141 Norway 4.1 kg/ha 2023 down 15.1% rising
142 Cyprus 4.05 kg/ha 2023 down 14.7% rising
143 Sierra Leone 4.04 kg/ha 2023 up 3.1% falling
144 Angola 4.01 kg/ha 2023 up 22.2% volatile
145 Comoros 3.97 kg/ha 2023 up 5.4% rising
146 Iraq 3.9 kg/ha 2023 down 34.1% rising
147 Tuvalu 3.83 kg/ha 2023 up 21.8% falling
148 Togo 3.81 kg/ha 2023 up 48.6% rising
149 Mozambique 3.81 kg/ha 2023 up 38.0% rising
150 Malta 3.73 kg/ha 2023 down 70.7% rising
151 USSR 3.68 kg/ha 1991 up 4.7% rising
152 Uganda 3.58 kg/ha 2023 up 14.6% rising
153 Guinea 3.49 kg/ha 2023 up 16.1% rising
154 Zimbabwe 3.47 kg/ha 2023 up 28.5% falling
155 Yemen 3.25 kg/ha 2023 down 21.4% rising
156 Trinidad and Tobago 3.19 kg/ha 2023 up 14.4% falling
157 Chad 3.17 kg/ha 2023 down 3.7% rising
158 Afghanistan 3.14 kg/ha 2023 down 11.2% rising
159 Bhutan 3.02 kg/ha 2023 down 49.6% rising
160 Tunisia 3.01 kg/ha 2023 down 10.6% rising
161 Saudi Arabia 3 kg/ha 2023 up 94.9% volatile
162 Haiti 2.99 kg/ha 2023 down 27.9% falling
163 South Sudan 2.99 kg/ha 2023 up 28.4% rising
164 Gabon 2.97 kg/ha 2023 up 36.7% rising
165 Kazakhstan 2.95 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
166 Central African Republic 2.83 kg/ha 2023 up 32.9% rising
167 Liberia 2.55 kg/ha 2023 up 11.2% rising
168 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.47 kg/ha 2023 up 30.3% falling
169 Ethiopia PDR 2.37 kg/ha 1992 up 7.3% rising
170 Brunei Darussalam 2.32 kg/ha 2023 up 20.9% rising
171 Congo 2.32 kg/ha 2023 up 9.3% rising
172 Cuba 2.23 kg/ha 2023 down 50.0% falling
173 Niger 2.22 kg/ha 2023 up 27.5% volatile
174 Equatorial Guinea 2.19 kg/ha 2023 up 12.1% rising
175 Mongolia 2.16 kg/ha 2023 up 39.0% falling
176 Eritrea 2.1 kg/ha 2023 up 1.9% falling
177 Sao Tome and Principe 2 kg/ha 2023 down 60.8% falling
178 Sudan 1.95 kg/ha 2023 down 5.3% rising
179 Sudan (former) 1.84 kg/ha 2011 down 12.2% rising
180 Lesotho 1.69 kg/ha 2023 down 13.8% falling
181 Libya 1.66 kg/ha 2023 down 13.8% rising
182 Botswana 1.65 kg/ha 2023 up 167.0% rising
183 Gambia 1.59 kg/ha 2023 down 39.7% falling
184 Antigua and Barbuda 1.58 kg/ha 2023 down 14.7% volatile
185 Namibia 0.9763 kg/ha 2023 up 42.2% rising
186 Iceland 0.2907 kg/ha 2023 up 397.8% 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
Crop harvest removal — Cropland phosphorus 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
233 places, 13,483 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 (%).