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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
202
Highest
112.11 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0 kg/ha
Cook Islands
Median
5.3 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 202 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 5.3 kg/ha, and the mean is 8.07 kg/ha.

Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 106 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Faroe Islands 112.11 kg/ha 2023 down 91.2% falling
1 Viet Nam 30.21 kg/ha 2023 down 12.7% volatile
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
3 Türkiye 12.68 kg/ha 2023 up 11.2% rising
4 Bangladesh 50.83 kg/ha 2023 up 86.2% volatile
4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 7.72 kg/ha 2023 up 63.8% volatile
5 Belgium-Luxembourg 50.39 kg/ha 1999 down 54.4% falling
5 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.28 kg/ha 2023 down 2.0% volatile
6 Egypt 38.18 kg/ha 2023 up 17.0% rising
7 Brazil 37.29 kg/ha 2023 up 10.5% volatile
7 Republic of Moldova 3.49 kg/ha 2023 up 81.9% volatile
8 China 35.3 kg/ha 2023 down 21.7% volatile
8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.64 kg/ha 2023 down 49.3% volatile
9 China, mainland 32 kg/ha 2023 down 29.4% volatile
9 United Republic of Tanzania 2.34 kg/ha 2023 up 126.8% volatile
10 China, Hong Kong SAR 31.97 kg/ha 2023 down 27.0% rising
10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.76 kg/ha 2023 up 34.5% volatile
11 USSR 28.81 kg/ha 1991 up 13.5% rising
11 Syrian Arab Republic 1.6 kg/ha 2023 down 38.5% volatile
12 Belize 27.3 kg/ha 2023 up 14.9% volatile
13 Japan 23.84 kg/ha 2023 down 31.8% falling
13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.3 kg/ha 2023 down 90.7% volatile
14 Republic of Korea 21.91 kg/ha 2023 down 21.9% flat
14 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.09 kg/ha 2023 up 400.0% volatile
15 India 21.52 kg/ha 2023 up 47.1% volatile
15 Melanesia 0.986 kg/ha 2023 up 120.6% volatile
16 Uruguay 20.58 kg/ha 2023 down 38.7% rising
17 Yugoslav SFR 18.23 kg/ha 1991 down 46.5% rising
17 Polynesia 0.3051 kg/ha 2023 down 65.6% volatile
18 New Caledonia 17.8 kg/ha 2023 up 7.6% volatile
18 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.124 kg/ha 2023 up 195.2% volatile
19 Uzbekistan 17.55 kg/ha 2023 up 28.5% flat
20 United Arab Emirates 17.52 kg/ha 2023 down 24.4% volatile
21 Serbia 16.73 kg/ha 2023 up 22.8% rising
22 Colombia 16.09 kg/ha 2023 down 32.0% volatile
23 Qatar 16.05 kg/ha 2023 down 12.5% volatile
24 Chile 15.67 kg/ha 2023 down 21.1% volatile
25 Cyprus 15.54 kg/ha 2023 down 13.9% rising
26 Slovenia 15.12 kg/ha 2023 up 13.6% falling
26 Côte d'Ivoire 1.91 kg/ha 2023 up 17.9% volatile
27 Czechoslovakia 14.92 kg/ha 1992 down 83.9% rising
27 Caribbean 1.15 kg/ha 2023 down 65.7% falling
28 Montenegro 14.44 kg/ha 2023 down 23.0% falling
29 Paraguay 14.17 kg/ha 2023 down 19.2% volatile
29 Cabo Verde 0.1453 kg/ha 2023 down 18.2% falling
30 Pakistan 14 kg/ha 2023 up 14.4% volatile
31 Canada 11.87 kg/ha 2023 up 32.1% rising
32 Malaysia 11.6 kg/ha 2023 down 24.3% rising
33 Guyana 11.17 kg/ha 2023 down 37.2% volatile
34 Thailand 11.15 kg/ha 2023 up 4.9% volatile
35 Ireland 11.01 kg/ha 2023 down 33.8% falling
36 Burundi 10.67 kg/ha 2023 up 405.3% volatile
37 Costa Rica 10.52 kg/ha 2023 down 26.7% rising
38 Croatia 10.33 kg/ha 2023 down 10.2% falling
39 Brunei Darussalam 10.12 kg/ha 2023 up 205.3% volatile
40 Honduras 9.91 kg/ha 2023 up 12.8% volatile
41 Romania 9.57 kg/ha 2023 up 58.4% volatile
42 El Salvador 9.4 kg/ha 2023 down 3.0% falling
43 Iceland 9.22 kg/ha 2023 down 61.5% falling
