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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
203
Highest
675.09 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0 kg/ha
Guadeloupe
Median
8.67 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 203 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 8.67 kg/ha, and the mean is 17.23 kg/ha.

Over the past decade 112 countries rose and 90 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
1 Micronesia (Federated States of) 39.83 kg/ha 2023 up 7.2% rising
2 Singapore 262.27 kg/ha 2023 down 6.8% rising
2 Viet Nam 20.83 kg/ha 2023 down 1.6% volatile
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
4 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14.24 kg/ha 2023 down 14.6% rising
5 Brunei Darussalam 90.61 kg/ha 2023 up 11.0% volatile
5 Lao People's Democratic Republic 13.16 kg/ha 2023 up 70.3% rising
6 Montenegro 68.61 kg/ha 2023 down 16.1% falling
6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 9.2 kg/ha 2023 up 16.4% rising
7 Belgium-Luxembourg 60.22 kg/ha 1999 down 10.2% rising
7 Türkiye 8.86 kg/ha 2023 up 22.5% volatile
8 Barbados 43.74 kg/ha 2023 up 16.8% rising
9 Belgium 43.21 kg/ha 2023 down 21.2% flat
9 Republic of Moldova 5.81 kg/ha 2023 up 41.5% falling
10 Turkmenistan 42 kg/ha 2023 up 48.5% rising
10 Melanesia 4.55 kg/ha 2023 up 7.2% rising
11 Trinidad and Tobago 41.66 kg/ha 2023 down 12.4% volatile
11 Polynesia 4.41 kg/ha 2023 down 15.6% rising
12 Ireland 38.81 kg/ha 2023 down 2.1% rising
12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4.02 kg/ha 2023 down 3.4% rising
13 Uzbekistan 36.35 kg/ha 2023 up 41.6% rising
14 Qatar 35.72 kg/ha 2023 up 104.6% volatile
14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.72 kg/ha 2023 down 62.0% volatile
15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 35.07 kg/ha 2023 down 5.6% flat
15 United Republic of Tanzania 2.34 kg/ha 2023 up 39.1% rising
16 Mongolia 35 kg/ha 2023 up 86.1% rising
17 Djibouti 34 kg/ha 2023 down 25.8% falling
17 Syrian Arab Republic 1.25 kg/ha 2023 up 97.2% volatile
18 Egypt 33.16 kg/ha 2023 up 5.9% rising
18 Caribbean 6.31 kg/ha 2023 up 0.6% falling
18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.4088 kg/ha 2023 up 28.2% rising
19 Suriname 32.23 kg/ha 2023 up 110.7% rising
20 Republic of Korea 31.69 kg/ha 2023 up 18.5% rising
21 Costa Rica 31.58 kg/ha 2023 up 3.5% rising
22 Switzerland 30.55 kg/ha 2023 down 5.7% falling
22 Cabo Verde 4.67 kg/ha 2023 down 12.5% volatile
23 China, Taiwan Province of 28.05 kg/ha 2023 down 13.0% volatile
24 Malta 27.74 kg/ha 2023 down 16.9% rising
25 China 27.39 kg/ha 2023 down 10.3% rising
26 China, mainland 27.38 kg/ha 2023 down 10.3% rising
27 Norway 24.76 kg/ha 2023 up 5.2% rising
28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 24.15 kg/ha 2023 down 3.4% rising
29 Guyana 24.01 kg/ha 2023 down 0.9% rising
29 Côte d'Ivoire 0.8875 kg/ha 2023 up 41.8% rising
30 Bangladesh 23.25 kg/ha 2023 up 24.5% volatile
31 Colombia 21.78 kg/ha 2023 down 28.7% volatile
32 Denmark 20.98 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% falling
33 New Caledonia 20.64 kg/ha 2023 up 1.8% rising
34 Seychelles 20.21 kg/ha 2023 up 50.5% volatile
35 Pakistan 19.75 kg/ha 2023 up 31.2% volatile
36 United Arab Emirates 19.48 kg/ha 2023 down 30.1% volatile
37 Tajikistan 19.25 kg/ha 2023 up 56.8% rising
38 Chile 18.41 kg/ha 2023 down 6.6% volatile
39 Austria 17.26 kg/ha 2023 down 12.3% falling
40 Cook Islands 17.09 kg/ha 2023 down 25.1% volatile
41 France 16.44 kg/ha 2023 down 10.6% rising
42 Belarus 16.22 kg/ha 2023 down 3.7% rising
