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Manure applied — 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
202
Highest
3,327 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
1.4 kg/ha
Comoros
Median
19.74 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,437

What the numbers show

Manure applied — Cropland nitrogen per unit area is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 3,327 kg/ha in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 1.4 kg/ha in Comoros.

The median across all reporting countries is 19.74 kg/ha, and the mean is 61.48 kg/ha.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,371.

Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 206.6%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 46.4%).

Manure applied — Cropland nitrogen per unit area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Faroe Islands 3,327 kg/ha 2023 down 1.8% falling
1 Micronesia (Federated States of) 197.94 kg/ha 2023 up 6.9% rising
2 Singapore 1,281 kg/ha 2023 down 6.7% rising
2 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 53.76 kg/ha 2023 up 14.5% rising
3 Kuwait 491.22 kg/ha 2023 up 67.7% falling
3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 45.91 kg/ha 2023 up 41.9% rising
4 China, Hong Kong SAR 449.14 kg/ha 2023 up 85.0% rising
4 Viet Nam 28.41 kg/ha 2023 up 8.9% rising
5 Brunei Darussalam 440.88 kg/ha 2023 up 8.9% volatile
6 Montenegro 297.11 kg/ha 2023 down 16.9% falling
6 Caribbean 25.96 kg/ha 2023 up 16.5% rising
7 Belgium-Luxembourg 212.91 kg/ha 1999 down 4.2% rising
7 Polynesia 20.73 kg/ha 2023 down 15.8% rising
8 Barbados 209.89 kg/ha 2023 up 62.5% volatile
8 Cabo Verde 22.1 kg/ha 2023 down 14.5% volatile
8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 20.33 kg/ha 2023 down 1.0% rising
9 Trinidad and Tobago 198.43 kg/ha 2023 up 14.1% volatile
9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 18.43 kg/ha 2023 down 0.2% rising
10 Djibouti 163.3 kg/ha 2023 down 27.2% falling
10 Melanesia 13.3 kg/ha 2023 down 6.1% rising
11 Belgium 155.88 kg/ha 2023 down 10.5% falling
11 Republic of Moldova 12.9 kg/ha 2023 up 3.5% falling
12 Mongolia 151.4 kg/ha 2023 up 79.7% rising
12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 9.35 kg/ha 2023 down 4.7% flat
13 Qatar 146.15 kg/ha 2023 up 206.6% volatile
14 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 130.06 kg/ha 2023 down 6.2% rising
14 United Republic of Tanzania 5.65 kg/ha 2023 up 23.7% rising
15 Ireland 120.87 kg/ha 2023 up 2.5% rising
16 Switzerland 119.63 kg/ha 2023 down 2.0% falling
16 Türkiye 3.68 kg/ha 2023 up 27.0% rising
17 Malta 103.34 kg/ha 2023 down 25.6% rising
17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.09 kg/ha 2023 down 18.0% rising
18 Republic of Korea 88.52 kg/ha 2023 up 29.8% volatile
