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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
203
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 203 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 110 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
1 Viet Nam 3.94 kg/ha 2023 up 30.8% rising
2 Slovakia 8.28 kg/ha 2023 up 70.1% rising
2 Republic of Moldova 3.64 kg/ha 2023 up 16.0% rising
3 Uzbekistan 8.05 kg/ha 2023 up 15.5% rising
3 Türkiye 3.3 kg/ha 2023 up 23.6% rising
4 Egypt 8.01 kg/ha 2023 down 5.1% rising
5 Ireland 7.35 kg/ha 2023 down 13.2% rising
5 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.04 kg/ha 2023 down 10.3% rising
6 Belgium-Luxembourg 7.19 kg/ha 1999 up 6.1% rising
6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.4 kg/ha 2023 down 11.4% rising
7 Czechia 6.46 kg/ha 2023 up 23.3% rising
7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.25 kg/ha 2023 up 25.6% volatile
8 Republic of Korea 6.33 kg/ha 2023 up 3.6% rising
8 United Republic of Tanzania 1.83 kg/ha 2023 up 41.9% rising
9 Bangladesh 6.13 kg/ha 2023 up 38.1% rising
10 Ukraine 6.09 kg/ha 2023 up 27.1% rising
10 Syrian Arab Republic 1.3 kg/ha 2023 down 17.3% rising
11 Austria 5.67 kg/ha 2023 up 32.3% rising
12 Denmark 5.64 kg/ha 2023 down 12.7% rising
12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.9604 kg/ha 2023 down 15.7% rising
13 Czechoslovakia 5.48 kg/ha 1992 down 11.5% rising
13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.9045 kg/ha 2023 up 12.3% rising
14 Tajikistan 5.39 kg/ha 2023 up 13.9% rising
15 Luxembourg 5.13 kg/ha 2023 down 2.9% rising
15 Melanesia 0.5198 kg/ha 2023 down 7.1% rising
16 Germany 5.07 kg/ha 2023 down 9.8% rising
16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.3633 kg/ha 2023 down 38.9% rising
17 Belarus 4.85 kg/ha 2023 up 16.7% rising
17 Polynesia 0.1908 kg/ha 2023 up 4.8% flat
18 Poland 4.69 kg/ha 2023 up 17.5% rising
18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.1214 kg/ha 2023 down 2.0% volatile
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 Switzerland 3.91 kg/ha 2023 down 4.2% rising
25 Kuwait 3.9 kg/ha 2023 down 18.1% rising
25 Caribbean 1.15 kg/ha 2023 down 1.0% rising
26 Russian Federation 3.89 kg/ha 2023 up 64.3% rising
27 Slovenia 3.85 kg/ha 2023 up 37.1% rising
28 Nepal 3.79 kg/ha 2023 up 46.9% rising
28 Côte d'Ivoire 0.5517 kg/ha 2023 down 18.7% rising
29 Turkmenistan 3.78 kg/ha 2023 up 21.1% rising
29 Cabo Verde 0.1327 kg/ha 2023 down 35.1% falling
30 Guyana 3.65 kg/ha 2023 up 63.5% rising
31 Mexico 3.62 kg/ha 2023 up 33.8% rising
32 Hungary 3.61 kg/ha 2023 up 45.9% rising
33 Oman 3.58 kg/ha 2023 up 254.5% volatile
34 India 3.45 kg/ha 2023 up 28.0% rising
35 Ethiopia 3.31 kg/ha 2023 up 42.4% rising
36 Senegal 3.17 kg/ha 2023 up 78.8% rising
37 South Africa 3.17 kg/ha 2023 up 110.2% volatile
38 Cambodia 3.12 kg/ha 2023 up 20.2% volatile
39 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3.03 kg/ha 2023 down 32.6% rising
40 Azerbaijan 3.01 kg/ha 2023 up 35.4% rising
41 Greece 2.96 kg/ha 2023 up 23.5% rising
42 Kyrgyzstan 2.92 kg/ha 2023 up 1.5% rising
43 Mali 2.89 kg/ha 2023 up 1.1% rising
44 Sweden 2.79 kg/ha 2023 down 23.6% rising
45 Norway 2.76 kg/ha 2023 down 17.1% rising
46 Italy 2.72 kg/ha 2023 up 14.3% rising
47 Myanmar 2.59 kg/ha 2023 up 13.2% rising
48 Bulgaria 2.58 kg/ha 2023 up 15.0% rising
49 Romania 2.53 kg/ha 2023 up 13.9% rising
50 Nicaragua 2.49 kg/ha 2023 up 415.0% volatile
