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Mineral fertilizers — Cropland nitrogen 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
306.36 kg/ha
Egypt
Lowest
0 kg/ha
Guadeloupe
Median
39.27 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500

What the numbers show

Mineral fertilizers — Cropland nitrogen per unit area is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 306.36 kg/ha in Egypt; the lowest is 0 kg/ha in Guadeloupe.

The median across all reporting countries is 39.27 kg/ha, and the mean is 50.81 kg/ha.

Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 9,756.3%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).

Mineral fertilizers — Cropland nitrogen per unit area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Egypt 306.36 kg/ha 2023 up 3.5% rising
1 Viet Nam 146.77 kg/ha 2023 down 6.9% volatile
2 Turkmenistan 301.98 kg/ha 2023 up 51.0% volatile
3 China 198.59 kg/ha 2023 down 14.6% volatile
3 Türkiye 81.27 kg/ha 2023 up 22.1% volatile
4 Uzbekistan 193.44 kg/ha 2023 up 29.6% rising
4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 56.33 kg/ha 2023 up 32.4% volatile
5 China, mainland 192.39 kg/ha 2023 down 17.3% volatile
5 Lao People's Democratic Republic 39.74 kg/ha 2023 up 216.2% volatile
6 Belgium-Luxembourg 191.49 kg/ha 1999 down 21.2% rising
6 Republic of Moldova 31.08 kg/ha 2023 up 79.5% volatile
7 Suriname 185.82 kg/ha 2023 up 59.6% volatile
7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 27.15 kg/ha 2023 down 66.4% volatile
8 China, Hong Kong SAR 182 kg/ha 2023 down 17.5% rising
8 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 22.61 kg/ha 2023 down 63.5% volatile
9 Kuwait 172.32 kg/ha 2023 up 16.6% volatile
9 Melanesia 18.91 kg/ha 2023 up 33.8% rising
10 Bangladesh 169.31 kg/ha 2023 up 28.4% volatile
11 China, Taiwan Province of 159.63 kg/ha 2023 down 20.8% falling
12 Belgium 148.86 kg/ha 2023 down 30.4% flat
12 United Republic of Tanzania 12.11 kg/ha 2023 up 55.5% volatile
13 Ireland 146.34 kg/ha 2023 down 10.9% rising
13 Syrian Arab Republic 9.59 kg/ha 2023 up 120.1% volatile
14 Republic of Korea 142.66 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% rising
14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.38 kg/ha 2023 down 28.6% volatile
15 Costa Rica 142.16 kg/ha 2023 up 7.2% rising
16 United Arab Emirates 124.12 kg/ha 2023 down 41.5% volatile
16 Polynesia 2.61 kg/ha 2023 down 12.8% rising
17 Guyana 122.86 kg/ha 2023 down 18.3% rising
17 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2.5 kg/ha 2023 up 66.7% volatile
18 Pakistan 122.34 kg/ha 2023 up 19.3% volatile
18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.91 kg/ha 2023 up 256.9% volatile
19 Norway 116.52 kg/ha 2023 down 4.4% rising
20 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 114.56 kg/ha 2023 down 12.2% rising
