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Input — Cropland potassium 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
4,169 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
1.08 kg/ha
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Median
27.18 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500

What the numbers show

Input — Cropland potassium per unit area is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 4,169 kg/ha in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 1.08 kg/ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The median across all reporting countries is 27.18 kg/ha, and the mean is 72.76 kg/ha.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,875.

Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Burundi (up 172.2%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 75.7%).

Input — Cropland potassium per unit area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Faroe Islands 4,169 kg/ha 2023 down 35.8% falling
2 Kuwait 633.71 kg/ha 2023 up 136.1% volatile
3 Singapore 513.86 kg/ha 2023 down 4.6% volatile
4 Montenegro 440.96 kg/ha 2023 down 20.3% falling
5 Ireland 332.81 kg/ha 2023 up 3.5% rising
6 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 286.69 kg/ha 2023 down 4.4% falling
7 China, Hong Kong SAR 262.75 kg/ha 2023 up 37.1% rising
8 Belgium 211.59 kg/ha 2023 down 13.8% falling
9 Micronesia (Federated States of) 198.08 kg/ha 2023 up 10.7% rising
10 Mongolia 189.84 kg/ha 2023 up 84.0% rising
11 Costa Rica 183.9 kg/ha 2023 up 24.8% volatile
12 Brunei Darussalam 176.72 kg/ha 2023 up 14.1% rising
13 Djibouti 175.91 kg/ha 2023 down 26.9% volatile
14 Switzerland 168.94 kg/ha 2023 down 8.7% falling
15 Qatar 161 kg/ha 2023 up 60.4% volatile
16 Malta 143.96 kg/ha 2023 up 2.7% rising
17 China, Taiwan Province of 139.42 kg/ha 2023 down 13.7% rising
18 Uzbekistan 132.6 kg/ha 2023 up 56.6% rising
19 Malaysia 132.36 kg/ha 2023 up 16.8% volatile
20 Republic of Korea 131.32 kg/ha 2023 up 4.6% rising
21 Brazil 128.65 kg/ha 2023 up 36.0% volatile
22 New Caledonia 118.35 kg/ha 2023 down 1.7% rising
23 Colombia 115.16 kg/ha 2023 down 34.3% volatile
24 Belgium-Luxembourg 109.8 kg/ha 1999 down 21.6% flat
25 Slovenia 109.53 kg/ha 2023 down 2.4% falling
26 Trinidad and Tobago 101.44 kg/ha 2023 up 9.8% rising
27 Barbados 100.47 kg/ha 2023 up 48.9% falling
28 Luxembourg 100.14 kg/ha 2023 up 1.3% falling
29 China 98.02 kg/ha 2023 up 19.9% volatile
30 China, mainland 94.35 kg/ha 2023 up 8.2% volatile
31 Belarus 91.88 kg/ha 2023 down 20.5% rising
32 Tajikistan 91.65 kg/ha 2023 up 5.3% rising
33 Oman 90.96 kg/ha 2023 up 4.0% volatile
34 Israel 88.64 kg/ha 2023 up 12.4% rising
35 Austria 85.54 kg/ha 2023 down 8.1% falling
36 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 81.54 kg/ha 2023 down 6.3% falling
