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Input — Cropland phosphorus 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
717.08 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0.4711 kg/ha
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Median
10.48 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500

What the numbers show

Input — Cropland phosphorus per unit area is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 717.08 kg/ha in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0.4711 kg/ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.48 kg/ha, and the mean is 22.09 kg/ha.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,522.

Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 100 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 315.4%), and the largest decrease in Czechoslovakia (down 74.2%).

Input — Cropland phosphorus per unit area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Faroe Islands 717.08 kg/ha 2023 down 62.1% falling
2 Singapore 363.18 kg/ha 2023 down 3.0% rising
3 Kuwait 177.97 kg/ha 2023 up 129.4% falling
4 China, Hong Kong SAR 141.71 kg/ha 2023 up 29.4% rising
5 Brunei Darussalam 109.19 kg/ha 2023 up 14.8% volatile
6 Montenegro 82 kg/ha 2023 down 16.3% falling
7 Micronesia (Federated States of) 77.66 kg/ha 2023 up 9.0% rising
8 China, Taiwan Province of 73.1 kg/ha 2023 down 17.7% rising
9 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 67.71 kg/ha 2023 down 8.4% falling
10 Bangladesh 57.99 kg/ha 2023 up 71.7% volatile
11 Barbados 52.5 kg/ha 2023 up 68.6% rising
12 Trinidad and Tobago 52.27 kg/ha 2023 up 21.7% volatile
13 Qatar 48.1 kg/ha 2023 up 66.8% volatile
14 Republic of Korea 46.87 kg/ha 2023 down 0.6% rising
15 China 46.45 kg/ha 2023 down 15.7% volatile
16 Brazil 43.27 kg/ha 2023 up 8.7% volatile
17 China, mainland 43.13 kg/ha 2023 down 22.1% volatile
18 New Caledonia 42.49 kg/ha 2023 up 1.3% rising
19 Egypt 40.57 kg/ha 2023 up 16.1% rising
20 Belgium 39.65 kg/ha 2023 down 20.1% falling
21 Ireland 38.93 kg/ha 2023 down 11.7% falling
22 Viet Nam 38.24 kg/ha 2023 down 9.5% volatile
23 Belgium-Luxembourg 36.55 kg/ha 1999 down 35.9% falling
24 Switzerland 35.94 kg/ha 2023 down 8.5% falling
25 Cook Islands 35.88 kg/ha 2023 down 28.7% volatile
26 Uzbekistan 35.27 kg/ha 2023 up 33.1% rising
27 Japan 34.18 kg/ha 2023 down 24.0% falling
28 Djibouti 33.33 kg/ha 2023 down 24.2% falling
29 Mongolia 32.1 kg/ha 2023 up 84.6% rising
30 Malta 32.05 kg/ha 2023 down 20.7% rising
31 Colombia 31.52 kg/ha 2023 down 28.2% volatile
32 Seychelles 30.2 kg/ha 2023 up 61.2% volatile
33 Belize 29.26 kg/ha 2023 up 12.8% volatile
34 Slovenia 28.93 kg/ha 2023 up 3.8% falling
35 Costa Rica 26.18 kg/ha 2023 down 8.5% rising
36 Guyana 25.99 kg/ha 2023 down 14.3% rising
