Mineral fertilizers — Cropland nitrogen 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
25.49 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
Guadeloupe
Median
51,439 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500
What the numbers show
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland nitrogen is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 25.49 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Guadeloupe.
The median across all reporting countries is 51,439 t, and the mean is 652,707 t.
Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Gambia (up 9,538.6%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland nitrogen: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 25.49 million t | 2023 | down 17.7% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 24.55 million t | 2023 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 3 | India | 18.41 million t | 2023 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Türkiye | 1.95 million t | 2023 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 4 | USSR | 7.78 million t | 1991 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 1.71 million t | 2023 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 5 | Brazil | 5.54 million t | 2023 | up 55.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 990,792 t | 2023 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Pakistan | 3.79 million t | 2023 | up 18.2% | volatile |
| 6 | United Republic of Tanzania | 187,992 t | 2023 | up 72.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Indonesia | 3.20 million t | 2023 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 8 | Canada | 2.83 million t | 2023 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 2.59 million t | 2023 | up 97.4% | rising |
| 9 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 89,610 t | 2023 | down 66.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Thailand | 2.05 million t | 2023 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Republic of Moldova | 66,428 t | 2023 | up 81.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Australia and New Zealand | 1.87 million t | 2023 | up 59.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 63,991 t | 2023 | up 205.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Australia | 1.84 million t | 2023 | up 61.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 57,548 t | 2023 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 13 | France | 1.60 million t | 2023 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 13 | Syrian Arab Republic | 52,168 t | 2023 | up 109.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 1.49 million t | 2023 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 32,285 t | 2023 | up 355.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Mexico | 1.43 million t | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 15 | Melanesia | 30,435 t | 2023 | up 45.1% | rising |
| 16 | Argentina | 1.27 million t | 2023 | up 61.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 19,640 t | 2023 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Egypt | 1.24 million t | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 17 | Polynesia | 287 t | 2023 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 18 | Ukraine | 1.02 million t | 2023 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 5 t | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Uzbekistan | 864,296 t | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 20 | Poland | 842,047 t | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 21 | Germany | 836,782 t | 2023 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 22 | Spain | 792,456 t | 2023 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 23 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 697,200 t | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 24 | Philippines | 678,971 t | 2023 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Italy | 563,767 t | 2023 | down 5.6% | flat |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 541,682 t | 2023 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 27 | South Africa | 527,012 t | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 85,600 t | 2023 | up 135.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Romania | 502,128 t | 2023 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Caribbean | 76,271 t | 2023 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 29 | Turkmenistan | 492,638 t | 2023 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 133 t | 2023 | up 47.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Belarus | 492,304 t | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 31 | Myanmar | 457,844 t | 2023 | up 184.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Malaysia | 405,816 t | 2023 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Colombia | 383,167 t | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Bulgaria | 358,750 t | 2023 | up 22.8% | falling |
| 35 | Nigeria | 336,502 t | 2023 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Yugoslav SFR | 288,000 t | 1991 | down 39.6% | rising |
| 37 | Peru | 280,006 t | 2023 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Czechoslovakia | 280,000 t | 1992 | down 55.8% | rising |
| 39 | Czechia | 264,000 t | 2023 | down 23.8% | rising |
| 40 | Iraq | 257,664 t | 2023 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Hungary | 242,596 t | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 42 | Japan | 240,720 t | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 43 | Uruguay | 225,424 t | 2023 | up 38.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Zambia | 217,793 t | 2023 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Republic of Korea | 215,702 t | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 46 | Serbia | 209,210 t | 2023 | down 28.6% | flat |
| 47 | Malawi | 203,794 t | 2023 | up 246.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Morocco | 198,000 t | 2023 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Denmark | 197,526 t | 2023 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 196,665 t | 2023 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Sweden | 187,650 t | 2023 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 52 | Chile | 179,391 t | 2023 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Sri Lanka | 175,365 t | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 54 | Guatemala | 171,200 t | 2023 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 171,000 t | 1999 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 56 | Kenya | 166,060 t | 2023 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Greece | 163,621 t | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 58 | Lithuania | 158,840 t | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 59 | Cambodia | 153,314 t | 2023 | up 291.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Ecuador | 150,814 t | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Belgium | 131,943 t | 2023 | down 26.4% | flat |
| 62 | China, Taiwan Province of | 124,349 t | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 63 | Slovakia | 115,392 t | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 64 | Paraguay | 111,760 t | 2023 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Croatia | 105,724 t | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 66 | Honduras | 105,364 t | 2023 | up 23.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Nepal | 98,996 t | 2023 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Zimbabwe | 96,045 t | 2023 | up 86.9% | rising |
| 69 | Norway | 93,918 t | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 70 | Austria | 92,522 t | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 71 | Finland | 91,130 t | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 72 | Algeria | 90,100 t | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 73 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 87,844 t | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 74 | Sudan (former) | 87,550 t | 2011 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 75 | Mali | 80,660 t | 2023 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Costa Rica | 77,382 t | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 77 | Tajikistan | 74,566 t | 2023 | up 1,089.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Latvia | 72,277 t | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 79 | Portugal | 71,744 t | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 80 | Sudan | 71,388 t | 2023 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 81 | Kazakhstan | 70,400 t | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 69,236 t | 2023 | up 195.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Ghana | 69,198 t | 2023 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Burkina Faso | 66,969 t | 2023 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Ireland | 64,534 t | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 86 | Afghanistan | 60,162 t | 2023 | up 67.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 59,023 t | 2023 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 88 | Tunisia | 57,142 t | 2023 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Mozambique | 56,512 t | 2023 | up 112.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Benin | 54,898 t | 2023 | up 991.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Nicaragua | 50,710 t | 2023 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 92 | El Salvador | 46,092 t | 2023 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 93 | Estonia | 43,697 t | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 94 | Mongolia | 38,614 t | 2023 | up 115.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Georgia | 36,300 t | 2023 | up 44.3% | falling |