44 Eswatini 9.13 kg/ha 2023 up 18.7% rising
45 Bulgaria 9.11 kg/ha 2023 up 45.0% volatile
46 Latvia 8.9 kg/ha 2023 down 5.3% rising
47 Australia 8.66 kg/ha 2023 up 7.8% falling
48 Australia and New Zealand 8.65 kg/ha 2023 up 6.9% falling
49 South Africa 8.53 kg/ha 2023 up 19.6% falling
50 Turkmenistan 8.44 kg/ha 2023 up 295.3% volatile
51 Trinidad and Tobago 8.36 kg/ha 2023 up 80.3% volatile
52 Poland 8.32 kg/ha 2023 down 30.4% falling
53 Saudi Arabia 8.2 kg/ha 2023 down 21.0% volatile
54 Oman 8.16 kg/ha 2023 down 19.2% volatile
55 New Zealand 8.08 kg/ha 2023 down 27.0% falling
56 Singapore 7.93 kg/ha 2023 down 32.3% volatile
57 Jordan 7.86 kg/ha 2023 up 149.2% volatile
58 Belarus 7.76 kg/ha 2023 down 46.0% volatile
59 Spain 7.67 kg/ha 2023 down 29.9% rising
60 Portugal 7.45 kg/ha 2023 down 16.5% falling
61 Mexico 7.38 kg/ha 2023 up 49.2% rising
62 Seychelles 7.31 kg/ha 2023 up 116.7% volatile
63 Lebanon 7.23 kg/ha 2023 down 68.4% volatile
64 Indonesia 7.22 kg/ha 2023 down 25.8% volatile
65 Austria 7.22 kg/ha 2023 down 24.9% falling
66 Zambia 7.18 kg/ha 2023 up 79.4% volatile
67 Bahamas 7.09 kg/ha 2023 down 43.4% falling
68 Iraq 7.08 kg/ha 2023 up 1.3% volatile
69 Argentina 6.88 kg/ha 2023 up 17.5% volatile
70 Panama 6.82 kg/ha 2023 down 17.2% volatile
71 Bahrain 6.81 kg/ha 2023 down 26.3% volatile
72 Guatemala 6.76 kg/ha 2023 down 36.2% rising
73 Greece 6.69 kg/ha 2023 down 1.0% falling
74 Slovakia 6.69 kg/ha 2023 up 30.5% rising
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.67 kg/ha 2023 up 107.7% rising
76 Ethiopia 6.58 kg/ha 2023 up 48.9% rising
77 Maldives 6.5 kg/ha 2023 down 67.8% volatile
78 Kenya 6.5 kg/ha 2023 down 28.2% rising
79 Philippines 6.49 kg/ha 2023 up 1.7% volatile
80 Puerto Rico 6.36 kg/ha 2023 down 21.9% volatile
81 Italy 6.31 kg/ha 2023 down 14.1% falling
82 Lithuania 6.29 kg/ha 2023 down 1.0% rising
83 Nepal 6.27 kg/ha 2023 down 30.3% volatile
84 Morocco 6.09 kg/ha 2023 down 39.9% rising
85 France 6.08 kg/ha 2023 down 36.4% volatile
86 Ecuador 6.02 kg/ha 2023 down 7.8% volatile
87 Czechia 6.02 kg/ha 2023 down 22.3% rising
88 Jamaica 5.98 kg/ha 2023 down 17.4% rising
89 Switzerland 5.89 kg/ha 2023 down 31.4% volatile
90 Albania 5.84 kg/ha 2023 down 29.1% volatile
91 Georgia 5.79 kg/ha 2023 up 20.6% volatile
92 Botswana 5.67 kg/ha 2023 up 843.6% volatile
93 Mauritius 5.66 kg/ha 2023 down 71.5% rising
94 Israel 5.49 kg/ha 2023 down 37.8% falling
95 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.47 kg/ha 2023 down 42.7% falling
96 Tunisia 5.45 kg/ha 2023 up 24.5% rising
97 Zimbabwe 5.43 kg/ha 2023 up 33.9% falling
98 Sweden 5.31 kg/ha 2023 up 16.0% volatile
99 Saint Lucia 5.28 kg/ha 2023 up 61.1% volatile
100 Estonia 5.21 kg/ha 2023 down 24.0% rising
101 Ethiopia PDR 5.13 kg/ha 1992 up 231.4% volatile
102 Peru 5.06 kg/ha 2023 down 28.2% volatile
103 Belgium 4.91 kg/ha 2023 down 50.2% falling
104 Rwanda 4.78 kg/ha 2023 up 302.0% volatile
105 Hungary 4.71 kg/ha 2023 down 30.7% volatile
106 Germany 4.71 kg/ha 2023 down 49.1% volatile
107 Azerbaijan 4.64 kg/ha 2023 up 174.6% volatile
108 Cambodia 4.56 kg/ha 2023 up 100.4% volatile
109 Norway 4.53 kg/ha 2023 down 15.1% falling
110 Denmark 4.32 kg/ha 2023 up 9.5% volatile
111 Benin 4.27 kg/ha 2023 up 688.2% volatile
112 Libya 4.21 kg/ha 2023 down 30.3% volatile
113 Malta 4.1 kg/ha 2023 up 35.6% volatile
114 Finland 4.08 kg/ha 2023 down 16.8% volatile
115 Myanmar 4.04 kg/ha 2023 up 442.5% volatile
116 Gabon 3.86 kg/ha 2023 up 492.2% volatile
117 Suriname 3.69 kg/ha 2023 down 54.6% volatile
118 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3.48 kg/ha 2023 down 23.4% volatile
119 Sudan (former) 3.45 kg/ha 2011 up 395.4% volatile