21 Croatia 111.64 kg/ha 2023 up 1.8% rising
22 India 109.38 kg/ha 2023 up 22.9% volatile
23 Czechia 102.88 kg/ha 2023 down 24.4% rising
24 Oman 102.03 kg/ha 2023 down 37.7% volatile
25 Uruguay 100.7 kg/ha 2023 up 44.7% volatile
26 Faroe Islands 100 kg/ha 2023 down 97.8% volatile
26 Caribbean 11.21 kg/ha 2023 down 42.1% falling
27 Bulgaria 99.03 kg/ha 2023 up 22.5% rising
28 Thailand 95.03 kg/ha 2023 up 31.4% volatile
28 Côte d'Ivoire 5.99 kg/ha 2023 up 53.9% volatile
29 Belize 94.2 kg/ha 2023 up 4.7% volatile
29 Cabo Verde 2.46 kg/ha 2023 up 47.8% rising
30 Chile 93.73 kg/ha 2023 down 2.6% volatile
31 Montenegro 91.84 kg/ha 2023 down 10.8% falling
32 France 89.39 kg/ha 2023 down 11.8% rising
33 Brazil 87.4 kg/ha 2023 up 53.2% volatile
34 Slovakia 87.15 kg/ha 2023 up 4.1% rising
35 Belarus 87.08 kg/ha 2023 down 7.5% rising
36 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 84.06 kg/ha 2023 down 8.9% falling
37 Georgia 84.05 kg/ha 2023 up 82.4% rising
38 Denmark 82.47 kg/ha 2023 up 9.8% falling
39 Jordan 80.92 kg/ha 2023 up 42.1% volatile
40 Trinidad and Tobago 80.09 kg/ha 2023 down 40.7% rising
41 Switzerland 78.42 kg/ha 2023 down 1.5% rising
42 Colombia 76.71 kg/ha 2023 down 28.6% volatile
43 Serbia 74.27 kg/ha 2023 down 29.6% flat
44 Sweden 74.2 kg/ha 2023 up 18.8% rising
45 Qatar 74.1 kg/ha 2023 down 6.4% volatile
46 Canada 73.9 kg/ha 2023 up 26.8% volatile
47 Poland 72.93 kg/ha 2023 down 7.0% rising
48 Indonesia 72.51 kg/ha 2023 up 1.3% volatile
49 Slovenia 72.39 kg/ha 2023 up 8.5% falling
50 Tajikistan 71.08 kg/ha 2023 up 927.2% volatile
51 Israel 70.79 kg/ha 2023 down 36.1% rising
52 Malta 70.68 kg/ha 2023 up 26.6% rising
53 Germany 70.43 kg/ha 2023 down 36.5% flat
54 Sri Lanka 68.32 kg/ha 2023 up 2.2% rising
55 Lithuania 68 kg/ha 2023 up 1.2% rising
56 Botswana 66.97 kg/ha 2023 down 14.1% volatile
57 Austria 66.69 kg/ha 2023 down 6.8% rising
58 Honduras 65.12 kg/ha 2023 up 18.4% volatile
59 Ecuador 62.6 kg/ha 2023 down 1.2% volatile
60 Guatemala 62.55 kg/ha 2023 down 22.6% volatile
61 Singapore 62.12 kg/ha 2023 down 7.5% volatile
62 Estonia 61.11 kg/ha 2023 up 2.8% rising
63 Philippines 60.5 kg/ha 2023 up 23.6% volatile
64 Cyprus 59.89 kg/ha 2023 down 2.7% rising
65 Italy 59.44 kg/ha 2023 down 9.6% rising
66 Australia 58.72 kg/ha 2023 up 62.6% volatile
67 Australia and New Zealand 58.58 kg/ha 2023 up 61.0% volatile
68 Mexico 58.43 kg/ha 2023 up 7.2% rising
69 New Caledonia 57.94 kg/ha 2023 up 13.0% volatile
70 Luxembourg 57.78 kg/ha 2023 down 30.9% falling
71 Romania 56.98 kg/ha 2023 up 23.7% rising
72 Mauritius 56.94 kg/ha 2023 down 39.6% rising
73 Zambia 56.73 kg/ha 2023 up 50.2% volatile
74 Greece 56.5 kg/ha 2023 up 9.6% rising
75 Hungary 56.49 kg/ha 2023 down 24.4% rising
76 Japan 56.02 kg/ha 2023 down 18.8% falling
77 Czechoslovakia 55.7 kg/ha 1992 down 54.6% rising
