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Manure applied — Cropland potassium 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
3,944 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0.6693 kg/ha
Syrian Arab Republic
Median
16.59 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,437

What the numbers show

Manure applied — Cropland potassium per unit area is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 3,944 kg/ha in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0.6693 kg/ha in Syrian Arab Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 16.59 kg/ha, and the mean is 56.05 kg/ha.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5,893.

Over the past decade 102 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 193.3%), and the largest decrease in Colombia (down 46.5%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Faroe Islands 3,944 kg/ha 2023 down 3.1% falling
2 Singapore 483.68 kg/ha 2023 down 5.1% rising
3 Montenegro 412.61 kg/ha 2023 down 20.9% falling
4 Ireland 268.84 kg/ha 2023 up 8.5% rising
5 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 254.87 kg/ha 2023 down 4.8% rising
6 Belgium-Luxembourg 230 kg/ha 1999 down 11.4% rising
7 China, Hong Kong SAR 206.87 kg/ha 2023 up 50.7% flat
8 Micronesia (Federated States of) 194.73 kg/ha 2023 up 9.3% rising
9 Mongolia 189.62 kg/ha 2023 up 84.2% rising
10 Kuwait 175.82 kg/ha 2023 up 66.6% falling
11 Djibouti 174.42 kg/ha 2023 down 27.2% rising
12 Belgium 164.2 kg/ha 2023 down 10.3% falling
13 Brunei Darussalam 157.29 kg/ha 2023 up 6.0% volatile
14 Switzerland 153.48 kg/ha 2023 down 4.2% falling
15 Malta 128.75 kg/ha 2023 down 2.8% rising
16 Uzbekistan 107.47 kg/ha 2023 up 41.7% rising
17 Barbados 96.83 kg/ha 2023 up 50.4% rising
18 Luxembourg 92.89 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% flat
19 Tajikistan 89.01 kg/ha 2023 up 3.3% rising
20 Costa Rica 86.57 kg/ha 2023 up 6.5% rising
21 Republic of Korea 79.56 kg/ha 2023 up 31.5% volatile
22 Slovenia 78.08 kg/ha 2023 down 5.0% falling
23 Trinidad and Tobago 76.24 kg/ha 2023 up 9.9% volatile
24 New Caledonia 73.07 kg/ha 2023 down 7.0% rising
25 Cook Islands 72.69 kg/ha 2023 down 26.7% volatile
26 Austria 70.5 kg/ha 2023 down 5.3% falling
27 Turkmenistan 69.26 kg/ha 2023 up 28.3% rising
28 Denmark 63.15 kg/ha 2023 down 5.8% falling
29 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 62.42 kg/ha 2023 up 2.5% falling
30 Colombia 58.02 kg/ha 2023 down 46.5% volatile
31 Bosnia and Herzegovina 56.83 kg/ha 2023 up 65.1% flat
32 Puerto Rico 56.42 kg/ha 2023 down 2.2% rising
33 Lao People's Democratic Republic 56.39 kg/ha 2023 up 34.9% rising
34 Germany 56.02 kg/ha 2023 down 13.8% falling