37 Tuvalu 25.9 kg/ha 2023 up 2.6% rising
38 United Arab Emirates 25.6 kg/ha 2023 down 16.8% volatile
39 Cyprus 25.21 kg/ha 2023 down 21.3% rising
40 India 24.57 kg/ha 2023 up 41.5% volatile
41 Chile 24.22 kg/ha 2023 down 15.8% volatile
42 Uruguay 24.03 kg/ha 2023 down 34.8% rising
43 Bahamas 23.12 kg/ha 2023 down 16.0% rising
44 Denmark 22.55 kg/ha 2023 down 2.6% falling
45 Serbia 22.43 kg/ha 2023 up 5.7% rising
46 Nauru 22.41 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% rising
47 Austria 21.86 kg/ha 2023 down 17.8% falling
48 Pakistan 21.51 kg/ha 2023 up 26.8% volatile
49 Luxembourg 21.36 kg/ha 2023 down 15.3% falling
50 Turkmenistan 20.31 kg/ha 2023 up 79.3% rising
51 Bahrain 19.06 kg/ha 2023 up 14.4% volatile
52 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.02 kg/ha 2023 up 75.7% rising
53 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 18.99 kg/ha 2023 down 16.1% falling
54 Puerto Rico 18.25 kg/ha 2023 down 17.3% rising
55 Germany 18.11 kg/ha 2023 down 27.6% falling
56 Lao People's Democratic Republic 17.61 kg/ha 2023 up 27.3% rising
57 Portugal 17.47 kg/ha 2023 down 12.8% rising
58 Poland 16.94 kg/ha 2023 down 16.6% falling
59 Spain 16.75 kg/ha 2023 down 14.3% rising
60 Iceland 16.65 kg/ha 2023 down 46.1% falling
61 Croatia 16.5 kg/ha 2023 down 10.7% falling
62 Paraguay 16.46 kg/ha 2023 down 17.5% volatile
63 Belarus 16.42 kg/ha 2023 down 29.3% rising
64 France 15.98 kg/ha 2023 down 20.4% falling
65 Tajikistan 15.78 kg/ha 2023 up 12.0% falling
66 Romania 14.81 kg/ha 2023 up 26.7% falling
67 Burundi 14.73 kg/ha 2023 up 315.4% volatile
68 Honduras 14.6 kg/ha 2023 up 8.2% volatile
69 Nepal 14.54 kg/ha 2023 down 16.9% volatile
70 El Salvador 14.42 kg/ha 2023 up 5.2% falling
71 Dominican Republic 14.38 kg/ha 2023 down 13.5% rising
72 Malaysia 14.36 kg/ha 2023 down 20.5% rising
73 Jamaica 14.25 kg/ha 2023 down 8.0% rising
74 Italy 14.22 kg/ha 2023 down 17.9% falling
75 Canada 13.89 kg/ha 2023 up 26.7% rising
76 Türkiye 13.83 kg/ha 2023 up 11.5% rising
77 Guatemala 13.67 kg/ha 2023 down 23.3% rising
78 Lebanon 13.57 kg/ha 2023 down 52.7% rising
79 Thailand 13.52 kg/ha 2023 up 4.3% rising
80 Ecuador 13.47 kg/ha 2023 down 3.9% rising
81 Czechia 12.99 kg/ha 2023 down 14.5% falling
82 Albania 12.95 kg/ha 2023 down 33.1% flat
83 Panama 12.83 kg/ha 2023 down 0.9% rising
84 Saint Lucia 12.81 kg/ha 2023 up 27.2% volatile
85 Latvia 12.8 kg/ha 2023 down 9.0% rising
86 Indonesia 12.73 kg/ha 2023 down 4.3% volatile
87 Suriname 12.44 kg/ha 2023 down 17.2% volatile
88 Israel 12.4 kg/ha 2023 down 19.0% falling
89 Mexico 12.27 kg/ha 2023 up 36.1% rising
90 Malawi 12.01 kg/ha 2023 up 90.0% volatile
91 Norway 11.85 kg/ha 2023 down 7.7% falling
92 USSR 11.69 kg/ha 1991 up 11.1% rising
93 Jordan 11.68 kg/ha 2023 up 103.9% volatile
