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Manure applied — Cropland phosphorus 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
603.51 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0.182 kg/ha
Syrian Arab Republic
Median
4.82 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,437

What the numbers show

Manure applied — Cropland phosphorus per unit area is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 603.51 kg/ha in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0.182 kg/ha in Syrian Arab Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.82 kg/ha, and the mean is 14.59 kg/ha.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,316.

Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 205.7%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 49.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Faroe Islands 603.51 kg/ha 2023 down 2.8% falling
2 Singapore 355.25 kg/ha 2023 down 2.0% rising
3 Kuwait 112.63 kg/ha 2023 up 64.8% falling
4 China, Hong Kong SAR 109.74 kg/ha 2023 up 67.1% rising
5 Brunei Darussalam 99.08 kg/ha 2023 up 7.9% volatile
6 Micronesia (Federated States of) 76.07 kg/ha 2023 up 7.5% rising
7 Montenegro 67.5 kg/ha 2023 down 14.7% falling
8 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 63.79 kg/ha 2023 down 7.3% rising
9 Belgium-Luxembourg 58.92 kg/ha 1999 down 1.9% rising
10 Barbados 49.72 kg/ha 2023 up 61.6% volatile
11 Trinidad and Tobago 43.91 kg/ha 2023 up 14.6% volatile
12 Cook Islands 35.87 kg/ha 2023 down 26.7% volatile
13 Belgium 34.4 kg/ha 2023 down 12.7% falling
14 Qatar 32.05 kg/ha 2023 up 205.7% volatile
15 Mongolia 32.01 kg/ha 2023 up 85.3% rising
16 Djibouti 30.42 kg/ha 2023 down 26.9% flat
17 Switzerland 29.78 kg/ha 2023 down 2.1% falling
18 Malta 27.95 kg/ha 2023 down 25.1% rising
19 Ireland 27.39 kg/ha 2023 up 1.5% rising
20 Tuvalu 25.64 kg/ha 2023 up 5.7% rising
21 Republic of Korea 24.79 kg/ha 2023 up 30.9% volatile
22 New Caledonia 24.65 kg/ha 2023 down 2.9% rising
23 Seychelles 22.85 kg/ha 2023 up 49.0% volatile
24 Nauru 22.35 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% rising
25 Luxembourg 18.4 kg/ha 2023 down 4.3% flat
26 Denmark 17.88 kg/ha 2023 down 4.7% rising
27 Uzbekistan 17.25 kg/ha 2023 up 41.5% rising
28 Bahamas 16.01 kg/ha 2023 up 6.8% rising
29 China, Taiwan Province of 15.93 kg/ha 2023 down 1.5% rising
30 Costa Rica 15.55 kg/ha 2023 up 9.9% rising
31 Colombia 15.15 kg/ha 2023 down 23.5% volatile
32 Austria 14.31 kg/ha 2023 down 13.9% falling
33 Guyana 13.99 kg/ha 2023 up 20.9% rising
34 Tajikistan 13.77 kg/ha 2023 up 6.4% rising
35 Slovenia 13.57 kg/ha 2023 down 5.1% falling
36 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13.12 kg/ha 2023 up 2.9% flat