35 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 55.59 kg/ha 2023 up 26.8% rising
36 Kyrgyzstan 53.55 kg/ha 2023 up 24.2% rising
37 Qatar 53.43 kg/ha 2023 up 193.3% volatile
38 Czechoslovakia 51.32 kg/ha 1992 down 11.6% rising
39 Tuvalu 50.54 kg/ha 2023 up 5.6% rising
40 Seychelles 48.16 kg/ha 2023 up 44.9% rising
41 Yugoslav SFR 47.68 kg/ha 1991 down 10.3% rising
42 Nauru 44.6 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% rising
43 Portugal 44.6 kg/ha 2023 up 0.6% rising
44 France 43.75 kg/ha 2023 down 6.1% falling
45 Iceland 43.47 kg/ha 2023 up 7.9% falling
46 Italy 41.6 kg/ha 2023 down 10.0% rising
47 Albania 41.23 kg/ha 2023 down 36.0% rising
48 Nepal 38.07 kg/ha 2023 down 15.4% rising
49 China, mainland 36.12 kg/ha 2023 up 15.7% rising
50 China 36.11 kg/ha 2023 up 15.5% rising
51 Antigua and Barbuda 35.98 kg/ha 2023 down 20.9% rising
52 Dominican Republic 35.63 kg/ha 2023 up 15.7% rising
53 Guyana 34.68 kg/ha 2023 up 12.7% rising
54 Pakistan 33.73 kg/ha 2023 up 44.6% volatile
55 China, Taiwan Province of 33.29 kg/ha 2023 down 1.2% rising
56 Nicaragua 33.2 kg/ha 2023 up 6.9% rising
57 Belarus 32.61 kg/ha 2023 down 3.1% falling
58 Poland 31.01 kg/ha 2023 up 1.8% falling
59 Japan 30.42 kg/ha 2023 up 2.5% rising
60 USSR 29.41 kg/ha 1991 up 0.7% rising
61 Spain 29.01 kg/ha 2023 up 9.7% rising
62 Czechia 28.73 kg/ha 2023 down 3.1% falling
63 Bahamas 28.68 kg/ha 2023 up 5.3% rising
64 South Sudan 27.38 kg/ha 2023 up 22.2% rising
65 North Macedonia 27.07 kg/ha 2023 down 33.5% rising
66 New Zealand 26.96 kg/ha 2023 down 2.4% rising
67 Ecuador 26.71 kg/ha 2023 down 11.0% rising
68 Bangladesh 26.27 kg/ha 2023 up 6.2% rising
69 Myanmar 25.2 kg/ha 2023 down 36.8% rising
70 El Salvador 24.44 kg/ha 2023 up 44.5% falling
71 Viet Nam 24.09 kg/ha 2023 down 0.2% rising
72 Guatemala 23.88 kg/ha 2023 down 5.2% rising
73 Chile 23.4 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% volatile
74 Bahrain 23.16 kg/ha 2023 up 35.4% volatile
75 Serbia 22.66 kg/ha 2023 down 23.3% falling
76 Sweden 22.4 kg/ha 2023 down 12.9% falling
77 Cyprus 21.84 kg/ha 2023 down 27.2% volatile
78 Brazil 21.2 kg/ha 2023 down 18.4% rising
79 Mauritania 21.19 kg/ha 2023 up 12.6% falling
80 Estonia 20.99 kg/ha 2023 down 19.1% falling
81 Honduras 20.92 kg/ha 2023 up 0.3% rising
82 Panama 19.81 kg/ha 2023 up 12.6% rising
83 Romania 19.7 kg/ha 2023 down 6.1% falling
84 Fiji 19.65 kg/ha 2023 down 15.7% rising
85 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 19.54 kg/ha 2023 down 21.5% rising
86 Samoa 19.54 kg/ha 2023 down 23.5% volatile
87 Norway 19.48 kg/ha 2023 down 2.3% falling
88 Croatia 19.08 kg/ha 2023 down 22.9% falling
89 Malawi 19.03 kg/ha 2023 up 171.5% volatile
90 Tonga 18.95 kg/ha 2023 down 4.6% rising