94 Bulgaria 11.52 kg/ha 2023 up 26.7% volatile
95 Slovakia 11.41 kg/ha 2023 up 5.8% falling
96 Sweden 11.24 kg/ha 2023 down 6.2% falling
97 Eswatini 11.22 kg/ha 2023 up 15.3% rising
98 Oman 11.1 kg/ha 2023 down 22.6% volatile
99 Kyrgyzstan 10.62 kg/ha 2023 up 8.6% rising
100 Philippines 10.51 kg/ha 2023 up 1.2% rising
101 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 10.48 kg/ha 2023 up 36.2% volatile
102 Greece 10.33 kg/ha 2023 down 4.9% falling
103 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 10.31 kg/ha 2023 down 53.8% rising
104 Mauritius 10.14 kg/ha 2023 down 57.1% rising
105 Fiji 10.08 kg/ha 2023 up 0.5% rising
106 New Zealand 10.01 kg/ha 2023 down 23.3% falling
107 Peru 9.94 kg/ha 2023 down 19.7% rising
108 Australia and New Zealand 9.91 kg/ha 2023 up 6.7% falling
109 Australia 9.91 kg/ha 2023 up 7.5% falling
110 Estonia 9.91 kg/ha 2023 down 21.8% rising
111 Saudi Arabia 9.84 kg/ha 2023 down 16.0% volatile
112 Myanmar 9.67 kg/ha 2023 up 4.3% rising
113 Hungary 9.64 kg/ha 2023 down 18.4% volatile
114 Lithuania 9.57 kg/ha 2023 down 7.0% rising
115 Finland 9.51 kg/ha 2023 down 13.1% falling
116 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.48 kg/ha 2023 down 26.3% volatile
117 Yugoslav SFR 9.46 kg/ha 1991 down 37.0% rising
118 Grenada 9.46 kg/ha 2023 down 3.9% rising
119 Antigua and Barbuda 9.34 kg/ha 2023 down 13.9% rising
120 Georgia 9.23 kg/ha 2023 up 14.4% rising
121 Tonga 9.15 kg/ha 2023 down 8.8% rising
122 Czechoslovakia 9.1 kg/ha 1992 down 74.2% rising
123 Zambia 8.98 kg/ha 2023 up 59.4% volatile
124 North Macedonia 8.82 kg/ha 2023 down 29.2% falling
125 Kenya 8.52 kg/ha 2023 down 20.8% rising
126 Polynesia 8.42 kg/ha 2023 down 21.9% rising
127 Iraq 8.28 kg/ha 2023 up 3.1% volatile
128 Cambodia 8.18 kg/ha 2023 up 22.0% rising
129 Samoa 8.16 kg/ha 2023 down 27.6% volatile
130 Nicaragua 8.13 kg/ha 2023 up 4.7% rising
131 Argentina 8.04 kg/ha 2023 up 14.0% volatile
132 Ethiopia 8 kg/ha 2023 up 39.2% rising
133 Guadeloupe 7.32 kg/ha 2023 up 36.5% volatile
134 Rwanda 7.16 kg/ha 2023 up 71.6% volatile
135 Caribbean 7.12 kg/ha 2023 down 15.8% falling
136 Morocco 7.04 kg/ha 2023 down 36.2% rising
137 Botswana 6.9 kg/ha 2023 up 200.8% rising
138 Republic of Moldova 6.73 kg/ha 2023 up 33.2% volatile
139 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6.59 kg/ha 2023 down 26.9% volatile
140 Maldives 6.5 kg/ha 2023 down 67.8% volatile
141 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6.44 kg/ha 2023 up 6.9% rising
142 Zimbabwe 6.41 kg/ha 2023 up 30.1% falling
143 Papua New Guinea 6.24 kg/ha 2023 up 9.2% rising
144 Tunisia 6.22 kg/ha 2023 up 22.8% rising
145 Melanesia 6.2 kg/ha 2023 up 4.0% rising
146 Azerbaijan 6.15 kg/ha 2023 up 78.3% volatile
147 Cabo Verde 5.94 kg/ha 2023 down 14.4% volatile
