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
200
Highest
3,327 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0.8015 kg/ha
Syrian Arab Republic
Median
20 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 200 countries. The highest value is 3,327 kg/ha in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0.8015 kg/ha in Syrian Arab Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 20 kg/ha, and the mean is 62.03 kg/ha.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4,150.
Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 86 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 3,327 kg/ha | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 2 | Singapore | 1,281 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 3 | Kuwait | 491.22 kg/ha | 2023 | up 67.7% | falling |
| 4 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 449.14 kg/ha | 2023 | up 85.0% | rising |
| 5 | Brunei Darussalam | 440.88 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Montenegro | 297.11 kg/ha | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 7 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 212.91 kg/ha | 1999 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 8 | Barbados | 209.89 kg/ha | 2023 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Trinidad and Tobago | 198.43 kg/ha | 2023 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 197.94 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 11 | Djibouti | 163.3 kg/ha | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 12 | Belgium | 155.88 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 13 | Mongolia | 151.4 kg/ha | 2023 | up 79.7% | rising |
| 14 | Qatar | 146.15 kg/ha | 2023 | up 206.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 130.06 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 16 | Ireland | 120.87 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 17 | Switzerland | 119.63 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 18 | Malta | 103.34 kg/ha | 2023 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 19 | Republic of Korea | 88.52 kg/ha | 2023 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Seychelles | 87.99 kg/ha | 2023 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 21 | Cook Islands | 82.82 kg/ha | 2023 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 77.21 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 23 | New Caledonia | 74.21 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 24 | Uzbekistan | 74.19 kg/ha | 2023 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 25 | Bahamas | 71.66 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 26 | Colombia | 66.26 kg/ha | 2023 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Guyana | 65.82 kg/ha | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 28 | Denmark | 63.98 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 29 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 63.49 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 30 | Tuvalu | 62.79 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 31 | China, Taiwan Province of | 60.42 kg/ha | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 32 | Tajikistan | 60.4 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 33 | Norway | 57.94 kg/ha | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 34 | Puerto Rico | 56.86 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 55.73 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Austria | 54.63 kg/ha | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 37 | Bahrain | 54.27 kg/ha | 2023 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 53.76 kg/ha | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 39 | Turkmenistan | 53.53 kg/ha | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 40 | Nauru | 51.88 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 41 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 49.7 kg/ha | 2023 | up 58.4% | rising |
| 42 | Slovenia | 47.35 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 43 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 45.91 kg/ha | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 44 | Czechoslovakia | 45.66 kg/ha | 1992 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 45 | Luxembourg | 43.77 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 46 | Germany | 43.6 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 47 | Chile | 40.87 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 48 | China | 40.83 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 49 | Antigua and Barbuda | 40.71 kg/ha | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 50 | China, mainland | 40.7 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 51 | Nepal | 39.34 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 52 | Yugoslav SFR | 39.14 kg/ha | 1991 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 53 | France | 38.69 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 54 | Kyrgyzstan | 37.83 kg/ha | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 55 | Belarus | 37.7 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 56 | Portugal | 37.61 kg/ha | 2023 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 57 | Pakistan | 37.32 kg/ha | 2023 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 35.34 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Suriname | 34.84 kg/ha | 2023 | up 27.0% | flat |
| 60 | Ecuador | 34.37 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 61 | Cyprus | 34.16 kg/ha | 2023 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Jamaica | 33.92 kg/ha | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 63 | Iceland | 33.22 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 64 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 32.35 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 65 | Italy | 32.34 kg/ha | 2023 | down 23.9% | rising |
| 66 | Malawi | 32.23 kg/ha | 2023 | up 175.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Albania | 31.19 kg/ha | 2023 | down 36.7% | rising |
| 68 | Grenada | 31.1 kg/ha | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 69 | Bangladesh | 31.09 kg/ha | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 70 | Japan | 30.83 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 71 | Saint Lucia | 30.56 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 72 | Nicaragua | 29.31 kg/ha | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 73 | Spain | 29.12 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 74 | Guatemala | 28.88 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 75 | Viet Nam | 28.41 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 76 | Guadeloupe | 28.41 kg/ha | 2023 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 77 | Poland | 28.19 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.7% | falling |
| 78 | Lebanon | 27.99 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Croatia | 27.25 kg/ha | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 80 | Fiji | 26.65 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 81 | Panama | 26.55 kg/ha | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 82 | Caribbean | 25.96 kg/ha | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 83 | Czechia | 25.75 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 84 | Israel | 25.19 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 85 | Indonesia | 25.12 kg/ha | 2023 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 86 | USSR | 24.92 kg/ha | 1991 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 87 | El Salvador | 23.44 kg/ha | 2023 | up 31.3% | falling |
| 88 | South Sudan | 23.1 kg/ha | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 89 | Brazil | 22.71 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 90 | Tonga | 22.3 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 91 | Honduras | 22.14 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 92 | Cabo Verde | 22.1 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Sweden | 21.81 kg/ha | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 94 | North Macedonia | 21.62 kg/ha | 2023 | down 29.4% | flat |
| 95 | Mauritania | 21.09 kg/ha | 2023 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 96 | Samoa | 20.87 kg/ha | 2023 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Polynesia | 20.73 kg/ha | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 98 | Peru | 20.55 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 99 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 20.33 kg/ha | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 100 | Serbia | 20.12 kg/ha | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 101 | Mexico | 19.87 kg/ha | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 102 | Romania | 19.61 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 103 | Mauritius | 19.34 kg/ha | 2023 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Myanmar | 19 kg/ha | 2023 | down 37.3% | rising |
