Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium 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
7.86 million t
China
Lowest
8.71 t
Faroe Islands
Median
37,041 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,483
What the numbers show
Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 7.86 million t in China; the lowest is 8.71 t in Faroe Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 37,041 t, and the mean is 258,118 t.
Over the past decade 131 countries rose and 70 fell. The largest increase was in Senegal (up 151.7%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 58.8%).
Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 7.86 million t | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 7.82 million t | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 3 | India | 5.91 million t | 2023 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Brazil | 5.18 million t | 2023 | up 42.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Indonesia | 2.03 million t | 2023 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 6 | USSR | 1.88 million t | 1991 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 1.35 million t | 2023 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 8 | Nigeria | 1.04 million t | 2023 | up 37.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Argentina | 854,890 t | 2023 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Ukraine | 669,062 t | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 11 | Türkiye | 658,693 t | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 12 | Canada | 645,094 t | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 13 | Australia and New Zealand | 634,016 t | 2023 | up 57.2% | rising |
| 14 | Pakistan | 632,889 t | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 15 | Australia | 617,777 t | 2023 | up 59.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Mexico | 604,841 t | 2023 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 17 | France | 583,792 t | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 18 | Thailand | 527,856 t | 2023 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Malaysia | 484,455 t | 2023 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Germany | 447,658 t | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 21 | Viet Nam | 405,095 t | 2023 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 22 | Bangladesh | 383,684 t | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 23 | Caribbean | 354,830 t | 2023 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 24 | Philippines | 353,320 t | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 25 | Egypt | 334,624 t | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 26 | Poland | 329,474 t | 2023 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 27 | Dominican Republic | 279,354 t | 2023 | up 150.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 269,982 t | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 29 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 251,286 t | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 30 | Côte d'Ivoire | 243,723 t | 2023 | up 59.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Myanmar | 243,084 t | 2023 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 237,807 t | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 33 | Spain | 229,786 t | 2023 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 34 | Paraguay | 229,340 t | 2023 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Ghana | 227,393 t | 2023 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 36 | United Republic of Tanzania | 227,059 t | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Uzbekistan | 224,844 t | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 38 | Colombia | 223,415 t | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 39 | Italy | 210,681 t | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 40 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 200,267 t | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 41 | Peru | 168,847 t | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 42 | Kenya | 166,741 t | 2023 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Malawi | 163,866 t | 2023 | up 67.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 158,214 t | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 45 | Yugoslav SFR | 153,090 t | 1991 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 46 | Romania | 146,926 t | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 47 | Cameroon | 146,041 t | 2023 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Uganda | 137,931 t | 2023 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 49 | Guatemala | 136,040 t | 2023 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Angola | 120,924 t | 2023 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Ecuador | 120,544 t | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 52 | Mali | 119,107 t | 2023 | up 54.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Japan | 117,073 t | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 54 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 114,924 t | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Nepal | 107,140 t | 2023 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Hungary | 100,991 t | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 57 | Czechoslovakia | 100,808 t | 1992 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 58 | Algeria | 98,790 t | 2023 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 59 | Sudan | 98,665 t | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 60 | Cambodia | 96,734 t | 2023 | up 52.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Belarus | 93,432 t | 2023 | down 7.7% | flat |
| 62 | Morocco | 93,113 t | 2023 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 63 | Niger | 92,942 t | 2023 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 84,709 t | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 65 | Burkina Faso | 83,618 t | 2023 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Serbia | 82,871 t | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 67 | Mozambique | 82,476 t | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 68 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 80,004 t | 1999 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 69 | Benin | 79,881 t | 2023 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Sudan (former) | 79,778 t | 2011 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 71 | Czechia | 69,889 t | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 72 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 68,720 t | 2023 | up 83.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Denmark | 67,134 t | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 74 | Sri Lanka | 65,741 t | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 75 | Guinea | 64,787 t | 2023 | up 78.6% | volatile |
| 76 | Bulgaria | 64,455 t | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 77 | Melanesia | 64,114 t | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 78 | Belgium | 63,389 t | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 79 | Republic of Korea | 61,370 t | 2023 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 80 | Ethiopia PDR | 61,186 t | 1992 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 81 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 60,099 t | 2023 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 82 | Rwanda | 59,847 t | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 83 | Syrian Arab Republic | 58,702 t | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 84 | Chile | 57,761 t | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 85 | Zambia | 57,302 t | 2023 | up 56.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Zimbabwe | 54,541 t | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 87 | Madagascar | 53,104 t | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 88 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 52,739 t | 2023 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 89 | Papua New Guinea | 51,784 t | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 90 | Costa Rica | 50,959 t | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 91 | Afghanistan | 49,465 t | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 92 | Burundi | 48,638 t | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 93 | Austria | 47,717 t | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 94 | Senegal | 45,542 t | 2023 | up 151.7% | volatile |
