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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
203
Highest
717.08 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0.6144 kg/ha
Niger
Median
10.33 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 203 countries. The highest value is 717.08 kg/ha in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0.6144 kg/ha in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 10.33 kg/ha, and the mean is 21.93 kg/ha.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,167.

Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 101 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
1 Micronesia (Federated States of) 77.66 kg/ha 2023 up 9.0% rising
2 Singapore 363.18 kg/ha 2023 down 3.0% rising
2 Viet Nam 38.24 kg/ha 2023 down 9.5% volatile
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
4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 17.61 kg/ha 2023 up 27.3% rising
5 Brunei Darussalam 109.19 kg/ha 2023 up 14.8% volatile
5 Türkiye 13.83 kg/ha 2023 up 11.5% rising
6 Montenegro 82 kg/ha 2023 down 16.3% falling
6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 10.48 kg/ha 2023 up 36.2% volatile
7 China, Taiwan Province of 73.1 kg/ha 2023 down 17.7% rising
7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 10.31 kg/ha 2023 down 53.8% rising
8 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 67.71 kg/ha 2023 down 8.4% falling
8 Polynesia 8.42 kg/ha 2023 down 21.9% rising
9 Bangladesh 57.99 kg/ha 2023 up 71.7% volatile
10 Barbados 52.5 kg/ha 2023 up 68.6% rising
10 Republic of Moldova 6.73 kg/ha 2023 up 33.2% volatile
11 Trinidad and Tobago 52.27 kg/ha 2023 up 21.7% volatile
11 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6.59 kg/ha 2023 down 26.9% volatile
12 Qatar 48.1 kg/ha 2023 up 66.8% volatile
12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6.44 kg/ha 2023 up 6.9% rising
13 Republic of Korea 46.87 kg/ha 2023 down 0.6% rising
13 Melanesia 6.2 kg/ha 2023 up 4.0% rising
14 China 46.45 kg/ha 2023 down 15.7% volatile
15 Brazil 43.27 kg/ha 2023 up 8.7% volatile
15 United Republic of Tanzania 3.53 kg/ha 2023 up 71.9% rising
16 China, mainland 43.13 kg/ha 2023 down 22.1% volatile
16 Syrian Arab Republic 2.39 kg/ha 2023 down 26.9% volatile
17 New Caledonia 42.49 kg/ha 2023 up 1.3% rising
18 Egypt 40.57 kg/ha 2023 up 16.1% rising
18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.4711 kg/ha 2023 up 6.6% flat
19 Belgium 39.65 kg/ha 2023 down 20.1% falling
20 Ireland 38.93 kg/ha 2023 down 11.7% falling
21 Belgium-Luxembourg 36.55 kg/ha 1999 down 35.9% falling
21 Caribbean 7.12 kg/ha 2023 down 15.8% falling
22 Switzerland 35.94 kg/ha 2023 down 8.5% falling
23 Cook Islands 35.88 kg/ha 2023 down 28.7% volatile
24 Uzbekistan 35.27 kg/ha 2023 up 33.1% rising
25 Japan 34.18 kg/ha 2023 down 24.0% falling
26 Djibouti 33.33 kg/ha 2023 down 24.2% falling
26 Cabo Verde 5.94 kg/ha 2023 down 14.4% volatile
27 Mongolia 32.1 kg/ha 2023 up 84.6% rising
28 Malta 32.05 kg/ha 2023 down 20.7% rising
28 Côte d'Ivoire 2.4 kg/ha 2023 up 13.5% rising
29 Colombia 31.52 kg/ha 2023 down 28.2% volatile
30 Seychelles 30.2 kg/ha 2023 up 61.2% volatile
31 Belize 29.26 kg/ha 2023 up 12.8% volatile
32 Slovenia 28.93 kg/ha 2023 up 3.8% falling
33 Costa Rica 26.18 kg/ha 2023 down 8.5% rising
34 Guyana 25.99 kg/ha 2023 down 14.3% rising
35 Tuvalu 25.9 kg/ha 2023 up 2.6% rising
36 United Arab Emirates 25.6 kg/ha 2023 down 16.8% volatile
37 Cyprus 25.21 kg/ha 2023 down 21.3% rising
38 India 24.57 kg/ha 2023 up 41.5% volatile
39 Chile 24.22 kg/ha 2023 down 15.8% volatile
40 Uruguay 24.03 kg/ha 2023 down 34.8% rising
