Manure applied — Cropland potassium 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
6.73 million t
USSR
Lowest
17.84 t
Nauru
Median
21,534 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,437
What the numbers show
Manure applied — Cropland potassium is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 6.73 million t in USSR; the lowest is 17.84 t in Nauru.
The median across all reporting countries is 21,534 t, and the mean is 177,991 t.
Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 248.5%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 44.1%).
Manure applied — Cropland potassium: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USSR | 6.73 million t | 1991 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 2 | China | 4.63 million t | 2023 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 4.61 million t | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 280,672 t | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 4 | India | 2.41 million t | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 201,257 t | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 1.34 million t | 2023 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 5 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 183,432 t | 2023 | up 26.8% | rising |
| 6 | Russian Federation | 1.06 million t | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 7 | Pakistan | 1.05 million t | 2023 | up 43.3% | volatile |
| 8 | France | 784,364 t | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | 97,729 t | 2023 | up 37.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Indonesia | 720,409 t | 2023 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 9 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 90,806 t | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 10 | Germany | 665,601 t | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 10 | Türkiye | 69,129 t | 2023 | up 24.1% | falling |
| 11 | Spain | 481,750 t | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 59,644 t | 2023 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | 480,188 t | 2023 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 12 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 21,533 t | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 13 | Italy | 394,522 t | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 13 | Melanesia | 18,328 t | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 14 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 379,879 t | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 16,146 t | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 15 | Yugoslav SFR | 363,561 t | 1991 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 11,471 t | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 16 | Poland | 357,989 t | 2023 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 16 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3,642 t | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 17 | Mexico | 329,545 t | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 17 | Polynesia | 1,960 t | 2023 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 18 | Myanmar | 315,434 t | 2023 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 18 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 389.46 t | 2023 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 19 | Colombia | 289,807 t | 2023 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 20 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 266,337 t | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 21 | Czechoslovakia | 257,964 t | 1992 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 22 | Canada | 235,282 t | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 231,112 t | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 24 | Mongolia | 217,865 t | 2023 | up 63.8% | rising |
| 25 | Kazakhstan | 207,340 t | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 26 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 205,388 t | 1999 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 26 | Caribbean | 120,789 t | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 27 | Ukraine | 184,997 t | 2023 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Belarus | 184,331 t | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 28 | Côte d'Ivoire | 12,058 t | 2023 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 29 | Australia and New Zealand | 181,302 t | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 727.91 t | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Romania | 173,577 t | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 31 | Australia | 165,343 t | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 32 | Argentina | 157,890 t | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 33 | Philippines | 157,583 t | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 34 | Thailand | 156,422 t | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 35 | Denmark | 151,241 t | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 36 | Nigeria | 149,403 t | 2023 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Belgium | 145,540 t | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 38 | Sudan (former) | 143,481 t | 2011 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Ethiopia | 140,628 t | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 40 | Japan | 130,729 t | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 41 | Republic of Korea | 120,299 t | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 42 | Ireland | 118,559 t | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 43 | Turkmenistan | 112,982 t | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 44 | Austria | 97,808 t | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 45 | Sudan | 95,196 t | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 46 | Tajikistan | 93,373 t | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 47 | Peru | 92,954 t | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 48 | Uganda | 80,662 t | 2023 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Portugal | 80,621 t | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 50 | Malawi | 79,934 t | 2023 | up 208.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Afghanistan | 79,285 t | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 52 | Nepal | 74,188 t | 2023 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 53 | Czechia | 73,730 t | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 54 | Cambodia | 73,322 t | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 55 | Kyrgyzstan | 73,020 t | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 56 | Kenya | 71,983 t | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 57 | South Sudan | 70,490 t | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 58 | Chad | 70,475 t | 2023 | up 82.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Hungary | 67,098 t | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 60 | Guatemala | 65,354 t | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 61 | Switzerland | 64,727 t | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 62 | Ecuador | 64,336 t | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 63 | Serbia | 63,830 t | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 64 | Ethiopia PDR | 62,056 t | 1992 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 65 | Nicaragua | 59,732 t | 2023 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Sweden | 56,659 t | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 67 | Dominican Republic | 54,132 t | 2023 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 68 | Greece | 47,290 t | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 69 | Costa Rica | 47,123 t | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 70 | Malaysia | 46,531 t | 2023 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 71 | Chile | 44,791 t | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 72 | Mali | 40,998 t | 2023 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Niger | 39,608 t | 2023 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Finland | 39,499 t | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 75 | Uruguay | 39,359 t | 2023 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 76 | Angola | 38,896 t | 2023 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 37,070 t | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 78 | Burkina Faso | 36,740 t | 2023 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Madagascar | 35,552 t | 2023 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 80 | Cuba | 33,924 t | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 81 | Honduras | 33,843 t | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 82 | South Africa | 33,207 t | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 83 | Lithuania | 30,502 t | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 84 | Paraguay | 28,940 t | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 85 | Cameroon | 28,360 t | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 86 | Albania | 27,976 t | 2023 | down 37.6% | rising |