148 Russian Federation 5.91 kg/ha 2023 up 38.4% falling
149 French Polynesia 5.83 kg/ha 2023 down 28.0% rising
150 Gabon 5.82 kg/ha 2023 up 128.0% volatile
151 Benin 5.75 kg/ha 2023 up 256.2% rising
152 Haiti 5.11 kg/ha 2023 up 8.4% volatile
153 Libya 4.9 kg/ha 2023 down 27.2% volatile
154 Mauritania 4.77 kg/ha 2023 up 14.4% rising
155 Ukraine 4.64 kg/ha 2023 down 25.5% falling
156 Sao Tome and Principe 4.61 kg/ha 2023 up 9.8% volatile
157 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.58 kg/ha 2023 up 23.7% volatile
158 Bhutan 4.08 kg/ha 2023 down 8.5% rising
159 Guinea-Bissau 4.06 kg/ha 2023 down 7.0% rising
160 Madagascar 4.03 kg/ha 2023 up 32.1% rising
161 South Sudan 3.94 kg/ha 2023 up 25.4% rising
162 Sri Lanka 3.89 kg/ha 2023 down 63.1% rising
163 Algeria 3.54 kg/ha 2023 down 12.9% flat
164 Dominica 3.53 kg/ha 2023 down 54.0% volatile
165 United Republic of Tanzania 3.53 kg/ha 2023 up 71.9% rising
166 Togo 3.52 kg/ha 2023 up 27.2% volatile
167 Cuba 3.44 kg/ha 2023 down 42.0% volatile
168 Angola 3.37 kg/ha 2023 up 6.8% rising
169 Chad 3.12 kg/ha 2023 up 65.1% volatile
170 Burkina Faso 3.09 kg/ha 2023 down 6.1% volatile
171 Armenia 3.05 kg/ha 2023 up 6.0% falling
172 Uganda 3.04 kg/ha 2023 up 58.0% volatile
173 Senegal 2.95 kg/ha 2023 up 2.8% rising
174 Kiribati 2.94 kg/ha 2023 down 10.1% rising
175 Afghanistan 2.83 kg/ha 2023 up 44.5% rising
176 Liberia 2.75 kg/ha 2023 up 9.1% rising
177 Yemen 2.65 kg/ha 2023 down 14.6% volatile
178 Vanuatu 2.59 kg/ha 2023 down 29.5% rising
179 Côte d'Ivoire 2.4 kg/ha 2023 up 13.5% rising
180 Syrian Arab Republic 2.39 kg/ha 2023 down 26.9% volatile
181 Ghana 2.33 kg/ha 2023 down 18.4% volatile
182 Mali 2.3 kg/ha 2023 up 28.3% rising
183 Mozambique 2.3 kg/ha 2023 up 68.3% rising
184 Nigeria 2.28 kg/ha 2023 up 21.8% rising
185 Cameroon 2.18 kg/ha 2023 up 29.8% rising
186 Ethiopia PDR 2.07 kg/ha 1992 up 161.6% volatile
187 Kazakhstan 2.05 kg/ha 2023 up 9.9% falling
188 Solomon Islands 2.05 kg/ha 2023 down 9.3% rising
189 Namibia 2.03 kg/ha 2023 up 18.4% rising
190 Lesotho 1.81 kg/ha 2023 down 26.7% volatile
191 Eritrea 1.61 kg/ha 2023 up 2.6% volatile
192 Sudan (former) 1.51 kg/ha 2011 up 152.3% volatile
193 Congo 1.49 kg/ha 2023 up 42.1% rising
194 Sierra Leone 1.41 kg/ha 2023 up 62.8% falling
195 Gambia 1.2 kg/ha 2023 up 89.3% volatile
196 Sudan 1.07 kg/ha 2023 up 29.3% flat
197 Equatorial Guinea 0.9317 kg/ha 2023 up 35.4% falling
198 Guinea 0.7502 kg/ha 2023 down 11.2% volatile
199 Comoros 0.6475 kg/ha 2023 up 65.0% falling
200 Niger 0.6144 kg/ha 2023 up 31.1% rising
201 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.4711 kg/ha 2023 up 6.6% flat

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 phosphorus 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 (%).