Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen per unit area in India
India: Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen per unit area was 18.59 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen per unit area in India, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, crop residue removal — cropland nitrogen per unit area in India stood at 18.59 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop residue removal — cropland nitrogen per unit area in India peaked at 18.59 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4.32 kg/ha, in 1966.
India ranks 36th of 201 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.69 kg/ha | 4.32 kg/ha | 5.13 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.78 kg/ha | 5.23 kg/ha | 6.48 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.45 kg/ha | 6.29 kg/ha | 9.09 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.92 kg/ha | 9 kg/ha | 10.77 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.35 kg/ha | 9.95 kg/ha | 12.31 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.56 kg/ha | 12.86 kg/ha | 16.94 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.77 kg/ha | 17.01 kg/ha | 18.59 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near India
More environment data for India
- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.954 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.00 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 14.13 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 63,080 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 37,519 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 768,863 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 1.05 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 1.10 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 1.34 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is crop residue removal — cropland nitrogen per unit area in India?
- Crop residue removal — cropland nitrogen per unit area in India was 18.59 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 18.59 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest crop residue removal — cropland nitrogen per unit area recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.32 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does India rank for crop residue removal — cropland nitrogen per unit area?
- India ranks 36th out of 201 countries with data for 2023.
- Is crop residue removal — cropland nitrogen per unit area rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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).
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 (%).