51 Suriname 2.45 kg/ha 2023 down 4.9% rising
52 Albania 2.4 kg/ha 2023 up 5.0% rising
53 Lithuania 2.38 kg/ha 2023 up 6.9% rising
54 Sri Lanka 2.31 kg/ha 2023 up 33.7% volatile
55 USSR 2.3 kg/ha 1991 up 22.3% rising
56 Japan 2.24 kg/ha 2023 down 0.2% falling
57 El Salvador 2.24 kg/ha 2023 up 248.7% volatile
58 Zambia 2.22 kg/ha 2023 up 19.6% volatile
59 Yugoslav SFR 2.18 kg/ha 1991 up 6.7% rising
60 Puerto Rico 2.13 kg/ha 2023 up 58.1% rising
61 Iraq 2.12 kg/ha 2023 down 9.6% volatile
62 Madagascar 2.11 kg/ha 2023 down 0.1% volatile
63 Peru 2.11 kg/ha 2023 up 13.8% rising
64 Bhutan 2.1 kg/ha 2023 down 12.2% rising
65 Croatia 2.09 kg/ha 2023 down 26.4% rising
66 Afghanistan 2.05 kg/ha 2023 down 2.8% rising
67 New Zealand 2.05 kg/ha 2023 up 12.1% rising
68 China, Taiwan Province of 2.03 kg/ha 2023 down 12.3% falling
69 Ecuador 2.01 kg/ha 2023 up 67.9% rising
70 Finland 2 kg/ha 2023 down 33.9% rising
71 Iceland 1.98 kg/ha 2023 up 146.9% volatile
72 Ghana 1.95 kg/ha 2023 up 63.5% volatile
73 Malawi 1.95 kg/ha 2023 up 3.2% rising
74 Chile 1.92 kg/ha 2023 down 12.9% volatile
75 Guatemala 1.87 kg/ha 2023 up 116.3% volatile
76 Mauritania 1.8 kg/ha 2023 up 77.4% volatile
77 Saudi Arabia 1.78 kg/ha 2023 up 19.2% rising
78 Serbia 1.7 kg/ha 2023 down 19.4% falling
79 Indonesia 1.69 kg/ha 2023 down 11.6% volatile
80 Armenia 1.67 kg/ha 2023 down 28.9% rising
81 Morocco 1.67 kg/ha 2023 down 22.1% rising
82 Latvia 1.66 kg/ha 2023 up 48.3% falling
83 Kenya 1.66 kg/ha 2023 up 12.4% rising
84 Rwanda 1.65 kg/ha 2023 down 23.5% falling
85 Philippines 1.61 kg/ha 2023 up 1.0% rising
86 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.58 kg/ha 2023 up 43.1% rising
87 Algeria 1.56 kg/ha 2023 down 24.6% rising
88 Thailand 1.56 kg/ha 2023 down 12.6% rising
89 Dominican Republic 1.56 kg/ha 2023 up 22.0% rising
90 Benin 1.48 kg/ha 2023 down 0.1% rising
91 Jordan 1.44 kg/ha 2023 up 34.2% rising
92 Guadeloupe 1.43 kg/ha 2023 up 8.1% falling
93 Belize 1.43 kg/ha 2023 up 21.4% rising
94 Burkina Faso 1.41 kg/ha 2023 down 14.1% rising
95 Costa Rica 1.38 kg/ha 2023 down 13.2% rising
96 Zimbabwe 1.36 kg/ha 2023 up 34.4% rising
97 Spain 1.35 kg/ha 2023 down 41.4% rising
98 Nigeria 1.34 kg/ha 2023 up 13.4% rising
99 Kazakhstan 1.25 kg/ha 2023 up 2.5% rising
100 Israel 1.22 kg/ha 2023 down 30.9% falling
101 Qatar 1.21 kg/ha 2023 up 47.7% volatile
102 Cyprus 1.21 kg/ha 2023 up 9.4% rising
103 Mongolia 1.2 kg/ha 2023 down 6.9% rising
104 Australia and New Zealand 1.19 kg/ha 2023 up 44.0% rising
105 Togo 1.17 kg/ha 2023 up 8.5% rising
106 Uganda 1.17 kg/ha 2023 down 1.3% rising
107 Australia 1.17 kg/ha 2023 up 45.5% rising
108 Jamaica 1.17 kg/ha 2023 up 34.3% rising
109 Ethiopia PDR 1.15 kg/ha 1992 down 2.1% rising
110 Cuba 1.15 kg/ha 2023 down 15.5% rising
111 Mauritius 1.14 kg/ha 2023 up 5.6% flat
112 Eswatini 1.13 kg/ha 2023 up 0.5% rising
113 North Macedonia 1.1 kg/ha 2023 down 17.4% falling
114 Congo 1.09 kg/ha 2023 up 13.6% rising
115 Mozambique 1.08 kg/ha 2023 up 71.6% volatile
116 Fiji 1.07 kg/ha 2023 up 28.1% rising
117 Georgia 1.06 kg/ha 2023 down 3.7% rising
118 Lebanon 1.05 kg/ha 2023 down 14.4% rising
119 Eritrea 1.04 kg/ha 2023 down 2.2% rising
120 Estonia 1.03 kg/ha 2023 up 114.4% falling
121 Niger 1 kg/ha 2023 up 19.6% rising
122 Panama 0.9864 kg/ha 2023 up 3.6% rising
123 Brazil 0.9827 kg/ha 2023 up 110.7% rising
124 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.9531 kg/ha 2023 down 19.5% falling
125 South Sudan 0.9524 kg/ha 2023 up 41.1% rising
