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Crop residue 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
201
Highest
8.29 kg/ha
Belgium
Lowest
0 kg/ha
Nauru
Median
1.38 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500

What the numbers show

Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 8.29 kg/ha in Belgium; the lowest is 0 kg/ha in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.38 kg/ha, and the mean is 1.95 kg/ha.

Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 92 fell. The largest increase was in Nicaragua (up 415.0%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 84.7%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belgium 8.29 kg/ha 2023 up 3.8% rising
2 Slovakia 8.28 kg/ha 2023 up 70.1% rising
3 Uzbekistan 8.05 kg/ha 2023 up 15.5% rising
4 Egypt 8.01 kg/ha 2023 down 5.1% rising
5 Ireland 7.35 kg/ha 2023 down 13.2% rising
6 Belgium-Luxembourg 7.19 kg/ha 1999 up 6.1% rising
7 Czechia 6.46 kg/ha 2023 up 23.3% rising
8 Republic of Korea 6.33 kg/ha 2023 up 3.6% rising
9 Bangladesh 6.13 kg/ha 2023 up 38.1% rising
10 Ukraine 6.09 kg/ha 2023 up 27.1% rising
11 Austria 5.67 kg/ha 2023 up 32.3% rising
12 Denmark 5.64 kg/ha 2023 down 12.7% rising
13 Czechoslovakia 5.48 kg/ha 1992 down 11.5% rising
14 Tajikistan 5.39 kg/ha 2023 up 13.9% rising
15 Luxembourg 5.13 kg/ha 2023 down 2.9% rising
16 Germany 5.07 kg/ha 2023 down 9.8% rising
17 Belarus 4.85 kg/ha 2023 up 16.7% rising
18 Poland 4.69 kg/ha 2023 up 17.5% rising
19 China, mainland 4.58 kg/ha 2023 up 31.7% rising
20 China 4.56 kg/ha 2023 up 31.5% rising
21 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 4.35 kg/ha 2023 down 6.7% rising
22 Pakistan 4.33 kg/ha 2023 up 30.1% rising
23 France 4.29 kg/ha 2023 up 14.9% rising
24 Viet Nam 3.94 kg/ha 2023 up 30.8% rising
25 Switzerland 3.91 kg/ha 2023 down 4.2% rising
26 Kuwait 3.9 kg/ha 2023 down 18.1% rising
27 Russian Federation 3.89 kg/ha 2023 up 64.3% rising
28 Slovenia 3.85 kg/ha 2023 up 37.1% rising
29 Nepal 3.79 kg/ha 2023 up 46.9% rising
30 Turkmenistan 3.78 kg/ha 2023 up 21.1% rising
31 Guyana 3.65 kg/ha 2023 up 63.5% rising
32 Republic of Moldova 3.64 kg/ha 2023 up 16.0% rising
33 Mexico 3.62 kg/ha 2023 up 33.8% rising
34 Hungary 3.61 kg/ha 2023 up 45.9% rising
35 Oman 3.58 kg/ha 2023 up 254.5% volatile
36 India 3.45 kg/ha 2023 up 28.0% rising
37 Ethiopia 3.31 kg/ha 2023 up 42.4% rising
38 Türkiye 3.3 kg/ha 2023 up 23.6% rising
39 Senegal 3.17 kg/ha 2023 up 78.8% rising
40 Cambodia 3.12 kg/ha 2023 up 20.2% volatile
41 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.04 kg/ha 2023 down 10.3% rising
42 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3.03 kg/ha 2023 down 32.6% rising
