Input — Cropland phosphorus 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
8.03 million t
USSR
Lowest
8.96 t
Nauru
Median
15,157 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500
What the numbers show
Input — Cropland phosphorus is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 8.03 million t in USSR; the lowest is 8.96 t in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 15,157 t, and the mean is 186,923 t.
Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 394.5%), and the largest decrease in Czechoslovakia (down 74.9%).
Input — Cropland phosphorus: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USSR | 8.03 million t | 1991 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 2 | China | 5.96 million t | 2023 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 3 | China, mainland | 5.50 million t | 2023 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 445,421 t | 2023 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 4 | India | 4.13 million t | 2023 | up 40.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Türkiye | 331,563 t | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 2.74 million t | 2023 | up 10.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 115,850 t | 2023 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 730,795 t | 2023 | up 38.7% | falling |
| 7 | Pakistan | 666,802 t | 2023 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Indonesia | 561,533 t | 2023 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | 54,827 t | 2023 | up 90.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Canada | 532,112 t | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 9 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 37,466 t | 2023 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 510,253 t | 2023 | up 77.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 34,007 t | 2023 | down 53.8% | rising |
| 11 | Argentina | 333,319 t | 2023 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 28,358 t | 2023 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Australia and New Zealand | 316,792 t | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 12 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 26,671 t | 2023 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Australia | 310,864 t | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 13 | Republic of Moldova | 14,383 t | 2023 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Mexico | 299,914 t | 2023 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 14 | Syrian Arab Republic | 12,981 t | 2023 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Thailand | 291,694 t | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 15 | Melanesia | 9,975 t | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 16 | France | 286,506 t | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7,959 t | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 17 | Spain | 278,151 t | 2023 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 17 | Polynesia | 925.94 t | 2023 | down 25.1% | rising |
| 18 | Yugoslav SFR | 216,348 t | 1991 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 18 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 155.31 t | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 19 | Germany | 215,153 t | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 20 | Poland | 195,576 t | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 21 | Egypt | 164,615 t | 2023 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 157,609 t | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 23 | Colombia | 157,443 t | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 24 | Ukraine | 156,625 t | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 147,597 t | 2023 | up 53.1% | rising |
| 26 | Japan | 146,879 t | 2023 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 27 | Czechoslovakia | 137,164 t | 1992 | down 74.9% | rising |
| 27 | Caribbean | 48,462 t | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 28 | Italy | 134,861 t | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 34,291 t | 2023 | up 73.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Romania | 130,483 t | 2023 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 320.71 t | 2023 | down 14.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Myanmar | 120,995 t | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 31 | Malaysia | 118,401 t | 2023 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Philippines | 117,971 t | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 33 | South Africa | 116,741 t | 2023 | up 16.0% | falling |
| 34 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 115,575 t | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 35 | Nigeria | 100,768 t | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 36 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 97,917 t | 1999 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 37 | Belarus | 92,833 t | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 38 | Sudan (former) | 90,766 t | 2011 | up 206.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Paraguay | 76,436 t | 2023 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Republic of Korea | 70,868 t | 2023 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 41 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 70,759 t | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 42 | Ethiopia PDR | 70,312 t | 1992 | up 122.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Kenya | 63,608 t | 2023 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Serbia | 63,180 t | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 45 | Morocco | 61,829 t | 2023 | down 41.5% | rising |
| 46 | Peru | 61,611 t | 2023 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Kazakhstan | 61,165 t | 2023 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 48 | China, Taiwan Province of | 56,944 t | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 49 | Denmark | 53,998 t | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 50 | Uruguay | 53,792 t | 2023 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Malawi | 50,435 t | 2023 | up 116.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Chile | 46,348 t | 2023 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 53 | Iraq | 45,492 t | 2023 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Bulgaria | 41,732 t | 2023 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Hungary | 41,407 t | 2023 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Cambodia | 38,076 t | 2023 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Guatemala | 37,416 t | 2023 | down 12.9% | volatile |
| 58 | Mongolia | 36,886 t | 2023 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 59 | Saudi Arabia | 35,800 t | 2023 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Belgium | 35,144 t | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 61 | Zambia | 34,459 t | 2023 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Czechia | 33,334 t | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 63 | Turkmenistan | 33,136 t | 2023 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 64 | Ecuador | 32,458 t | 2023 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 65 | Portugal | 31,580 t | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 66 | Tunisia | 30,783 t | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 67 | Austria | 30,327 t | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 68 | Algeria | 30,184 t | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 69 | Greece | 29,918 t | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 70 | Sweden | 28,419 t | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 71 | Nepal | 28,341 t | 2023 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Uganda | 27,674 t | 2023 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Burkina Faso | 26,626 t | 2023 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Zimbabwe | 26,058 t | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 75 | Burundi | 24,611 t | 2023 | up 394.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Benin | 23,966 t | 2023 | up 332.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Honduras | 23,618 t | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Afghanistan | 22,929 t | 2023 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 79 | Sudan | 22,798 t | 2023 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 80 | Lithuania | 22,358 t | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 81 | Dominican Republic | 21,849 t | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 82 | Finland | 21,385 t | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Mali | 19,853 t | 2023 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Angola | 19,231 t | 2023 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Latvia | 17,541 t | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 86 | Ghana | 17,249 t | 2023 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Cameroon | 17,247 t | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 88 | Ireland | 17,167 t | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 89 | Chad | 16,662 t | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Tajikistan | 16,548 t | 2023 | up 29.8% | falling |