37 Germany 13.03 kg/ha 2023 down 15.4% falling
38 Lao People's Democratic Republic 12.68 kg/ha 2023 up 42.9% rising
39 Bahrain 12.25 kg/ha 2023 up 65.1% volatile
40 Dominican Republic 12.18 kg/ha 2023 up 21.5% volatile
41 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.12 kg/ha 2023 up 61.9% rising
42 Czechoslovakia 12.05 kg/ha 1992 down 7.8% rising
43 Puerto Rico 11.9 kg/ha 2023 down 14.7% rising
44 Turkmenistan 11.29 kg/ha 2023 up 30.8% rising
45 China 10.59 kg/ha 2023 up 10.6% rising
46 China, mainland 10.55 kg/ha 2023 up 10.8% rising
47 Japan 10.25 kg/ha 2023 up 3.5% rising
48 Portugal 9.96 kg/ha 2023 down 9.5% rising
49 Yugoslav SFR 9.86 kg/ha 1991 down 7.3% rising
50 France 9.63 kg/ha 2023 down 6.2% falling
51 Cyprus 9.43 kg/ha 2023 down 30.7% volatile
52 Antigua and Barbuda 9.34 kg/ha 2023 down 6.4% rising
53 Tonga 8.95 kg/ha 2023 down 4.5% rising
54 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 8.95 kg/ha 2023 up 9.3% rising
55 Spain 8.88 kg/ha 2023 up 7.4% rising
56 Chile 8.46 kg/ha 2023 down 3.2% volatile
57 Malawi 8.38 kg/ha 2023 up 177.4% volatile
58 Jamaica 8.26 kg/ha 2023 up 0.4% rising
59 Kyrgyzstan 8.25 kg/ha 2023 up 24.6% rising
60 Suriname 8.18 kg/ha 2023 up 28.3% rising
61 Belarus 8.14 kg/ha 2023 down 0.5% flat
62 Samoa 8.14 kg/ha 2023 down 27.1% volatile
63 Poland 8.11 kg/ha 2023 up 5.4% falling
64 Polynesia 8.09 kg/ha 2023 down 17.9% rising
65 United Arab Emirates 8.08 kg/ha 2023 up 6.6% volatile
66 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.93 kg/ha 2023 down 10.4% rising
67 Grenada 7.9 kg/ha 2023 up 35.4% volatile
68 Nepal 7.74 kg/ha 2023 down 4.0% rising
69 Italy 7.56 kg/ha 2023 down 22.2% rising
70 Saint Lucia 7.51 kg/ha 2023 up 10.8% rising
71 Fiji 7.45 kg/ha 2023 down 1.2% rising
71 Viet Nam 7.45 kg/ha 2023 up 5.9% rising
73 Iceland 7.43 kg/ha 2023 up 7.5% rising
74 Ecuador 7.41 kg/ha 2023 down 0.4% rising
75 Guadeloupe 7.32 kg/ha 2023 up 36.5% rising
76 Pakistan 7.18 kg/ha 2023 up 64.1% volatile
77 Norway 7.06 kg/ha 2023 down 1.9% flat
78 Albania 6.96 kg/ha 2023 down 36.4% rising
79 Guatemala 6.81 kg/ha 2023 down 4.1% rising
80 Israel 6.62 kg/ha 2023 up 5.4% rising
81 Czechia 6.51 kg/ha 2023 down 5.5% falling
82 Bangladesh 6.41 kg/ha 2023 up 11.3% rising
83 Lebanon 6.21 kg/ha 2023 up 9.5% volatile
84 Panama 5.96 kg/ha 2023 up 28.2% rising
85 Caribbean 5.91 kg/ha 2023 up 17.3% rising
86 Nicaragua 5.89 kg/ha 2023 up 13.3% rising
87 USSR 5.86 kg/ha 1991 up 1.7% rising
88 Croatia 5.83 kg/ha 2023 down 13.9% falling
89 Brazil 5.67 kg/ha 2023 down 3.7% rising
90 Cabo Verde 5.64 kg/ha 2023 down 14.5% volatile
91 Sweden 5.63 kg/ha 2023 down 20.6% falling
92 Indonesia 5.46 kg/ha 2023 up 57.6% rising
93 Serbia 5.37 kg/ha 2023 down 26.1% falling
