Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus 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
585,795 t
China
Lowest
0 t
Nauru
Median
3,113 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500
What the numbers show
Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 585,795 t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 3,113 t, and the mean is 24,599 t.
Over the past decade 116 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 529.9%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 87.6%).
Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 585,795 t | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 584,211 t | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 3 | India | 581,501 t | 2023 | up 27.2% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 79,192 t | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 4 | USSR | 527,007 t | 1991 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 45,842 t | 2023 | up 49.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 480,966 t | 2023 | up 64.6% | rising |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 39,537 t | 2023 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Ukraine | 205,651 t | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 6 | United Republic of Tanzania | 28,370 t | 2023 | up 56.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Pakistan | 134,226 t | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 8 | Mexico | 88,440 t | 2023 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 9 | France | 76,988 t | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 7,784 t | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 10 | Indonesia | 74,559 t | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Syrian Arab Republic | 7,081 t | 2023 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 11 | Brazil | 62,303 t | 2023 | up 113.9% | rising |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6,138 t | 2023 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 61,181 t | 2023 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 6,102 t | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 13 | Germany | 60,253 t | 2023 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 13 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 5,260 t | 2023 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Nigeria | 59,175 t | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 14 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4,900 t | 2023 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Poland | 54,158 t | 2023 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 15 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 3,169 t | 2023 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 53,978 t | 2023 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 16 | Melanesia | 836.61 t | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 17 | South Africa | 39,364 t | 2023 | up 110.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Polynesia | 20.99 t | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 18 | Australia and New Zealand | 38,029 t | 2023 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.2429 t | 2023 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 37,178 t | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 20 | Australia | 36,818 t | 2023 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Uzbekistan | 35,954 t | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 22 | Thailand | 33,751 t | 2023 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 23 | Egypt | 32,502 t | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 24 | Myanmar | 32,428 t | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 25 | Czechoslovakia | 27,568 t | 1992 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 26 | Belarus | 27,406 t | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 27 | Italy | 25,762 t | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 7,888 t | 2023 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Mali | 24,966 t | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Caribbean | 7,852 t | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 29 | Spain | 22,352 t | 2023 | down 43.2% | rising |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 7.17 t | 2023 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 30 | Canada | 22,337 t | 2023 | down 73.7% | rising |
| 31 | Romania | 22,286 t | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 32 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 18,459 t | 2023 | down 35.0% | flat |
| 33 | Philippines | 18,121 t | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 34 | Niger | 17,893 t | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 35 | Yugoslav SFR | 16,656 t | 1991 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 36 | Afghanistan | 16,651 t | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 37 | Czechia | 16,573 t | 2023 | up 24.2% | falling |
| 38 | Argentina | 15,846 t | 2023 | up 58.6% | falling |
| 39 | Hungary | 15,519 t | 2023 | up 39.3% | rising |
| 40 | Morocco | 14,662 t | 2023 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 41 | Cambodia | 14,504 t | 2023 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Ghana | 14,464 t | 2023 | up 79.1% | volatile |
| 43 | Denmark | 13,510 t | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 44 | Algeria | 13,362 t | 2023 | down 23.7% | rising |
| 45 | Peru | 13,080 t | 2023 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 46 | Ethiopia PDR | 13,046 t | 1992 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 47 | Senegal | 12,413 t | 2023 | up 107.6% | rising |
| 48 | Kenya | 12,383 t | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 49 | Burkina Faso | 12,111 t | 2023 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Iraq | 11,669 t | 2023 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Slovakia | 10,962 t | 2023 | up 62.9% | rising |
