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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
202
Highest
603.51 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0.2768 kg/ha
Comoros
Median
4.77 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 202 countries. The highest value is 603.51 kg/ha in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0.2768 kg/ha in Comoros.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.77 kg/ha, and the mean is 14.46 kg/ha.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,180.

Over the past decade 114 countries rose and 88 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
1 Micronesia (Federated States of) 76.07 kg/ha 2023 up 7.5% rising
2 Singapore 355.25 kg/ha 2023 down 2.0% rising
2 Lao People's Democratic Republic 12.68 kg/ha 2023 up 42.9% rising
3 Kuwait 112.63 kg/ha 2023 up 64.8% falling
3 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 8.95 kg/ha 2023 up 9.3% rising
4 China, Hong Kong SAR 109.74 kg/ha 2023 up 67.1% rising
4 Polynesia 8.09 kg/ha 2023 down 17.9% rising
5 Brunei Darussalam 99.08 kg/ha 2023 up 7.9% volatile
5 Viet Nam 7.45 kg/ha 2023 up 5.9% rising
6 Montenegro 67.5 kg/ha 2023 down 14.7% falling
6 Caribbean 5.91 kg/ha 2023 up 17.3% rising
7 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 63.79 kg/ha 2023 down 7.3% rising
7 Cabo Verde 5.64 kg/ha 2023 down 14.5% volatile
8 Belgium-Luxembourg 58.92 kg/ha 1999 down 1.9% rising
8 Melanesia 5.2 kg/ha 2023 down 5.5% rising
9 Barbados 49.72 kg/ha 2023 up 61.6% volatile
9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 4.39 kg/ha 2023 down 0.1% rising
10 Trinidad and Tobago 43.91 kg/ha 2023 up 14.6% volatile
10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 3.65 kg/ha 2023 down 1.6% rising
11 Cook Islands 35.87 kg/ha 2023 down 26.7% volatile
11 Republic of Moldova 3 kg/ha 2023 up 3.6% falling
12 Belgium 34.4 kg/ha 2023 down 12.7% falling
12 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.46 kg/ha 2023 down 5.6% falling
13 Qatar 32.05 kg/ha 2023 up 205.7% volatile
14 Mongolia 32.01 kg/ha 2023 up 85.3% rising
15 Djibouti 30.42 kg/ha 2023 down 26.9% flat
15 United Republic of Tanzania 1.08 kg/ha 2023 up 24.6% rising
16 Switzerland 29.78 kg/ha 2023 down 2.1% falling
16 Türkiye 0.8065 kg/ha 2023 up 27.2% rising
17 Malta 27.95 kg/ha 2023 down 25.1% rising
17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.2739 kg/ha 2023 down 18.1% rising
18 Ireland 27.39 kg/ha 2023 up 1.5% rising
18 Syrian Arab Republic 0.182 kg/ha 2023 down 17.6% rising
19 Tuvalu 25.64 kg/ha 2023 up 5.7% rising
20 Republic of Korea 24.79 kg/ha 2023 up 30.9% volatile
21 New Caledonia 24.65 kg/ha 2023 down 2.9% rising
