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Input — Cropland nitrogen 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
3,439 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
4.59 kg/ha
Sudan (former)
Median
81.73 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500

What the numbers show

Input — Cropland nitrogen per unit area is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 3,439 kg/ha in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 4.59 kg/ha in Sudan (former).

The median across all reporting countries is 81.73 kg/ha, and the mean is 128.54 kg/ha.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 749.

Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 121.6%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 88.8%).

Input — Cropland nitrogen per unit area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Faroe Islands 3,439 kg/ha 2023 down 56.2% falling
1 Viet Nam 210 kg/ha 2023 down 6.3% rising
2 Singapore 1,361 kg/ha 2023 down 6.7% volatile
2 Micronesia (Federated States of) 207.16 kg/ha 2023 up 8.1% rising
3 Kuwait 690.8 kg/ha 2023 up 49.1% falling
4 China, Hong Kong SAR 655.41 kg/ha 2023 up 31.7% rising
4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 112.38 kg/ha 2023 up 56.1% rising
5 Brunei Darussalam 489.57 kg/ha 2023 up 12.2% volatile
5 Türkiye 97.3 kg/ha 2023 up 19.6% rising
6 Montenegro 401.37 kg/ha 2023 down 15.0% falling
6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 91.05 kg/ha 2023 down 33.9% rising
7 Djibouti 395.46 kg/ha 2023 up 30.6% falling
7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 86.88 kg/ha 2023 up 20.2% rising
8 Turkmenistan 362.44 kg/ha 2023 up 46.0% rising
8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 80.21 kg/ha 2023 up 10.9% volatile
9 Egypt 338.24 kg/ha 2023 up 3.7% rising
9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 62.36 kg/ha 2023 down 45.6% volatile
10 Belgium 319.8 kg/ha 2023 down 20.1% falling
10 Republic of Moldova 53.85 kg/ha 2023 up 34.2% rising
11 Brazil 312.03 kg/ha 2023 up 50.8% volatile
12 China 294.79 kg/ha 2023 down 8.2% rising
13 Trinidad and Tobago 292.98 kg/ha 2023 down 8.8% rising
13 United Republic of Tanzania 36.76 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
14 China, mainland 288.64 kg/ha 2023 down 10.2% rising
14 Melanesia 35.33 kg/ha 2023 up 11.6% rising
15 Ireland 284.16 kg/ha 2023 down 2.4% rising
15 Polynesia 26.2 kg/ha 2023 down 13.9% rising
16 Bangladesh 281.39 kg/ha 2023 up 21.1% rising
17 Uzbekistan 275.13 kg/ha 2023 up 31.7% rising
17 Syrian Arab Republic 20.9 kg/ha 2023 up 30.1% volatile
18 Republic of Korea 268.46 kg/ha 2023 up 8.8% rising
18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 16.64 kg/ha 2023 up 10.9% rising
19 Barbados 255.05 kg/ha 2023 down 6.9% flat