37 Puerto Rico 80.97 kg/ha 2023 down 8.9% rising
38 Denmark 80.55 kg/ha 2023 down 8.9% falling
39 Bangladesh 80.27 kg/ha 2023 up 35.5% volatile
40 Germany 76.87 kg/ha 2023 down 18.1% falling
41 Turkmenistan 76.23 kg/ha 2023 up 38.0% rising
42 Cook Islands 72.71 kg/ha 2023 down 29.5% volatile
43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 71.56 kg/ha 2023 up 75.3% rising
44 Ecuador 67.64 kg/ha 2023 up 20.5% volatile
45 Lao People's Democratic Republic 64.79 kg/ha 2023 up 52.6% rising
46 Uruguay 64.11 kg/ha 2023 up 29.9% rising
47 Portugal 63.56 kg/ha 2023 up 7.2% rising
48 Viet Nam 60.82 kg/ha 2023 down 18.5% rising
49 Iceland 60.79 kg/ha 2023 down 18.5% falling
50 Japan 60.09 kg/ha 2023 down 26.8% falling
51 Seychelles 58.97 kg/ha 2023 up 44.6% rising
52 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 58.32 kg/ha 2023 down 25.4% rising
53 Poland 56.89 kg/ha 2023 down 12.1% falling
54 France 56.6 kg/ha 2023 down 12.1% falling
55 Kyrgyzstan 55.59 kg/ha 2023 up 24.0% rising
56 Italy 53.02 kg/ha 2023 down 8.8% flat
57 Guyana 52.69 kg/ha 2023 down 9.6% rising
58 Tuvalu 51.03 kg/ha 2023 up 2.6% rising
59 Dominican Republic 49.53 kg/ha 2023 up 25.1% rising
60 Honduras 49.28 kg/ha 2023 up 18.4% rising
61 Indonesia 48.65 kg/ha 2023 up 8.0% volatile
62 Guatemala 46.43 kg/ha 2023 down 4.4% rising
63 New Zealand 46.41 kg/ha 2023 down 3.4% rising
64 Nicaragua 45.22 kg/ha 2023 up 18.9% rising
65 Nauru 44.77 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% rising
66 Cyprus 44.69 kg/ha 2023 down 20.6% volatile
67 Spain 44.28 kg/ha 2023 up 0.3% rising
68 Albania 43.94 kg/ha 2023 down 33.5% rising
69 Chile 43.7 kg/ha 2023 up 11.3% volatile
70 Bahrain 43 kg/ha 2023 down 75.7% volatile
71 Bahamas 42.9 kg/ha 2023 down 10.1% rising
72 Panama 41.72 kg/ha 2023 up 27.8% rising
73 Belize 41.69 kg/ha 2023 down 17.8% volatile
74 Nepal 41.01 kg/ha 2023 down 13.0% rising
75 Croatia 38.61 kg/ha 2023 down 13.2% falling
76 Thailand 38.13 kg/ha 2023 up 24.5% rising
77 Paraguay 37.85 kg/ha 2023 up 11.6% rising
78 Myanmar 37.23 kg/ha 2023 down 12.7% rising
79 Czechia 36.53 kg/ha 2023 down 10.8% falling
80 Egypt 35.99 kg/ha 2023 up 59.1% volatile
81 Antigua and Barbuda 35.98 kg/ha 2023 down 22.9% rising
82 Pakistan 35.72 kg/ha 2023 up 44.8% volatile
83 Serbia 34.63 kg/ha 2023 down 17.3% falling
84 Fiji 34.34 kg/ha 2023 up 16.0% rising
85 Estonia 34.2 kg/ha 2023 down 21.1% falling
86 Mauritius 33.67 kg/ha 2023 down 51.2% rising
87 North Macedonia 32.35 kg/ha 2023 down 33.8% flat
88 El Salvador 31.68 kg/ha 2023 down 0.2% rising
89 Sweden 30.67 kg/ha 2023 down 9.7% falling
90 Philippines 30.45 kg/ha 2023 up 22.3% rising
91 Jordan 29.54 kg/ha 2023 up 56.4% volatile
92 Lithuania 29.29 kg/ha 2023 down 11.6% falling
