Input — Cropland nitrogen 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
37.84 million t
China
Lowest
21.67 t
Nauru
Median
148,630 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500
What the numbers show
Input — Cropland nitrogen is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 37.84 million t in China; the lowest is 21.67 t in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 148,630 t, and the mean is 1.14 million t.
Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Benin (up 169.1%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 89.8%).
Input — Cropland nitrogen: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 37.84 million t | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 36.82 million t | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 3 | India | 30.24 million t | 2023 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 2.45 million t | 2023 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Brazil | 19.78 million t | 2023 | up 53.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Türkiye | 2.33 million t | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 5 | USSR | 16.56 million t | 1991 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.53 million t | 2023 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Pakistan | 5.68 million t | 2023 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 5.33 million t | 2023 | up 50.6% | rising |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 570,510 t | 2023 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Indonesia | 4.93 million t | 2023 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Canada | 4.03 million t | 2023 | up 18.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 466,456 t | 2023 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Argentina | 3.94 million t | 2023 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 300,456 t | 2023 | down 33.9% | rising |
| 11 | Thailand | 2.79 million t | 2023 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 281,138 t | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 12 | France | 2.62 million t | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 12 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 180,955 t | 2023 | up 50.9% | rising |
| 13 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.48 million t | 2023 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 13 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 158,735 t | 2023 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 2.48 million t | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 115,073 t | 2023 | up 35.9% | falling |
| 15 | Australia | 2.44 million t | 2023 | up 57.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Syrian Arab Republic | 113,751 t | 2023 | up 23.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Mexico | 2.13 million t | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 16 | Melanesia | 56,871 t | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 17 | Ukraine | 1.77 million t | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 17 | Polynesia | 2,883 t | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 18 | Germany | 1.60 million t | 2023 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 18 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 414.31 t | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 19 | Nigeria | 1.55 million t | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 20 | Spain | 1.43 million t | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 21 | Poland | 1.41 million t | 2023 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 22 | Myanmar | 1.39 million t | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 23 | Egypt | 1.37 million t | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 1.23 million t | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 25 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.22 million t | 2023 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 1.13 million t | 2023 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 27 | Philippines | 1.03 million t | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 27 | Caribbean | 326,954 t | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 28 | Italy | 1.03 million t | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 237,608 t | 2023 | up 66.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Paraguay | 876,448 t | 2023 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 2,657 t | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 30 | South Africa | 846,098 t | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 31 | Colombia | 808,158 t | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 32 | Romania | 798,498 t | 2023 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 33 | Belarus | 775,514 t | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 34 | Yugoslav SFR | 682,600 t | 1991 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 35 | Czechoslovakia | 604,340 t | 1992 | down 38.9% | rising |
| 36 | Turkmenistan | 591,259 t | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 37 | Malaysia | 558,110 t | 2023 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Malawi | 519,054 t | 2023 | up 115.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Sudan | 494,591 t | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 40 | Japan | 476,929 t | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 41 | Sudan (former) | 459,761 t | 2011 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 42 | Peru | 455,360 t | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 429,289 t | 2023 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 44 | Kazakhstan | 423,043 t | 2023 | up 15.0% | flat |
| 45 | Republic of Korea | 405,913 t | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 46 | Zambia | 380,056 t | 2023 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Kenya | 379,810 t | 2023 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Hungary | 378,190 t | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 49 | Denmark | 377,777 t | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 50 | Czechia | 374,389 t | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 51 | Uruguay | 374,124 t | 2023 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 371,500 t | 1999 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 53 | Cambodia | 361,678 t | 2023 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Serbia | 322,897 t | 2023 | down 21.8% | falling |
| 55 | Iraq | 312,251 t | 2023 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Nepal | 309,056 t | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 57 | Uganda | 302,694 t | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 58 | Morocco | 298,462 t | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 59 | Guatemala | 288,238 t | 2023 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Ethiopia PDR | 283,948 t | 1992 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 61 | Belgium | 283,460 t | 2023 | down 15.5% | flat |
| 62 | Chile | 265,395 t | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 63 | Sweden | 263,145 t | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 64 | Ecuador | 260,787 t | 2023 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 65 | Burkina Faso | 245,815 t | 2023 | up 30.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 242,836 t | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 67 | Ghana | 242,569 t | 2023 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Mali | 241,120 t | 2023 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Greece | 239,065 t | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 70 | Lithuania | 237,333 t | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 71 | Saudi Arabia | 236,615 t | 2023 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 231,196 t | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 73 | Mozambique | 229,262 t | 2023 | up 48.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Guinea | 224,006 t | 2023 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Cameroon | 222,411 t | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 76 | Niger | 215,516 t | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Mongolia | 215,232 t | 2023 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 78 | Chad | 211,950 t | 2023 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Austria | 200,223 t | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 80 | Benin | 191,753 t | 2023 | up 169.1% | volatile |
| 81 | China, Taiwan Province of | 191,221 t | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 82 | Algeria | 189,571 t | 2023 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 83 | Senegal | 189,538 t | 2023 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 84 | Angola | 170,715 t | 2023 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Afghanistan | 169,632 t | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 165,460 t | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 87 | Zimbabwe | 164,955 t | 2023 | up 59.5% | rising |
