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Crop residue 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
47.51 kg/ha
Slovakia
Lowest
0 kg/ha
Nauru
Median
8.67 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500

What the numbers show

Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen per unit area is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 47.51 kg/ha in Slovakia; the lowest is 0 kg/ha in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.67 kg/ha, and the mean is 10.98 kg/ha.

Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Nicaragua (up 412.3%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 84.0%).

Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen per unit area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Slovakia 47.51 kg/ha 2023 up 74.9% rising
2 Egypt 45.58 kg/ha 2023 down 4.0% rising
3 Belgium 45.26 kg/ha 2023 up 4.6% rising
4 Ukraine 39.75 kg/ha 2023 up 32.0% rising
5 Belgium-Luxembourg 38.61 kg/ha 1999 up 10.4% rising
6 Uzbekistan 37.95 kg/ha 2023 up 12.6% rising
7 Czechia 35.56 kg/ha 2023 up 24.3% rising
8 Republic of Korea 34.28 kg/ha 2023 up 3.7% rising
9 Ireland 32.59 kg/ha 2023 down 13.5% rising
10 Bangladesh 32.42 kg/ha 2023 up 38.2% rising
11 Czechoslovakia 28.77 kg/ha 1992 down 6.4% rising
12 Austria 27.79 kg/ha 2023 up 30.8% rising
13 Tajikistan 27.76 kg/ha 2023 up 16.0% rising
14 Denmark 27.38 kg/ha 2023 down 13.2% rising
15 China, mainland 25.3 kg/ha 2023 up 30.8% rising
16 China 25.21 kg/ha 2023 up 30.6% rising
17 Germany 25.17 kg/ha 2023 down 8.8% rising
18 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 24.31 kg/ha 2023 down 8.0% rising
19 Republic of Moldova 24.22 kg/ha 2023 up 19.8% rising
20 Russian Federation 24.06 kg/ha 2023 up 78.8% rising
21 Belarus 23.79 kg/ha 2023 up 17.7% rising
22 Luxembourg 23.77 kg/ha 2023 down 7.0% rising
23 France 23.74 kg/ha 2023 up 15.9% rising
24 Pakistan 23.36 kg/ha 2023 up 35.7% rising
25 Poland 22.54 kg/ha 2023 up 25.1% rising
26 Switzerland 21.29 kg/ha 2023 down 4.7% rising
27 Viet Nam 21.09 kg/ha 2023 up 30.6% rising
28 Oman 20.62 kg/ha 2023 up 265.6% volatile
29 Hungary 20.55 kg/ha 2023 up 41.1% rising
30 Kuwait 20.39 kg/ha 2023 down 20.9% rising
31 Nepal 20.21 kg/ha 2023 up 47.6% rising
32 Guyana 19.85 kg/ha 2023 up 58.7% rising
33 Slovenia 19.47 kg/ha 2023 up 36.8% rising
34 Mexico 19.17 kg/ha 2023 up 32.1% rising
35 Ethiopia 18.65 kg/ha 2023 up 44.2% rising
36 India 18.59 kg/ha 2023 up 29.2% rising
37 Turkmenistan 18.06 kg/ha 2023 up 21.4% rising
38 Türkiye 17.98 kg/ha 2023 up 23.5% volatile
39 Lao People's Democratic Republic 17.25 kg/ha 2023 down 6.6% rising
40 Kyrgyzstan 16.49 kg/ha 2023 up 1.2% rising
41 Cambodia 16.45 kg/ha 2023 up 18.0% volatile
42 Greece 16.4 kg/ha 2023 up 36.0% rising
43 Nicaragua 16.22 kg/ha 2023 up 412.3% volatile
44 Senegal 15.96 kg/ha 2023 up 78.7% rising
45 Azerbaijan 15.87 kg/ha 2023 up 27.9% rising
46 Myanmar 15.57 kg/ha 2023 up 5.9% rising
47 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 15.18 kg/ha 2023 down 35.5% rising
48 Romania 14.64 kg/ha 2023 up 14.9% rising
49 Italy 14.58 kg/ha 2023 up 13.9% rising
50 Puerto Rico 14.42 kg/ha 2023 up 55.8% rising
51 Bulgaria 14.33 kg/ha 2023 up 10.1% rising
52 El Salvador 13.95 kg/ha 2023 up 256.1% volatile
53 Ghana 13.93 kg/ha 2023 up 57.5% volatile
54 Sweden 13.85 kg/ha 2023 down 14.2% rising
55 Zambia 13.39 kg/ha 2023 up 22.5% volatile
56 Mali 13.32 kg/ha 2023 up 3.8% rising
57 Suriname 13.18 kg/ha 2023 down 7.0% rising
58 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 13.01 kg/ha 2023 down 13.4% rising
59 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 12.88 kg/ha 2023 up 28.0% volatile
