Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium 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
112.65 kg/ha
Belgium
Lowest
0 kg/ha
Nauru
Median
18.01 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500
What the numbers show
Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 112.65 kg/ha in Belgium; the lowest is 0 kg/ha in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 18.01 kg/ha, and the mean is 25.58 kg/ha.
Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Nicaragua (up 463.5%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 88.8%).
Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 112.65 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 2 | Egypt | 109.37 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 3 | Slovakia | 108.52 kg/ha | 2023 | up 76.5% | rising |
| 4 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 97.16 kg/ha | 1999 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 5 | Republic of Korea | 94.74 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 92.82 kg/ha | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 7 | Czechia | 90.59 kg/ha | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 8 | Bangladesh | 88.62 kg/ha | 2023 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 9 | Ireland | 86.86 kg/ha | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 10 | Denmark | 74.96 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 11 | Czechoslovakia | 73.02 kg/ha | 1992 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 12 | Ukraine | 69.8 kg/ha | 2023 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 13 | Luxembourg | 69.22 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 14 | Germany | 68.65 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 15 | Tajikistan | 64.34 kg/ha | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 16 | Austria | 63.75 kg/ha | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 17 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 62.76 kg/ha | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 18 | France | 61 kg/ha | 2023 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 19 | Belarus | 59.97 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 20 | Poland | 59.1 kg/ha | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 21 | Pakistan | 57.6 kg/ha | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 22 | Guyana | 56.31 kg/ha | 2023 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 23 | Viet Nam | 55.95 kg/ha | 2023 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 24 | Puerto Rico | 55.29 kg/ha | 2023 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Oman | 55.03 kg/ha | 2023 | up 272.8% | volatile |
| 26 | China, mainland | 53.25 kg/ha | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 27 | China | 53.1 kg/ha | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 28 | Russian Federation | 52.24 kg/ha | 2023 | up 67.2% | rising |
| 29 | Switzerland | 52.14 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 30 | Nepal | 49.58 kg/ha | 2023 | up 46.6% | rising |
| 31 | Hungary | 45.28 kg/ha | 2023 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 32 | Republic of Moldova | 44.7 kg/ha | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 33 | India | 44.31 kg/ha | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 34 | Turkmenistan | 44.15 kg/ha | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 35 | Türkiye | 43.67 kg/ha | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 36 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 41.06 kg/ha | 2023 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 37 | Slovenia | 40.99 kg/ha | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 38 | Cambodia | 39.99 kg/ha | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 39 | Ethiopia | 39.86 kg/ha | 2023 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 40 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 39.65 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 41 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 39.01 kg/ha | 2023 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 42 | Mexico | 38.94 kg/ha | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 43 | Azerbaijan | 38.75 kg/ha | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 44 | Sweden | 38.49 kg/ha | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 45 | Suriname | 37.72 kg/ha | 2023 | down 11.2% | rising |
| 46 | Bulgaria | 37.49 kg/ha | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 47 | Italy | 37.17 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 48 | Kuwait | 37.06 kg/ha | 2023 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 49 | Greece | 36.62 kg/ha | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 50 | Lithuania | 35.84 kg/ha | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 51 | Myanmar | 34.86 kg/ha | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 52 | Iraq | 34.1 kg/ha | 2023 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Ecuador | 34.09 kg/ha | 2023 | up 69.5% | rising |
