Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen per unit area in Iceland

Iceland: Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen per unit area was 9.51 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
9.51 kg/ha
Change on year
down 16.6%
World rank
92nd
of 201 countries
All-time high
16.97 kg/ha
in 2020
All-time low
2.05 kg/ha
in 1983
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen per unit area in Iceland, 1961–2023

051015196119922023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.

Analysis

Iceland recorded 9.51 kg/ha for crop residue removal — cropland nitrogen per unit area in 2023.

The figure is down 16.6% on the previous year and up 93.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, crop residue removal — cropland nitrogen per unit area in Iceland peaked at 16.97 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.05 kg/ha, in 1983.

That places Iceland 92nd out of 201 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 5.14 kg/ha 3.1 kg/ha 6.78 kg/ha 9
1970s 3.6 kg/ha 2.95 kg/ha 4.91 kg/ha 10
1980s 4.99 kg/ha 2.05 kg/ha 7.09 kg/ha 10
1990s 4.38 kg/ha 3.24 kg/ha 5.3 kg/ha 10
2000s 5.85 kg/ha 3.64 kg/ha 7.48 kg/ha 10
2010s 8.74 kg/ha 4.93 kg/ha 12.68 kg/ha 10
2020s 12.39 kg/ha 9.51 kg/ha 16.97 kg/ha 4

Countries ranked near Iceland

  1. 89 Mauritius 9.94 kg/ha compare
  2. 90 Benin 9.6 kg/ha compare
  3. 91 Morocco 9.54 kg/ha compare
  4. 93 Serbia 9.22 kg/ha compare
  5. 94 Indonesia 9.09 kg/ha compare
  6. 95 Armenia 9.05 kg/ha compare

See the full ranking of 233 places →

More environment data for Iceland

All data for Iceland →

Frequently asked questions

What is crop residue removal — cropland nitrogen per unit area in Iceland?
Crop residue removal — cropland nitrogen per unit area in Iceland was 9.51 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest crop residue removal — cropland nitrogen per unit area recorded in Iceland?
The highest recorded value was 16.97 kg/ha in 2020.
What is the lowest crop residue removal — cropland nitrogen per unit area recorded in Iceland?
The lowest recorded value was 2.05 kg/ha in 1983.
How does Iceland rank for crop residue removal — cropland nitrogen per unit area?
Iceland ranks 92nd out of 201 countries with data for 2023.
Is crop residue removal — cropland nitrogen per unit area rising or falling in Iceland?
Over the last ten years it is up 93.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Iceland data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen per unit area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen per unit area in Iceland. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 15 August 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/crop-residue-removal-cropland-nitrogen-per-unit-area/iceland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/stat/crop-residue-removal-cropland-nitrogen-per-unit-area/iceland/">Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen per unit area in Iceland</a> — Statizoid

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 (%).