| 87 | China, Taiwan Province of | 25,934 t | 2023 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 88 | Morocco | 25,615 t | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 89 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25,233 t | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 90 | Slovakia | 24,505 t | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 91 | Egypt | 23,906 t | 2023 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 92 | Algeria | 22,039 t | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 93 | El Salvador | 21,535 t | 2023 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 94 | Latvia | 19,991 t | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 95 | Haiti | 19,464 t | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 96 | Slovenia | 18,223 t | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 97 | Croatia | 18,065 t | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 98 | Zambia | 17,881 t | 2023 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Ghana | 17,855 t | 2023 | up 43.4% | rising |
| 100 | Senegal | 17,829 t | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 101 | Guinea | 16,749 t | 2023 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Iraq | 16,210 t | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 103 | Central African Republic | 16,189 t | 2023 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Zimbabwe | 15,981 t | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 105 | New Zealand | 15,960 t | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 106 | Norway | 15,704 t | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 107 | Benin | 15,690 t | 2023 | up 67.4% | rising |
| 108 | Burundi | 15,235 t | 2023 | up 186.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Estonia | 15,009 t | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 110 | Panama | 13,488 t | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 111 | Papua New Guinea | 13,272 t | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 112 | Mozambique | 13,225 t | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 113 | Togo | 13,221 t | 2023 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 114 | North Macedonia | 12,345 t | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 115 | Sri Lanka | 11,796 t | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 11,427 t | 2023 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 117 | Saudi Arabia | 10,207 t | 2023 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Mauritania | 9,746 t | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 119 | Rwanda | 9,554 t | 2023 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Tunisia | 9,207 t | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 121 | Yemen | 7,819 t | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 122 | Eritrea | 7,228 t | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 123 | Namibia | 6,469 t | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 124 | Montenegro | 5,917 t | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 125 | Luxembourg | 5,841 t | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 126 | Guinea-Bissau | 5,347 t | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 127 | Iceland | 5,260 t | 2023 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 128 | Israel | 5,149 t | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 129 | Georgia | 4,742 t | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 130 | Sierra Leone | 4,590 t | 2023 | up 60.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Libya | 4,469 t | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 132 | Guyana | 4,370 t | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 133 | Puerto Rico | 3,735 t | 2023 | down 20.3% | falling |
| 134 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3,583 t | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 135 | Armenia | 3,248 t | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 136 | Jamaica | 3,167 t | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 137 | Lebanon | 2,896 t | 2023 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Liberia | 2,803 t | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 139 | Cyprus | 2,772 t | 2023 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 140 | Fiji | 2,724 t | 2023 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 141 | Kuwait | 2,461 t | 2023 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Gabon | 2,082 t | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 143 | Bhutan | 2,043 t | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 144 | Lesotho | 1,938 t | 2023 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 145 | Jordan | 1,864 t | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 146 | Eswatini | 1,666 t | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 147 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,573 t | 2023 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Oman | 1,462 t | 2023 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 149 | United Arab Emirates | 1,368 t | 2023 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Congo | 1,302 t | 2023 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Qatar | 1,282 t | 2023 | up 248.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Botswana | 1,278 t | 2023 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 153 | Vanuatu | 1,150 t | 2023 | down 35.4% | rising |
| 154 | Malta | 1,067 t | 2023 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 155 | Samoa | 828.72 t | 2023 | down 37.6% | rising |
| 156 | Suriname | 825.91 t | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 157 | Barbados | 774.68 t | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 158 | Gambia | 770.63 t | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 159 | New Caledonia | 708.82 t | 2023 | down 7.3% | flat |
| 160 | Belize | 695.68 t | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 161 | Djibouti | 680.25 t | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 162 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 620.61 t | 2023 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 163 | Mauritius | 615.22 t | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 164 | Tonga | 587.4 t | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 165 | Solomon Islands | 472.25 t | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 166 | Dominica | 434.97 t | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 167 | Sao Tome and Principe | 371.54 t | 2023 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Guadeloupe | 358.12 t | 2023 | up 23.3% | falling |
| 169 | Singapore | 319.23 t | 2023 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 170 | Bahamas | 315.48 t | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 171 | French Polynesia | 283.21 t | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 172 | Faroe Islands | 276.11 t | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 173 | Antigua and Barbuda | 179.88 t | 2023 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 174 | Kiribati | 173.47 t | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 175 | Saint Lucia | 169.47 t | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 176 | Comoros | 152.12 t | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 177 | Cook Islands | 138.1 t | 2023 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 178 | Grenada | 127.22 t | 2023 | up 29.1% | falling |
| 179 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 97.72 t | 2023 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 180 | Bahrain | 94.96 t | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 181 | Equatorial Guinea | 92.01 t | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 182 | Tuvalu | 90.97 t | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 183 | Seychelles | 74.65 t | 2023 | up 44.9% | volatile |
| 184 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 60.9 t | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 185 | Nauru | 17.84 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 25.18 million t
- Asia 12.15 million t
- Europe 6.22 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1.93 million t
- Americas 5.15 million t
- Eastern Asia 5.13 million t
- European Union (27) 4.18 million t
- Southern Asia 4.06 million t
- Middle Africa 169,237 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 3.79 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 164,319 t
- South America 2.31 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2.26 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2.20 million t
- Eastern Europe 2.18 million t
- Northern America 2.15 million t
- Western Europe 2.03 million t
- United States of America 1.91 million t
- South-Eastern Asia 1.85 million t
- Africa 1.46 million t
- Southern Europe 1.18 million t
- Central Asia 966,904 t
- Northern Europe 832,578 t
- Eastern Africa 679,441 t
- Central America 571,317 t
- Western Africa 384,136 t
- Oceania 202,171 t
- Northern Africa 180,432 t
- Western Asia 146,171 t
- Southern Africa 44,559 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 (%).