91 Dominica 18.91 kg/ha 2023 up 0.7% rising
92 Slovakia 18.51 kg/ha 2023 down 13.4% falling
93 Grenada 18.18 kg/ha 2023 up 29.1% rising
94 Bhutan 17.92 kg/ha 2023 down 0.5% rising
95 Polynesia 17.81 kg/ha 2023 down 17.4% rising
96 Caribbean 17.76 kg/ha 2023 up 10.9% falling
97 Saint Lucia 17.71 kg/ha 2023 up 6.8% rising
98 Uruguay 17.58 kg/ha 2023 down 1.4% rising
99 Finland 17.56 kg/ha 2023 down 14.1% falling
100 Jamaica 16.85 kg/ha 2023 down 9.6% rising
101 Greece 16.33 kg/ha 2023 up 1.0% falling
102 Indonesia 16.33 kg/ha 2023 up 41.0% rising
103 Guadeloupe 16 kg/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
104 Cambodia 15.75 kg/ha 2023 down 19.9% flat
105 Hungary 15.63 kg/ha 2023 up 4.9% falling
106 Peru 15 kg/ha 2023 down 8.9% falling
107 United Arab Emirates 14.92 kg/ha 2023 up 6.7% volatile
108 Haiti 14.92 kg/ha 2023 up 25.1% falling
109 Suriname 14.9 kg/ha 2023 up 20.4% falling
110 Latvia 14.59 kg/ha 2023 down 24.2% falling
111 India 14.34 kg/ha 2023 up 10.3% rising
112 Philippines 14.04 kg/ha 2023 down 3.2% falling
113 Israel 13.82 kg/ha 2023 up 6.2% rising
114 Mexico 13.48 kg/ha 2023 up 19.2% rising
115 Cabo Verde 13.48 kg/ha 2023 down 12.5% volatile
116 Chad 13.2 kg/ha 2023 up 72.6% volatile
117 Lithuania 13.06 kg/ha 2023 down 24.1% falling
118 Oman 12.01 kg/ha 2023 down 33.4% rising
119 Saint Kitts and Nevis 11.94 kg/ha 2023 down 14.2% volatile
120 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 11.44 kg/ha 2023 down 3.0% rising
121 Melanesia 11.39 kg/ha 2023 down 10.2% rising
122 Georgia 10.98 kg/ha 2023 down 2.4% rising
123 Papua New Guinea 10.92 kg/ha 2023 down 3.9% rising
124 Lebanon 10.56 kg/ha 2023 up 7.8% volatile
125 Eritrea 10.45 kg/ha 2023 up 2.6% rising
126 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 10.26 kg/ha 2023 down 1.4% rising
127 Bulgaria 10.23 kg/ha 2023 down 7.0% falling
128 French Polynesia 9.94 kg/ha 2023 down 6.6% rising
129 Madagascar 9.88 kg/ha 2023 up 9.5% flat
130 Afghanistan 9.77 kg/ha 2023 down 5.5% rising
131 Kenya 9.64 kg/ha 2023 up 5.4% rising
132 Cuba 9.53 kg/ha 2023 down 9.1% falling
133 Burundi 9.12 kg/ha 2023 up 140.6% volatile
134 Uganda 8.86 kg/ha 2023 up 44.6% volatile
135 Sao Tome and Principe 8.85 kg/ha 2023 up 6.0% volatile
136 Russian Federation 8.55 kg/ha 2023 down 6.3% falling
137 Eswatini 8.54 kg/ha 2023 down 5.3% flat
138 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 8.46 kg/ha 2023 down 1.2% falling
139 Guinea-Bissau 8.28 kg/ha 2023 down 12.6% rising
140 Namibia 7.97 kg/ha 2023 up 28.3% flat
141 Vanuatu 7.93 kg/ha 2023 down 35.4% rising
142 Mauritius 7.79 kg/ha 2023 up 16.3% volatile
143 Ethiopia 7.62 kg/ha 2023 up 1.1% rising
144 Republic of Moldova 7.56 kg/ha 2023 down 23.4% falling