| 91 | Croatia | 15,628 t | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 92 | Switzerland | 15,157 t | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 93 | Slovakia | 15,105 t | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 94 | Nicaragua | 14,630 t | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 95 | Azerbaijan | 14,555 t | 2023 | up 95.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Madagascar | 14,508 t | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 97 | Kyrgyzstan | 14,477 t | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 98 | Costa Rica | 14,253 t | 2023 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 99 | Mozambique | 13,897 t | 2023 | up 70.1% | volatile |
| 100 | El Salvador | 12,707 t | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 101 | Cuba | 12,262 t | 2023 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 102 | Senegal | 11,552 t | 2023 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 103 | Niger | 10,947 t | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 104 | Rwanda | 10,724 t | 2023 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 105 | South Sudan | 10,138 t | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 106 | Libya | 10,054 t | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Sri Lanka | 9,994 t | 2023 | down 58.9% | rising |
| 108 | Togo | 9,927 t | 2023 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Norway | 9,552 t | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 110 | Albania | 8,790 t | 2023 | down 34.8% | rising |
| 111 | Panama | 8,737 t | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 112 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8,446 t | 2023 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 113 | Papua New Guinea | 7,583 t | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 114 | Estonia | 7,082 t | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 115 | Slovenia | 6,751 t | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 116 | Haiti | 6,668 t | 2023 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 117 | New Zealand | 5,928 t | 2023 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 118 | Central African Republic | 5,474 t | 2023 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Guinea | 5,472 t | 2023 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 120 | Israel | 4,622 t | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 121 | North Macedonia | 4,023 t | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 122 | Georgia | 3,986 t | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 123 | Belize | 3,862 t | 2023 | up 35.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Yemen | 3,842 t | 2023 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Lebanon | 3,722 t | 2023 | down 50.1% | rising |
| 126 | Jordan | 3,356 t | 2023 | up 86.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Guyana | 3,275 t | 2023 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 128 | Cyprus | 3,199 t | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 129 | Gabon | 2,879 t | 2023 | up 128.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Jamaica | 2,679 t | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,621 t | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 132 | Kuwait | 2,492 t | 2023 | up 82.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Sierra Leone | 2,458 t | 2023 | up 62.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,457 t | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 135 | United Arab Emirates | 2,348 t | 2023 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Mauritania | 2,196 t | 2023 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 137 | Eswatini | 2,187 t | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 138 | Iceland | 2,015 t | 2023 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 139 | Liberia | 1,927 t | 2023 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Botswana | 1,807 t | 2023 | up 179.4% | rising |
| 141 | Namibia | 1,647 t | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 142 | Armenia | 1,536 t | 2023 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 143 | Fiji | 1,397 t | 2023 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Oman | 1,351 t | 2023 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 145 | Luxembourg | 1,343 t | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 146 | Puerto Rico | 1,208 t | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 147 | Montenegro | 1,176 t | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 148 | Qatar | 1,154 t | 2023 | up 98.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Eritrea | 1,112 t | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 150 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,092 t | 2023 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Congo | 973.44 t | 2023 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Mauritius | 800.72 t | 2023 | down 57.1% | flat |
| 153 | Suriname | 689.46 t | 2023 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Lesotho | 654.08 t | 2023 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Gambia | 537.62 t | 2023 | up 85.2% | rising |
| 156 | Bhutan | 464.83 t | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 157 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 425.14 t | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 158 | Barbados | 420.02 t | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 159 | New Caledonia | 412.11 t | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 160 | Vanuatu | 375.52 t | 2023 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 161 | Samoa | 346.02 t | 2023 | down 41.0% | rising |
| 162 | Tonga | 283.57 t | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 163 | Malta | 265.71 t | 2023 | down 35.7% | rising |
| 164 | Bahamas | 254.29 t | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 165 | Singapore | 239.7 t | 2023 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 207.03 t | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 167 | Sao Tome and Principe | 193.47 t | 2023 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 168 | French Polynesia | 166.11 t | 2023 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 169 | Guadeloupe | 163.93 t | 2023 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Djibouti | 129.98 t | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 171 | Saint Lucia | 122.55 t | 2023 | up 27.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Kiribati | 99.89 t | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 173 | Equatorial Guinea | 92.99 t | 2023 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 174 | Dominica | 81.26 t | 2023 | down 54.0% | falling |
| 175 | Bahrain | 78.13 t | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Comoros | 76.4 t | 2023 | up 65.0% | falling |
| 177 | Cook Islands | 68.17 t | 2023 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 178 | Grenada | 66.19 t | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 179 | Faroe Islands | 50.2 t | 2023 | down 58.5% | falling |
| 180 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 47.41 t | 2023 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Seychelles | 46.81 t | 2023 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 46.71 t | 2023 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 183 | Tuvalu | 46.61 t | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 184 | Maldives | 31.87 t | 2023 | down 70.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 23.38 t | 2023 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Nauru | 8.96 t | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 25.62 million t
- Asia 14.22 million t
- Americas 6.83 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.35 million t
- Eastern Asia 6.24 million t
- Southern Asia 5.49 million t
- South America 3.58 million t
- Europe 2.98 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 73,601 t
- Northern America 2.78 million t
- Middle Africa 70,711 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 2.60 million t
- United States of America 2.25 million t
- European Union (27) 1.77 million t
- South-Eastern Asia 1.73 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.51 million t
- Eastern Europe 1.45 million t
- Africa 1.27 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 964,220 t
- Western Europe 654,389 t
- Southern Europe 582,769 t
- Eastern Africa 485,158 t
- Western Asia 473,207 t
- Central America 415,137 t
- Oceania 327,957 t
- Northern Africa 320,263 t
- Northern Europe 295,142 t
- Central Asia 282,935 t
- Western Africa 270,710 t
- Southern Africa 123,037 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 (%).