Manure applied — Cropland nitrogen 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
5.71 million t
USSR
Lowest
20.75 t
Nauru
Median
26,032 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,437
What the numbers show
Manure applied — Cropland nitrogen is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 5.71 million t in USSR; the lowest is 20.75 t in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 26,032 t, and the mean is 181,041 t.
Over the past decade 125 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 264.2%), and the largest decrease in Botswana (down 40.5%).
Manure applied — Cropland nitrogen: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USSR | 5.71 million t | 1991 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 2 | China | 5.24 million t | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 5.19 million t | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 3 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 357,687 t | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 4 | India | 2.18 million t | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 330,987 t | 2023 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 1.44 million t | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 6 | Pakistan | 1.16 million t | 2023 | up 57.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Russian Federation | 1.16 million t | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 177,421 t | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 8 | Indonesia | 1.11 million t | 2023 | up 73.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 107,153 t | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 9 | France | 693,594 t | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 9 | Türkiye | 88,288 t | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 517,983 t | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 10 | United Republic of Tanzania | 87,657 t | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 11 | Mexico | 485,766 t | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 73,919 t | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 12 | Spain | 483,623 t | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 27,577 t | 2023 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 13 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 386,385 t | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 13 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 23,787 t | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 14 | Uzbekistan | 331,459 t | 2023 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 14 | Melanesia | 21,402 t | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 15 | Colombia | 330,944 t | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 18,392 t | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 16 | Poland | 325,531 t | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 16 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4,362 t | 2023 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 17 | Italy | 306,727 t | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 17 | Polynesia | 2,281 t | 2023 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 18 | Yugoslav SFR | 298,451 t | 1991 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 18 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 395.88 t | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 19 | Bangladesh | 273,534 t | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 20 | Myanmar | 237,842 t | 2023 | down 36.1% | rising |
| 21 | Czechoslovakia | 229,509 t | 1992 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 22 | Nigeria | 217,114 t | 2023 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Canada | 216,810 t | 2023 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 24 | Belarus | 213,157 t | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 25 | Argentina | 191,282 t | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 25 | Caribbean | 176,570 t | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 26 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 190,125 t | 1999 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 27 | Ukraine | 187,795 t | 2023 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Mongolia | 173,948 t | 2023 | up 59.9% | rising |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 20,654 t | 2023 | up 65.2% | rising |
| 29 | Romania | 172,803 t | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 1,193 t | 2023 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Thailand | 169,140 t | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 31 | Kazakhstan | 159,039 t | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 32 | Philippines | 158,541 t | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 33 | Denmark | 153,228 t | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 34 | Australia and New Zealand | 151,951 t | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 35 | Australia | 146,638 t | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 36 | Belgium | 138,169 t | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 37 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 135,910 t | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 38 | Malawi | 135,364 t | 2023 | up 212.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Republic of Korea | 133,848 t | 2023 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Japan | 132,494 t | 2023 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 41 | Peru | 127,355 t | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 42 | Ethiopia | 125,687 t | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 43 | Sudan (former) | 122,557 t | 2011 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Uganda | 105,391 t | 2023 | up 58.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Malaysia | 90,823 t | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 46 | Turkmenistan | 87,328 t | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 47 | Sudan | 85,715 t | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 48 | Dominican Republic | 84,666 t | 2023 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Ecuador | 82,806 t | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 50 | Guatemala | 79,036 t | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Chile | 78,221 t | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 52 | Nepal | 76,675 t | 2023 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 53 | Austria | 75,793 t | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 54 | Hungary | 74,094 t | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 55 | Kenya | 72,828 t | 2023 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 56 | Afghanistan | 71,562 t | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 57 | Chad | 69,024 t | 2023 | up 83.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Portugal | 67,984 t | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 59 | Czechia | 66,062 t | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 60 | Tajikistan | 63,357 t | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 61 | Angola | 62,432 t | 2023 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 62 | South Sudan | 59,476 t | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 63 | Ethiopia PDR | 58,423 t | 1992 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 64 | Serbia | 56,687 t | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 65 | Sweden | 55,165 t | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 66 | Cambodia | 54,818 t | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 67 | Ireland | 53,303 t | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 68 | Nicaragua | 52,730 t | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 51,585 t | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 70 | Switzerland | 50,453 t | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 71 | Madagascar | 49,945 t | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 72 | China, Taiwan Province of | 47,064 t | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 73 | Norway | 46,697 t | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 74 | South Africa | 45,470 t | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 75 | Burkina Faso | 44,540 t | 2023 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Cuba | 44,023 t | 2023 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 77 | Cameroon | 43,264 t | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 78 | Greece | 42,418 t | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 79 | Costa Rica | 42,028 t | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 80 | Mali | 41,364 t | 2023 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Paraguay | 38,320 t | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 82 | Uruguay | 37,382 t | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 83 | Niger | 36,489 t | 2023 | up 41.9% | rising |
