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Leaching — Cropland nitrogen 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
675.09 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0 kg/ha
Guadeloupe
Median
8.69 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500

What the numbers show

Leaching — Cropland nitrogen per unit area is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 675.09 kg/ha in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0 kg/ha in Guadeloupe.

The median across all reporting countries is 8.69 kg/ha, and the mean is 17.38 kg/ha.

Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 329.6%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 87.1%).

Leaching — Cropland nitrogen per unit area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Faroe Islands 675.09 kg/ha 2023 down 39.9% rising
2 Singapore 262.27 kg/ha 2023 down 6.8% rising
3 Kuwait 115.56 kg/ha 2023 up 52.8% falling
4 China, Hong Kong SAR 108.02 kg/ha 2023 up 53.0% rising
5 Brunei Darussalam 90.61 kg/ha 2023 up 11.0% volatile
6 Montenegro 68.61 kg/ha 2023 down 16.1% falling
7 Belgium-Luxembourg 60.22 kg/ha 1999 down 10.2% rising
8 Barbados 43.74 kg/ha 2023 up 16.8% rising
9 Belgium 43.21 kg/ha 2023 down 21.2% flat
10 Turkmenistan 42 kg/ha 2023 up 48.5% rising
11 Trinidad and Tobago 41.66 kg/ha 2023 down 12.4% volatile
12 Micronesia (Federated States of) 39.83 kg/ha 2023 up 7.2% rising
13 Ireland 38.81 kg/ha 2023 down 2.1% rising
14 Uzbekistan 36.35 kg/ha 2023 up 41.6% rising
15 Qatar 35.72 kg/ha 2023 up 104.6% volatile
16 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 35.07 kg/ha 2023 down 5.6% flat
17 Mongolia 35 kg/ha 2023 up 86.1% rising
18 Djibouti 34 kg/ha 2023 down 25.8% falling
19 Egypt 33.16 kg/ha 2023 up 5.9% rising
20 Suriname 32.23 kg/ha 2023 up 110.7% rising
21 Republic of Korea 31.69 kg/ha 2023 up 18.5% rising
22 Costa Rica 31.58 kg/ha 2023 up 3.5% rising
23 Switzerland 30.55 kg/ha 2023 down 5.7% falling
24 China, Taiwan Province of 28.05 kg/ha 2023 down 13.0% volatile
25 Malta 27.74 kg/ha 2023 down 16.9% rising
26 China 27.39 kg/ha 2023 down 10.3% rising
27 China, mainland 27.38 kg/ha 2023 down 10.3% rising
28 Norway 24.76 kg/ha 2023 up 5.2% rising
29 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 24.15 kg/ha 2023 down 3.4% rising
30 Guyana 24.01 kg/ha 2023 down 0.9% rising
31 Bangladesh 23.25 kg/ha 2023 up 24.5% volatile
32 Colombia 21.78 kg/ha 2023 down 28.7% volatile
33 Denmark 20.98 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% falling
34 Viet Nam 20.83 kg/ha 2023 down 1.6% volatile
35 New Caledonia 20.64 kg/ha 2023 up 1.8% rising
36 Seychelles 20.21 kg/ha 2023 up 50.5% volatile
37 Pakistan 19.75 kg/ha 2023 up 31.2% volatile