43 Azerbaijan 3.01 kg/ha 2023 up 35.4% rising
44 Greece 2.96 kg/ha 2023 up 23.5% rising
45 Kyrgyzstan 2.92 kg/ha 2023 up 1.5% rising
46 Mali 2.89 kg/ha 2023 up 1.1% rising
47 Sweden 2.79 kg/ha 2023 down 23.6% rising
48 Norway 2.76 kg/ha 2023 down 17.1% rising
49 Italy 2.72 kg/ha 2023 up 14.3% rising
50 Myanmar 2.59 kg/ha 2023 up 13.2% rising
51 Bulgaria 2.58 kg/ha 2023 up 15.0% rising
52 Romania 2.53 kg/ha 2023 up 13.9% rising
53 Nicaragua 2.49 kg/ha 2023 up 415.0% volatile
54 Suriname 2.45 kg/ha 2023 down 4.9% rising
55 Albania 2.4 kg/ha 2023 up 5.0% rising
56 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.4 kg/ha 2023 down 11.4% rising
57 Lithuania 2.38 kg/ha 2023 up 6.9% rising
58 Sri Lanka 2.31 kg/ha 2023 up 33.7% volatile
59 USSR 2.3 kg/ha 1991 up 22.3% rising
60 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.25 kg/ha 2023 up 25.6% volatile
61 Japan 2.24 kg/ha 2023 down 0.2% falling
62 El Salvador 2.24 kg/ha 2023 up 248.7% volatile
63 Zambia 2.22 kg/ha 2023 up 19.6% volatile
64 Yugoslav SFR 2.18 kg/ha 1991 up 6.7% rising
65 Puerto Rico 2.13 kg/ha 2023 up 58.1% rising
66 Iraq 2.12 kg/ha 2023 down 9.6% volatile
67 Madagascar 2.11 kg/ha 2023 down 0.1% volatile
68 Peru 2.11 kg/ha 2023 up 13.8% rising
69 Bhutan 2.1 kg/ha 2023 down 12.2% rising
70 Croatia 2.09 kg/ha 2023 down 26.4% rising
71 Afghanistan 2.05 kg/ha 2023 down 2.8% rising
72 New Zealand 2.05 kg/ha 2023 up 12.1% rising
73 China, Taiwan Province of 2.03 kg/ha 2023 down 12.3% falling
74 Ecuador 2.01 kg/ha 2023 up 67.9% rising
75 Finland 2 kg/ha 2023 down 33.9% rising
76 Iceland 1.98 kg/ha 2023 up 146.9% volatile
77 Ghana 1.95 kg/ha 2023 up 63.5% volatile
78 Malawi 1.95 kg/ha 2023 up 3.2% rising
79 Chile 1.92 kg/ha 2023 down 12.9% volatile
80 Guatemala 1.87 kg/ha 2023 up 116.3% volatile
81 United Republic of Tanzania 1.83 kg/ha 2023 up 41.9% rising
82 Mauritania 1.8 kg/ha 2023 up 77.4% volatile
83 Saudi Arabia 1.78 kg/ha 2023 up 19.2% rising
84 Serbia 1.7 kg/ha 2023 down 19.4% falling
85 Indonesia 1.69 kg/ha 2023 down 11.6% volatile
86 Armenia 1.67 kg/ha 2023 down 28.9% rising
87 Morocco 1.67 kg/ha 2023 down 22.1% rising
88 Latvia 1.66 kg/ha 2023 up 48.3% falling
89 Kenya 1.66 kg/ha 2023 up 12.4% rising
90 Rwanda 1.65 kg/ha 2023 down 23.5% falling
91 Philippines 1.61 kg/ha 2023 up 1.0% rising
92 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.58 kg/ha 2023 up 43.1% rising
93 Algeria 1.56 kg/ha 2023 down 24.6% rising
94 Thailand 1.56 kg/ha 2023 down 12.6% rising
95 Dominican Republic 1.56 kg/ha 2023 up 22.0% rising
96 Benin 1.48 kg/ha 2023 down 0.1% rising
97 Jordan 1.44 kg/ha 2023 up 34.2% rising
98 Guadeloupe 1.43 kg/ha 2023 up 8.1% falling
99 Belize 1.43 kg/ha 2023 up 21.4% rising
