Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus 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
201
Highest
112.11 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0 kg/ha
Cook Islands
Median
5.28 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,497
What the numbers show
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 112.11 kg/ha in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0 kg/ha in Cook Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.28 kg/ha, and the mean is 8.07 kg/ha.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 105 fell. The largest increase was in Comoros (up 3,694.6%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 112.11 kg/ha | 2023 | down 91.2% | falling |
| 2 | Kuwait | 65.34 kg/ha | 2023 | up 611.9% | volatile |
| 3 | China, Taiwan Province of | 57.03 kg/ha | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 50.83 kg/ha | 2023 | up 86.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 50.39 kg/ha | 1999 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 6 | Egypt | 38.18 kg/ha | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 37.29 kg/ha | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 8 | China | 35.3 kg/ha | 2023 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 9 | China, mainland | 32 kg/ha | 2023 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 10 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 31.97 kg/ha | 2023 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 11 | Viet Nam | 30.21 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 12 | USSR | 28.81 kg/ha | 1991 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 13 | Belize | 27.3 kg/ha | 2023 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Japan | 23.84 kg/ha | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 15 | Republic of Korea | 21.91 kg/ha | 2023 | down 21.9% | flat |
| 16 | India | 21.52 kg/ha | 2023 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Uruguay | 20.58 kg/ha | 2023 | down 38.7% | rising |
| 18 | Yugoslav SFR | 18.23 kg/ha | 1991 | down 46.5% | rising |
| 19 | New Caledonia | 17.8 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | 17.55 kg/ha | 2023 | up 28.5% | flat |
| 21 | United Arab Emirates | 17.52 kg/ha | 2023 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Serbia | 16.73 kg/ha | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 23 | Colombia | 16.09 kg/ha | 2023 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Qatar | 16.05 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Chile | 15.67 kg/ha | 2023 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Cyprus | 15.54 kg/ha | 2023 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 27 | Slovenia | 15.12 kg/ha | 2023 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 28 | Czechoslovakia | 14.92 kg/ha | 1992 | down 83.9% | rising |
| 29 | Montenegro | 14.44 kg/ha | 2023 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 30 | Paraguay | 14.17 kg/ha | 2023 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Pakistan | 14 kg/ha | 2023 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Türkiye | 12.68 kg/ha | 2023 | up 11.2% | rising |
| 33 | Canada | 11.87 kg/ha | 2023 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 34 | Malaysia | 11.6 kg/ha | 2023 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 35 | Guyana | 11.17 kg/ha | 2023 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Thailand | 11.15 kg/ha | 2023 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Ireland | 11.01 kg/ha | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 38 | Burundi | 10.67 kg/ha | 2023 | up 405.3% | volatile |
| 39 | Costa Rica | 10.52 kg/ha | 2023 | down 26.7% | rising |
| 40 | Croatia | 10.33 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 41 | Brunei Darussalam | 10.12 kg/ha | 2023 | up 205.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Honduras | 9.91 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Romania | 9.57 kg/ha | 2023 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 44 | El Salvador | 9.4 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 45 | Iceland | 9.22 kg/ha | 2023 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 46 | Eswatini | 9.13 kg/ha | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 9.11 kg/ha | 2023 | up 45.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Latvia | 8.9 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 49 | Australia | 8.66 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 50 | Australia and New Zealand | 8.65 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.9% | falling |
| 51 | Turkmenistan | 8.44 kg/ha | 2023 | up 295.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8.36 kg/ha | 2023 | up 80.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Poland | 8.32 kg/ha | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 8.2 kg/ha | 2023 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Oman | 8.16 kg/ha | 2023 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 56 | New Zealand | 8.08 kg/ha | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 57 | Singapore | 7.93 kg/ha | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Jordan | 7.86 kg/ha | 2023 | up 149.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Belarus | 7.76 kg/ha | 2023 | down 46.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 7.72 kg/ha | 2023 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Spain | 7.67 kg/ha | 2023 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 62 | Portugal | 7.45 kg/ha | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 63 | Mexico | 7.38 kg/ha | 2023 | up 49.2% | rising |