145 Thailand 7.25 kg/ha 2023 down 6.7% falling
146 Sudan (former) 7.17 kg/ha 2011 up 1.9% rising
147 Kazakhstan 6.96 kg/ha 2023 down 1.5% flat
148 Angola 6.82 kg/ha 2023 up 21.3% rising
149 Jordan 6.49 kg/ha 2023 up 49.6% volatile
150 Armenia 6.45 kg/ha 2023 down 5.5% rising
151 Rwanda 6.38 kg/ha 2023 down 15.0% volatile
152 United Republic of Tanzania 6.3 kg/ha 2023 up 24.7% rising
153 Paraguay 6.23 kg/ha 2023 down 9.7% falling
154 Canada 6.14 kg/ha 2023 down 1.3% falling
155 Egypt 5.89 kg/ha 2023 down 23.8% rising
156 Australia and New Zealand 5.67 kg/ha 2023 up 0.6% falling
157 Malaysia 5.64 kg/ha 2023 down 7.3% falling
158 Ethiopia PDR 5.49 kg/ha 1992 up 36.2% rising
159 Ukraine 5.48 kg/ha 2023 down 44.3% volatile
160 Yemen 5.38 kg/ha 2023 up 12.3% rising
161 Lesotho 5.37 kg/ha 2023 down 43.4% rising
162 Belize 5.27 kg/ha 2023 down 7.2% falling
163 Australia 5.27 kg/ha 2023 up 1.2% falling
164 Kiribati 5.1 kg/ha 2023 up 10.8% rising
165 Botswana 4.88 kg/ha 2023 down 39.6% flat
166 Azerbaijan 4.83 kg/ha 2023 down 26.7% flat
167 Mali 4.75 kg/ha 2023 up 23.3% falling
168 Togo 4.69 kg/ha 2023 up 42.4% rising
169 Solomon Islands 4.67 kg/ha 2023 down 8.9% falling
170 Zambia 4.66 kg/ha 2023 up 12.2% rising
171 Sri Lanka 4.6 kg/ha 2023 down 13.4% falling
172 Senegal 4.56 kg/ha 2023 up 2.2% rising
173 Sudan 4.49 kg/ha 2023 down 2.8% flat
174 Burkina Faso 4.27 kg/ha 2023 down 23.7% rising
175 Gabon 4.21 kg/ha 2023 up 2.3% rising
176 Liberia 4 kg/ha 2023 up 1.2% rising
177 Zimbabwe 3.93 kg/ha 2023 up 10.4% falling
178 Argentina 3.81 kg/ha 2023 down 11.9% falling
179 Benin 3.77 kg/ha 2023 up 37.8% falling
180 Cameroon 3.59 kg/ha 2023 up 17.3% rising
181 Nigeria 3.38 kg/ha 2023 up 20.8% rising
182 Iraq 2.95 kg/ha 2023 up 13.7% rising
183 Morocco 2.91 kg/ha 2023 up 15.3% rising
184 Türkiye 2.88 kg/ha 2023 up 23.2% rising
185 Saudi Arabia 2.81 kg/ha 2023 up 22.9% volatile
186 Sierra Leone 2.62 kg/ha 2023 up 60.8% falling
187 Algeria 2.58 kg/ha 2023 up 12.7% rising
188 Ghana 2.41 kg/ha 2023 up 31.0% rising
189 Guinea 2.3 kg/ha 2023 up 3.6% rising
190 Niger 2.22 kg/ha 2023 up 37.4% rising
191 Mozambique 2.19 kg/ha 2023 down 10.8% rising
192 Libya 2.18 kg/ha 2023 up 4.0% rising
193 Congo 2 kg/ha 2023 up 2.4% rising
194 Tunisia 1.86 kg/ha 2023 up 7.1% rising
195 Gambia 1.72 kg/ha 2023 down 6.7% falling
196 Comoros 1.29 kg/ha 2023 down 1.6% falling
197 Equatorial Guinea 0.9219 kg/ha 2023 up 8.9% rising
198 Côte d'Ivoire 0.8433 kg/ha 2023 down 2.5% rising
199 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.6789 kg/ha 2023 down 15.4% rising
200 Syrian Arab Republic 0.6693 kg/ha 2023 down 18.9% 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 potassium 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 (%).