78 Iceland 54.56 kg/ha 2023 down 19.4% falling
79 Saudi Arabia 54.07 kg/ha 2023 up 17.2% volatile
80 Latvia 52.76 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% rising
81 El Salvador 52.32 kg/ha 2023 down 22.6% falling
82 Panama 51.27 kg/ha 2023 up 57.2% rising
83 New Zealand 51.08 kg/ha 2023 up 1.8% volatile
84 Nepal 50.8 kg/ha 2023 up 26.7% volatile
85 Lebanon 50.52 kg/ha 2023 down 42.4% rising
86 Malaysia 49.22 kg/ha 2023 down 33.6% volatile
87 Bosnia and Herzegovina 48.63 kg/ha 2023 down 2.1% volatile
88 Maldives 48.57 kg/ha 2023 up 2.5% volatile
89 Malawi 48.52 kg/ha 2023 up 205.0% volatile
90 Spain 47.72 kg/ha 2023 down 18.2% rising
91 Iraq 46.91 kg/ha 2023 up 31.6% volatile
92 Peru 45.17 kg/ha 2023 down 19.8% rising
93 Albania 42.69 kg/ha 2023 up 25.9% volatile
94 South Africa 42.46 kg/ha 2023 up 33.9% rising
95 Bahamas 41.09 kg/ha 2023 down 7.6% volatile
96 Finland 40.52 kg/ha 2023 down 9.2% rising
97 Portugal 39.69 kg/ha 2023 down 21.1% rising
98 Dominican Republic 38.85 kg/ha 2023 up 18.0% rising
99 Yugoslav SFR 37.77 kg/ha 1991 down 37.7% rising
100 Eswatini 37.21 kg/ha 2023 up 30.0% rising
101 Myanmar 36.58 kg/ha 2023 up 179.2% volatile
102 USSR 33.98 kg/ha 1991 down 6.1% volatile
103 Mongolia 33.61 kg/ha 2023 up 142.8% volatile
104 Fiji 33.6 kg/ha 2023 up 30.5% falling
105 Cambodia 32.94 kg/ha 2023 up 241.2% volatile
106 Saint Lucia 32.5 kg/ha 2023 up 51.7% volatile
107 Argentina 30.66 kg/ha 2023 up 57.6% volatile
108 Ukraine 30.14 kg/ha 2023 up 6.8% volatile
109 Armenia 30.03 kg/ha 2023 down 56.2% volatile
110 Ethiopia 29.35 kg/ha 2023 up 195.5% volatile
111 Azerbaijan 29.27 kg/ha 2023 up 169.2% volatile
112 North Macedonia 28.55 kg/ha 2023 down 24.2% falling
113 Nicaragua 28.19 kg/ha 2023 up 33.5% volatile
114 Puerto Rico 26.4 kg/ha 2023 down 5.5% volatile
115 Seychelles 25.81 kg/ha 2023 up 53.8% volatile
116 Namibia 25.55 kg/ha 2023 up 167.4% volatile
117 Brunei Darussalam 24.3 kg/ha 2023 up 247.1% volatile
118 Paraguay 24.07 kg/ha 2023 down 14.1% volatile
119 Zimbabwe 23.61 kg/ha 2023 up 87.8% falling
120 Kyrgyzstan 22.84 kg/ha 2023 down 11.2% rising
121 Morocco 22.53 kg/ha 2023 up 3.3% volatile
122 Kenya 22.23 kg/ha 2023 up 2.6% volatile
123 Russian Federation 20.97 kg/ha 2023 up 97.1% rising
124 Papua New Guinea 20.75 kg/ha 2023 up 37.6% volatile
125 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 19.6 kg/ha 2023 up 3.2% volatile
126 Grenada 19.57 kg/ha 2023 up 3.0% rising
127 Jamaica 19.01 kg/ha 2023 down 29.3% falling
128 Barbados 17.62 kg/ha 2023 down 84.8% volatile
129 Bahrain 15.37 kg/ha 2023 down 98.0% volatile
130 Rwanda 13.6 kg/ha 2023 up 217.6% volatile
131 Djibouti 13.33 kg/ha 2023 up 33.3% volatile
132 Benin 13.18 kg/ha 2023 up 798.8% volatile
133 Gambia 12.29 kg/ha 2023 up 9,756.3% volatile
134 Tunisia 11.54 kg/ha 2023 down 0.2% volatile