18 Syrian Arab Republic 0.8015 kg/ha 2023 down 17.8% rising
19 Seychelles 87.99 kg/ha 2023 up 49.8% volatile
20 Cook Islands 82.82 kg/ha 2023 down 26.1% volatile
21 Costa Rica 77.21 kg/ha 2023 up 9.0% rising
22 New Caledonia 74.21 kg/ha 2023 down 2.0% rising
23 Uzbekistan 74.19 kg/ha 2023 up 42.7% rising
24 Bahamas 71.66 kg/ha 2023 up 6.9% rising
25 Colombia 66.26 kg/ha 2023 down 31.4% volatile
26 Guyana 65.82 kg/ha 2023 up 20.3% rising
27 Denmark 63.98 kg/ha 2023 down 4.9% flat
28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 63.49 kg/ha 2023 up 2.9% flat
29 Tuvalu 62.79 kg/ha 2023 up 6.4% rising
29 Côte d'Ivoire 1.44 kg/ha 2023 up 7.9% rising
30 China, Taiwan Province of 60.42 kg/ha 2023 down 0.1% rising
31 Tajikistan 60.4 kg/ha 2023 up 5.0% rising
32 Norway 57.94 kg/ha 2023 down 1.5% falling
33 Puerto Rico 56.86 kg/ha 2023 down 14.5% rising
34 Dominican Republic 55.73 kg/ha 2023 up 19.6% volatile
35 Austria 54.63 kg/ha 2023 down 13.2% falling
36 Bahrain 54.27 kg/ha 2023 up 67.4% volatile
37 Turkmenistan 53.53 kg/ha 2023 up 29.1% rising
38 Nauru 51.88 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% rising
39 Bosnia and Herzegovina 49.7 kg/ha 2023 up 58.4% rising
40 Slovenia 47.35 kg/ha 2023 down 3.9% falling
41 Czechoslovakia 45.66 kg/ha 1992 down 9.4% rising
42 Luxembourg 43.77 kg/ha 2023 down 2.2% flat
43 Germany 43.6 kg/ha 2023 down 14.4% falling
44 Chile 40.87 kg/ha 2023 down 3.1% volatile
45 China 40.83 kg/ha 2023 up 12.2% rising
46 Antigua and Barbuda 40.71 kg/ha 2023 down 11.5% rising
47 China, mainland 40.7 kg/ha 2023 up 12.3% rising
48 Nepal 39.34 kg/ha 2023 down 7.2% rising
49 Yugoslav SFR 39.14 kg/ha 1991 down 7.7% rising
50 France 38.69 kg/ha 2023 down 6.6% falling
51 Kyrgyzstan 37.83 kg/ha 2023 up 23.4% rising
52 Belarus 37.7 kg/ha 2023 up 1.5% flat
53 Portugal 37.61 kg/ha 2023 down 11.8% rising
54 Pakistan 37.32 kg/ha 2023 up 58.9% volatile
55 United Arab Emirates 35.34 kg/ha 2023 up 6.2% volatile
56 Suriname 34.84 kg/ha 2023 up 27.0% flat
57 Ecuador 34.37 kg/ha 2023 down 2.2% rising
58 Cyprus 34.16 kg/ha 2023 down 31.1% volatile
59 Jamaica 33.92 kg/ha 2023 down 0.7% rising
60 Iceland 33.22 kg/ha 2023 up 5.4% falling
61 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 32.35 kg/ha 2023 down 12.1% rising
62 Italy 32.34 kg/ha 2023 down 23.9% rising
63 Malawi 32.23 kg/ha 2023 up 175.0% volatile
64 Albania 31.19 kg/ha 2023 down 36.7% rising
65 Grenada 31.1 kg/ha 2023 up 28.7% rising
66 Bangladesh 31.09 kg/ha 2023 up 10.9% rising
67 Japan 30.83 kg/ha 2023 up 3.6% rising
68 Saint Lucia 30.56 kg/ha 2023 up 9.4% rising
69 Nicaragua 29.31 kg/ha 2023 up 11.3% rising
70 Spain 29.12 kg/ha 2023 up 0.3% rising
71 Guatemala 28.88 kg/ha 2023 down 3.9% rising
72 Guadeloupe 28.41 kg/ha 2023 up 36.3% rising