94 Papua New Guinea 5.37 kg/ha 2023 down 3.7% rising
95 North Macedonia 5.23 kg/ha 2023 down 26.6% flat
96 Melanesia 5.2 kg/ha 2023 down 5.5% rising
97 Myanmar 5.12 kg/ha 2023 down 35.9% rising
98 Finland 4.97 kg/ha 2023 down 11.1% falling
99 El Salvador 4.88 kg/ha 2023 up 25.9% falling
100 Mexico 4.83 kg/ha 2023 up 20.8% rising
101 French Polynesia 4.82 kg/ha 2023 down 5.0% rising
102 Peru 4.73 kg/ha 2023 down 8.1% rising
103 Honduras 4.62 kg/ha 2023 down 0.4% rising
104 Hungary 4.6 kg/ha 2023 down 0.7% falling
105 Romania 4.53 kg/ha 2023 down 13.5% falling
106 Mauritius 4.46 kg/ha 2023 up 18.0% volatile
107 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4.39 kg/ha 2023 down 0.1% rising
108 Slovakia 4.29 kg/ha 2023 down 17.9% falling
109 Haiti 4.26 kg/ha 2023 up 23.8% falling
110 Estonia 4.23 kg/ha 2023 down 21.1% falling
111 Sao Tome and Principe 4.06 kg/ha 2023 up 5.4% volatile
112 South Sudan 3.93 kg/ha 2023 up 25.4% rising
113 Philippines 3.85 kg/ha 2023 up 0.3% rising
114 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.79 kg/ha 2023 up 2.9% volatile
115 Jordan 3.76 kg/ha 2023 up 52.9% volatile
116 Burundi 3.75 kg/ha 2023 up 184.4% volatile
117 Mauritania 3.74 kg/ha 2023 up 11.6% falling
118 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3.65 kg/ha 2023 down 1.6% rising
119 Dominica 3.41 kg/ha 2023 up 1.0% rising
120 Latvia 3.37 kg/ha 2023 down 18.8% falling
121 Bhutan 3.35 kg/ha 2023 up 0.1% rising
122 Madagascar 3.33 kg/ha 2023 up 30.1% rising
123 Greece 3.3 kg/ha 2023 down 12.1% falling
124 Cambodia 3.27 kg/ha 2023 down 19.3% rising
125 Uruguay 3.26 kg/ha 2023 up 11.3% rising
126 Guinea-Bissau 3.1 kg/ha 2023 down 13.7% rising
127 Georgia 3.08 kg/ha 2023 up 4.1% rising
128 Republic of Moldova 3 kg/ha 2023 up 3.6% falling
129 Cuba 2.96 kg/ha 2023 down 1.6% falling
130 Kiribati 2.94 kg/ha 2023 up 10.2% rising
131 Oman 2.89 kg/ha 2023 down 32.1% rising
132 Angola 2.81 kg/ha 2023 up 26.5% rising
133 Malaysia 2.75 kg/ha 2023 up 0.1% rising
134 Uganda 2.72 kg/ha 2023 up 64.6% volatile
135 India 2.7 kg/ha 2023 up 11.3% rising
136 Lithuania 2.66 kg/ha 2023 down 21.5% falling
137 Vanuatu 2.55 kg/ha 2023 down 30.0% rising
138 Chad 2.5 kg/ha 2023 up 69.5% volatile
139 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.46 kg/ha 2023 down 5.6% falling
140 Russian Federation 2.35 kg/ha 2023 up 4.1% falling
141 Rwanda 2.19 kg/ha 2023 down 22.0% volatile
142 Armenia 2.16 kg/ha 2023 up 6.4% rising
143 Thailand 2.1 kg/ha 2023 down 0.5% falling
144 Bulgaria 2.07 kg/ha 2023 down 11.4% falling
145 Eswatini 2.01 kg/ha 2023 up 3.8% rising
146 Solomon Islands 2 kg/ha 2023 down 9.5% falling
147 Togo 1.94 kg/ha 2023 up 42.1% volatile
148 Paraguay 1.94 kg/ha 2023 down 4.3% falling