| 52 | Sudan (former) | 10,830 t | 2011 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 53 | Uganda | 10,688 t | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 54 | Japan | 9,629 t | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 55 | Republic of Korea | 9,574 t | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 56 | Sudan | 9,350 t | 2023 | down 17.6% | flat |
| 57 | Bulgaria | 9,336 t | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 58 | Greece | 8,561 t | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 59 | Zambia | 8,538 t | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Malawi | 8,170 t | 2023 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Austria | 7,868 t | 2023 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 62 | Madagascar | 7,604 t | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Nepal | 7,383 t | 2023 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 64 | Belgium | 7,352 t | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 65 | Azerbaijan | 7,130 t | 2023 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 66 | Sweden | 7,055 t | 2023 | down 25.5% | rising |
| 67 | Mozambique | 6,541 t | 2023 | up 73.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Saudi Arabia | 6,488 t | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 6,419 t | 1999 | up 21.2% | falling |
| 70 | Benin | 6,185 t | 2023 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Turkmenistan | 6,171 t | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 5,936 t | 2023 | up 49.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Tajikistan | 5,658 t | 2023 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 74 | Lithuania | 5,560 t | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | 5,539 t | 2023 | up 33.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Angola | 5,258 t | 2023 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 77 | Guatemala | 5,112 t | 2023 | up 145.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Ecuador | 4,835 t | 2023 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 79 | Serbia | 4,793 t | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 80 | Cameroon | 4,726 t | 2023 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 4,547 t | 2023 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 82 | Finland | 4,490 t | 2023 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 83 | Nicaragua | 4,487 t | 2023 | up 415.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Cuba | 4,098 t | 2023 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 85 | Kyrgyzstan | 3,986 t | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 86 | Chile | 3,665 t | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 87 | Togo | 3,313 t | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 88 | Ireland | 3,241 t | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 89 | Guinea | 3,113 t | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 90 | Chad | 3,104 t | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 91 | Colombia | 2,703 t | 2023 | up 287.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Malaysia | 2,493 t | 2023 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Rwanda | 2,472 t | 2023 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 94 | South Sudan | 2,452 t | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 95 | Tunisia | 2,410 t | 2023 | down 32.0% | rising |
| 96 | Dominican Republic | 2,377 t | 2023 | up 43.3% | rising |
| 97 | Latvia | 2,276 t | 2023 | up 67.3% | falling |
| 98 | Norway | 2,224 t | 2023 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 99 | Croatia | 1,979 t | 2023 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 100 | El Salvador | 1,971 t | 2023 | up 251.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Switzerland | 1,651 t | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 102 | Sierra Leone | 1,636 t | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Albania | 1,628 t | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 104 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1,581 t | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 105 | Mongolia | 1,375 t | 2023 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 106 | Portugal | 1,357 t | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 107 | Paraguay | 1,216 t | 2023 | up 98.9% | rising |
| 108 | Burundi | 1,215 t | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 109 | New Zealand | 1,211 t | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 110 | Central African Republic | 1,129 t | 2023 | up 144.6% | rising |
| 111 | Honduras | 921.78 t | 2023 | up 34.5% | falling |
| 112 | Slovenia | 897.99 t | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 113 | Haiti | 887.54 t | 2023 | down 18.7% | rising |
| 114 | Yemen | 843.92 t | 2023 | down 41.4% | rising |
| 115 | Armenia | 841.04 t | 2023 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 116 | Mauritania | 826.23 t | 2023 | up 77.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Costa Rica | 750.42 t | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 118 | Libya | 747.42 t | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 119 | Estonia | 736.39 t | 2023 | up 139.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Eritrea | 719.46 t | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 121 | Congo | 710.8 t | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 122 | Panama | 671.69 t | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 123 | Papua New Guinea | 628.06 t | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 124 | Uruguay | 622.79 t | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 125 | North Macedonia | 502.34 t | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 126 | Guyana | 459.8 t | 2023 | up 64.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Georgia | 456.64 t | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 128 | Israel | 456.09 t | 2023 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 129 | Oman | 435.27 t | 2023 | up 529.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 423.16 t | 2023 | down 67.9% | falling |