20 Suriname 248.08 kg/ha 2023 up 45.5% rising
21 China, Taiwan Province of 245.47 kg/ha 2023 down 14.7% falling
22 Guyana 236.72 kg/ha 2023 down 9.0% rising
23 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 232.38 kg/ha 2023 down 5.7% falling
24 Costa Rica 229.63 kg/ha 2023 up 6.1% rising
24 Cabo Verde 49.2 kg/ha 2023 down 2.6% rising
25 Qatar 227.45 kg/ha 2023 up 69.7% falling
26 Switzerland 211.63 kg/ha 2023 down 2.0% falling
26 Caribbean 48.07 kg/ha 2023 down 15.2% falling
27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 200.38 kg/ha 2023 down 3.8% rising
28 Paraguay 188.75 kg/ha 2023 down 2.6% volatile
29 Mongolia 187.33 kg/ha 2023 up 86.6% rising
29 Côte d'Ivoire 16.62 kg/ha 2023 up 9.0% rising
30 Pakistan 183.41 kg/ha 2023 up 22.4% volatile
31 Malta 181.31 kg/ha 2023 down 14.2% rising
32 India 179.66 kg/ha 2023 up 18.2% rising
33 Norway 178.43 kg/ha 2023 down 5.2% rising
34 Uruguay 167.12 kg/ha 2023 down 5.6% volatile
35 United Arab Emirates 164.58 kg/ha 2023 down 34.1% volatile
36 Colombia 161.79 kg/ha 2023 down 28.5% volatile
37 Croatia 159.24 kg/ha 2023 up 2.6% rising
38 Nepal 158.59 kg/ha 2023 up 7.6% rising
39 Denmark 157.74 kg/ha 2023 up 4.9% falling
40 France 146.27 kg/ha 2023 down 7.6% rising
41 Czechia 145.9 kg/ha 2023 down 18.9% rising
42 Austria 144.33 kg/ha 2023 down 5.3% flat
43 Tajikistan 141.69 kg/ha 2023 up 91.3% rising
44 Chile 138.67 kg/ha 2023 down 3.4% volatile
45 Belize 137.89 kg/ha 2023 up 13.2% volatile
46 Belarus 137.18 kg/ha 2023 down 5.0% rising
47 Germany 134.35 kg/ha 2023 down 25.5% falling
48 New Caledonia 132.81 kg/ha 2023 up 4.1% rising
49 Slovenia 130.31 kg/ha 2023 up 4.3% falling
50 Israel 129.49 kg/ha 2023 down 20.5% rising
51 Thailand 129.38 kg/ha 2023 up 21.8% rising
52 Bahamas 127.8 kg/ha 2023 up 1.4% rising
53 Bosnia and Herzegovina 127.48 kg/ha 2023 up 40.5% rising
54 Malawi 123.58 kg/ha 2023 up 89.9% rising
55 Slovakia 123.37 kg/ha 2023 up 3.7% rising
56 Poland 121.7 kg/ha 2023 down 0.6% rising
57 Seychelles 120.24 kg/ha 2023 up 47.2% falling
58 Oman 119.01 kg/ha 2023 down 36.3% volatile
59 Bulgaria 118.5 kg/ha 2023 up 16.4% falling
60 Serbia 114.62 kg/ha 2023 down 22.9% falling
61 Indonesia 111.68 kg/ha 2023 up 6.8% rising
62 Japan 110.99 kg/ha 2023 down 9.0% falling
63 Myanmar 110.87 kg/ha 2023 up 4.4% rising
64 Luxembourg 110.86 kg/ha 2023 down 19.5% falling
65 Dominican Republic 108.9 kg/ha 2023 up 14.4% rising
66 Italy 108.42 kg/ha 2023 down 11.6% rising
67 Ecuador 108.25 kg/ha 2023 down 3.6% volatile
68 Jordan 106.45 kg/ha 2023 up 40.8% volatile
69 Georgia 105.33 kg/ha 2023 up 57.9% rising
70 Guatemala 105.31 kg/ha 2023 down 18.0% rising
71 Canada 105.22 kg/ha 2023 up 17.8% volatile
72 Sweden 104.05 kg/ha 2023 up 6.4% flat
73 Lebanon 102.75 kg/ha 2023 down 25.5% rising
74 Lithuania 101.6 kg/ha 2023 up 6.9% rising