73 Poland 28.19 kg/ha 2023 up 8.7% falling
74 Lebanon 27.99 kg/ha 2023 up 9.2% volatile
75 Croatia 27.25 kg/ha 2023 down 13.1% falling
76 Fiji 26.65 kg/ha 2023 up 1.5% rising
77 Panama 26.55 kg/ha 2023 up 26.1% rising
78 Czechia 25.75 kg/ha 2023 down 4.9% falling
79 Israel 25.19 kg/ha 2023 up 7.3% rising
80 Indonesia 25.12 kg/ha 2023 up 59.0% rising
81 USSR 24.92 kg/ha 1991 up 1.2% rising
82 El Salvador 23.44 kg/ha 2023 up 31.3% falling
83 South Sudan 23.1 kg/ha 2023 up 24.0% rising
84 Brazil 22.71 kg/ha 2023 down 7.2% rising
85 Tonga 22.3 kg/ha 2023 down 4.4% rising
86 Honduras 22.14 kg/ha 2023 up 0.1% rising
87 Sweden 21.81 kg/ha 2023 down 22.2% falling
88 North Macedonia 21.62 kg/ha 2023 down 29.4% flat
89 Mauritania 21.09 kg/ha 2023 up 11.9% flat
90 Samoa 20.87 kg/ha 2023 down 24.0% volatile
91 Peru 20.55 kg/ha 2023 down 6.8% rising
92 Serbia 20.12 kg/ha 2023 down 24.4% falling
93 Mexico 19.87 kg/ha 2023 up 20.5% rising
94 Romania 19.61 kg/ha 2023 down 7.9% falling
95 Mauritius 19.34 kg/ha 2023 up 17.4% volatile
96 Myanmar 19 kg/ha 2023 down 37.3% rising
97 Haiti 18.03 kg/ha 2023 up 24.3% falling
98 Slovakia 17.34 kg/ha 2023 down 15.8% falling
99 Hungary 17.25 kg/ha 2023 up 0.1% falling
100 Saint Kitts and Nevis 16.99 kg/ha 2023 down 2.1% volatile
101 Jordan 16.82 kg/ha 2023 up 53.0% volatile
102 Bhutan 16.8 kg/ha 2023 down 1.2% rising
103 Dominica 16.74 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% rising
104 Uruguay 16.7 kg/ha 2023 up 10.4% rising
105 Sao Tome and Principe 15.52 kg/ha 2023 up 5.3% volatile
106 Estonia 14.97 kg/ha 2023 down 19.7% falling
107 Burundi 14.68 kg/ha 2023 up 169.3% volatile
108 Greece 14.65 kg/ha 2023 down 12.4% falling
109 Philippines 14.13 kg/ha 2023 up 0.4% rising
110 Madagascar 13.87 kg/ha 2023 up 24.6% rising
111 French Polynesia 13.86 kg/ha 2023 down 3.9% rising
112 Finland 13.63 kg/ha 2023 down 9.3% falling
113 Oman 13.48 kg/ha 2023 down 33.0% rising
114 Lithuania 13.39 kg/ha 2023 down 20.8% falling
115 Georgia 13.14 kg/ha 2023 up 4.3% rising
116 Chad 12.93 kg/ha 2023 up 72.9% volatile
117 India 12.92 kg/ha 2023 up 10.2% rising
118 Papua New Guinea 12.73 kg/ha 2023 down 3.7% rising
119 Guinea-Bissau 12.42 kg/ha 2023 down 13.4% rising
120 Cuba 12.36 kg/ha 2023 down 3.7% falling
121 Latvia 12.12 kg/ha 2023 down 19.5% falling
122 Cambodia 11.78 kg/ha 2023 down 19.0% rising
123 Uganda 11.58 kg/ha 2023 up 58.0% volatile
124 Malaysia 11.02 kg/ha 2023 up 0.3% rising
125 Angola 10.95 kg/ha 2023 up 24.9% rising
126 Kiribati 10.1 kg/ha 2023 up 9.4% rising
127 Kenya 9.75 kg/ha 2023 up 13.6% rising
128 Eswatini 9.41 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% rising
129 Russian Federation 9.35 kg/ha 2023 down 0.4% falling
130 New Zealand 8.97 kg/ha 2023 up 1.3% rising