| 131 | Jordan | 412.96 t | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 132 | Liberia | 410.78 t | 2023 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Gambia | 405.7 t | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 134 | Namibia | 363.6 t | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 135 | Lesotho | 343.25 t | 2023 | up 71.5% | rising |
| 136 | Luxembourg | 322.41 t | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 137 | Gabon | 321.3 t | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 138 | Lebanon | 289.17 t | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 139 | Iceland | 239.13 t | 2023 | up 146.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Bhutan | 238.83 t | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 141 | Jamaica | 220.34 t | 2023 | up 33.0% | falling |
| 142 | Eswatini | 220.22 t | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 143 | Belize | 188.1 t | 2023 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Guinea-Bissau | 187.56 t | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 145 | Cyprus | 153.34 t | 2023 | up 29.7% | falling |
| 146 | Fiji | 147.84 t | 2023 | up 23.3% | flat |
| 147 | Puerto Rico | 141.16 t | 2023 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Suriname | 135.88 t | 2023 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 149 | Botswana | 127.49 t | 2023 | up 125.7% | falling |
| 150 | Mauritius | 89.91 t | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 151 | Comoros | 75.73 t | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 152 | United Arab Emirates | 62.85 t | 2023 | up 296.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Kuwait | 54.59 t | 2023 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Equatorial Guinea | 41.08 t | 2023 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 32.81 t | 2023 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Guadeloupe | 31.93 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 157 | Qatar | 29.12 t | 2023 | up 75.5% | volatile |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 25.83 t | 2023 | up 63.0% | rising |
| 159 | Montenegro | 11.45 t | 2023 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Samoa | 10.08 t | 2023 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 161 | Tonga | 9.1 t | 2023 | up 29.0% | falling |
| 162 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8.99 t | 2023 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 163 | Dominica | 8.81 t | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 164 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.9 t | 2023 | up 43.1% | falling |
| 165 | Barbados | 7.17 t | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 166 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.89 t | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 167 | Bahamas | 4.44 t | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 168 | Saint Lucia | 3.59 t | 2023 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 169 | Brunei Darussalam | 3.28 t | 2023 | up 47.0% | volatile |
| 170 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 2.59 t | 2023 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Malta | 2.33 t | 2023 | down 87.6% | falling |
| 172 | Bahrain | 2.29 t | 2023 | up 92.5% | rising |
| 173 | New Caledonia | 2.08 t | 2023 | down 37.3% | rising |
| 174 | Kiribati | 2.03 t | 2023 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 175 | Grenada | 1.9 t | 2023 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 176 | French Polynesia | 1.3 t | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 177 | Maldives | 1.29 t | 2023 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.08 t | 2023 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.9686 t | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Djibouti | 0.9207 t | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 181 | Seychelles | 0.6072 t | 2023 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 182 | Singapore | 0.5947 t | 2023 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Cook Islands | 0.1534 t | 2023 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 184 | Tuvalu | 0.0818 t | 2023 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Faroe Islands | 0.0346 t | 2023 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 186 | Nauru | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 4.14 million t
- Asia 1.88 million t
- Europe 1.14 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 379,446 t
- Eastern Europe 850,640 t
- Southern Asia 839,453 t
- Americas 625,324 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 618,259 t
- Eastern Asia 612,476 t
- Middle Africa 21,436 t
- Africa 456,518 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 10,098 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 422,292 t
- Northern America 401,624 t
- European Union (27) 384,095 t
- United States of America 379,287 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 302,376 t
- South-Eastern Asia 226,831 t
- Western Africa 164,995 t
- Western Europe 158,980 t
- Eastern Africa 156,637 t
- Western Asia 115,734 t
- South America 113,305 t
- Central America 102,542 t
- Central Asia 88,947 t
- Northern Africa 73,032 t
- Southern Europe 68,268 t
- Northern Europe 57,791 t
- Southern Africa 40,418 t
- Oceania 38,888 t
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 (%).