Manure applied — Cropland phosphorus 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
1.36 million t
China
Lowest
8.94 t
Nauru
Median
6,268 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,437
What the numbers show
Manure applied — Cropland phosphorus is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 1.36 million t in China; the lowest is 8.94 t in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 6,268 t, and the mean is 44,348 t.
Over the past decade 128 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 263.2%), and the largest decrease in Samoa (down 40.5%).
Manure applied — Cropland phosphorus: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 1.36 million t | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 1.35 million t | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 3 | USSR | 1.34 million t | 1991 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 4 | India | 453,748 t | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 359,621 t | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 290,324 t | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 7 | Indonesia | 240,832 t | 2023 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Pakistan | 222,668 t | 2023 | up 62.6% | volatile |
| 9 | France | 172,680 t | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 10 | Germany | 154,839 t | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 11 | Spain | 147,512 t | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 118,081 t | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 13 | Poland | 93,598 t | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 14 | Viet Nam | 86,740 t | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 15 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 79,859 t | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 16 | Uzbekistan | 77,094 t | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 17 | Colombia | 75,686 t | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 18 | Yugoslav SFR | 75,202 t | 1991 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 19 | Italy | 71,708 t | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 20 | Canada | 67,163 t | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 21 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 66,661 t | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 22 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 64,259 t | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 23 | Myanmar | 64,117 t | 2023 | down 34.6% | rising |
| 24 | Czechoslovakia | 60,563 t | 1992 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 56,396 t | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 26 | Ukraine | 53,296 t | 2023 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 27 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 52,617 t | 1999 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 28 | Nigeria | 51,851 t | 2023 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Belarus | 46,032 t | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 30 | Thailand | 45,263 t | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 31 | Japan | 44,023 t | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 32 | Philippines | 43,234 t | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 33 | Denmark | 42,819 t | 2023 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 34 | Caribbean | 40,168 t | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 35 | Romania | 39,883 t | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 36 | Argentina | 39,572 t | 2023 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 37 | Kazakhstan | 37,521 t | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 38 | Republic of Korea | 37,480 t | 2023 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Mongolia | 36,777 t | 2023 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 40 | Australia and New Zealand | 35,538 t | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 41 | Malawi | 35,208 t | 2023 | up 215.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Australia | 34,500 t | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 43 | Belgium | 30,493 t | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 44 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 29,542 t | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 45 | Peru | 29,323 t | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 46 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 25,519 t | 2023 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 47 | Uganda | 24,779 t | 2023 | up 64.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Ethiopia | 23,720 t | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 49 | Malaysia | 22,659 t | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 50 | Sudan (former) | 21,372 t | 2011 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 20,424 t | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 52 | Austria | 19,853 t | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 53 | Hungary | 19,756 t | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 54 | Türkiye | 19,332 t | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 55 | Guatemala | 18,642 t | 2023 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Dominican Republic | 18,511 t | 2023 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Turkmenistan | 18,425 t | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 58 | Portugal | 18,003 t | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 59 | Ecuador | 17,850 t | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 60 | United Republic of Tanzania | 16,714 t | 2023 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 61 | Czechia | 16,712 t | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 62 | Chile | 16,182 t | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 63 | Angola | 16,011 t | 2023 | up 40.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Sudan | 15,362 t | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 65 | Cambodia | 15,213 t | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 66 | Serbia | 15,132 t | 2023 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 67 | Nepal | 15,088 t | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 68 | Tajikistan | 14,443 t | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 69 | Kenya | 14,304 t | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 70 | Sweden | 14,241 t | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 71 | Chad | 13,356 t | 2023 | up 79.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Afghanistan | 12,639 t | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 73 | Switzerland | 12,559 t | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 74 | China, Taiwan Province of | 12,410 t | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 75 | Ireland | 12,077 t | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 76 | Madagascar | 11,989 t | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 77 | Ethiopia PDR | 11,334 t | 1992 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 78 | Kyrgyzstan | 11,254 t | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 79 | Finland | 11,182 t | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 80 | Cameroon | 10,774 t | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 81 | Nicaragua | 10,598 t | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 82 | Cuba | 10,533 t | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 83 | South Sudan | 10,109 t | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 84 | Burkina Faso | 10,026 t | 2023 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Greece | 9,558 t | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 86 | Paraguay | 8,991 t | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 8,467 t | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 88 | Melanesia | 8,367 t | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 89 | Mali | 7,778 t | 2023 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 90 | Bulgaria | 7,485 t | 2023 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Honduras | 7,482 t | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 92 | Uruguay | 7,295 t | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 93 | Egypt | 7,292 t | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 94 | Niger | 6,829 t | 2023 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 95 | Morocco | 6,759 t | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 96 | Papua New Guinea | 6,524 t | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 97 | Zambia | 6,422 t | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Ghana | 6,416 t | 2023 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Republic of Moldova | 6,408 t | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 100 | Burundi | 6,272 t | 2023 | up 238.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 6,263 t | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 102 | Lithuania | 6,209 t | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 103 | Saudi Arabia | 5,822 t | 2023 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Algeria | 5,754 t | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Norway | 5,689 t | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 106 | Slovakia | 5,677 t | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 107 | Haiti | 5,559 t | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 108 | Croatia | 5,518 t | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 109 | Togo | 5,475 t | 2023 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Mozambique | 5,405 t | 2023 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5,381 t | 2023 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 112 | Senegal | 5,355 t | 2023 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Benin | 5,298 t | 2023 | up 88.5% | rising |