43 Slovenia 15.87 kg/ha 2023 down 5.2% falling
44 Jordan 15.72 kg/ha 2023 up 55.8% volatile
45 Germany 15.71 kg/ha 2023 down 26.2% falling
46 Dominican Republic 15.47 kg/ha 2023 up 27.2% volatile
47 Bosnia and Herzegovina 15.45 kg/ha 2023 up 11.2% rising
48 Czechoslovakia 14.7 kg/ha 1992 down 34.2% rising
49 Croatia 14.62 kg/ha 2023 up 1.0% flat
50 Luxembourg 14.53 kg/ha 2023 down 16.0% rising
51 Czechia 14.41 kg/ha 2023 down 21.9% rising
52 Bahamas 14.33 kg/ha 2023 down 19.7% rising
53 Belize 14.3 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% volatile
54 Thailand 14.01 kg/ha 2023 up 55.2% volatile
55 Cyprus 13.85 kg/ha 2023 down 15.8% rising
56 Iceland 13.84 kg/ha 2023 up 3.2% falling
57 Poland 13.65 kg/ha 2023 up 4.8% rising
58 Brazil 13.63 kg/ha 2023 up 26.8% rising
59 India 13.52 kg/ha 2023 up 20.3% volatile
60 Puerto Rico 13.33 kg/ha 2023 down 12.3% rising
61 Malawi 12.97 kg/ha 2023 up 229.6% volatile
62 Oman 12.9 kg/ha 2023 down 36.8% volatile
63 Tuvalu 12.63 kg/ha 2023 up 4.2% rising
64 Italy 12.47 kg/ha 2023 down 17.4% rising
65 Portugal 12.45 kg/ha 2023 down 13.5% rising
66 Japan 12.45 kg/ha 2023 up 0.2% falling
67 Guatemala 12.37 kg/ha 2023 down 8.7% rising
68 Georgia 12.35 kg/ha 2023 up 85.4% rising
69 Serbia 12.27 kg/ha 2023 down 30.3% falling
70 Israel 12.12 kg/ha 2023 down 23.3% rising
71 Nepal 11.97 kg/ha 2023 up 0.2% rising
72 Indonesia 11.79 kg/ha 2023 up 17.0% rising
73 Sweden 11.64 kg/ha 2023 down 1.5% falling
74 Slovakia 11.6 kg/ha 2023 down 6.0% rising
75 Uruguay 11.45 kg/ha 2023 up 4.0% rising
76 Lebanon 11.29 kg/ha 2023 down 11.9% rising
77 Bulgaria 11.12 kg/ha 2023 up 9.7% falling
78 Yugoslav SFR 10.99 kg/ha 1991 down 20.2% rising
79 Panama 10.98 kg/ha 2023 up 40.0% rising
80 Honduras 10.88 kg/ha 2023 up 18.0% volatile
81 Bahrain 10.85 kg/ha 2023 down 87.1% volatile
82 Spain 10.48 kg/ha 2023 down 8.3% rising
83 Nauru 10.38 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% rising
84 Ecuador 10.33 kg/ha 2023 down 21.1% rising
85 Mauritius 10.19 kg/ha 2023 down 21.1% rising
86 Albania 9.94 kg/ha 2023 down 30.3% rising
87 Hungary 9.63 kg/ha 2023 down 13.0% falling
88 Saint Lucia 9.36 kg/ha 2023 up 21.1% rising
89 Kyrgyzstan 9.26 kg/ha 2023 up 11.8% rising
90 Romania 9.18 kg/ha 2023 up 14.7% falling
91 Nicaragua 9.14 kg/ha 2023 up 25.4% rising
92 Mexico 9 kg/ha 2023 up 4.5% rising
93 Greece 8.95 kg/ha 2023 up 4.7% flat
94 El Salvador 8.92 kg/ha 2023 down 22.3% falling
95 Fiji 8.69 kg/ha 2023 up 11.1% rising
96 Jamaica 8.67 kg/ha 2023 down 7.4% rising
97 Philippines 8.65 kg/ha 2023 up 13.5% rising
98 Saudi Arabia 8.51 kg/ha 2023 up 47.5% volatile
99 Canada 8.45 kg/ha 2023 up 21.4% rising
100 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8.43 kg/ha 2023 down 9.0% volatile
101 Grenada 8.18 kg/ha 2023 up 21.5% volatile
102 USSR 8.18 kg/ha 1991 down 1.9% rising
103 Antigua and Barbuda 8.14 kg/ha 2023 down 17.4% rising
104 Lithuania 8.13 kg/ha 2023 down 19.9% rising
105 North Macedonia 7.93 kg/ha 2023 down 23.9% rising
106 Estonia 7.83 kg/ha 2023 down 7.4% rising
107 Latvia 7.7 kg/ha 2023 down 5.9% rising
108 Peru 7.69 kg/ha 2023 down 15.8% rising
109 Botswana 7.69 kg/ha 2023 down 17.7% volatile
110 Zambia 7.41 kg/ha 2023 up 47.9% volatile
111 Finland 7.11 kg/ha 2023 down 3.3% falling
112 Australia 7.1 kg/ha 2023 up 62.4% rising
113 Australia and New Zealand 7.1 kg/ha 2023 up 60.7% rising
114 Malaysia 7.03 kg/ha 2023 down 24.7% rising
115 New Zealand 6.78 kg/ha 2023 up 3.3% volatile
116 Sri Lanka 5.64 kg/ha 2023 down 15.8% rising
117 Eswatini 5.6 kg/ha 2023 up 18.5% rising