131 Rwanda 8.96 kg/ha 2023 down 20.5% volatile
132 Eritrea 8.93 kg/ha 2023 up 2.7% rising
133 Afghanistan 8.82 kg/ha 2023 down 4.2% rising
134 Bulgaria 8.55 kg/ha 2023 down 16.3% falling
135 Armenia 8.52 kg/ha 2023 up 3.0% rising
136 Egypt 8.52 kg/ha 2023 down 0.1% rising
137 Yemen 8.39 kg/ha 2023 up 13.0% volatile
138 Paraguay 8.25 kg/ha 2023 down 4.9% falling
139 Central African Republic 8.24 kg/ha 2023 down 23.4% volatile
140 Namibia 8.05 kg/ha 2023 up 26.5% rising
141 Belize 7.99 kg/ha 2023 down 8.8% falling
142 Thailand 7.84 kg/ha 2023 up 0.3% falling
143 Togo 7.82 kg/ha 2023 up 42.6% volatile
144 Gabon 7.26 kg/ha 2023 up 2.6% rising
145 Liberia 7.11 kg/ha 2023 up 1.7% rising
146 Saudi Arabia 7.04 kg/ha 2023 up 22.8% volatile
147 Vanuatu 6.92 kg/ha 2023 down 33.4% rising
148 Zambia 6.84 kg/ha 2023 up 9.7% volatile
149 Ethiopia 6.81 kg/ha 2023 up 4.2% rising
150 Senegal 6.3 kg/ha 2023 up 14.7% rising
151 Sudan (former) 6.12 kg/ha 2011 up 0.1% rising
152 Canada 5.66 kg/ha 2023 up 0.6% flat
153 Lesotho 5.56 kg/ha 2023 down 46.4% rising
154 Ukraine 5.56 kg/ha 2023 down 37.8% volatile
155 Cameroon 5.48 kg/ha 2023 up 20.0% rising
156 Kazakhstan 5.34 kg/ha 2023 up 2.6% flat
157 Benin 5.26 kg/ha 2023 up 49.6% falling
158 Burkina Faso 5.17 kg/ha 2023 down 31.2% rising
159 Ethiopia PDR 5.17 kg/ha 1992 up 35.5% rising
160 Azerbaijan 5.15 kg/ha 2023 down 20.4% flat
161 Solomon Islands 5.08 kg/ha 2023 down 9.4% falling
162 Botswana 4.97 kg/ha 2023 down 36.0% rising
163 Sri Lanka 4.96 kg/ha 2023 down 13.0% falling
164 Nigeria 4.91 kg/ha 2023 up 25.6% volatile
165 Mali 4.79 kg/ha 2023 up 24.4% falling
166 Australia and New Zealand 4.75 kg/ha 2023 up 4.3% falling
167 Australia 4.67 kg/ha 2023 up 4.5% falling
168 Argentina 4.61 kg/ha 2023 down 0.7% falling
169 Iraq 4.52 kg/ha 2023 up 45.9% rising
170 Zimbabwe 4.25 kg/ha 2023 up 13.3% falling
171 Sierra Leone 4.12 kg/ha 2023 up 86.8% rising
172 Sudan 4.04 kg/ha 2023 down 2.8% flat
173 Morocco 3.83 kg/ha 2023 up 23.2% rising
174 Algeria 3.76 kg/ha 2023 up 22.4% rising
175 Ghana 3.71 kg/ha 2023 up 32.0% rising
176 South Africa 3.66 kg/ha 2023 down 10.2% rising
177 Mozambique 3.55 kg/ha 2023 down 12.9% rising
178 Tunisia 3.41 kg/ha 2023 up 15.8% rising
179 Congo 3.13 kg/ha 2023 up 3.4% rising
180 Libya 3.07 kg/ha 2023 up 5.9% rising
181 Guinea 2.42 kg/ha 2023 up 5.4% rising
182 Niger 2.05 kg/ha 2023 up 34.6% rising
183 Gambia 1.9 kg/ha 2023 up 5.1% falling
184 Equatorial Guinea 1.59 kg/ha 2023 up 9.1% rising
185 Comoros 1.4 kg/ha 2023 down 0.5% flat

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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
Manure applied — 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
232 places, 13,437 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 (%).