41 Bahamas 23.12 kg/ha 2023 down 16.0% rising
42 Denmark 22.55 kg/ha 2023 down 2.6% falling
43 Serbia 22.43 kg/ha 2023 up 5.7% rising
44 Nauru 22.41 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% rising
45 Austria 21.86 kg/ha 2023 down 17.8% falling
46 Pakistan 21.51 kg/ha 2023 up 26.8% volatile
47 Luxembourg 21.36 kg/ha 2023 down 15.3% falling
48 Turkmenistan 20.31 kg/ha 2023 up 79.3% rising
49 Bahrain 19.06 kg/ha 2023 up 14.4% volatile
50 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19.02 kg/ha 2023 up 75.7% rising
51 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 18.99 kg/ha 2023 down 16.1% falling
52 Puerto Rico 18.25 kg/ha 2023 down 17.3% rising
53 Germany 18.11 kg/ha 2023 down 27.6% falling
54 Portugal 17.47 kg/ha 2023 down 12.8% rising
55 Poland 16.94 kg/ha 2023 down 16.6% falling
56 Spain 16.75 kg/ha 2023 down 14.3% rising
57 Iceland 16.65 kg/ha 2023 down 46.1% falling
58 Croatia 16.5 kg/ha 2023 down 10.7% falling
59 Paraguay 16.46 kg/ha 2023 down 17.5% volatile
60 Belarus 16.42 kg/ha 2023 down 29.3% rising
61 France 15.98 kg/ha 2023 down 20.4% falling
62 Tajikistan 15.78 kg/ha 2023 up 12.0% falling
63 Romania 14.81 kg/ha 2023 up 26.7% falling
64 Burundi 14.73 kg/ha 2023 up 315.4% volatile
65 Honduras 14.6 kg/ha 2023 up 8.2% volatile
66 Nepal 14.54 kg/ha 2023 down 16.9% volatile
67 El Salvador 14.42 kg/ha 2023 up 5.2% falling
68 Dominican Republic 14.38 kg/ha 2023 down 13.5% rising
69 Malaysia 14.36 kg/ha 2023 down 20.5% rising
70 Jamaica 14.25 kg/ha 2023 down 8.0% rising
71 Italy 14.22 kg/ha 2023 down 17.9% falling
72 Canada 13.89 kg/ha 2023 up 26.7% rising
73 Guatemala 13.67 kg/ha 2023 down 23.3% rising
74 Lebanon 13.57 kg/ha 2023 down 52.7% rising
75 Thailand 13.52 kg/ha 2023 up 4.3% rising
76 Ecuador 13.47 kg/ha 2023 down 3.9% rising
77 Czechia 12.99 kg/ha 2023 down 14.5% falling
78 Albania 12.95 kg/ha 2023 down 33.1% flat
79 Panama 12.83 kg/ha 2023 down 0.9% rising
80 Saint Lucia 12.81 kg/ha 2023 up 27.2% volatile
81 Latvia 12.8 kg/ha 2023 down 9.0% rising
82 Indonesia 12.73 kg/ha 2023 down 4.3% volatile
83 Suriname 12.44 kg/ha 2023 down 17.2% volatile
84 Israel 12.4 kg/ha 2023 down 19.0% falling
85 Mexico 12.27 kg/ha 2023 up 36.1% rising
86 Malawi 12.01 kg/ha 2023 up 90.0% volatile
87 Norway 11.85 kg/ha 2023 down 7.7% falling
88 USSR 11.69 kg/ha 1991 up 11.1% rising
89 Jordan 11.68 kg/ha 2023 up 103.9% volatile
90 Bulgaria 11.52 kg/ha 2023 up 26.7% volatile
91 Slovakia 11.41 kg/ha 2023 up 5.8% falling
92 Sweden 11.24 kg/ha 2023 down 6.2% falling
93 Eswatini 11.22 kg/ha 2023 up 15.3% rising
94 Oman 11.1 kg/ha 2023 down 22.6% volatile
95 Kyrgyzstan 10.62 kg/ha 2023 up 8.6% rising
96 Philippines 10.51 kg/ha 2023 up 1.2% rising
97 Greece 10.33 kg/ha 2023 down 4.9% falling
98 Mauritius 10.14 kg/ha 2023 down 57.1% rising
99 Fiji 10.08 kg/ha 2023 up 0.5% rising
100 New Zealand 10.01 kg/ha 2023 down 23.3% falling
101 Peru 9.94 kg/ha 2023 down 19.7% rising
102 Australia and New Zealand 9.91 kg/ha 2023 up 6.7% falling
103 Australia 9.91 kg/ha 2023 up 7.5% falling
104 Estonia 9.91 kg/ha 2023 down 21.8% rising
105 Saudi Arabia 9.84 kg/ha 2023 down 16.0% volatile
106 Myanmar 9.67 kg/ha 2023 up 4.3% rising
107 Hungary 9.64 kg/ha 2023 down 18.4% volatile
108 Lithuania 9.57 kg/ha 2023 down 7.0% rising
109 Finland 9.51 kg/ha 2023 down 13.1% falling
110 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9.48 kg/ha 2023 down 26.3% volatile
111 Yugoslav SFR 9.46 kg/ha 1991 down 37.0% rising
112 Grenada 9.46 kg/ha 2023 down 3.9% rising
113 South Africa 9.4 kg/ha 2023 up 16.0% falling
114 Antigua and Barbuda 9.34 kg/ha 2023 down 13.9% rising
115 Georgia 9.23 kg/ha 2023 up 14.4% rising