118 Cambodia 5.36 kg/ha 2023 up 29.1% rising
119 Maldives 4.86 kg/ha 2023 up 2.2% volatile
120 Armenia 4.79 kg/ha 2023 down 63.8% volatile
121 Tonga 4.68 kg/ha 2023 down 4.9% rising
122 South Sudan 4.64 kg/ha 2023 up 24.4% rising
123 Mauritania 4.64 kg/ha 2023 up 8.6% rising
124 Papua New Guinea 4.62 kg/ha 2023 up 11.3% rising
125 Myanmar 4.6 kg/ha 2023 down 39.2% rising
126 Paraguay 4.55 kg/ha 2023 down 0.8% rising
127 Ethiopia 4.33 kg/ha 2023 up 85.5% rising
128 Samoa 4.2 kg/ha 2023 down 23.7% volatile
129 Kenya 4.18 kg/ha 2023 up 9.3% rising
130 Namibia 4.16 kg/ha 2023 up 86.9% volatile
131 Iraq 3.99 kg/ha 2023 up 2.6% volatile
132 Argentina 3.96 kg/ha 2023 up 37.5% rising
133 Bhutan 3.92 kg/ha 2023 down 3.7% rising
134 South Africa 3.78 kg/ha 2023 up 1.0% rising
135 Ukraine 3.76 kg/ha 2023 down 17.9% falling
136 Azerbaijan 3.76 kg/ha 2023 up 51.9% rising
137 Russian Federation 3.66 kg/ha 2023 up 29.6% falling
138 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.65 kg/ha 2023 up 5.1% volatile
139 Haiti 3.63 kg/ha 2023 up 14.1% falling
140 French Polynesia 3.47 kg/ha 2023 down 10.0% rising
141 Sao Tome and Principe 3.42 kg/ha 2023 up 8.5% volatile
142 Dominica 3.35 kg/ha 2023 down 27.1% volatile
143 Burundi 3.35 kg/ha 2023 up 144.2% volatile
144 Zimbabwe 3.23 kg/ha 2023 up 59.8% falling
145 Madagascar 3.18 kg/ha 2023 up 26.6% rising
146 Morocco 3.11 kg/ha 2023 up 8.4% rising
147 Chad 2.9 kg/ha 2023 up 70.8% volatile
148 Guinea-Bissau 2.9 kg/ha 2023 down 13.8% rising
149 Rwanda 2.8 kg/ha 2023 up 4.4% volatile
150 Cuba 2.62 kg/ha 2023 down 42.3% falling
151 Gabon 2.57 kg/ha 2023 up 53.7% rising
152 Angola 2.51 kg/ha 2023 up 16.6% rising
153 Togo 2.51 kg/ha 2023 up 75.6% volatile
154 Uganda 2.44 kg/ha 2023 up 55.6% volatile
155 Benin 2.37 kg/ha 2023 up 178.7% rising
156 Afghanistan 2.2 kg/ha 2023 down 3.4% rising
157 Yemen 2.13 kg/ha 2023 down 34.8% volatile
158 Kiribati 2.02 kg/ha 2023 up 1.7% rising
159 Tunisia 1.98 kg/ha 2023 up 14.2% volatile
160 Eritrea 1.97 kg/ha 2023 up 6.2% flat
161 Liberia 1.84 kg/ha 2023 down 3.0% rising
162 Ghana 1.81 kg/ha 2023 up 46.6% volatile
163 Burkina Faso 1.79 kg/ha 2023 down 19.1% volatile
164 Lesotho 1.71 kg/ha 2023 down 55.3% rising
165 Sudan (former) 1.66 kg/ha 2011 up 0.8% rising
166 Central African Republic 1.65 kg/ha 2023 down 23.5% volatile
167 Mozambique 1.64 kg/ha 2023 up 30.6% rising
168 Gambia 1.61 kg/ha 2023 up 329.6% falling
169 Cameroon 1.6 kg/ha 2023 up 15.3% rising
170 Algeria 1.57 kg/ha 2023 up 14.6% rising
171 Mali 1.57 kg/ha 2023 down 14.4% rising
172 Senegal 1.47 kg/ha 2023 down 15.1% volatile
173 Vanuatu 1.38 kg/ha 2023 down 33.4% rising
174 Sudan 1.38 kg/ha 2023 up 29.9% rising
175 Kazakhstan 1.3 kg/ha 2023 up 6.0% rising
176 Ethiopia PDR 1.3 kg/ha 1992 up 49.4% rising
177 Libya 1.28 kg/ha 2023 down 38.9% rising
178 Nigeria 1.18 kg/ha 2023 down 17.0% volatile
179 Solomon Islands 1.02 kg/ha 2023 down 26.9% rising
180 Sierra Leone 0.9656 kg/ha 2023 up 75.7% rising
181 Congo 0.8519 kg/ha 2023 up 20.5% rising
182 Guinea 0.7178 kg/ha 2023 up 39.5% volatile
183 Equatorial Guinea 0.6351 kg/ha 2023 up 28.3% volatile
184 Niger 0.4553 kg/ha 2023 up 31.4% rising
185 Comoros 0.3708 kg/ha 2023 up 30.2% rising
186 Guadeloupe 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile

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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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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
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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 (%).