38 United Arab Emirates 19.48 kg/ha 2023 down 30.1% volatile
39 Tajikistan 19.25 kg/ha 2023 up 56.8% rising
40 Chile 18.41 kg/ha 2023 down 6.6% volatile
41 Austria 17.26 kg/ha 2023 down 12.3% falling
42 Cook Islands 17.09 kg/ha 2023 down 25.1% volatile
43 France 16.44 kg/ha 2023 down 10.6% rising
44 Belarus 16.22 kg/ha 2023 down 3.7% rising
45 Slovenia 15.87 kg/ha 2023 down 5.2% falling
46 Jordan 15.72 kg/ha 2023 up 55.8% volatile
47 Germany 15.71 kg/ha 2023 down 26.2% falling
48 Dominican Republic 15.47 kg/ha 2023 up 27.2% volatile
49 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15.45 kg/ha 2023 up 11.2% rising
50 Czechoslovakia 14.7 kg/ha 1992 down 34.2% rising
51 Croatia 14.62 kg/ha 2023 up 1.0% flat
52 Luxembourg 14.53 kg/ha 2023 down 16.0% rising
53 Czechia 14.41 kg/ha 2023 down 21.9% rising
54 Bahamas 14.33 kg/ha 2023 down 19.7% rising
55 Belize 14.3 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% volatile
56 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14.24 kg/ha 2023 down 14.6% rising
57 Thailand 14.01 kg/ha 2023 up 55.2% volatile
58 Cyprus 13.85 kg/ha 2023 down 15.8% rising
59 Iceland 13.84 kg/ha 2023 up 3.2% falling
60 Poland 13.65 kg/ha 2023 up 4.8% rising
61 Brazil 13.63 kg/ha 2023 up 26.8% rising
62 India 13.52 kg/ha 2023 up 20.3% volatile
63 Puerto Rico 13.33 kg/ha 2023 down 12.3% rising
64 Lao People's Democratic Republic 13.16 kg/ha 2023 up 70.3% rising
65 Malawi 12.97 kg/ha 2023 up 229.6% volatile
66 Oman 12.9 kg/ha 2023 down 36.8% volatile
67 Tuvalu 12.63 kg/ha 2023 up 4.2% rising
68 Italy 12.47 kg/ha 2023 down 17.4% rising
69 Portugal 12.45 kg/ha 2023 down 13.5% rising
70 Japan 12.45 kg/ha 2023 up 0.2% falling
71 Guatemala 12.37 kg/ha 2023 down 8.7% rising
72 Georgia 12.35 kg/ha 2023 up 85.4% rising
73 Serbia 12.27 kg/ha 2023 down 30.3% falling
74 Israel 12.12 kg/ha 2023 down 23.3% rising
75 Nepal 11.97 kg/ha 2023 up 0.2% rising
76 Indonesia 11.79 kg/ha 2023 up 17.0% rising
77 Sweden 11.64 kg/ha 2023 down 1.5% falling
78 Slovakia 11.6 kg/ha 2023 down 6.0% rising
79 Uruguay 11.45 kg/ha 2023 up 4.0% rising
80 Lebanon 11.29 kg/ha 2023 down 11.9% rising
81 Bulgaria 11.12 kg/ha 2023 up 9.7% falling
82 Yugoslav SFR 10.99 kg/ha 1991 down 20.2% rising
83 Panama 10.98 kg/ha 2023 up 40.0% rising
84 Honduras 10.88 kg/ha 2023 up 18.0% volatile
85 Bahrain 10.85 kg/ha 2023 down 87.1% volatile
86 Spain 10.48 kg/ha 2023 down 8.3% rising
87 Nauru 10.38 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% rising
88 Ecuador 10.33 kg/ha 2023 down 21.1% rising
89 Mauritius 10.19 kg/ha 2023 down 21.1% rising
90 Albania 9.94 kg/ha 2023 down 30.3% rising
91 Hungary 9.63 kg/ha 2023 down 13.0% falling
92 Saint Lucia 9.36 kg/ha 2023 up 21.1% rising
93 Kyrgyzstan 9.26 kg/ha 2023 up 11.8% rising
