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
202
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 202 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 43,987 t.
Over the past decade 129 countries rose and 73 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 |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 86,740 t | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 4 | India | 453,748 t | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 64,259 t | 2023 | up 5.1% | 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 |
| 7 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 29,542 t | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 8 | Pakistan | 222,668 t | 2023 | up 62.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 25,519 t | 2023 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 9 | France | 172,680 t | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 9 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 20,424 t | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 154,839 t | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 10 | Türkiye | 19,332 t | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 11 | Spain | 147,512 t | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 11 | United Republic of Tanzania | 16,714 t | 2023 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 12 | Mexico | 118,081 t | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 12 | Melanesia | 8,367 t | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 13 | Poland | 93,598 t | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 13 | Republic of Moldova | 6,408 t | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 79,859 t | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 14 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 6,263 t | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 15 | Uzbekistan | 77,094 t | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4,628 t | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 16 | Colombia | 75,686 t | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 16 | Syrian Arab Republic | 990.19 t | 2023 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 17 | Yugoslav SFR | 75,202 t | 1991 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 17 | Polynesia | 889.92 t | 2023 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 18 | Italy | 71,708 t | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 18 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 152.13 t | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 19 | Canada | 67,163 t | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 20 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 66,661 t | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 21 | Myanmar | 64,117 t | 2023 | down 34.6% | rising |
| 22 | Czechoslovakia | 60,563 t | 1992 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 56,396 t | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 24 | Ukraine | 53,296 t | 2023 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 25 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 52,617 t | 1999 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 25 | Caribbean | 40,168 t | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 26 | Nigeria | 51,851 t | 2023 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Belarus | 46,032 t | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 28 | Thailand | 45,263 t | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 4,657 t | 2023 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 29 | Japan | 44,023 t | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 304.4 t | 2023 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Philippines | 43,234 t | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 31 | Denmark | 42,819 t | 2023 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 32 | Romania | 39,883 t | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 33 | Argentina | 39,572 t | 2023 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 34 | Kazakhstan | 37,521 t | 2023 | up 7.3% | falling |
| 35 | Republic of Korea | 37,480 t | 2023 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Mongolia | 36,777 t | 2023 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 37 | Australia and New Zealand | 35,538 t | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 38 | Malawi | 35,208 t | 2023 | up 215.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Australia | 34,500 t | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 40 | Belgium | 30,493 t | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 41 | Peru | 29,323 t | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 42 | Uganda | 24,779 t | 2023 | up 64.6% | volatile |
| 43 | Ethiopia | 23,720 t | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 44 | Malaysia | 22,659 t | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 45 | Sudan (former) | 21,372 t | 2011 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Austria | 19,853 t | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 47 | Hungary | 19,756 t | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 48 | Guatemala | 18,642 t | 2023 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Dominican Republic | 18,511 t | 2023 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Turkmenistan | 18,425 t | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 51 | Portugal | 18,003 t | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 52 | Ecuador | 17,850 t | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 53 | Czechia | 16,712 t | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 54 | Chile | 16,182 t | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 55 | Angola | 16,011 t | 2023 | up 40.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Sudan | 15,362 t | 2023 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 57 | Cambodia | 15,213 t | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 58 | Serbia | 15,132 t | 2023 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 59 | Nepal | 15,088 t | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 60 | Tajikistan | 14,443 t | 2023 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 61 | Kenya | 14,304 t | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 62 | Sweden | 14,241 t | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 63 | Chad | 13,356 t | 2023 | up 79.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Afghanistan | 12,639 t | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 65 | Switzerland | 12,559 t | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 66 | China, Taiwan Province of | 12,410 t | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 67 | Ireland | 12,077 t | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 68 | Madagascar | 11,989 t | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 69 | Ethiopia PDR | 11,334 t | 1992 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 70 | Kyrgyzstan | 11,254 t | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 71 | Finland | 11,182 t | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 72 | Cameroon | 10,774 t | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 73 | Nicaragua | 10,598 t | 2023 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 74 | Cuba | 10,533 t | 2023 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 75 | South Africa | 10,376 t | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 76 | South Sudan | 10,109 t | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 77 | Burkina Faso | 10,026 t | 2023 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Greece | 9,558 t | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 79 | Paraguay | 8,991 t | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 8,467 t | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 81 | Mali | 7,778 t | 2023 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 7,485 t | 2023 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 83 | Honduras | 7,482 t | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 84 | Uruguay | 7,295 t | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 85 | Egypt | 7,292 t | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 86 | Niger | 6,829 t | 2023 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 87 | Morocco | 6,759 t | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 88 | Papua New Guinea | 6,524 t | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 89 | Zambia | 6,422 t | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Ghana | 6,416 t | 2023 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Burundi | 6,272 t | 2023 | up 238.5% | volatile |