100 Burkina Faso 1.41 kg/ha 2023 down 14.1% rising
101 Costa Rica 1.38 kg/ha 2023 down 13.2% rising
102 Zimbabwe 1.36 kg/ha 2023 up 34.4% rising
103 Spain 1.35 kg/ha 2023 down 41.4% rising
104 Nigeria 1.34 kg/ha 2023 up 13.4% rising
105 Syrian Arab Republic 1.3 kg/ha 2023 down 17.3% rising
106 Kazakhstan 1.25 kg/ha 2023 up 2.5% rising
107 Israel 1.22 kg/ha 2023 down 30.9% falling
108 Qatar 1.21 kg/ha 2023 up 47.7% volatile
109 Cyprus 1.21 kg/ha 2023 up 9.4% rising
110 Mongolia 1.2 kg/ha 2023 down 6.9% rising
111 Australia and New Zealand 1.19 kg/ha 2023 up 44.0% rising
112 Togo 1.17 kg/ha 2023 up 8.5% rising
113 Uganda 1.17 kg/ha 2023 down 1.3% rising
114 Australia 1.17 kg/ha 2023 up 45.5% rising
115 Jamaica 1.17 kg/ha 2023 up 34.3% rising
116 Caribbean 1.15 kg/ha 2023 down 1.0% rising
117 Ethiopia PDR 1.15 kg/ha 1992 down 2.1% rising
118 Cuba 1.15 kg/ha 2023 down 15.5% rising
119 Mauritius 1.14 kg/ha 2023 up 5.6% flat
120 Eswatini 1.13 kg/ha 2023 up 0.5% rising
121 North Macedonia 1.1 kg/ha 2023 down 17.4% falling
122 Congo 1.09 kg/ha 2023 up 13.6% rising
123 Mozambique 1.08 kg/ha 2023 up 71.6% volatile
124 Fiji 1.07 kg/ha 2023 up 28.1% rising
125 Georgia 1.06 kg/ha 2023 down 3.7% rising
126 Lebanon 1.05 kg/ha 2023 down 14.4% rising
127 Eritrea 1.04 kg/ha 2023 down 2.2% rising
128 Estonia 1.03 kg/ha 2023 up 114.4% falling
129 Niger 1 kg/ha 2023 up 19.6% rising
130 Panama 0.9864 kg/ha 2023 up 3.6% rising
131 Brazil 0.9827 kg/ha 2023 up 110.7% rising
132 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.9604 kg/ha 2023 down 15.7% rising
133 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9531 kg/ha 2023 down 19.5% falling
134 South Sudan 0.9524 kg/ha 2023 up 41.1% rising
135 Lesotho 0.9515 kg/ha 2023 up 19.9% rising
136 Sierra Leone 0.9353 kg/ha 2023 down 28.6% rising
137 Angola 0.9221 kg/ha 2023 up 6.4% rising
138 Gambia 0.9076 kg/ha 2023 down 2.5% falling
139 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.9045 kg/ha 2023 up 12.3% rising
140 Singapore 0.901 kg/ha 2023 down 21.2% rising
141 Barbados 0.8967 kg/ha 2023 up 4.4% falling
142 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.8645 kg/ha 2023 down 7.0% falling
143 Montenegro 0.7987 kg/ha 2023 up 3.4% volatile
144 Portugal 0.7507 kg/ha 2023 down 9.5% rising
145 Burundi 0.7272 kg/ha 2023 down 10.5% rising
146 United Arab Emirates 0.6853 kg/ha 2023 up 243.5% volatile
147 Haiti 0.6801 kg/ha 2023 down 1.6% falling
148 Gabon 0.6491 kg/ha 2023 down 6.5% rising
149 Comoros 0.6418 kg/ha 2023 up 17.1% flat
150 Cameroon 0.5984 kg/ha 2023 up 16.9% rising
151 Liberia 0.5868 kg/ha 2023 down 51.9% volatile
152 Canada 0.583 kg/ha 2023 down 74.0% rising
153 Chad 0.5815 kg/ha 2023 up 20.5% flat