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9.2 kg/ha 2023 up 16.4% rising
95 Romania 9.18 kg/ha 2023 up 14.7% falling
96 Nicaragua 9.14 kg/ha 2023 up 25.4% rising
97 Mexico 9 kg/ha 2023 up 4.5% rising
98 Greece 8.95 kg/ha 2023 up 4.7% flat
99 El Salvador 8.92 kg/ha 2023 down 22.3% falling
100 Türkiye 8.86 kg/ha 2023 up 22.5% volatile
101 Fiji 8.69 kg/ha 2023 up 11.1% rising
102 Jamaica 8.67 kg/ha 2023 down 7.4% rising
103 Philippines 8.65 kg/ha 2023 up 13.5% rising
104 Saudi Arabia 8.51 kg/ha 2023 up 47.5% volatile
105 Canada 8.45 kg/ha 2023 up 21.4% rising
106 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.43 kg/ha 2023 down 9.0% volatile
107 Grenada 8.18 kg/ha 2023 up 21.5% volatile
108 USSR 8.18 kg/ha 1991 down 1.9% rising
109 Antigua and Barbuda 8.14 kg/ha 2023 down 17.4% rising
110 Lithuania 8.13 kg/ha 2023 down 19.9% rising
111 North Macedonia 7.93 kg/ha 2023 down 23.9% rising
112 Estonia 7.83 kg/ha 2023 down 7.4% rising
113 Latvia 7.7 kg/ha 2023 down 5.9% rising
114 Peru 7.69 kg/ha 2023 down 15.8% rising
115 Botswana 7.69 kg/ha 2023 down 17.7% volatile
116 Zambia 7.41 kg/ha 2023 up 47.9% volatile
117 Finland 7.11 kg/ha 2023 down 3.3% falling
118 Australia 7.1 kg/ha 2023 up 62.4% rising
119 Australia and New Zealand 7.1 kg/ha 2023 up 60.7% rising
120 Malaysia 7.03 kg/ha 2023 down 24.7% rising
121 New Zealand 6.78 kg/ha 2023 up 3.3% volatile
122 Caribbean 6.31 kg/ha 2023 up 0.6% falling
123 Republic of Moldova 5.81 kg/ha 2023 up 41.5% falling
124 Sri Lanka 5.64 kg/ha 2023 down 15.8% rising
125 Eswatini 5.6 kg/ha 2023 up 18.5% rising
126 Cambodia 5.36 kg/ha 2023 up 29.1% rising
127 Maldives 4.86 kg/ha 2023 up 2.2% volatile
128 Armenia 4.79 kg/ha 2023 down 63.8% volatile
129 Tonga 4.68 kg/ha 2023 down 4.9% rising
130 Cabo Verde 4.67 kg/ha 2023 down 12.5% volatile
131 South Sudan 4.64 kg/ha 2023 up 24.4% rising
132 Mauritania 4.64 kg/ha 2023 up 8.6% rising
133 Papua New Guinea 4.62 kg/ha 2023 up 11.3% rising
134 Myanmar 4.6 kg/ha 2023 down 39.2% rising
135 Melanesia 4.55 kg/ha 2023 up 7.2% rising
136 Paraguay 4.55 kg/ha 2023 down 0.8% rising
137 Polynesia 4.41 kg/ha 2023 down 15.6% rising
138 Ethiopia 4.33 kg/ha 2023 up 85.5% rising
139 Samoa 4.2 kg/ha 2023 down 23.7% volatile
140 Kenya 4.18 kg/ha 2023 up 9.3% rising
141 Namibia 4.16 kg/ha 2023 up 86.9% volatile
142 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4.02 kg/ha 2023 down 3.4% rising
143 Iraq 3.99 kg/ha 2023 up 2.6% volatile
144 Argentina 3.96 kg/ha 2023 up 37.5% rising
145 Bhutan 3.92 kg/ha 2023 down 3.7% rising
146 Ukraine 3.76 kg/ha 2023 down 17.9% falling
147 Azerbaijan 3.76 kg/ha 2023 up 51.9% rising
148 Russian Federation 3.66 kg/ha 2023 up 29.6% falling
149 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.65 kg/ha 2023 up 5.1% volatile