| 64 | Seychelles | 7.31 kg/ha | 2023 | up 116.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Lebanon | 7.23 kg/ha | 2023 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Indonesia | 7.22 kg/ha | 2023 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Austria | 7.22 kg/ha | 2023 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 68 | Zambia | 7.18 kg/ha | 2023 | up 79.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Bahamas | 7.09 kg/ha | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 70 | Iraq | 7.08 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Argentina | 6.88 kg/ha | 2023 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 72 | Panama | 6.82 kg/ha | 2023 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Bahrain | 6.81 kg/ha | 2023 | down 26.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Guatemala | 6.76 kg/ha | 2023 | down 36.2% | rising |
| 75 | Greece | 6.69 kg/ha | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 76 | Slovakia | 6.69 kg/ha | 2023 | up 30.5% | rising |
| 77 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.67 kg/ha | 2023 | up 107.7% | rising |
| 78 | Ethiopia | 6.58 kg/ha | 2023 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 79 | Maldives | 6.5 kg/ha | 2023 | down 67.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Kenya | 6.5 kg/ha | 2023 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 81 | Philippines | 6.49 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Puerto Rico | 6.36 kg/ha | 2023 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Italy | 6.31 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 84 | Lithuania | 6.29 kg/ha | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 85 | Nepal | 6.27 kg/ha | 2023 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Morocco | 6.09 kg/ha | 2023 | down 39.9% | rising |
| 87 | France | 6.08 kg/ha | 2023 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Ecuador | 6.02 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Czechia | 6.02 kg/ha | 2023 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 90 | Jamaica | 5.98 kg/ha | 2023 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 91 | Switzerland | 5.89 kg/ha | 2023 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Albania | 5.84 kg/ha | 2023 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Georgia | 5.79 kg/ha | 2023 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Botswana | 5.67 kg/ha | 2023 | up 843.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Mauritius | 5.66 kg/ha | 2023 | down 71.5% | rising |
| 96 | Israel | 5.49 kg/ha | 2023 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 97 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 5.47 kg/ha | 2023 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 98 | Tunisia | 5.45 kg/ha | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 99 | Zimbabwe | 5.43 kg/ha | 2023 | up 33.9% | falling |
| 100 | Sweden | 5.31 kg/ha | 2023 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Saint Lucia | 5.28 kg/ha | 2023 | up 61.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Estonia | 5.21 kg/ha | 2023 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 103 | Ethiopia PDR | 5.13 kg/ha | 1992 | up 231.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Peru | 5.06 kg/ha | 2023 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 105 | Belgium | 4.91 kg/ha | 2023 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 106 | Rwanda | 4.78 kg/ha | 2023 | up 302.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Hungary | 4.71 kg/ha | 2023 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Germany | 4.71 kg/ha | 2023 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Azerbaijan | 4.64 kg/ha | 2023 | up 174.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Cambodia | 4.56 kg/ha | 2023 | up 100.4% | volatile |
| 111 | Norway | 4.53 kg/ha | 2023 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 112 | Denmark | 4.32 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.28 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Benin | 4.27 kg/ha | 2023 | up 688.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Libya | 4.21 kg/ha | 2023 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 116 | Malta | 4.1 kg/ha | 2023 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Finland | 4.08 kg/ha | 2023 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Myanmar | 4.04 kg/ha | 2023 | up 442.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Gabon | 3.86 kg/ha | 2023 | up 492.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Suriname | 3.69 kg/ha | 2023 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Republic of Moldova | 3.49 kg/ha | 2023 | up 81.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 3.48 kg/ha | 2023 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 123 | Sudan (former) | 3.45 kg/ha | 2011 | up 395.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Malawi | 3.37 kg/ha | 2023 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 125 | North Macedonia | 3.29 kg/ha | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 126 | Russian Federation | 3.09 kg/ha | 2023 | up 94.6% | rising |
| 127 | Djibouti | 2.91 kg/ha | 2023 | up 24.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Barbados | 2.78 kg/ha | 2023 | up 643.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Algeria | 2.77 kg/ha | 2023 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Luxembourg | 2.7 kg/ha | 2023 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 131 | Sri Lanka | 2.7 kg/ha | 2023 | down 70.6% | rising |