| 105 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 18.43 kg/ha | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 106 | Haiti | 18.03 kg/ha | 2023 | up 24.3% | falling |
| 107 | Slovakia | 17.34 kg/ha | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 108 | Hungary | 17.25 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 109 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 16.99 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Jordan | 16.82 kg/ha | 2023 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Bhutan | 16.8 kg/ha | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 112 | Dominica | 16.74 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 113 | Uruguay | 16.7 kg/ha | 2023 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 114 | Sao Tome and Principe | 15.52 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Estonia | 14.97 kg/ha | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 116 | Burundi | 14.68 kg/ha | 2023 | up 169.3% | volatile |
| 117 | Greece | 14.65 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 118 | Philippines | 14.13 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 119 | Madagascar | 13.87 kg/ha | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 120 | French Polynesia | 13.86 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 121 | Finland | 13.63 kg/ha | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 122 | Oman | 13.48 kg/ha | 2023 | down 33.0% | rising |
| 123 | Lithuania | 13.39 kg/ha | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 124 | Melanesia | 13.3 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 125 | Georgia | 13.14 kg/ha | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 126 | Chad | 12.93 kg/ha | 2023 | up 72.9% | volatile |
| 127 | India | 12.92 kg/ha | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 128 | Republic of Moldova | 12.9 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 129 | Papua New Guinea | 12.73 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 130 | Guinea-Bissau | 12.42 kg/ha | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 131 | Cuba | 12.36 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 132 | Latvia | 12.12 kg/ha | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 133 | Cambodia | 11.78 kg/ha | 2023 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 134 | Uganda | 11.58 kg/ha | 2023 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Malaysia | 11.02 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 136 | Angola | 10.95 kg/ha | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 137 | Kiribati | 10.1 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 138 | Kenya | 9.75 kg/ha | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 139 | Eswatini | 9.41 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 140 | Russian Federation | 9.35 kg/ha | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 141 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 9.35 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 142 | New Zealand | 8.97 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 143 | Rwanda | 8.96 kg/ha | 2023 | down 20.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Eritrea | 8.93 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 145 | Afghanistan | 8.82 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 146 | Bulgaria | 8.55 kg/ha | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 147 | Armenia | 8.52 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 148 | Egypt | 8.52 kg/ha | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 149 | Yemen | 8.39 kg/ha | 2023 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 150 | Paraguay | 8.25 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 151 | Namibia | 8.05 kg/ha | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 152 | Belize | 7.99 kg/ha | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 153 | Thailand | 7.84 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 154 | Togo | 7.82 kg/ha | 2023 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Gabon | 7.26 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 156 | Liberia | 7.11 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 157 | Saudi Arabia | 7.04 kg/ha | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 6.92 kg/ha | 2023 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 159 | Zambia | 6.84 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Ethiopia | 6.81 kg/ha | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 161 | Senegal | 6.3 kg/ha | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 162 | Sudan (former) | 6.12 kg/ha | 2011 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 163 | Canada | 5.66 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 164 | United Republic of Tanzania | 5.65 kg/ha | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 165 | Lesotho | 5.56 kg/ha | 2023 | down 46.4% | rising |
| 166 | Ukraine | 5.56 kg/ha | 2023 | down 37.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Cameroon | 5.48 kg/ha | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 168 | Kazakhstan | 5.34 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 169 | Benin | 5.26 kg/ha | 2023 | up 49.6% | falling |
| 170 | Burkina Faso | 5.17 kg/ha | 2023 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 171 | Ethiopia PDR | 5.17 kg/ha | 1992 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 172 | Azerbaijan | 5.15 kg/ha | 2023 | down 20.4% | flat |
| 173 | Solomon Islands | 5.08 kg/ha | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 174 | Botswana | 4.97 kg/ha | 2023 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 175 | Sri Lanka | 4.96 kg/ha | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 176 | Nigeria | 4.91 kg/ha | 2023 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Mali | 4.79 kg/ha | 2023 | up 24.4% | falling |
| 178 | Australia and New Zealand | 4.75 kg/ha | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 179 | Australia | 4.67 kg/ha | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 180 | Argentina | 4.61 kg/ha | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 181 | Iraq | 4.52 kg/ha | 2023 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 182 | Zimbabwe | 4.25 kg/ha | 2023 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 183 | Sierra Leone | 4.12 kg/ha | 2023 | up 86.8% | rising |
| 184 | Sudan | 4.04 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.8% | flat |
| 185 | Morocco | 3.83 kg/ha | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 186 | Algeria | 3.76 kg/ha | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 187 | Ghana | 3.71 kg/ha | 2023 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 188 | Türkiye | 3.68 kg/ha | 2023 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 189 | Mozambique | 3.55 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 190 | Tunisia | 3.41 kg/ha | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 191 | Congo | 3.13 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 192 | Libya | 3.07 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 193 | Guinea | 2.42 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 194 | Niger | 2.05 kg/ha | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 195 | Gambia | 1.9 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 196 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.59 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 197 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.44 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 198 | Comoros | 1.4 kg/ha | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 199 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.09 kg/ha | 2023 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 200 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.8015 kg/ha | 2023 | down 17.8% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Europe 48.04 kg/ha
- Northern Europe 41.38 kg/ha
- Eastern Asia 41.38 kg/ha
- European Union (27) 32.42 kg/ha
- Southern Europe 28.92 kg/ha
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 23.09 kg/ha
- Asia 22.57 kg/ha
- Central America 22.39 kg/ha
- Europe 20.01 kg/ha
- South-eastern Asia 19.31 kg/ha
- South America 19.19 kg/ha
- Central Asia 18.08 kg/ha
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 (%).