135 Gabon 11.19 kg/ha 2023 up 333.8% volatile
136 Algeria 10.55 kg/ha 2023 up 27.5% rising
137 Togo 9.42 kg/ha 2023 up 185.8% volatile
138 Mozambique 9.34 kg/ha 2023 up 109.9% volatile
139 Mali 9.34 kg/ha 2023 down 13.1% volatile
140 Ghana 9.33 kg/ha 2023 up 1.6% volatile
141 Libya 9.07 kg/ha 2023 down 30.3% volatile
142 Burkina Faso 7.78 kg/ha 2023 up 10.0% volatile
143 Nigeria 7.61 kg/ha 2023 down 6.0% volatile
144 Afghanistan 7.41 kg/ha 2023 up 63.3% volatile
145 French Polynesia 6.95 kg/ha 2023 down 28.3% volatile
146 Lesotho 5.97 kg/ha 2023 down 65.9% volatile
147 Bhutan 5.64 kg/ha 2023 down 16.2% volatile
148 Cook Islands 5.26 kg/ha 2023 up 25.0% volatile
149 Senegal 4.79 kg/ha 2023 down 45.7% volatile
150 Yemen 4.58 kg/ha 2023 down 62.8% volatile
151 Sudan (former) 4.37 kg/ha 2011 up 3.0% rising
152 Liberia 4.17 kg/ha 2023 down 16.3% volatile
153 Mauritania 4.17 kg/ha 2023 down 16.3% volatile
154 Guinea-Bissau 4.17 kg/ha 2023 down 16.3% volatile
155 Burundi 4.12 kg/ha 2023 up 46.9% volatile
156 Cameroon 3.96 kg/ha 2023 down 6.1% volatile
157 Sudan 3.37 kg/ha 2023 down 11.7% rising
158 Madagascar 3.35 kg/ha 2023 up 43.2% volatile
159 Angola 3.18 kg/ha 2023 down 20.1% volatile
160 Equatorial Guinea 3.18 kg/ha 2023 up 55.7% volatile
161 Chad 3.17 kg/ha 2023 up 55.4% volatile
162 Sao Tome and Principe 3.17 kg/ha 2023 up 56.0% rising
163 Ethiopia PDR 2.66 kg/ha 1992 up 147.7% volatile
164 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.55 kg/ha 2023 — volatile
165 Kazakhstan 2.36 kg/ha 2023 up 25.2% rising
166 Guinea 2.34 kg/ha 2023 up 324.5% volatile
167 Congo 2.26 kg/ha 2023 up 123.6% volatile
168 Tonga 2.16 kg/ha 2023 down 14.1% volatile
169 Eritrea 1.87 kg/ha 2023 up 57.6% volatile
170 Cuba 1.78 kg/ha 2023 down 90.9% volatile
171 Sierra Leone 1.42 kg/ha 2023 up 30.4% volatile
172 Uganda 1.28 kg/ha 2023 up 21.6% volatile
173 Comoros 0.8983 kg/ha 2023 up 3,436.6% volatile
174 Tuvalu 0.5556 kg/ha 2023 down 83.3% falling
175 Niger 0.4568 kg/ha 2023 up 8.4% volatile
176 Haiti 0.2644 kg/ha 2023 down 90.7% volatile
177 Samoa 0.2593 kg/ha 2023 up 49.8% volatile
178 South Sudan 0.1779 kg/ha 2023 — volatile
179 Central African Republic 0.0295 kg/ha 2023 down 50.2% volatile
180 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kg/ha 2023 down 100.0% volatile
180 Dominica 0 kg/ha 2023 down 100.0% volatile
180 Kiribati 0 kg/ha 2023 down 100.0% volatile
180 Solomon Islands 0 kg/ha 2023 down 100.0% volatile
180 Vanuatu 0 kg/ha 2023 — falling
180 Guadeloupe 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile

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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
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland nitrogen 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
233 places, 13,500 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 (%).