93 Latvia 29.25 kg/ha 2023 down 21.4% falling
94 Norway 29.17 kg/ha 2023 down 11.2% falling
95 Slovakia 28.54 kg/ha 2023 down 9.4% falling
96 Greece 28.11 kg/ha 2023 down 6.3% flat
97 Romania 27.89 kg/ha 2023 up 12.0% falling
98 United Arab Emirates 27.62 kg/ha 2023 up 32.3% volatile
99 Peru 27.62 kg/ha 2023 down 6.6% rising
100 South Sudan 27.41 kg/ha 2023 up 22.2% rising
101 Finland 27.18 kg/ha 2023 down 12.2% falling
102 Saint Lucia 27.02 kg/ha 2023 up 23.8% volatile
103 Jamaica 27.02 kg/ha 2023 down 29.4% falling
104 Malawi 25.04 kg/ha 2023 up 99.3% volatile
105 Hungary 24.22 kg/ha 2023 down 14.4% volatile
106 Lebanon 23.75 kg/ha 2023 down 35.8% rising
107 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 23.71 kg/ha 2023 down 26.6% volatile
108 India 23.49 kg/ha 2023 up 2.5% rising
109 Canada 23.36 kg/ha 2023 up 74.2% rising
110 Mauritania 23.28 kg/ha 2023 up 14.8% flat
111 Yugoslav SFR 22.87 kg/ha 1991 down 21.7% rising
112 Caribbean 22.56 kg/ha 2023 down 8.4% falling
113 Grenada 22.24 kg/ha 2023 up 3.9% rising
114 Eswatini 21.42 kg/ha 2023 up 28.0% flat
115 Suriname 21.4 kg/ha 2023 down 34.2% rising
116 Cambodia 21.16 kg/ha 2023 down 0.6% rising
117 Melanesia 20.55 kg/ha 2023 down 6.6% rising
118 Papua New Guinea 19.93 kg/ha 2023 down 5.3% rising
119 Mexico 19.91 kg/ha 2023 up 3.1% rising
120 Dominica 19.76 kg/ha 2023 down 28.4% volatile
121 Czechoslovakia 19.61 kg/ha 1992 down 67.0% rising
122 Samoa 19.58 kg/ha 2023 down 23.9% volatile
123 Tonga 19.33 kg/ha 2023 down 8.3% rising
124 Bhutan 19.25 kg/ha 2023 down 2.3% rising
125 Georgia 18.7 kg/ha 2023 up 26.2% rising
126 Sri Lanka 18.49 kg/ha 2023 down 52.7% rising
127 Polynesia 18.45 kg/ha 2023 down 21.3% rising
128 USSR 17.51 kg/ha 1991 up 2.3% rising
129 Vanuatu 16.9 kg/ha 2023 down 16.7% rising
130 Kenya 16.6 kg/ha 2023 up 43.7% rising
131 Haiti 16.58 kg/ha 2023 up 15.4% rising
132 Saudi Arabia 16.58 kg/ha 2023 up 94.3% volatile
133 Guadeloupe 16 kg/ha 2023 up 33.3% volatile
134 Bulgaria 15.88 kg/ha 2023 down 14.4% falling
135 Botswana 15.38 kg/ha 2023 up 78.5% rising
136 Gabon 15.22 kg/ha 2023 up 134.2% volatile
137 Chad 15.09 kg/ha 2023 up 71.1% volatile
138 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 14.69 kg/ha 2023 up 17.1% rising
139 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 14.59 kg/ha 2023 down 34.9% falling
140 Cabo Verde 14.37 kg/ha 2023 down 11.7% volatile
141 Russian Federation 13.31 kg/ha 2023 up 15.4% falling
142 Zambia 12.74 kg/ha 2023 up 64.6% volatile
143 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12.66 kg/ha 2023 down 9.4% volatile
144 Australia and New Zealand 11.98 kg/ha 2023 up 13.1% falling
145 French Polynesia 11.88 kg/ha 2023 down 29.1% rising
146 Burundi 11.84 kg/ha 2023 up 172.2% volatile
147 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 11.65 kg/ha 2023 down 2.4% rising