149 Kenya 1.92 kg/ha 2023 up 18.9% rising
150 Belize 1.89 kg/ha 2023 down 8.7% falling
151 Gabon 1.87 kg/ha 2023 up 2.8% rising
152 Yemen 1.83 kg/ha 2023 up 12.7% volatile
153 Liberia 1.81 kg/ha 2023 up 1.4% rising
154 Egypt 1.8 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% rising
155 Canada 1.75 kg/ha 2023 up 1.7% rising
156 New Zealand 1.75 kg/ha 2023 down 0.1% rising
157 Namibia 1.7 kg/ha 2023 up 27.9% rising
158 Zambia 1.67 kg/ha 2023 up 8.3% volatile
159 Saudi Arabia 1.6 kg/ha 2023 up 23.5% volatile
160 Ukraine 1.58 kg/ha 2023 down 37.4% falling
161 Eritrea 1.56 kg/ha 2023 up 2.7% rising
162 Afghanistan 1.56 kg/ha 2023 down 3.4% rising
163 Senegal 1.37 kg/ha 2023 up 17.2% rising
164 Cameroon 1.36 kg/ha 2023 up 21.7% rising
165 Ethiopia 1.29 kg/ha 2023 up 6.9% rising
166 Benin 1.27 kg/ha 2023 up 55.2% falling
167 Kazakhstan 1.26 kg/ha 2023 up 6.3% flat
168 Nigeria 1.17 kg/ha 2023 up 26.5% volatile
169 Burkina Faso 1.16 kg/ha 2023 down 34.6% rising
170 Australia and New Zealand 1.11 kg/ha 2023 up 4.4% falling
171 Lesotho 1.1 kg/ha 2023 down 49.3% rising
172 Australia 1.1 kg/ha 2023 up 4.6% falling
173 Azerbaijan 1.09 kg/ha 2023 down 16.4% rising
174 United Republic of Tanzania 1.08 kg/ha 2023 up 24.6% rising
175 Botswana 1.07 kg/ha 2023 down 35.8% rising
176 Sudan (former) 1.07 kg/ha 2011 down 1.7% rising
177 Sri Lanka 1.02 kg/ha 2023 down 14.2% falling
178 Ethiopia PDR 1 kg/ha 1992 up 35.6% rising
179 Sierra Leone 0.9575 kg/ha 2023 up 100.6% rising
180 Argentina 0.9546 kg/ha 2023 up 4.6% falling
181 Iraq 0.9278 kg/ha 2023 up 48.4% rising
182 Zimbabwe 0.9036 kg/ha 2023 up 13.5% falling
183 Mali 0.9003 kg/ha 2023 up 22.9% falling
184 Mozambique 0.8937 kg/ha 2023 down 13.4% rising
185 Ghana 0.865 kg/ha 2023 up 31.9% rising
186 Türkiye 0.8065 kg/ha 2023 up 27.2% rising
187 Congo 0.7839 kg/ha 2023 up 3.6% rising
188 Morocco 0.7691 kg/ha 2023 up 25.0% rising
189 Tunisia 0.7392 kg/ha 2023 up 18.0% volatile
190 Sudan 0.7242 kg/ha 2023 down 2.9% flat
191 Algeria 0.674 kg/ha 2023 up 23.5% rising
192 Libya 0.6137 kg/ha 2023 up 6.6% volatile
193 Guinea 0.5069 kg/ha 2023 up 5.5% rising
194 Gambia 0.3981 kg/ha 2023 up 9.4% falling
195 Equatorial Guinea 0.3878 kg/ha 2023 up 9.3% rising
196 Niger 0.3833 kg/ha 2023 up 35.0% rising
197 Côte d'Ivoire 0.3257 kg/ha 2023 up 5.5% rising
198 Comoros 0.2768 kg/ha 2023 up 0.2% flat
199 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.2739 kg/ha 2023 down 18.1% rising
200 Syrian Arab Republic 0.182 kg/ha 2023 down 17.6% rising

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
Manure applied — Cropland phosphorus 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
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 (%).