22 Seychelles 22.85 kg/ha 2023 up 49.0% volatile
23 Nauru 22.35 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% rising
24 Luxembourg 18.4 kg/ha 2023 down 4.3% flat
25 Denmark 17.88 kg/ha 2023 down 4.7% rising
26 Uzbekistan 17.25 kg/ha 2023 up 41.5% rising
27 Bahamas 16.01 kg/ha 2023 up 6.8% rising
28 China, Taiwan Province of 15.93 kg/ha 2023 down 1.5% rising
29 Costa Rica 15.55 kg/ha 2023 up 9.9% rising
29 Côte d'Ivoire 0.3257 kg/ha 2023 up 5.5% rising
30 Colombia 15.15 kg/ha 2023 down 23.5% volatile
31 Austria 14.31 kg/ha 2023 down 13.9% falling
32 Guyana 13.99 kg/ha 2023 up 20.9% rising
33 Tajikistan 13.77 kg/ha 2023 up 6.4% rising
34 Slovenia 13.57 kg/ha 2023 down 5.1% falling
35 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13.12 kg/ha 2023 up 2.9% flat
36 Germany 13.03 kg/ha 2023 down 15.4% falling
37 Bahrain 12.25 kg/ha 2023 up 65.1% volatile
38 Dominican Republic 12.18 kg/ha 2023 up 21.5% volatile
39 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12.12 kg/ha 2023 up 61.9% rising
40 Czechoslovakia 12.05 kg/ha 1992 down 7.8% rising
41 Puerto Rico 11.9 kg/ha 2023 down 14.7% rising
42 Turkmenistan 11.29 kg/ha 2023 up 30.8% rising
43 China 10.59 kg/ha 2023 up 10.6% rising
44 China, mainland 10.55 kg/ha 2023 up 10.8% rising
45 Japan 10.25 kg/ha 2023 up 3.5% rising
46 Portugal 9.96 kg/ha 2023 down 9.5% rising
47 Yugoslav SFR 9.86 kg/ha 1991 down 7.3% rising
48 France 9.63 kg/ha 2023 down 6.2% falling
49 Cyprus 9.43 kg/ha 2023 down 30.7% volatile
50 Antigua and Barbuda 9.34 kg/ha 2023 down 6.4% rising
51 Tonga 8.95 kg/ha 2023 down 4.5% rising
52 Spain 8.88 kg/ha 2023 up 7.4% rising
53 Chile 8.46 kg/ha 2023 down 3.2% volatile
54 Malawi 8.38 kg/ha 2023 up 177.4% volatile
55 Jamaica 8.26 kg/ha 2023 up 0.4% rising
56 Kyrgyzstan 8.25 kg/ha 2023 up 24.6% rising
57 Suriname 8.18 kg/ha 2023 up 28.3% rising
58 Belarus 8.14 kg/ha 2023 down 0.5% flat
59 Samoa 8.14 kg/ha 2023 down 27.1% volatile
60 Poland 8.11 kg/ha 2023 up 5.4% falling
61 United Arab Emirates 8.08 kg/ha 2023 up 6.6% volatile
62 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 7.93 kg/ha 2023 down 10.4% rising
63 Grenada 7.9 kg/ha 2023 up 35.4% volatile
64 Nepal 7.74 kg/ha 2023 down 4.0% rising
65 Italy 7.56 kg/ha 2023 down 22.2% rising
66 Saint Lucia 7.51 kg/ha 2023 up 10.8% rising
67 Fiji 7.45 kg/ha 2023 down 1.2% rising
68 Iceland 7.43 kg/ha 2023 up 7.5% rising
69 Ecuador 7.41 kg/ha 2023 down 0.4% rising
70 Guadeloupe 7.32 kg/ha 2023 up 36.5% rising
71 Pakistan 7.18 kg/ha 2023 up 64.1% volatile
72 Norway 7.06 kg/ha 2023 down 1.9% flat
73 Albania 6.96 kg/ha 2023 down 36.4% rising
74 Guatemala 6.81 kg/ha 2023 down 4.1% rising
75 Israel 6.62 kg/ha 2023 up 5.4% rising