| 92 | Lithuania | 6,209 t | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 93 | Saudi Arabia | 5,822 t | 2023 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Algeria | 5,754 t | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Norway | 5,689 t | 2023 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 96 | Slovakia | 5,677 t | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 97 | Haiti | 5,559 t | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 98 | Croatia | 5,518 t | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 99 | Togo | 5,475 t | 2023 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 100 | Mozambique | 5,405 t | 2023 | down 12.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5,381 t | 2023 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 102 | Central African Republic | 5,356 t | 2023 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Senegal | 5,355 t | 2023 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Benin | 5,298 t | 2023 | up 88.5% | rising |
| 105 | Iraq | 5,096 t | 2023 | up 66.9% | rising |
| 106 | Albania | 4,722 t | 2023 | down 38.0% | rising |
| 107 | Latvia | 4,619 t | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 108 | El Salvador | 4,298 t | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 109 | Panama | 4,059 t | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 110 | Guinea | 3,697 t | 2023 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Zimbabwe | 3,675 t | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 112 | Tunisia | 3,659 t | 2023 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Rwanda | 3,275 t | 2023 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Slovenia | 3,167 t | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 115 | Estonia | 3,025 t | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 116 | Yemen | 2,656 t | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Sri Lanka | 2,613 t | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 118 | Azerbaijan | 2,572 t | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 119 | Israel | 2,467 t | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 120 | North Macedonia | 2,383 t | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 121 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,064 t | 2023 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,004 t | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 123 | Guyana | 1,763 t | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 124 | Mauritania | 1,722 t | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 125 | Lebanon | 1,703 t | 2023 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Sierra Leone | 1,675 t | 2023 | up 100.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Kuwait | 1,577 t | 2023 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Jamaica | 1,554 t | 2023 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 129 | Namibia | 1,379 t | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 130 | Georgia | 1,329 t | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 131 | Liberia | 1,267 t | 2023 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Libya | 1,258 t | 2023 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Cyprus | 1,196 t | 2023 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 134 | Luxembourg | 1,157 t | 2023 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 135 | Armenia | 1,085 t | 2023 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 136 | Eritrea | 1,082 t | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 137 | Jordan | 1,080 t | 2023 | up 39.6% | rising |
| 138 | New Zealand | 1,037 t | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 139 | Fiji | 1,032 t | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 140 | Brunei Darussalam | 990.79 t | 2023 | up 7.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Montenegro | 968.01 t | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 142 | Gabon | 926.96 t | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 143 | Iceland | 899.02 t | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 144 | Puerto Rico | 787.57 t | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 145 | Qatar | 769.28 t | 2023 | up 263.2% | volatile |
| 146 | United Arab Emirates | 741.23 t | 2023 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Congo | 510.64 t | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 148 | Suriname | 453.19 t | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 149 | Barbados | 397.78 t | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 150 | Lesotho | 396.75 t | 2023 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 151 | Eswatini | 391.97 t | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 152 | Bhutan | 381.51 t | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 153 | Vanuatu | 369.62 t | 2023 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 154 | Mauritius | 352.21 t | 2023 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Oman | 351.61 t | 2023 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Samoa | 345.31 t | 2023 | down 40.5% | rising |
| 157 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 329.22 t | 2023 | up 22.3% | falling |
| 158 | Botswana | 280.74 t | 2023 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 159 | Tonga | 277.6 t | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 160 | Belize | 249.12 t | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 161 | New Caledonia | 239.13 t | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 162 | Singapore | 234.46 t | 2023 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Malta | 231.7 t | 2023 | down 39.3% | rising |
| 164 | Solomon Islands | 202.07 t | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 165 | Gambia | 177.95 t | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 166 | Bahamas | 176.1 t | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 167 | Sao Tome and Principe | 170.49 t | 2023 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Guadeloupe | 163.93 t | 2023 | up 26.3% | flat |
| 169 | French Polynesia | 137.34 t | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 170 | Djibouti | 118.64 t | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 171 | Kiribati | 99.89 t | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 172 | Dominica | 78.38 t | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 71.84 t | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 174 | Cook Islands | 68.15 t | 2023 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 175 | Grenada | 55.31 t | 2023 | up 35.4% | rising |
| 176 | Bahrain | 50.22 t | 2023 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Antigua and Barbuda | 46.7 t | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 178 | Tuvalu | 46.15 t | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 179 | Faroe Islands | 42.25 t | 2023 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 180 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 39.67 t | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 181 | Equatorial Guinea | 38.71 t | 2023 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 182 | Seychelles | 35.41 t | 2023 | up 49.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Comoros | 32.67 t | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 184 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19.32 t | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 185 | 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
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 449,837 t
- Eastern Asia 1.48 million t
- Americas 1.46 million t
- European Union (27) 979,861 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 57,084 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 857,614 t
- Middle Africa 51,771 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
- South-Eastern Asia 541,514 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 485,974 t
- Western Europe 458,241 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 448,879 t
- Africa 387,055 t
- Southern Europe 284,285 t
- Northern Europe 180,661 t
- Central America 171,876 t
- Eastern Africa 167,845 t
- Central Asia 158,737 t
- Western Africa 114,531 t
- Western Asia 49,011 t
- Oceania 45,056 t
- Northern Africa 40,084 t
- Southern Africa 12,824 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 (%).