60 Lithuania 12.84 kg/ha 2023 up 10.7% rising
61 Guatemala 12.7 kg/ha 2023 up 114.9% volatile
62 Malawi 12.57 kg/ha 2023 up 14.4% rising
63 Japan 12.36 kg/ha 2023 down 1.2% falling
64 Albania 12.33 kg/ha 2023 up 1.9% rising
65 Sri Lanka 12.05 kg/ha 2023 up 33.1% volatile
66 Nigeria 11.93 kg/ha 2023 up 7.3% rising
67 Peru 11.92 kg/ha 2023 up 14.4% rising
68 Yugoslav SFR 11.92 kg/ha 1991 up 8.7% rising
69 Afghanistan 11.86 kg/ha 2023 down 2.0% rising
70 Madagascar 11.86 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% volatile
71 United Republic of Tanzania 11.85 kg/ha 2023 up 37.0% rising
72 Ecuador 11.73 kg/ha 2023 up 66.4% rising
73 Iraq 11.73 kg/ha 2023 down 5.7% volatile
74 Bhutan 11.62 kg/ha 2023 down 5.1% rising
75 Guadeloupe 11.61 kg/ha 2023 up 8.1% falling
76 Jamaica 11.59 kg/ha 2023 up 37.7% rising
77 China, Taiwan Province of 11.47 kg/ha 2023 down 12.7% falling
78 Rwanda 11.35 kg/ha 2023 down 22.8% falling
79 Croatia 11.26 kg/ha 2023 down 24.3% rising
80 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.18 kg/ha 2023 up 38.6% flat
81 USSR 10.91 kg/ha 1991 up 20.0% rising
82 Saudi Arabia 10.79 kg/ha 2023 up 20.9% rising
83 Mauritania 10.67 kg/ha 2023 up 64.9% rising
84 Kenya 10.55 kg/ha 2023 up 13.0% rising
85 New Zealand 10.4 kg/ha 2023 up 9.5% rising
86 Norway 10.1 kg/ha 2023 down 17.3% rising
87 Costa Rica 10.03 kg/ha 2023 down 3.1% rising
88 Dominican Republic 10.01 kg/ha 2023 up 21.1% rising
89 Mauritius 9.94 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% flat
90 Benin 9.6 kg/ha 2023 up 2.8% rising
91 Morocco 9.54 kg/ha 2023 down 21.2% rising
92 Iceland 9.51 kg/ha 2023 up 93.1% rising
93 Serbia 9.22 kg/ha 2023 down 21.5% falling
94 Indonesia 9.09 kg/ha 2023 down 11.8% volatile
95 Armenia 9.05 kg/ha 2023 down 30.8% rising
96 Belize 9.02 kg/ha 2023 up 23.6% rising
97 Burkina Faso 8.86 kg/ha 2023 down 4.3% rising
98 Chile 8.81 kg/ha 2023 down 9.1% volatile
99 Algeria 8.81 kg/ha 2023 down 22.7% rising
100 Qatar 8.76 kg/ha 2023 up 87.0% flat
101 Philippines 8.67 kg/ha 2023 down 0.1% rising
102 Thailand 8.53 kg/ha 2023 down 13.0% rising
103 Eswatini 8.52 kg/ha 2023 up 6.2% rising
104 Niger 8.39 kg/ha 2023 up 34.3% rising
105 Zimbabwe 8.13 kg/ha 2023 up 45.5% rising
106 Fiji 8.13 kg/ha 2023 up 20.0% rising
107 Latvia 8.12 kg/ha 2023 up 43.8% falling
108 Barbados 8.11 kg/ha 2023 up 4.4% falling
109 Jordan 8.02 kg/ha 2023 up 28.8% rising
110 Togo 8.01 kg/ha 2023 up 30.0% rising
111 Caribbean 7.86 kg/ha 2023 down 2.9% rising
112 Cuba 7.84 kg/ha 2023 down 15.8% rising
113 Uganda 7.81 kg/ha 2023 up 6.4% rising
114 Kazakhstan 7.46 kg/ha 2023 up 11.5% rising
115 Syrian Arab Republic 7.28 kg/ha 2023 down 19.1% rising
116 Mozambique 7.12 kg/ha 2023 up 61.1% volatile
117 Brazil 7 kg/ha 2023 up 115.3% rising
118 Spain 6.92 kg/ha 2023 down 38.6% rising
119 Israel 6.81 kg/ha 2023 down 28.2% falling
120 Mongolia 6.76 kg/ha 2023 down 8.9% rising
121 Ethiopia PDR 6.74 kg/ha 1992 up 1.4% rising
122 Cyprus 6.69 kg/ha 2023 up 11.6% rising
123 Australia and New Zealand 6.47 kg/ha 2023 up 50.5% rising
124 Australia 6.39 kg/ha 2023 up 52.4% rising
125 Lebanon 6.35 kg/ha 2023 down 13.4% rising
126 Finland 6.31 kg/ha 2023 down 38.0% rising
127 Congo 6.16 kg/ha 2023 up 13.0% rising
128 North Macedonia 6.08 kg/ha 2023 down 18.2% falling
129 South Sudan 5.91 kg/ha 2023 up 31.0% rising
130 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5.89 kg/ha 2023 up 12.7% rising
131 Eritrea 5.77 kg/ha 2023 down 4.1% rising
132 Georgia 5.74 kg/ha 2023 down 2.2% rising
133 Panama 5.64 kg/ha 2023 down 0.4% flat
134 Burundi 5.52 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
135 Sierra Leone 5.45 kg/ha 2023 down 25.0% rising