126 Lesotho 0.9515 kg/ha 2023 up 19.9% rising
127 Sierra Leone 0.9353 kg/ha 2023 down 28.6% rising
128 Angola 0.9221 kg/ha 2023 up 6.4% rising
129 Gambia 0.9076 kg/ha 2023 down 2.5% falling
130 Singapore 0.901 kg/ha 2023 down 21.2% rising
131 Barbados 0.8967 kg/ha 2023 up 4.4% falling
132 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.8645 kg/ha 2023 down 7.0% falling
133 Montenegro 0.7987 kg/ha 2023 up 3.4% volatile
134 Portugal 0.7507 kg/ha 2023 down 9.5% rising
135 Burundi 0.7272 kg/ha 2023 down 10.5% rising
136 United Arab Emirates 0.6853 kg/ha 2023 up 243.5% volatile
137 Haiti 0.6801 kg/ha 2023 down 1.6% falling
138 Gabon 0.6491 kg/ha 2023 down 6.5% rising
139 Comoros 0.6418 kg/ha 2023 up 17.1% flat
140 Cameroon 0.5984 kg/ha 2023 up 16.9% rising
141 Liberia 0.5868 kg/ha 2023 down 51.9% volatile
142 Canada 0.583 kg/ha 2023 down 74.0% rising
143 Chad 0.5815 kg/ha 2023 up 20.5% flat
144 Yemen 0.5812 kg/ha 2023 down 39.5% flat
145 Honduras 0.5697 kg/ha 2023 up 29.5% flat
146 Bahrain 0.5594 kg/ha 2023 up 112.7% rising
147 Colombia 0.5411 kg/ha 2023 up 167.3% falling
148 Sudan (former) 0.541 kg/ha 2011 down 26.2% falling
149 Papua New Guinea 0.5169 kg/ha 2023 down 14.4% rising
150 Faroe Islands 0.4939 kg/ha 2023 down 29.8% rising
151 Tunisia 0.4867 kg/ha 2023 down 29.5% rising
152 Botswana 0.4866 kg/ha 2023 up 142.9% rising
153 Namibia 0.4478 kg/ha 2023 up 0.1% rising
154 Sudan 0.4408 kg/ha 2023 down 22.3% flat
155 Guinea 0.4268 kg/ha 2023 down 31.8% flat
156 Central African Republic 0.4213 kg/ha 2023 up 74.2% rising
157 Equatorial Guinea 0.4116 kg/ha 2023 up 6.9% volatile
158 Bahamas 0.404 kg/ha 2023 down 2.0% falling
159 Seychelles 0.3917 kg/ha 2023 down 4.2% volatile
160 Dominica 0.3831 kg/ha 2023 down 17.4% falling
161 Argentina 0.3823 kg/ha 2023 up 54.5% falling
162 Saint Lucia 0.3752 kg/ha 2023 down 45.0% falling
163 Libya 0.3646 kg/ha 2023 down 4.4% rising
164 Brunei Darussalam 0.3276 kg/ha 2023 up 47.0% volatile
165 Solomon Islands 0.3242 kg/ha 2023 down 2.5% rising
166 Malaysia 0.3023 kg/ha 2023 down 5.0% rising
167 Tonga 0.2934 kg/ha 2023 up 20.6% falling
168 Guinea-Bissau 0.2905 kg/ha 2023 down 8.1% falling
169 Malta 0.2806 kg/ha 2023 down 84.7% rising
170 Uruguay 0.2782 kg/ha 2023 down 22.6% falling
171 Grenada 0.2716 kg/ha 2023 down 11.9% falling
172 Maldives 0.2639 kg/ha 2023 down 3.3% volatile
173 Paraguay 0.2618 kg/ha 2023 up 73.5% falling
174 Samoa 0.2376 kg/ha 2023 up 4.6% rising
175 Djibouti 0.2361 kg/ha 2023 down 30.5% falling
176 New Caledonia 0.214 kg/ha 2023 down 37.1% rising
176 Sao Tome and Principe 0.214 kg/ha 2023 down 10.2% volatile
178 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.211 kg/ha 2023 down 19.9% falling
179 Antigua and Barbuda 0.1937 kg/ha 2023 down 8.8% volatile
180 Vanuatu 0.1781 kg/ha 2023 up 62.9% rising
181 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1466 kg/ha 2023 down 27.5% falling
182 Cook Islands 0.0807 kg/ha 2023 down 39.4% rising
183 Kiribati 0.0596 kg/ha 2023 down 31.9% rising
184 French Polynesia 0.0456 kg/ha 2023 down 15.4% flat
185 Tuvalu 0.0454 kg/ha 2023 down 12.9% volatile
186 Nauru 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile

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

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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
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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 (%).