116 Tonga 9.15 kg/ha 2023 down 8.8% rising
117 Czechoslovakia 9.1 kg/ha 1992 down 74.2% rising
118 Zambia 8.98 kg/ha 2023 up 59.4% volatile
119 North Macedonia 8.82 kg/ha 2023 down 29.2% falling
120 Kenya 8.52 kg/ha 2023 down 20.8% rising
121 Iraq 8.28 kg/ha 2023 up 3.1% volatile
122 Cambodia 8.18 kg/ha 2023 up 22.0% rising
123 Samoa 8.16 kg/ha 2023 down 27.6% volatile
124 Nicaragua 8.13 kg/ha 2023 up 4.7% rising
125 Argentina 8.04 kg/ha 2023 up 14.0% volatile
126 Ethiopia 8 kg/ha 2023 up 39.2% rising
127 Guadeloupe 7.32 kg/ha 2023 up 36.5% volatile
128 Rwanda 7.16 kg/ha 2023 up 71.6% volatile
129 Morocco 7.04 kg/ha 2023 down 36.2% rising
130 Botswana 6.9 kg/ha 2023 up 200.8% rising
131 Maldives 6.5 kg/ha 2023 down 67.8% volatile
132 Zimbabwe 6.41 kg/ha 2023 up 30.1% falling
133 Papua New Guinea 6.24 kg/ha 2023 up 9.2% rising
134 Tunisia 6.22 kg/ha 2023 up 22.8% rising
135 Azerbaijan 6.15 kg/ha 2023 up 78.3% volatile
136 Russian Federation 5.91 kg/ha 2023 up 38.4% falling
137 French Polynesia 5.83 kg/ha 2023 down 28.0% rising
138 Gabon 5.82 kg/ha 2023 up 128.0% volatile
139 Benin 5.75 kg/ha 2023 up 256.2% rising
140 Haiti 5.11 kg/ha 2023 up 8.4% volatile
141 Libya 4.9 kg/ha 2023 down 27.2% volatile
142 Mauritania 4.77 kg/ha 2023 up 14.4% rising
143 Ukraine 4.64 kg/ha 2023 down 25.5% falling
144 Sao Tome and Principe 4.61 kg/ha 2023 up 9.8% volatile
145 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.58 kg/ha 2023 up 23.7% volatile
146 Bhutan 4.08 kg/ha 2023 down 8.5% rising
147 Guinea-Bissau 4.06 kg/ha 2023 down 7.0% rising
148 Madagascar 4.03 kg/ha 2023 up 32.1% rising
149 South Sudan 3.94 kg/ha 2023 up 25.4% rising
150 Sri Lanka 3.89 kg/ha 2023 down 63.1% rising
151 Algeria 3.54 kg/ha 2023 down 12.9% flat
152 Dominica 3.53 kg/ha 2023 down 54.0% volatile
153 Togo 3.52 kg/ha 2023 up 27.2% volatile
154 Cuba 3.44 kg/ha 2023 down 42.0% volatile
155 Angola 3.37 kg/ha 2023 up 6.8% rising
156 Chad 3.12 kg/ha 2023 up 65.1% volatile
157 Burkina Faso 3.09 kg/ha 2023 down 6.1% volatile
158 Armenia 3.05 kg/ha 2023 up 6.0% falling
159 Uganda 3.04 kg/ha 2023 up 58.0% volatile
160 Senegal 2.95 kg/ha 2023 up 2.8% rising
161 Kiribati 2.94 kg/ha 2023 down 10.1% rising
162 Afghanistan 2.83 kg/ha 2023 up 44.5% rising
163 Liberia 2.75 kg/ha 2023 up 9.1% rising
164 Yemen 2.65 kg/ha 2023 down 14.6% volatile
165 Vanuatu 2.59 kg/ha 2023 down 29.5% rising
166 Ghana 2.33 kg/ha 2023 down 18.4% volatile
167 Mali 2.3 kg/ha 2023 up 28.3% rising
168 Mozambique 2.3 kg/ha 2023 up 68.3% rising
169 Nigeria 2.28 kg/ha 2023 up 21.8% rising
170 Cameroon 2.18 kg/ha 2023 up 29.8% rising
171 Ethiopia PDR 2.07 kg/ha 1992 up 161.6% volatile
172 Kazakhstan 2.05 kg/ha 2023 up 9.9% falling
173 Solomon Islands 2.05 kg/ha 2023 down 9.3% rising
174 Central African Republic 2.04 kg/ha 2023 down 24.0% volatile
175 Namibia 2.03 kg/ha 2023 up 18.4% rising
176 Lesotho 1.81 kg/ha 2023 down 26.7% volatile
177 Eritrea 1.61 kg/ha 2023 up 2.6% volatile
178 Sudan (former) 1.51 kg/ha 2011 up 152.3% volatile
179 Congo 1.49 kg/ha 2023 up 42.1% rising
180 Sierra Leone 1.41 kg/ha 2023 up 62.8% falling
181 Gambia 1.2 kg/ha 2023 up 89.3% volatile
182 Sudan 1.07 kg/ha 2023 up 29.3% flat
183 Equatorial Guinea 0.9317 kg/ha 2023 up 35.4% falling
184 Guinea 0.7502 kg/ha 2023 down 11.2% volatile
185 Comoros 0.6475 kg/ha 2023 up 65.0% falling
186 Niger 0.6144 kg/ha 2023 up 31.1% 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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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
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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 (%).