| 95 | Cuba | 45,244 t | 2023 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 96 | China, Taiwan Province of | 43,217 t | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 97 | Azerbaijan | 43,040 t | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 98 | Lithuania | 42,943 t | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 99 | Greece | 39,031 t | 2023 | down 58.6% | rising |
| 100 | Honduras | 38,000 t | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 101 | Turkmenistan | 37,041 t | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 102 | Sweden | 36,671 t | 2023 | down 15.9% | flat |
| 103 | Uruguay | 35,735 t | 2023 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Tajikistan | 35,244 t | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 105 | Slovakia | 34,136 t | 2023 | up 30.8% | rising |
| 106 | Portugal | 33,430 t | 2023 | up 29.1% | falling |
| 107 | Iraq | 33,361 t | 2023 | down 33.0% | rising |
| 108 | Tunisia | 33,261 t | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 109 | Chad | 32,642 t | 2023 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Republic of Moldova | 31,581 t | 2023 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 111 | Nicaragua | 27,823 t | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 112 | Togo | 26,520 t | 2023 | up 55.1% | rising |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 26,249 t | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 114 | Saudi Arabia | 23,784 t | 2023 | up 61.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Croatia | 22,969 t | 2023 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 116 | Finland | 21,609 t | 2023 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 117 | Yemen | 20,714 t | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 118 | Sierra Leone | 19,439 t | 2023 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 119 | El Salvador | 18,887 t | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 120 | Guyana | 18,680 t | 2023 | up 148.8% | rising |
| 121 | Latvia | 17,964 t | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 122 | Haiti | 17,930 t | 2023 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 123 | South Sudan | 17,754 t | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 124 | New Zealand | 16,239 t | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 125 | Israel | 15,014 t | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 126 | Ireland | 14,238 t | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 127 | Switzerland | 14,018 t | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 128 | Panama | 13,653 t | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 129 | Lebanon | 13,273 t | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 13,261 t | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 131 | Albania | 11,371 t | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 132 | Libya | 9,671 t | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 133 | Congo | 9,612 t | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 134 | Eswatini | 9,234 t | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 135 | Jordan | 8,821 t | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 136 | Estonia | 8,635 t | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 137 | North Macedonia | 8,186 t | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 138 | Gabon | 7,792 t | 2023 | up 47.9% | rising |
| 139 | Armenia | 7,562 t | 2023 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 140 | Liberia | 7,490 t | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 141 | Guinea-Bissau | 7,075 t | 2023 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Norway | 6,612 t | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 143 | Jamaica | 6,598 t | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 144 | Oman | 6,299 t | 2023 | up 115.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Georgia | 5,443 t | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 146 | Fiji | 4,626 t | 2023 | up 26.0% | falling |
| 147 | Slovenia | 4,312 t | 2023 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 148 | Mongolia | 4,224 t | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 149 | Mauritius | 4,143 t | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 150 | Belize | 4,085 t | 2023 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Solomon Islands | 3,955 t | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 152 | Vanuatu | 3,553 t | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 153 | Puerto Rico | 2,866 t | 2023 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Mauritania | 2,801 t | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 155 | Eritrea | 2,730 t | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 156 | Polynesia | 2,660 t | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 157 | Namibia | 2,497 t | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 158 | Comoros | 1,953 t | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 159 | United Arab Emirates | 1,868 t | 2023 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,851 t | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 161 | Guadeloupe | 1,754 t | 2006 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 162 | Lesotho | 1,526 t | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 163 | Cyprus | 1,412 t | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 164 | Gambia | 1,335 t | 2023 | down 36.1% | rising |
| 165 | Samoa | 1,235 t | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 166 | Kiribati | 1,216 t | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 167 | Kuwait | 1,198 t | 2023 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Bhutan | 1,157 t | 2023 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 169 | Botswana | 1,050 t | 2023 | up 77.9% | rising |
| 170 | Suriname | 1,019 t | 2023 | down 51.2% | rising |
| 171 | Luxembourg | 916.28 t | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 172 | Tonga | 650.48 t | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 173 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 640.13 t | 2023 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 619.04 t | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 175 | Sao Tome and Principe | 596.12 t | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 176 | French Polynesia | 586.28 t | 2023 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 177 | Trinidad and Tobago | 584.07 t | 2023 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 178 | Dominica | 546.79 t | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 179 | Bahamas | 479.41 t | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 180 | Qatar | 447.8 t | 2023 | up 107.6% | volatile |
| 181 | Montenegro | 423.17 t | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 182 | Djibouti | 316.39 t | 2023 | up 117.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Cabo Verde | 310.17 t | 2023 | down 43.0% | rising |
| 184 | Barbados | 211.5 t | 2023 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 185 | New Caledonia | 194.48 t | 2023 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 186 | Maldives | 187.58 t | 2023 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 187 | Grenada | 184.14 t | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 188 | Malta | 169.84 t | 2023 | down 58.8% | rising |
| 189 | Saint Lucia | 150.91 t | 2023 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 190 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 139.5 t | 2023 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Bahrain | 112.03 t | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 192 | Cook Islands | 103.49 t | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 193 | Iceland | 98.12 t | 2023 | up 114.3% | rising |
| 194 | Brunei Darussalam | 75.13 t | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 195 | Seychelles | 61.21 t | 2023 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 196 | Singapore | 56.49 t | 2023 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 197 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 32.93 t | 2023 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 198 | Antigua and Barbuda | 30.07 t | 2023 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 199 | Tuvalu | 18.76 t | 2023 | up 19.2% | falling |
| 200 | Nauru | 15.58 t | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 201 | Faroe Islands | 8.71 t | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 45.55 million t
- Asia 21.09 million t
- Americas 13.66 million t
- Eastern Asia 8.10 million t
- Southern Asia 7.40 million t
- South America 7.06 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 5.42 million t
- Northern America 5.35 million t
- Europe 5.21 million t
- Africa 4.89 million t
- United States of America 4.70 million t
- South-eastern Asia 4.21 million t
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 (%).