76 Czechia 6.51 kg/ha 2023 down 5.5% falling
77 Bangladesh 6.41 kg/ha 2023 up 11.3% rising
78 Lebanon 6.21 kg/ha 2023 up 9.5% volatile
79 Panama 5.96 kg/ha 2023 up 28.2% rising
80 Nicaragua 5.89 kg/ha 2023 up 13.3% rising
81 USSR 5.86 kg/ha 1991 up 1.7% rising
82 Croatia 5.83 kg/ha 2023 down 13.9% falling
83 Brazil 5.67 kg/ha 2023 down 3.7% rising
84 Sweden 5.63 kg/ha 2023 down 20.6% falling
85 Indonesia 5.46 kg/ha 2023 up 57.6% rising
86 Serbia 5.37 kg/ha 2023 down 26.1% falling
87 Papua New Guinea 5.37 kg/ha 2023 down 3.7% rising
88 North Macedonia 5.23 kg/ha 2023 down 26.6% flat
89 Myanmar 5.12 kg/ha 2023 down 35.9% rising
90 Finland 4.97 kg/ha 2023 down 11.1% falling
91 El Salvador 4.88 kg/ha 2023 up 25.9% falling
92 Mexico 4.83 kg/ha 2023 up 20.8% rising
93 French Polynesia 4.82 kg/ha 2023 down 5.0% rising
94 Peru 4.73 kg/ha 2023 down 8.1% rising
95 Honduras 4.62 kg/ha 2023 down 0.4% rising
96 Hungary 4.6 kg/ha 2023 down 0.7% falling
97 Romania 4.53 kg/ha 2023 down 13.5% falling
98 Mauritius 4.46 kg/ha 2023 up 18.0% volatile
99 Slovakia 4.29 kg/ha 2023 down 17.9% falling
100 Haiti 4.26 kg/ha 2023 up 23.8% falling
101 Estonia 4.23 kg/ha 2023 down 21.1% falling
102 Sao Tome and Principe 4.06 kg/ha 2023 up 5.4% volatile
103 South Sudan 3.93 kg/ha 2023 up 25.4% rising
104 Philippines 3.85 kg/ha 2023 up 0.3% rising
105 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.79 kg/ha 2023 up 2.9% volatile
106 Jordan 3.76 kg/ha 2023 up 52.9% volatile
107 Burundi 3.75 kg/ha 2023 up 184.4% volatile
108 Mauritania 3.74 kg/ha 2023 up 11.6% falling
109 Dominica 3.41 kg/ha 2023 up 1.0% rising
110 Latvia 3.37 kg/ha 2023 down 18.8% falling
111 Bhutan 3.35 kg/ha 2023 up 0.1% rising
112 Madagascar 3.33 kg/ha 2023 up 30.1% rising
113 Greece 3.3 kg/ha 2023 down 12.1% falling
114 Cambodia 3.27 kg/ha 2023 down 19.3% rising
115 Uruguay 3.26 kg/ha 2023 up 11.3% rising
116 Guinea-Bissau 3.1 kg/ha 2023 down 13.7% rising
117 Georgia 3.08 kg/ha 2023 up 4.1% rising
118 Cuba 2.96 kg/ha 2023 down 1.6% falling
119 Kiribati 2.94 kg/ha 2023 up 10.2% rising
120 Oman 2.89 kg/ha 2023 down 32.1% rising
121 Angola 2.81 kg/ha 2023 up 26.5% rising
122 Malaysia 2.75 kg/ha 2023 up 0.1% rising
123 Uganda 2.72 kg/ha 2023 up 64.6% volatile
124 India 2.7 kg/ha 2023 up 11.3% rising
125 Lithuania 2.66 kg/ha 2023 down 21.5% falling
126 Vanuatu 2.55 kg/ha 2023 down 30.0% rising
127 Chad 2.5 kg/ha 2023 up 69.5% volatile
128 Russian Federation 2.35 kg/ha 2023 up 4.1% falling
129 Rwanda 2.19 kg/ha 2023 down 22.0% volatile
130 Armenia 2.16 kg/ha 2023 up 6.4% rising
131 Thailand 2.1 kg/ha 2023 down 0.5% falling
132 Bulgaria 2.07 kg/ha 2023 down 11.4% falling
133 Eswatini 2.01 kg/ha 2023 up 3.8% rising