| 132 | Ukraine | 2.69 kg/ha | 2023 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 133 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2.64 kg/ha | 2023 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Fiji | 2.6 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 135 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2.34 kg/ha | 2023 | up 126.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Nicaragua | 2.13 kg/ha | 2023 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Dominican Republic | 2.11 kg/ha | 2023 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.91 kg/ha | 2023 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 139 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.91 kg/ha | 2023 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Burkina Faso | 1.85 kg/ha | 2023 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.76 kg/ha | 2023 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 142 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.6 kg/ha | 2023 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Tajikistan | 1.53 kg/ha | 2023 | up 76.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Togo | 1.5 kg/ha | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Grenada | 1.49 kg/ha | 2023 | down 61.9% | rising |
| 146 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.48 kg/ha | 2023 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Ghana | 1.4 kg/ha | 2023 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Senegal | 1.4 kg/ha | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 149 | Mali | 1.31 kg/ha | 2023 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.3 kg/ha | 2023 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Mozambique | 1.18 kg/ha | 2023 | up 519.7% | volatile |
| 152 | Caribbean | 1.15 kg/ha | 2023 | down 65.7% | falling |
| 153 | Afghanistan | 1.09 kg/ha | 2023 | up 658.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 1.09 kg/ha | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Melanesia | 0.986 kg/ha | 2023 | up 120.6% | volatile |
| 156 | French Polynesia | 0.9791 kg/ha | 2023 | down 67.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Papua New Guinea | 0.8677 kg/ha | 2023 | up 543.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Liberia | 0.8676 kg/ha | 2023 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Mauritania | 0.8673 kg/ha | 2023 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.8666 kg/ha | 2023 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.7694 kg/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 162 | Yemen | 0.7541 kg/ha | 2023 | down 44.2% | volatile |
| 163 | Cameroon | 0.6933 kg/ha | 2023 | up 54.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Bhutan | 0.6846 kg/ha | 2023 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Haiti | 0.6816 kg/ha | 2023 | down 39.0% | volatile |
| 166 | Congo | 0.6693 kg/ha | 2023 | up 164.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Gambia | 0.6477 kg/ha | 2023 | up 737.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Lesotho | 0.6248 kg/ha | 2023 | up 144.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.5417 kg/ha | 2023 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Chad | 0.5407 kg/ha | 2023 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.5398 kg/ha | 2023 | up 61.9% | rising |
| 172 | Armenia | 0.5322 kg/ha | 2023 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Nigeria | 0.5115 kg/ha | 2023 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Kazakhstan | 0.4923 kg/ha | 2023 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 175 | Cuba | 0.4529 kg/ha | 2023 | down 84.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Madagascar | 0.449 kg/ha | 2023 | up 60.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Angola | 0.4365 kg/ha | 2023 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Sudan | 0.3305 kg/ha | 2023 | up 355.2% | volatile |
| 179 | Polynesia | 0.3051 kg/ha | 2023 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 180 | Namibia | 0.3002 kg/ha | 2023 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Comoros | 0.2808 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3,694.6% | volatile |
| 182 | Tuvalu | 0.2422 kg/ha | 2023 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 183 | Uganda | 0.2377 kg/ha | 2023 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Sierra Leone | 0.2174 kg/ha | 2023 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Tonga | 0.1688 kg/ha | 2023 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Cabo Verde | 0.1453 kg/ha | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 187 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.124 kg/ha | 2023 | up 195.2% | volatile |
| 188 | Niger | 0.0832 kg/ha | 2023 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 189 | Guinea | 0.0097 kg/ha | 2023 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 190 | South Sudan | 0.0007 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 191 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 kg/ha | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 191 | Dominica | 0 kg/ha | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Eritrea | 0 kg/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 191 | Kiribati | 0 kg/ha | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Mongolia | 0 kg/ha | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Nauru | 0 kg/ha | 2023 | — | flat |
| 191 | Solomon Islands | 0 kg/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 191 | Vanuatu | 0 kg/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 191 | Samoa | 0 kg/ha | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Guadeloupe | 0 kg/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 191 | Cook Islands | 0 kg/ha | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Asia 33.99 kg/ha
- South America 21.48 kg/ha
- Southern Asia 19.2 kg/ha
- Asia 19.02 kg/ha
- Americas 14.31 kg/ha
- World 11.9 kg/ha
- Northern America 10.89 kg/ha
- United States of America 10.65 kg/ha
- South-eastern Asia 10 kg/ha
- Western Asia 9.15 kg/ha
- South Africa 8.53 kg/ha
- Oceania 8.25 kg/ha
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 (%).