| 96 | Panama | 34,916 t | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 97 | Switzerland | 33,071 t | 2023 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 98 | Cameroon | 31,304 t | 2023 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Kyrgyzstan | 31,138 t | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 100 | New Zealand | 30,240 t | 2023 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Ethiopia PDR | 30,100 t | 1992 | up 110.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Albania | 28,962 t | 2023 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 103 | Togo | 26,555 t | 2023 | up 185.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Israel | 26,383 t | 2023 | down 37.4% | rising |
| 105 | Papua New Guinea | 25,216 t | 2023 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Jordan | 23,247 t | 2023 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 21,591 t | 2023 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Namibia | 20,750 t | 2023 | up 168.4% | volatile |
| 109 | Rwanda | 20,358 t | 2023 | up 202.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Senegal | 18,716 t | 2023 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Libya | 18,600 t | 2023 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Angola | 18,128 t | 2023 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Botswana | 17,547 t | 2023 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Guinea | 17,034 t | 2023 | up 525.6% | volatile |
| 115 | Chad | 16,921 t | 2023 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Slovenia | 16,894 t | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 117 | Guyana | 15,481 t | 2023 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 118 | Armenia | 15,116 t | 2023 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Lebanon | 13,852 t | 2023 | down 39.2% | rising |
| 120 | North Macedonia | 13,018 t | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 121 | Belize | 12,435 t | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Oman | 12,420 t | 2023 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Madagascar | 12,076 t | 2023 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Uganda | 11,665 t | 2023 | up 21.6% | volatile |
| 125 | United Arab Emirates | 11,382 t | 2023 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Suriname | 10,300 t | 2023 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Niger | 8,138 t | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Cyprus | 7,600 t | 2023 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 129 | Eswatini | 7,256 t | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 130 | Burundi | 6,888 t | 2023 | up 74.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Yemen | 6,655 t | 2023 | down 63.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Iceland | 6,602 t | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 133 | Cuba | 6,334 t | 2023 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Gabon | 5,539 t | 2023 | up 333.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Gambia | 5,494 t | 2023 | up 9,538.6% | volatile |
| 136 | Fiji | 4,657 t | 2023 | up 25.6% | falling |
| 137 | Mauritius | 4,496 t | 2023 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 138 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3,764 t | 2023 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 139 | Luxembourg | 3,633 t | 2023 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 140 | Jamaica | 3,574 t | 2023 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 141 | Liberia | 2,919 t | 2023 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 142 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,690 t | 2023 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 143 | Sierra Leone | 2,478 t | 2023 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Kuwait | 2,412 t | 2023 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Lesotho | 2,152 t | 2023 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Mauritania | 1,918 t | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Qatar | 1,778 t | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 148 | Puerto Rico | 1,748 t | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 149 | Congo | 1,471 t | 2023 | up 130.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Montenegro | 1,317 t | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 151 | Eritrea | 1,292 t | 2023 | up 57.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Bhutan | 643 t | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Malta | 586 t | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 154 | New Caledonia | 562 t | 2023 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 155 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 546 t | 2023 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 156 | South Sudan | 458 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 157 | Bahamas | 452 t | 2023 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Haiti | 345 t | 2023 | down 92.3% | volatile |
| 159 | Equatorial Guinea | 317 t | 2023 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Saint Lucia | 311 t | 2023 | up 51.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Brunei Darussalam | 243 t | 2023 | up 247.1% | volatile |
| 162 | Maldives | 238 t | 2023 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 163 | French Polynesia | 198 t | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 164 | Barbados | 141 t | 2023 | down 88.4% | volatile |
| 165 | Grenada | 137 t | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 166 | Sao Tome and Principe | 133 t | 2023 | up 92.8% | rising |
| 167 | Comoros | 106 t | 2023 | up 3,433.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 98 t | 2023 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Central African Republic | 79 t | 2023 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Tonga | 67 t | 2023 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Bahrain | 63 t | 2023 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Djibouti | 52 t | 2023 | up 85.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Singapore | 41 t | 2023 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Seychelles | 40 t | 2023 | up 53.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 13 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 176 | Samoa | 11 t | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Cook Islands | 10 t | 2023 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 178 | Faroe Islands | 7 t | 2023 | down 97.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Tuvalu | 1 t | 2023 | down 83.3% | falling |
| 180 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Dominica | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Kiribati | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Solomon Islands | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 0 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 180 | Guadeloupe | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 105.79 million t
- Asia 64.00 million t
- Eastern Asia 26.04 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 4.02 million t
- Southern Asia 25.02 million t
- Americas 22.33 million t
- Europe 12.88 million t
- Northern America 12.05 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 10.45 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 153,113 t
- United States of America 9.22 million t
- Middle Africa 106,178 t
- South-Eastern Asia 8.72 million t
- South America 8.28 million t
- European Union (27) 7.62 million t
- Eastern Europe 6.49 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4.69 million t
- Africa 4.67 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 3.39 million t
- Western Europe 2.79 million t
- Western Asia 2.69 million t
- Southern Europe 1.99 million t
- Central America 1.93 million t
- Oceania 1.90 million t
- Northern Africa 1.68 million t
- Northern Europe 1.61 million t
- Central Asia 1.53 million t
- Eastern Africa 1.53 million t
- Western Africa 779,902 t
- Southern Africa 574,717 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 (%).