75 Zambia 99 kg/ha 2023 up 59.5% volatile
76 Cyprus 98.66 kg/ha 2023 down 16.1% rising
77 Honduras 97.62 kg/ha 2023 up 12.7% volatile
78 Mauritius 95.17 kg/ha 2023 down 29.6% rising
79 Argentina 94.97 kg/ha 2023 down 19.8% volatile
80 Bahrain 93.17 kg/ha 2023 down 88.8% volatile
81 Estonia 92.97 kg/ha 2023 up 7.2% rising
82 El Salvador 92.92 kg/ha 2023 down 9.8% flat
83 Philippines 91.81 kg/ha 2023 up 14.5% rising
84 Romania 90.6 kg/ha 2023 up 16.7% falling
85 Puerto Rico 90.58 kg/ha 2023 down 10.9% rising
86 Sri Lanka 90.07 kg/ha 2023 down 2.5% rising
87 Cook Islands 89.98 kg/ha 2023 down 23.8% volatile
88 Panama 89.01 kg/ha 2023 up 38.4% rising
89 Iceland 88.46 kg/ha 2023 down 11.3% falling
90 Hungary 88.07 kg/ha 2023 down 16.7% falling
91 Mexico 86.96 kg/ha 2023 up 5.9% rising
92 Spain 85.86 kg/ha 2023 down 11.4% rising
93 Albania 83.52 kg/ha 2023 down 10.1% flat
94 Belgium-Luxembourg 83.2 kg/ha 1999 down 13.0% rising
95 Greece 82.55 kg/ha 2023 up 7.9% flat
96 Portugal 81.73 kg/ha 2023 down 15.8% rising
97 Botswana 79.96 kg/ha 2023 down 12.5% volatile
98 Latvia 79.22 kg/ha 2023 up 7.1% rising
99 Australia 77.92 kg/ha 2023 up 58.7% rising
100 Australia and New Zealand 77.71 kg/ha 2023 up 57.2% rising
101 Cambodia 77.71 kg/ha 2023 up 31.8% rising
102 Nicaragua 76.51 kg/ha 2023 up 15.8% rising
103 Peru 73.46 kg/ha 2023 down 15.4% rising
104 Kyrgyzstan 72.8 kg/ha 2023 up 13.5% rising
105 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 70.7 kg/ha 2023 down 11.8% volatile
106 Saint Lucia 70.15 kg/ha 2023 up 24.3% falling
107 Grenada 69.68 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% rising
108 Fiji 69.62 kg/ha 2023 up 10.4% rising
109 Maldives 68.88 kg/ha 2023 up 1.2% volatile
110 South Africa 68.16 kg/ha 2023 up 44.5% rising
111 Malaysia 67.7 kg/ha 2023 down 26.9% rising
112 New Zealand 66.63 kg/ha 2023 up 1.7% volatile
113 Eswatini 65.26 kg/ha 2023 up 16.7% rising
114 Tuvalu 65.26 kg/ha 2023 up 1.6% rising
115 Saudi Arabia 65.05 kg/ha 2023 up 17.2% volatile
116 Jamaica 63.43 kg/ha 2023 down 15.0% rising
117 Finland 61.77 kg/ha 2023 down 4.3% rising
118 Ethiopia 61.28 kg/ha 2023 up 47.5% rising
119 North Macedonia 59.99 kg/ha 2023 down 23.3% falling
120 Burundi 59.21 kg/ha 2023 up 120.2% rising
121 Armenia 59.13 kg/ha 2023 down 40.1% rising
122 Iraq 56.85 kg/ha 2023 up 23.3% volatile
123 Nauru 54.16 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
124 Ukraine 52.38 kg/ha 2023 up 1.6% rising
125 Rwanda 52.13 kg/ha 2023 up 26.9% rising
126 Kenya 50.85 kg/ha 2023 up 5.6% rising
127 Guadeloupe 49.41 kg/ha 2023 up 21.7% volatile
128 Senegal 48.46 kg/ha 2023 up 20.3% rising
129 Antigua and Barbuda 47.37 kg/ha 2023 down 19.7% rising
130 Guinea-Bissau 46.74 kg/ha 2023 up 14.9% falling
131 Benin 46.02 kg/ha 2023 up 121.6% rising