136 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5.36 kg/ha 2023 down 14.3% rising
137 Angola 5.31 kg/ha 2023 up 7.9% rising
138 Lesotho 4.97 kg/ha 2023 up 18.6% rising
139 Gabon 4.97 kg/ha 2023 down 6.1% rising
140 China, Hong Kong SAR 4.87 kg/ha 2023 down 7.2% falling
141 Estonia 4.81 kg/ha 2023 up 111.2% falling
142 Comoros 4.79 kg/ha 2023 up 6.2% rising
143 Haiti 4.78 kg/ha 2023 down 9.7% falling
144 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.66 kg/ha 2023 down 19.9% falling
145 Singapore 4.54 kg/ha 2023 down 21.0% rising
146 Gambia 4.53 kg/ha 2023 up 8.9% falling
147 Montenegro 4.41 kg/ha 2023 up 6.9% volatile
148 Cameroon 4.4 kg/ha 2023 up 14.6% volatile
149 Melanesia 4.15 kg/ha 2023 down 6.5% rising
150 Papua New Guinea 4.04 kg/ha 2023 down 13.8% rising
151 Côte d'Ivoire 3.89 kg/ha 2023 down 18.3% rising
152 Yemen 3.78 kg/ha 2023 down 19.2% rising
153 Portugal 3.73 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% rising
154 United Arab Emirates 3.73 kg/ha 2023 up 216.6% volatile
155 Dominica 3.68 kg/ha 2023 down 15.2% falling
156 Honduras 3.62 kg/ha 2023 up 29.4% flat
157 Solomon Islands 3.62 kg/ha 2023 down 2.8% rising
158 Bahrain 3.57 kg/ha 2023 up 128.1% rising
159 Liberia 3.39 kg/ha 2023 down 50.8% volatile
160 Chad 3.21 kg/ha 2023 up 34.0% rising
161 Sudan (former) 3.12 kg/ha 2011 down 21.5% falling
162 Colombia 3.1 kg/ha 2023 up 173.7% falling
163 Faroe Islands 3.07 kg/ha 2023 down 29.8% rising
164 Tunisia 2.98 kg/ha 2023 down 27.2% rising
165 Canada 2.93 kg/ha 2023 down 76.3% rising
166 Equatorial Guinea 2.91 kg/ha 2023 up 7.3% volatile
167 Botswana 2.86 kg/ha 2023 up 112.0% rising
168 Sudan 2.79 kg/ha 2023 down 12.5% flat
169 Saint Lucia 2.74 kg/ha 2023 down 43.1% falling
170 Bahamas 2.74 kg/ha 2023 down 1.8% falling
171 Djibouti 2.62 kg/ha 2023 down 3.1% rising
172 Namibia 2.58 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
173 Tonga 2.52 kg/ha 2023 up 20.7% falling
174 Seychelles 2.4 kg/ha 2023 down 4.6% volatile
175 Guinea 2.36 kg/ha 2023 down 27.6% falling
176 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.3 kg/ha 2023 down 33.1% rising
177 Libya 2.09 kg/ha 2023 down 3.7% rising
178 Argentina 2.09 kg/ha 2023 up 32.6% falling
179 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.08 kg/ha 2023 down 18.0% falling
180 Grenada 1.91 kg/ha 2023 down 14.1% falling
181 Vanuatu 1.85 kg/ha 2023 up 107.6% rising
182 Brunei Darussalam 1.85 kg/ha 2023 up 46.6% volatile
183 Samoa 1.78 kg/ha 2023 down 6.9% rising
184 Malta 1.75 kg/ha 2023 down 84.0% rising
185 Malaysia 1.72 kg/ha 2023 down 2.2% rising
186 Guinea-Bissau 1.7 kg/ha 2023 down 2.9% falling
187 Maldives 1.64 kg/ha 2023 down 2.5% volatile
188 Uruguay 1.63 kg/ha 2023 down 34.6% falling
189 Sao Tome and Principe 1.52 kg/ha 2023 down 9.7% volatile
190 Polynesia 1.51 kg/ha 2023 down 0.4% falling
191 Paraguay 1.39 kg/ha 2023 up 74.4% falling
192 New Caledonia 1.3 kg/ha 2023 down 31.6% rising
193 Cabo Verde 1.22 kg/ha 2023 down 20.4% falling
194 Antigua and Barbuda 1.06 kg/ha 2023 down 14.3% volatile
195 Trinidad and Tobago 1 kg/ha 2023 down 26.2% falling
196 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.6968 kg/ha 2023 down 1.6% volatile
197 Cook Islands 0.4692 kg/ha 2023 down 51.6% volatile
198 Kiribati 0.4031 kg/ha 2023 down 32.0% rising
199 Tuvalu 0.2992 kg/ha 2023 down 12.8% volatile
200 French Polynesia 0.2966 kg/ha 2023 down 12.5% falling
201 Nauru 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen 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, 13,500 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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 (%).