| 88 | Slovakia | 163,344 t | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 89 | Honduras | 157,951 t | 2023 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Croatia | 150,802 t | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 91 | Tajikistan | 148,630 t | 2023 | up 121.6% | rising |
| 92 | Portugal | 147,743 t | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 93 | Madagascar | 146,693 t | 2023 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 94 | Norway | 143,816 t | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 95 | Finland | 138,927 t | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 137,647 t | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 97 | Togo | 126,842 t | 2023 | up 87.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Ireland | 125,316 t | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 99 | Costa Rica | 125,000 t | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 100 | Tunisia | 110,430 t | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 101 | Latvia | 108,526 t | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 101,647 t | 2023 | up 80.8% | rising |
| 103 | South Sudan | 99,432 t | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 104 | Kyrgyzstan | 99,264 t | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 105 | Burundi | 98,948 t | 2023 | up 162.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Switzerland | 89,249 t | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 107 | El Salvador | 81,860 t | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 108 | Central African Republic | 81,127 t | 2023 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 109 | Rwanda | 78,047 t | 2023 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Cuba | 76,383 t | 2023 | down 49.8% | falling |
| 111 | Estonia | 66,477 t | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 112 | Panama | 60,615 t | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 113 | Sierra Leone | 57,650 t | 2023 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Albania | 56,666 t | 2023 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 115 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 56,603 t | 2023 | down 44.0% | rising |
| 116 | Israel | 48,259 t | 2023 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 117 | Georgia | 45,494 t | 2023 | up 24.9% | falling |
| 118 | Haiti | 45,308 t | 2023 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 119 | Papua New Guinea | 43,238 t | 2023 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 120 | New Zealand | 39,447 t | 2023 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Libya | 36,147 t | 2023 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 122 | Namibia | 31,553 t | 2023 | up 87.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Jordan | 30,583 t | 2023 | up 28.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Slovenia | 30,412 t | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 125 | Guinea-Bissau | 30,173 t | 2023 | up 34.8% | rising |
| 126 | Guyana | 29,827 t | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 127 | Armenia | 29,766 t | 2023 | down 40.4% | rising |
| 128 | Yemen | 28,621 t | 2023 | down 33.1% | rising |
| 129 | Lebanon | 28,175 t | 2023 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 27,354 t | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 131 | Botswana | 20,951 t | 2023 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Liberia | 20,380 t | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 133 | Mauritania | 18,985 t | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 134 | Belize | 18,201 t | 2023 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Gambia | 16,161 t | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 136 | United Arab Emirates | 15,093 t | 2023 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Gabon | 14,705 t | 2023 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Oman | 14,487 t | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 139 | Eritrea | 13,986 t | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 140 | Congo | 13,780 t | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 141 | Trinidad and Tobago | 13,770 t | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 142 | Suriname | 13,752 t | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 143 | Eswatini | 12,725 t | 2023 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 144 | Cyprus | 12,519 t | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 145 | Jamaica | 11,924 t | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 146 | Iceland | 10,704 t | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 147 | Kuwait | 9,671 t | 2023 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Fiji | 9,649 t | 2023 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 149 | Mauritius | 7,514 t | 2023 | down 29.6% | flat |
| 150 | Luxembourg | 6,971 t | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 151 | Lesotho | 6,894 t | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 152 | Puerto Rico | 5,997 t | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 153 | Montenegro | 5,756 t | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 154 | Qatar | 5,459 t | 2023 | up 101.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Brunei Darussalam | 4,896 t | 2023 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 156 | Bhutan | 3,860 t | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 157 | Comoros | 2,427 t | 2023 | down 24.7% | rising |
| 158 | Barbados | 2,040 t | 2023 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 159 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1,966 t | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 160 | Djibouti | 1,542 t | 2023 | up 82.0% | rising |
| 161 | Malta | 1,503 t | 2023 | down 30.5% | rising |
| 162 | Vanuatu | 1,420 t | 2023 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 163 | Bahamas | 1,406 t | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 164 | New Caledonia | 1,288 t | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 165 | Solomon Islands | 1,275 t | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 166 | Guadeloupe | 1,106 t | 2023 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,048 t | 2023 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Equatorial Guinea | 977.72 t | 2023 | up 14.1% | falling |
| 169 | Tonga | 969.73 t | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 170 | Samoa | 924.1 t | 2023 | down 37.6% | rising |
| 171 | Singapore | 898.45 t | 2023 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 172 | Saint Lucia | 671.33 t | 2023 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 173 | French Polynesia | 653.16 t | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 174 | Dominica | 579.3 t | 2023 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 175 | Grenada | 487.78 t | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 176 | Kiribati | 405.22 t | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 177 | Bahrain | 381.99 t | 2023 | down 89.8% | volatile |
| 178 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 353.5 t | 2023 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 179 | Maldives | 337.52 t | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Faroe Islands | 240.73 t | 2023 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 236.87 t | 2023 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 182 | Seychelles | 186.38 t | 2023 | up 47.2% | volatile |
| 183 | Cook Islands | 170.96 t | 2023 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 184 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 153 t | 2023 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Tuvalu | 117.46 t | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 186 | Nauru | 21.67 t | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 191.01 million t
- Asia 99.31 million t
- Americas 54.21 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 11.40 million t
- Southern Asia 40.64 million t
- Eastern Asia 39.10 million t
- South America 27.57 million t
- Northern America 23.32 million t
- Middle Africa 997,851 t
- Europe 22.76 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 21.32 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 506,634 t
- United States of America 19.28 million t
- South-Eastern Asia 13.70 million t
- European Union (27) 12.85 million t
- Africa 12.19 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 12.05 million t
- Eastern Europe 11.54 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 8.80 million t
- Western Europe 5.04 million t
- Eastern Africa 4.16 million t
- Western Africa 3.61 million t
- Southern Europe 3.49 million t
- Western Asia 3.37 million t
- Central America 3.00 million t
- Northern Europe 2.69 million t
- Oceania 2.54 million t
- Northern Africa 2.50 million t
- Central Asia 2.49 million t
- Southern Africa 918,220 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 (%).