120 Malawi 3.37 kg/ha 2023 up 11.8% volatile
121 North Macedonia 3.29 kg/ha 2023 down 33.8% falling
122 Russian Federation 3.09 kg/ha 2023 up 94.6% rising
123 Djibouti 2.91 kg/ha 2023 up 24.4% volatile
124 Barbados 2.78 kg/ha 2023 up 643.8% volatile
125 Algeria 2.77 kg/ha 2023 down 18.3% volatile
126 Luxembourg 2.7 kg/ha 2023 down 52.0% falling
127 Sri Lanka 2.7 kg/ha 2023 down 70.6% rising
128 Ukraine 2.69 kg/ha 2023 down 16.4% volatile
129 Fiji 2.6 kg/ha 2023 up 5.4% volatile
130 Nicaragua 2.13 kg/ha 2023 down 11.2% volatile
131 Dominican Republic 2.11 kg/ha 2023 down 67.6% volatile
132 Kyrgyzstan 1.91 kg/ha 2023 down 31.1% volatile
133 Burkina Faso 1.85 kg/ha 2023 up 31.6% volatile
134 Tajikistan 1.53 kg/ha 2023 up 76.1% volatile
135 Togo 1.5 kg/ha 2023 up 13.4% volatile
136 Grenada 1.49 kg/ha 2023 down 61.9% rising
137 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.48 kg/ha 2023 down 62.2% volatile
138 Ghana 1.4 kg/ha 2023 down 34.7% volatile
139 Senegal 1.4 kg/ha 2023 down 9.2% volatile
140 Mali 1.31 kg/ha 2023 up 38.2% volatile
141 Mozambique 1.18 kg/ha 2023 up 519.7% volatile
142 Afghanistan 1.09 kg/ha 2023 up 658.3% volatile
143 French Polynesia 0.9791 kg/ha 2023 down 67.3% volatile
144 Papua New Guinea 0.8677 kg/ha 2023 up 543.2% volatile
145 Liberia 0.8676 kg/ha 2023 up 30.9% volatile
146 Mauritania 0.8673 kg/ha 2023 up 30.9% volatile
147 Guinea-Bissau 0.8666 kg/ha 2023 up 30.8% volatile
148 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.7694 kg/ha 2023 — volatile
149 Yemen 0.7541 kg/ha 2023 down 44.2% volatile
150 Cameroon 0.6933 kg/ha 2023 up 54.7% volatile
151 Bhutan 0.6846 kg/ha 2023 down 33.5% volatile
152 Haiti 0.6816 kg/ha 2023 down 39.0% volatile
153 Congo 0.6693 kg/ha 2023 up 164.5% volatile
154 Gambia 0.6477 kg/ha 2023 up 737.9% volatile
155 Lesotho 0.6248 kg/ha 2023 up 144.1% volatile
156 Equatorial Guinea 0.5417 kg/ha 2023 up 63.5% volatile
157 Chad 0.5407 kg/ha 2023 up 63.2% volatile
158 Sao Tome and Principe 0.5398 kg/ha 2023 up 61.9% rising
159 Armenia 0.5322 kg/ha 2023 up 62.7% volatile
160 Nigeria 0.5115 kg/ha 2023 up 17.9% volatile
161 Kazakhstan 0.4923 kg/ha 2023 up 30.2% volatile
162 Cuba 0.4529 kg/ha 2023 down 84.3% volatile
163 Madagascar 0.449 kg/ha 2023 up 60.2% volatile
164 Angola 0.4365 kg/ha 2023 down 45.6% volatile
165 Sudan 0.3305 kg/ha 2023 up 355.2% volatile
166 Namibia 0.3002 kg/ha 2023 down 16.0% volatile
167 Comoros 0.2808 kg/ha 2023 up 3,694.6% volatile
168 Tuvalu 0.2422 kg/ha 2023 down 75.0% falling
169 Uganda 0.2377 kg/ha 2023 up 20.8% volatile
170 Sierra Leone 0.2174 kg/ha 2023 up 30.3% volatile
171 Tonga 0.1688 kg/ha 2023 down 71.9% volatile
172 Niger 0.0832 kg/ha 2023 up 39.1% volatile
173 Guinea 0.0097 kg/ha 2023 down 96.4% volatile
174 South Sudan 0.0007 kg/ha 2023 down 12.5% volatile
175 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kg/ha 2023 down 100.0% falling
175 Central African Republic 0 kg/ha 2023 down 100.0% volatile
175 Dominica 0 kg/ha 2023 down 100.0% volatile
175 Eritrea 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile
175 Kiribati 0 kg/ha 2023 down 100.0% volatile
175 Mongolia 0 kg/ha 2023 down 100.0% volatile
175 Solomon Islands 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile
175 Vanuatu 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile
175 Samoa 0 kg/ha 2023 down 100.0% volatile
175 Guadeloupe 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile
175 Cook Islands 0 kg/ha 2023 down 100.0% 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 phosphorus 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, 13,497 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 (%).