132 Togo 44.98 kg/ha 2023 up 87.4% volatile
133 Russian Federation 43.1 kg/ha 2023 up 50.4% rising
134 Azerbaijan 42.98 kg/ha 2023 up 64.8% rising
135 Mauritania 41.27 kg/ha 2023 up 9.6% rising
136 Madagascar 40.75 kg/ha 2023 up 41.7% rising
137 Zimbabwe 40.56 kg/ha 2023 up 60.3% falling
138 Chad 39.71 kg/ha 2023 up 9.4% rising
139 Namibia 38.86 kg/ha 2023 up 86.9% volatile
140 South Sudan 38.63 kg/ha 2023 up 22.6% rising
141 Mozambique 37.9 kg/ha 2023 up 47.3% rising
142 Gambia 36.15 kg/ha 2023 up 10.3% falling
143 Papua New Guinea 35.59 kg/ha 2023 up 16.9% rising
144 Nigeria 35.09 kg/ha 2023 up 19.7% rising
145 Haiti 34.72 kg/ha 2023 down 19.9% rising
146 Morocco 33.96 kg/ha 2023 down 0.6% rising
147 Bhutan 33.86 kg/ha 2023 down 20.4% rising
148 Uganda 33.26 kg/ha 2023 up 19.8% rising
149 Sierra Leone 32.96 kg/ha 2023 up 18.3% falling
150 Ghana 32.7 kg/ha 2023 up 10.9% rising
151 Tonga 31.28 kg/ha 2023 down 5.6% rising
152 Guinea 30.71 kg/ha 2023 up 28.1% rising
153 Central African Republic 30.28 kg/ha 2023 up 4.1% rising
154 Saint Kitts and Nevis 30 kg/ha 2023 up 7.0% volatile
155 Angola 29.94 kg/ha 2023 up 7.9% rising
156 Gabon 29.71 kg/ha 2023 up 51.3% rising
157 Liberia 29.11 kg/ha 2023 down 0.3% rising
158 Burkina Faso 28.55 kg/ha 2023 up 8.6% rising
159 Cameroon 28.16 kg/ha 2023 up 6.5% rising
160 Mali 27.91 kg/ha 2023 down 2.0% rising
161 Dominica 25.19 kg/ha 2023 down 33.2% volatile
162 Sao Tome and Principe 24.95 kg/ha 2023 up 9.0% volatile
163 Czechoslovakia 24.04 kg/ha 1992 down 37.1% rising
164 Sudan 23.32 kg/ha 2023 up 2.4% rising
165 French Polynesia 22.92 kg/ha 2023 down 12.5% rising
166 Tunisia 22.31 kg/ha 2023 up 1.0% rising
167 Algeria 22.2 kg/ha 2023 up 17.8% rising
168 Samoa 21.78 kg/ha 2023 down 23.5% volatile
169 Cuba 21.45 kg/ha 2023 down 49.6% falling
170 Congo 21.15 kg/ha 2023 up 6.3% rising
171 Afghanistan 20.9 kg/ha 2023 up 10.7% rising
172 Comoros 20.57 kg/ha 2023 down 24.7% rising
173 Eritrea 20.21 kg/ha 2023 up 5.1% falling
174 Yemen 19.71 kg/ha 2023 down 30.9% rising
175 Lesotho 19.11 kg/ha 2023 down 43.7% rising
176 Yugoslav SFR 17.9 kg/ha 1991 down 22.7% rising
177 Libya 17.63 kg/ha 2023 down 18.3% rising
178 USSR 14.47 kg/ha 1991 down 2.0% rising
179 Kazakhstan 14.2 kg/ha 2023 up 13.9% rising
180 Solomon Islands 12.6 kg/ha 2023 down 23.6% rising
181 Niger 12.1 kg/ha 2023 up 21.7% rising
182 Kiribati 11.92 kg/ha 2023 down 3.9% rising
183 Equatorial Guinea 9.8 kg/ha 2023 up 14.4% flat
184 Vanuatu 9.8 kg/ha 2023 down 22.1% rising
185 Ethiopia PDR 5.02 kg/ha 1992 up 34.7% rising
186 Sudan (former) 4.59 kg/ha 2011 down 1.3% rising

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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
Input — Cropland nitrogen 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 (%).