| 54 | Japan | 33.96 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 55 | Kyrgyzstan | 33.36 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 56 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 33.22 kg/ha | 2023 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Nicaragua | 32.75 kg/ha | 2023 | up 463.5% | volatile |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 32.45 kg/ha | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 59 | Norway | 31.93 kg/ha | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 60 | Romania | 31.92 kg/ha | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 61 | Afghanistan | 31.61 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 62 | Guatemala | 30.72 kg/ha | 2023 | up 125.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Costa Rica | 30.48 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 64 | Madagascar | 30.09 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Dominican Republic | 29.48 kg/ha | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 66 | Mali | 29.48 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 67 | USSR | 28.8 kg/ha | 1991 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 68 | Guadeloupe | 28.38 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 69 | Peru | 28.37 kg/ha | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 70 | Rwanda | 28.31 kg/ha | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 71 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 28.3 kg/ha | 2023 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 72 | China, Taiwan Province of | 28.27 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 73 | Senegal | 28.11 kg/ha | 2023 | up 93.1% | rising |
| 74 | Albania | 27.78 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 75 | Mauritania | 27.69 kg/ha | 2023 | up 75.5% | rising |
| 76 | Saudi Arabia | 27.62 kg/ha | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 77 | New Zealand | 26.56 kg/ha | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 78 | Bhutan | 25.94 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 79 | El Salvador | 25.04 kg/ha | 2023 | up 245.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Latvia | 25.01 kg/ha | 2023 | up 59.6% | falling |
| 81 | Chile | 24.45 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 82 | Yugoslav SFR | 23.65 kg/ha | 1991 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 83 | Morocco | 23.64 kg/ha | 2023 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 84 | Thailand | 23.51 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 85 | Finland | 23.45 kg/ha | 2023 | down 32.7% | rising |
| 86 | Philippines | 22.78 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 87 | Armenia | 22.6 kg/ha | 2023 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 88 | Indonesia | 22.27 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 89 | United Republic of Tanzania | 21.3 kg/ha | 2023 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 90 | Croatia | 20.92 kg/ha | 2023 | down 29.6% | rising |
| 91 | Algeria | 20.41 kg/ha | 2023 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 92 | Iceland | 20.11 kg/ha | 2023 | up 145.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Serbia | 20.09 kg/ha | 2023 | down 17.3% | flat |
| 94 | Malawi | 19.96 kg/ha | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 95 | Kenya | 19.89 kg/ha | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 96 | Zambia | 18.78 kg/ha | 2023 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Caribbean | 18.6 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 98 | Uganda | 18.54 kg/ha | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 99 | Syrian Arab Republic | 18.31 kg/ha | 2023 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 100 | Ghana | 18.15 kg/ha | 2023 | up 55.9% | rising |
| 101 | Mongolia | 18.01 kg/ha | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 102 | Jamaica | 17.77 kg/ha | 2023 | up 44.1% | falling |
| 103 | Belize | 17.72 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 104 | Kazakhstan | 17.4 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 105 | Mauritius | 17.04 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 106 | Cuba | 16.89 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 107 | Spain | 16.86 kg/ha | 2023 | down 40.4% | rising |
| 108 | Israel | 16.6 kg/ha | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 109 | Australia and New Zealand | 16.1 kg/ha | 2023 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 110 | Cyprus | 15.94 kg/ha | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 111 | Australia | 15.9 kg/ha | 2023 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 112 | Jordan | 15.78 kg/ha | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 113 | Burkina Faso | 15.64 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 114 | Panama | 15.26 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 115 | Zimbabwe | 15.02 kg/ha | 2023 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 116 | Eswatini | 14.52 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 117 | Estonia | 14.2 kg/ha | 2023 | up 139.7% | falling |
| 118 | North Macedonia | 14.03 kg/ha | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 119 | Lebanon | 13.98 kg/ha | 2023 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 120 | Nigeria | 13.87 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 121 | Qatar | 13.81 kg/ha | 2023 | up 71.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Ethiopia PDR | 13.75 kg/ha | 1992 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 123 | Benin | 13.32 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 124 | Fiji | 13.26 kg/ha | 2023 | up 32.0% | flat |
| 125 | Barbados | 13.01 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.8% | falling |
| 126 | Sierra Leone | 12.84 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 127 | Eritrea | 12.72 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 128 | Georgia | 12.54 kg/ha | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 129 | Singapore | 12.17 kg/ha | 2023 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 130 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 11.94 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 131 | Togo | 11.81 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 132 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 11.18 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 133 | Niger | 10.81 kg/ha | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 134 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 10.23 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 135 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 10.09 kg/ha | 2023 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 136 | Burundi | 10.01 kg/ha | 2023 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 137 | Brazil | 9.92 kg/ha | 2023 | up 89.1% | rising |