| 114 | Iraq | 5,096 t | 2023 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 115 | Albania | 4,722 t | 2023 | down 38.0% | rising |
| 116 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4,657 t | 2023 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 117 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4,628 t | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 118 | Latvia | 4,619 t | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 119 | El Salvador | 4,298 t | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 120 | Panama | 4,059 t | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 121 | Guinea | 3,697 t | 2023 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Zimbabwe | 3,675 t | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 123 | Tunisia | 3,659 t | 2023 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 124 | Rwanda | 3,275 t | 2023 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Slovenia | 3,167 t | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 126 | Estonia | 3,025 t | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 127 | Yemen | 2,656 t | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Sri Lanka | 2,613 t | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 129 | Azerbaijan | 2,572 t | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 130 | Israel | 2,467 t | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 131 | North Macedonia | 2,383 t | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 132 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,064 t | 2023 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,004 t | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 134 | Guyana | 1,763 t | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 135 | Mauritania | 1,722 t | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 136 | Lebanon | 1,703 t | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Sierra Leone | 1,675 t | 2023 | up 100.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Kuwait | 1,577 t | 2023 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Jamaica | 1,554 t | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 140 | Namibia | 1,379 t | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 141 | Georgia | 1,329 t | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 142 | Liberia | 1,267 t | 2023 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Libya | 1,258 t | 2023 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 144 | Cyprus | 1,196 t | 2023 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 145 | Luxembourg | 1,157 t | 2023 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 146 | Armenia | 1,085 t | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 147 | Eritrea | 1,082 t | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 148 | Jordan | 1,080 t | 2023 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 149 | New Zealand | 1,037 t | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 150 | Fiji | 1,032 t | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 151 | Brunei Darussalam | 990.79 t | 2023 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Syrian Arab Republic | 990.19 t | 2023 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 153 | Montenegro | 968.01 t | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 154 | Gabon | 926.96 t | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 155 | Iceland | 899.02 t | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 156 | Polynesia | 889.92 t | 2023 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 157 | Puerto Rico | 787.57 t | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 158 | Qatar | 769.28 t | 2023 | up 263.2% | volatile |
| 159 | United Arab Emirates | 741.23 t | 2023 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Congo | 510.64 t | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 161 | Suriname | 453.19 t | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 162 | Barbados | 397.78 t | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 163 | Lesotho | 396.75 t | 2023 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 164 | Eswatini | 391.97 t | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 165 | Bhutan | 381.51 t | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 166 | Vanuatu | 369.62 t | 2023 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 167 | Mauritius | 352.21 t | 2023 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Oman | 351.61 t | 2023 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Samoa | 345.31 t | 2023 | down 40.5% | rising |
| 170 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 329.22 t | 2023 | up 22.3% | falling |
| 171 | Cabo Verde | 304.4 t | 2023 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Botswana | 280.74 t | 2023 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 173 | Tonga | 277.6 t | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 174 | Belize | 249.12 t | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 175 | New Caledonia | 239.13 t | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 176 | Singapore | 234.46 t | 2023 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Malta | 231.7 t | 2023 | down 39.3% | rising |
| 178 | Solomon Islands | 202.07 t | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 179 | Gambia | 177.95 t | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 180 | Bahamas | 176.1 t | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 181 | Sao Tome and Principe | 170.49 t | 2023 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 182 | Guadeloupe | 163.93 t | 2023 | up 26.3% | flat |
| 183 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 152.13 t | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 184 | French Polynesia | 137.34 t | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 185 | Djibouti | 118.64 t | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 186 | Kiribati | 99.89 t | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 187 | Dominica | 78.38 t | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 188 | Saint Lucia | 71.84 t | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 189 | Cook Islands | 68.15 t | 2023 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 190 | Grenada | 55.31 t | 2023 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 191 | Bahrain | 50.22 t | 2023 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Antigua and Barbuda | 46.7 t | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 193 | Tuvalu | 46.15 t | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 194 | Faroe Islands | 42.25 t | 2023 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 195 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 39.67 t | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 196 | Equatorial Guinea | 38.71 t | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 197 | Seychelles | 35.41 t | 2023 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 198 | Comoros | 32.67 t | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 199 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19.32 t | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 200 | Nauru | 8.94 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 6.46 million t
- Asia 3.06 million t
- Europe 1.50 million t
- Eastern Asia 1.48 million t
- Americas 1.46 million t
- European Union (27) 979,861 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 857,614 t
- Southern Asia 827,792 t
- Northern America 638,363 t
- South America 611,879 t
- Eastern Europe 579,171 t
- United States of America 571,200 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 (%).