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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
201
Highest
3,439 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
4.59 kg/ha
Sudan (former)
Median
82.55 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 201 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 82.55 kg/ha, and the mean is 129.33 kg/ha.

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

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

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
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
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 (%).