| 138 | South Sudan | 9.92 kg/ha | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 139 | Angola | 9.72 kg/ha | 2023 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 140 | Papua New Guinea | 9.64 kg/ha | 2023 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 141 | Lesotho | 9.29 kg/ha | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 142 | Montenegro | 9.15 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 143 | Cameroon | 9.07 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 144 | Haiti | 9.02 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 145 | Melanesia | 8.97 kg/ha | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 146 | Gabon | 8.62 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 147 | Mozambique | 8.62 kg/ha | 2023 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Seychelles | 8.48 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Comoros | 8.47 kg/ha | 2023 | up 13.1% | flat |
| 150 | Colombia | 8.27 kg/ha | 2023 | up 186.4% | falling |
| 151 | Gambia | 8.04 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 152 | Liberia | 7.93 kg/ha | 2023 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Canada | 7.89 kg/ha | 2023 | down 71.4% | rising |
| 154 | Portugal | 7.53 kg/ha | 2023 | down 17.1% | flat |
| 155 | Bahamas | 7.45 kg/ha | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 156 | Honduras | 7.45 kg/ha | 2023 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 157 | Saint Lucia | 7.4 kg/ha | 2023 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 158 | Yemen | 7.39 kg/ha | 2023 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 159 | Sudan (former) | 7.25 kg/ha | 2011 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 160 | Equatorial Guinea | 7.19 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 161 | Dominica | 6.73 kg/ha | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 162 | Tunisia | 6.7 kg/ha | 2023 | down 32.6% | rising |
| 163 | Congo | 6.67 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 164 | United Arab Emirates | 6.59 kg/ha | 2023 | up 206.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Botswana | 6.18 kg/ha | 2023 | up 142.1% | rising |
| 166 | Côte d'Ivoire | 5.99 kg/ha | 2023 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 167 | Guinea | 5.94 kg/ha | 2023 | down 24.1% | flat |
| 168 | Chad | 5.73 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 169 | Bahrain | 5.65 kg/ha | 2023 | up 88.8% | rising |
| 170 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5.47 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 171 | Sudan | 5.03 kg/ha | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 172 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.02 kg/ha | 2023 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Solomon Islands | 4.99 kg/ha | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 174 | Faroe Islands | 4.97 kg/ha | 2023 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 175 | Brunei Darussalam | 4.8 kg/ha | 2023 | up 72.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Samoa | 4.71 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 177 | Libya | 4.59 kg/ha | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 178 | Malaysia | 4.46 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 179 | Grenada | 4.45 kg/ha | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 180 | Namibia | 4.43 kg/ha | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 181 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.01 kg/ha | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 182 | Djibouti | 3.95 kg/ha | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 183 | Maldives | 3.95 kg/ha | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 184 | Argentina | 3.8 kg/ha | 2023 | up 50.5% | falling |
| 185 | Uruguay | 3.48 kg/ha | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 186 | Tonga | 3.28 kg/ha | 2023 | up 23.7% | falling |
| 187 | Polynesia | 2.9 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 188 | Malta | 2.82 kg/ha | 2023 | down 88.8% | rising |
| 189 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.7 kg/ha | 2023 | down 16.9% | volatile |
| 190 | Paraguay | 2.53 kg/ha | 2023 | up 75.0% | falling |
| 191 | New Caledonia | 2.45 kg/ha | 2023 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 192 | Vanuatu | 2.4 kg/ha | 2023 | up 43.1% | rising |
| 193 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.92 kg/ha | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 194 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.89 kg/ha | 2023 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 195 | Cabo Verde | 1.83 kg/ha | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 196 | Kiribati | 1.41 kg/ha | 2023 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 197 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 1.29 kg/ha | 2023 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 198 | Cook Islands | 1.25 kg/ha | 2023 | down 38.4% | rising |
| 199 | Tuvalu | 0.9407 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 200 | French Polynesia | 0.3353 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 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.
- Western Europe 65.14 kg/ha
- Eastern Europe 55.33 kg/ha
- Eastern Asia 52.21 kg/ha
- Europe 51.51 kg/ha
- European Union (27) 46.73 kg/ha
- Southern Asia 46.33 kg/ha
- Asia 41.84 kg/ha
- Northern Europe 40.64 kg/ha
- Western Asia 35.32 kg/ha
- Central America 35.27 kg/ha
- World 32.6 kg/ha
- South Africa 31.45 kg/ha
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 (%).