154 Yemen 0.5812 kg/ha 2023 down 39.5% flat
155 Honduras 0.5697 kg/ha 2023 up 29.5% flat
156 Bahrain 0.5594 kg/ha 2023 up 112.7% rising
157 Côte d'Ivoire 0.5517 kg/ha 2023 down 18.7% rising
158 Colombia 0.5411 kg/ha 2023 up 167.3% falling
159 Sudan (former) 0.541 kg/ha 2011 down 26.2% falling
160 Melanesia 0.5198 kg/ha 2023 down 7.1% rising
161 Papua New Guinea 0.5169 kg/ha 2023 down 14.4% rising
162 Faroe Islands 0.4939 kg/ha 2023 down 29.8% rising
163 Tunisia 0.4867 kg/ha 2023 down 29.5% rising
164 Botswana 0.4866 kg/ha 2023 up 142.9% rising
165 Namibia 0.4478 kg/ha 2023 up 0.1% rising
166 Sudan 0.4408 kg/ha 2023 down 22.3% flat
167 Guinea 0.4268 kg/ha 2023 down 31.8% flat
168 Equatorial Guinea 0.4116 kg/ha 2023 up 6.9% volatile
169 Bahamas 0.404 kg/ha 2023 down 2.0% falling
170 Seychelles 0.3917 kg/ha 2023 down 4.2% volatile
171 Dominica 0.3831 kg/ha 2023 down 17.4% falling
172 Argentina 0.3823 kg/ha 2023 up 54.5% falling
173 Saint Lucia 0.3752 kg/ha 2023 down 45.0% falling
174 Libya 0.3646 kg/ha 2023 down 4.4% rising
175 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.3633 kg/ha 2023 down 38.9% rising
176 Brunei Darussalam 0.3276 kg/ha 2023 up 47.0% volatile
177 Solomon Islands 0.3242 kg/ha 2023 down 2.5% rising
178 Malaysia 0.3023 kg/ha 2023 down 5.0% rising
179 Tonga 0.2934 kg/ha 2023 up 20.6% falling
180 Guinea-Bissau 0.2905 kg/ha 2023 down 8.1% falling
181 Malta 0.2806 kg/ha 2023 down 84.7% rising
182 Uruguay 0.2782 kg/ha 2023 down 22.6% falling
183 Grenada 0.2716 kg/ha 2023 down 11.9% falling
184 Maldives 0.2639 kg/ha 2023 down 3.3% volatile
185 Paraguay 0.2618 kg/ha 2023 up 73.5% falling
186 Samoa 0.2376 kg/ha 2023 up 4.6% rising
187 Djibouti 0.2361 kg/ha 2023 down 30.5% falling
188 New Caledonia 0.214 kg/ha 2023 down 37.1% rising
188 Sao Tome and Principe 0.214 kg/ha 2023 down 10.2% volatile
190 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.211 kg/ha 2023 down 19.9% falling
191 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1937 kg/ha 2023 down 8.8% volatile
192 Polynesia 0.1908 kg/ha 2023 up 4.8% flat
193 Vanuatu 0.1781 kg/ha 2023 up 62.9% rising
194 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1466 kg/ha 2023 down 27.5% falling
195 Cabo Verde 0.1327 kg/ha 2023 down 35.1% falling
196 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.1214 kg/ha 2023 down 2.0% volatile
197 Cook Islands 0.0807 kg/ha 2023 down 39.4% rising
198 Kiribati 0.0596 kg/ha 2023 down 31.9% rising
199 French Polynesia 0.0456 kg/ha 2023 down 15.4% flat
200 Tuvalu 0.0454 kg/ha 2023 down 12.9% volatile
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 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, 13,500 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 (%).