148 Republic of Moldova 11.63 kg/ha 2023 up 1.7% falling
149 Australia 11.33 kg/ha 2023 up 14.9% falling
150 Madagascar 11.27 kg/ha 2023 up 13.3% flat
151 Ukraine 11.23 kg/ha 2023 down 33.0% falling
152 Rwanda 11.15 kg/ha 2023 up 17.6% volatile
153 Cuba 10.71 kg/ha 2023 down 47.9% volatile
154 Sao Tome and Principe 10.63 kg/ha 2023 up 13.1% volatile
155 Eritrea 10.54 kg/ha 2023 up 2.5% rising
156 Armenia 10.25 kg/ha 2023 up 15.9% falling
157 Guinea-Bissau 10.21 kg/ha 2023 down 5.5% rising
158 Maldives 10.19 kg/ha 2023 down 73.3% volatile
159 Afghanistan 10.03 kg/ha 2023 down 5.4% rising
160 Uganda 9.65 kg/ha 2023 up 46.6% volatile
161 Azerbaijan 9.38 kg/ha 2023 up 6.4% rising
162 Senegal 8.96 kg/ha 2023 up 27.2% rising
163 Zimbabwe 8.76 kg/ha 2023 up 19.8% falling
164 Angola 8.43 kg/ha 2023 down 1.8% rising
165 Namibia 8.37 kg/ha 2023 up 27.3% flat
166 Burkina Faso 8.18 kg/ha 2023 down 2.5% rising
167 Cameroon 8.06 kg/ha 2023 up 64.7% rising
168 Ethiopia 7.93 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% rising
169 Togo 7.73 kg/ha 2023 up 5.1% volatile
170 United Republic of Tanzania 7.7 kg/ha 2023 up 20.9% rising
171 Türkiye 7.69 kg/ha 2023 up 16.1% rising
172 Morocco 7.66 kg/ha 2023 up 20.3% rising
173 Kazakhstan 7.51 kg/ha 2023 down 1.3% flat
174 Yemen 6.72 kg/ha 2023 up 16.6% rising
175 Lesotho 6.51 kg/ha 2023 down 33.5% rising
176 Mali 6.5 kg/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
177 Benin 6.36 kg/ha 2023 up 42.1% rising
178 Algeria 6.31 kg/ha 2023 up 8.2% rising
179 Congo 6.17 kg/ha 2023 up 118.3% flat
180 Nigeria 5.97 kg/ha 2023 up 18.9% rising
181 Liberia 5.91 kg/ha 2023 up 12.7% rising
182 Ghana 5.7 kg/ha 2023 down 8.3% volatile
183 Kiribati 5.1 kg/ha 2023 down 12.4% rising
184 Argentina 5.03 kg/ha 2023 down 13.3% falling
185 Côte d'Ivoire 4.9 kg/ha 2023 down 4.6% rising
186 Solomon Islands 4.85 kg/ha 2023 down 64.7% rising
187 Sudan 4.66 kg/ha 2023 down 2.4% flat
188 Mozambique 4.46 kg/ha 2023 up 32.3% rising
189 Iraq 4.26 kg/ha 2023 up 1.4% rising
190 Libya 3.35 kg/ha 2023 up 23.4% rising
191 Sierra Leone 3.31 kg/ha 2023 up 52.9% falling
192 Gambia 3.29 kg/ha 2023 up 45.4% falling
193 Ethiopia PDR 2.85 kg/ha 1992 up 101.7% rising
194 Niger 2.7 kg/ha 2023 up 36.7% rising
195 Equatorial Guinea 2.65 kg/ha 2023 up 44.0% falling
196 Tunisia 2.65 kg/ha 2023 down 2.1% rising
197 Guinea 2.6 kg/ha 2023 down 9.4% rising
198 Sudan (former) 2.46 kg/ha 2011 up 2.2% rising
199 Comoros 2.08 kg/ha 2023 up 36.6% falling
200 Syrian Arab Republic 2.01 kg/ha 2023 up 23.0% rising
201 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.08 kg/ha 2023 down 1.3% 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 potassium 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 (%).