134 Central African Republic 2 kg/ha 2023 down 23.7% volatile
135 Solomon Islands 2 kg/ha 2023 down 9.5% falling
136 Togo 1.94 kg/ha 2023 up 42.1% volatile
137 Paraguay 1.94 kg/ha 2023 down 4.3% falling
138 Kenya 1.92 kg/ha 2023 up 18.9% rising
139 Belize 1.89 kg/ha 2023 down 8.7% falling
140 Gabon 1.87 kg/ha 2023 up 2.8% rising
141 Yemen 1.83 kg/ha 2023 up 12.7% volatile
142 Liberia 1.81 kg/ha 2023 up 1.4% rising
143 Egypt 1.8 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% rising
144 Canada 1.75 kg/ha 2023 up 1.7% rising
145 New Zealand 1.75 kg/ha 2023 down 0.1% rising
146 Namibia 1.7 kg/ha 2023 up 27.9% rising
147 Zambia 1.67 kg/ha 2023 up 8.3% volatile
148 Saudi Arabia 1.6 kg/ha 2023 up 23.5% volatile
149 Ukraine 1.58 kg/ha 2023 down 37.4% falling
150 Eritrea 1.56 kg/ha 2023 up 2.7% rising
151 Afghanistan 1.56 kg/ha 2023 down 3.4% rising
152 Senegal 1.37 kg/ha 2023 up 17.2% rising
153 Cameroon 1.36 kg/ha 2023 up 21.7% rising
154 Ethiopia 1.29 kg/ha 2023 up 6.9% rising
155 Benin 1.27 kg/ha 2023 up 55.2% falling
156 Kazakhstan 1.26 kg/ha 2023 up 6.3% flat
157 Nigeria 1.17 kg/ha 2023 up 26.5% volatile
158 Burkina Faso 1.16 kg/ha 2023 down 34.6% rising
159 Australia and New Zealand 1.11 kg/ha 2023 up 4.4% falling
160 Lesotho 1.1 kg/ha 2023 down 49.3% rising
161 Australia 1.1 kg/ha 2023 up 4.6% falling
162 Azerbaijan 1.09 kg/ha 2023 down 16.4% rising
163 Botswana 1.07 kg/ha 2023 down 35.8% rising
164 Sudan (former) 1.07 kg/ha 2011 down 1.7% rising
165 Sri Lanka 1.02 kg/ha 2023 down 14.2% falling
166 Ethiopia PDR 1 kg/ha 1992 up 35.6% rising
167 Sierra Leone 0.9575 kg/ha 2023 up 100.6% rising
168 Argentina 0.9546 kg/ha 2023 up 4.6% falling
169 Iraq 0.9278 kg/ha 2023 up 48.4% rising
170 Zimbabwe 0.9036 kg/ha 2023 up 13.5% falling
171 Mali 0.9003 kg/ha 2023 up 22.9% falling
172 Mozambique 0.8937 kg/ha 2023 down 13.4% rising
173 Ghana 0.865 kg/ha 2023 up 31.9% rising
174 South Africa 0.8359 kg/ha 2023 down 11.1% rising
175 Congo 0.7839 kg/ha 2023 up 3.6% rising
176 Morocco 0.7691 kg/ha 2023 up 25.0% rising
177 Tunisia 0.7392 kg/ha 2023 up 18.0% volatile
178 Sudan 0.7242 kg/ha 2023 down 2.9% flat
179 Algeria 0.674 kg/ha 2023 up 23.5% rising
180 Libya 0.6137 kg/ha 2023 up 6.6% volatile
181 Guinea 0.5069 kg/ha 2023 up 5.5% rising
182 Gambia 0.3981 kg/ha 2023 up 9.4% falling
183 Equatorial Guinea 0.3878 kg/ha 2023 up 9.3% rising
184 Niger 0.3833 kg/ha 2023 up 35.0% rising
185 Comoros 0.2768 kg/ha 2023 up 0.2% 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 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
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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 (%).