150 Haiti 3.63 kg/ha 2023 up 14.1% falling
151 French Polynesia 3.47 kg/ha 2023 down 10.0% rising
152 Sao Tome and Principe 3.42 kg/ha 2023 up 8.5% volatile
153 Dominica 3.35 kg/ha 2023 down 27.1% volatile
154 Burundi 3.35 kg/ha 2023 up 144.2% volatile
155 Zimbabwe 3.23 kg/ha 2023 up 59.8% falling
156 Madagascar 3.18 kg/ha 2023 up 26.6% rising
157 Morocco 3.11 kg/ha 2023 up 8.4% rising
158 Chad 2.9 kg/ha 2023 up 70.8% volatile
159 Guinea-Bissau 2.9 kg/ha 2023 down 13.8% rising
160 Rwanda 2.8 kg/ha 2023 up 4.4% volatile
161 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.72 kg/ha 2023 down 62.0% volatile
162 Cuba 2.62 kg/ha 2023 down 42.3% falling
163 Gabon 2.57 kg/ha 2023 up 53.7% rising
164 Angola 2.51 kg/ha 2023 up 16.6% rising
165 Togo 2.51 kg/ha 2023 up 75.6% volatile
166 Uganda 2.44 kg/ha 2023 up 55.6% volatile
167 Benin 2.37 kg/ha 2023 up 178.7% rising
168 United Republic of Tanzania 2.34 kg/ha 2023 up 39.1% rising
169 Afghanistan 2.2 kg/ha 2023 down 3.4% rising
170 Yemen 2.13 kg/ha 2023 down 34.8% volatile
171 Kiribati 2.02 kg/ha 2023 up 1.7% rising
172 Tunisia 1.98 kg/ha 2023 up 14.2% volatile
173 Eritrea 1.97 kg/ha 2023 up 6.2% flat
174 Liberia 1.84 kg/ha 2023 down 3.0% rising
175 Ghana 1.81 kg/ha 2023 up 46.6% volatile
176 Burkina Faso 1.79 kg/ha 2023 down 19.1% volatile
177 Lesotho 1.71 kg/ha 2023 down 55.3% rising
178 Sudan (former) 1.66 kg/ha 2011 up 0.8% rising
179 Mozambique 1.64 kg/ha 2023 up 30.6% rising
180 Gambia 1.61 kg/ha 2023 up 329.6% falling
181 Cameroon 1.6 kg/ha 2023 up 15.3% rising
182 Algeria 1.57 kg/ha 2023 up 14.6% rising
183 Mali 1.57 kg/ha 2023 down 14.4% rising
184 Senegal 1.47 kg/ha 2023 down 15.1% volatile
185 Vanuatu 1.38 kg/ha 2023 down 33.4% rising
186 Sudan 1.38 kg/ha 2023 up 29.9% rising
187 Kazakhstan 1.3 kg/ha 2023 up 6.0% rising
188 Ethiopia PDR 1.3 kg/ha 1992 up 49.4% rising
189 Libya 1.28 kg/ha 2023 down 38.9% rising
190 Syrian Arab Republic 1.25 kg/ha 2023 up 97.2% volatile
191 Nigeria 1.18 kg/ha 2023 down 17.0% volatile
192 Solomon Islands 1.02 kg/ha 2023 down 26.9% rising
193 Sierra Leone 0.9656 kg/ha 2023 up 75.7% rising
194 Côte d'Ivoire 0.8875 kg/ha 2023 up 41.8% rising
195 Congo 0.8519 kg/ha 2023 up 20.5% rising
196 Guinea 0.7178 kg/ha 2023 up 39.5% volatile
197 Equatorial Guinea 0.6351 kg/ha 2023 up 28.3% volatile
198 Niger 0.4553 kg/ha 2023 up 31.4% rising
199 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.4088 kg/ha 2023 up 28.2% rising
200 Comoros 0.3708 kg/ha 2023 up 30.2% rising
201 Guadeloupe 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile

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
Leaching — Cropland nitrogen 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 (%).