| 84 | Honduras | 35,827 t | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 85 | Egypt | 34,561 t | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 86 | Morocco | 33,662 t | 2023 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 87 | Algeria | 32,064 t | 2023 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Lithuania | 31,284 t | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 30,988 t | 2023 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Finland | 30,662 t | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 91 | Ghana | 27,551 t | 2023 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Zambia | 26,257 t | 2023 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Croatia | 25,806 t | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 94 | Saudi Arabia | 25,618 t | 2023 | up 20.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Iraq | 24,809 t | 2023 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 96 | Senegal | 24,635 t | 2023 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Burundi | 24,525 t | 2023 | up 220.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Haiti | 23,530 t | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 99 | Slovakia | 22,962 t | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 100 | Central African Republic | 22,078 t | 2023 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22,068 t | 2023 | down 36.9% | flat |
| 102 | Togo | 22,063 t | 2023 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Benin | 21,925 t | 2023 | up 81.7% | rising |
| 104 | Mozambique | 21,447 t | 2023 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Albania | 21,163 t | 2023 | down 38.4% | rising |
| 106 | El Salvador | 20,647 t | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 107 | Panama | 18,077 t | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 108 | Guinea | 17,659 t | 2023 | up 55.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Zimbabwe | 17,301 t | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 110 | Tunisia | 16,874 t | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Latvia | 16,611 t | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 112 | Papua New Guinea | 15,472 t | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 113 | Rwanda | 13,418 t | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Sri Lanka | 12,729 t | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 12,186 t | 2023 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 116 | Yemen | 12,181 t | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Slovenia | 11,051 t | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 118 | Estonia | 10,707 t | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 9,858 t | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 120 | Mauritania | 9,702 t | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 121 | Israel | 9,389 t | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 122 | Trinidad and Tobago | 9,326 t | 2023 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Guyana | 8,294 t | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 124 | Guinea-Bissau | 8,017 t | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 125 | Lebanon | 7,676 t | 2023 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Sierra Leone | 7,205 t | 2023 | up 86.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Kuwait | 6,877 t | 2023 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Namibia | 6,533 t | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 129 | Jamaica | 6,377 t | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 130 | Libya | 6,297 t | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 131 | Eritrea | 6,183 t | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 132 | Georgia | 5,674 t | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 133 | New Zealand | 5,313 t | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 134 | Liberia | 4,978 t | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 135 | Jordan | 4,834 t | 2023 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Brunei Darussalam | 4,409 t | 2023 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Cyprus | 4,334 t | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 138 | Armenia | 4,291 t | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 139 | Montenegro | 4,260 t | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 140 | Iceland | 4,019 t | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 141 | Puerto Rico | 3,764 t | 2023 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 142 | Fiji | 3,693 t | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 143 | Gabon | 3,594 t | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 144 | Qatar | 3,508 t | 2023 | up 264.2% | volatile |
| 145 | United Arab Emirates | 3,241 t | 2023 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Luxembourg | 2,752 t | 2023 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 147 | Congo | 2,039 t | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 148 | Lesotho | 2,006 t | 2023 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 149 | Suriname | 1,931 t | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 150 | Bhutan | 1,915 t | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 151 | Eswatini | 1,834 t | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 152 | Barbados | 1,679 t | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 153 | Oman | 1,641 t | 2023 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Mauritius | 1,527 t | 2023 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 155 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 1,347 t | 2023 | up 35.4% | falling |
| 156 | Botswana | 1,302 t | 2023 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 157 | Belize | 1,055 t | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 158 | Vanuatu | 1,003 t | 2023 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 159 | Samoa | 885.41 t | 2023 | down 38.0% | rising |
| 160 | Malta | 856.79 t | 2023 | down 39.7% | rising |
| 161 | Gambia | 851.05 t | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 162 | Singapore | 845.16 t | 2023 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Bahamas | 788.31 t | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 164 | New Caledonia | 719.8 t | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 165 | Tonga | 691.2 t | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 166 | Sao Tome and Principe | 651.64 t | 2023 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Djibouti | 636.87 t | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 168 | Guadeloupe | 635.97 t | 2023 | up 26.1% | falling |
| 169 | Solomon Islands | 514.3 t | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 170 | French Polynesia | 395.05 t | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 171 | Dominica | 385.07 t | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 172 | Kiribati | 343.44 t | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 292.46 t | 2023 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 174 | Faroe Islands | 232.86 t | 2023 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 175 | Bahrain | 222.49 t | 2023 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Grenada | 217.73 t | 2023 | up 28.7% | rising |
| 177 | Antigua and Barbuda | 203.54 t | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 178 | Comoros | 165.57 t | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 179 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 161.77 t | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 180 | Equatorial Guinea | 158.39 t | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 181 | Cook Islands | 157.37 t | 2023 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 182 | Seychelles | 136.38 t | 2023 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Tuvalu | 113.02 t | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 184 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 86.66 t | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 185 | Nauru | 20.75 t | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 25.98 million t
- Asia 12.98 million t
- Europe 5.73 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2.01 million t
- Eastern Asia 5.71 million t
- Americas 5.33 million t
- Southern Asia 4.13 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 231,341 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4.06 million t
- Middle Africa 221,633 t
- European Union (27) 3.55 million t
- South America 2.62 million t
- Eastern Europe 2.28 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2.25 million t
- South-Eastern Asia 2.24 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2.02 million t
- Northern America 1.79 million t
- Africa 1.77 million t
- Western Europe 1.61 million t
- United States of America 1.58 million t
- Southern Europe 1.05 million t
- Northern Europe 788,295 t
- Eastern Africa 771,310 t
- Central America 735,167 t
- Central Asia 692,768 t
- Western Africa 505,940 t
- Western Asia 219,945 t
- Northern Africa 209,173 t
- Oceania 176,394 t
- Southern Africa 57,145 t
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 (%).