Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus 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
6.59 million t
USSR
Lowest
0 t
Cook Islands
Median
5,470 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,497
What the numbers show
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 6.59 million t in USSR; the lowest is 0 t in Cook Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 5,470 t, and the mean is 140,793 t.
Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 103 fell. The largest increase was in Comoros (up 3,700.0%), and the largest decrease in Antigua and Barbuda (down 100.0%).
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USSR | 6.59 million t | 1991 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 2 | China | 4.53 million t | 2023 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 3 | China, mainland | 4.08 million t | 2023 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 351,906 t | 2023 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 4 | India | 3.62 million t | 2023 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Türkiye | 303,991 t | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 5 | Brazil | 2.36 million t | 2023 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 46,483 t | 2023 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Canada | 454,988 t | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 6 | United Republic of Tanzania | 36,256 t | 2023 | up 150.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 447,223 t | 2023 | up 92.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 19,642 t | 2023 | up 61.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Pakistan | 433,926 t | 2023 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Russian Federation | 382,611 t | 2023 | up 94.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Indonesia | 318,578 t | 2023 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 10,253 t | 2023 | up 53.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Argentina | 285,201 t | 2023 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Syrian Arab Republic | 8,728 t | 2023 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Australia and New Zealand | 276,641 t | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 12 | Republic of Moldova | 7,468 t | 2023 | up 84.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Australia | 271,856 t | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 13 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 6,886 t | 2023 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Thailand | 240,573 t | 2023 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 14 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 4,304 t | 2023 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Mexico | 180,381 t | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,096 t | 2023 | up 277.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Egypt | 154,954 t | 2023 | up 27.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Melanesia | 1,587 t | 2023 | up 139.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Yugoslav SFR | 139,000 t | 1991 | down 48.1% | rising |
| 17 | Polynesia | 33.57 t | 2023 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Spain | 127,416 t | 2023 | down 32.1% | rising |
| 18 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 2.18 t | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Ethiopia | 121,485 t | 2023 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 20 | France | 108,911 t | 2023 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 21 | South Africa | 105,868 t | 2023 | up 19.6% | falling |
| 22 | Japan | 102,460 t | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 23 | Poland | 96,043 t | 2023 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Malaysia | 95,626 t | 2023 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Ukraine | 90,820 t | 2023 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Romania | 84,324 t | 2023 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Colombia | 80,365 t | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 27 | Côte d'Ivoire | 27,294 t | 2023 | up 80.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Uzbekistan | 78,429 t | 2023 | up 29.8% | falling |
| 28 | Caribbean | 7,821 t | 2023 | down 66.1% | falling |
| 29 | Czechoslovakia | 75,000 t | 1992 | down 84.3% | rising |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 7.85 t | 2023 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 30 | Philippines | 72,806 t | 2023 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Sudan (former) | 69,150 t | 2011 | up 501.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Paraguay | 65,786 t | 2023 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Italy | 59,826 t | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 34 | Ethiopia PDR | 58,000 t | 1992 | up 181.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Germany | 55,918 t | 2023 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 36 | Morocco | 53,563 t | 2023 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 37 | Myanmar | 50,615 t | 2023 | up 453.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Kenya | 48,512 t | 2023 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Serbia | 47,128 t | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 40 | Uruguay | 46,073 t | 2023 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 45,000 t | 1999 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 42 | China, Taiwan Province of | 44,428 t | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 43 | Belarus | 43,883 t | 2023 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Iraq | 38,909 t | 2023 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 45 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 33,267 t | 2023 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 46 | Republic of Korea | 33,124 t | 2023 | down 31.0% | falling |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 32,984 t | 2023 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Peru | 31,388 t | 2023 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Chile | 29,989 t | 2023 | down 22.4% | rising |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 29,843 t | 2023 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Zambia | 27,565 t | 2023 | up 84.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Tunisia | 26,988 t | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 53 | Algeria | 23,622 t | 2023 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Nigeria | 22,620 t | 2023 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Zimbabwe | 22,081 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 56 | Cambodia | 21,245 t | 2023 | up 130.2% | volatile |
| 57 | Hungary | 20,211 t | 2023 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Greece | 19,377 t | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 59 | Guatemala | 18,501 t | 2023 | down 27.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Burundi | 17,829 t | 2023 | up 501.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Benin | 17,798 t | 2023 | up 857.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Honduras | 16,029 t | 2023 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Burkina Faso | 15,920 t | 2023 | up 58.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Czechia | 15,442 t | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 65 | Lithuania | 14,692 t | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 14,671 t | 2023 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Ecuador | 14,508 t | 2023 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Malawi | 14,153 t | 2023 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Turkmenistan | 13,765 t | 2023 | up 239.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Portugal | 13,462 t | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 71 | Sweden | 13,432 t | 2023 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 72 | Nepal | 12,219 t | 2023 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Latvia | 12,193 t | 2023 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Mali | 11,276 t | 2023 | up 70.8% | volatile |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 10,981 t | 2023 | up 201.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Ghana | 10,388 t | 2023 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Denmark | 10,343 t | 2023 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Austria | 10,015 t | 2023 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Croatia | 9,781 t | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 80 | Finland | 9,179 t | 2023 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Slovakia | 8,857 t | 2023 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 82 | Afghanistan | 8,856 t | 2023 | up 678.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Libya | 8,636 t | 2023 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 84 | El Salvador | 8,277 t | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 85 | Rwanda | 7,156 t | 2023 | up 283.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Mozambique | 7,141 t | 2023 | up 526.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Sudan | 7,010 t | 2023 | up 382.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Sri Lanka | 6,927 t | 2023 | down 67.1% | rising |
| 89 | Costa Rica | 5,729 t | 2023 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 90 | Cameroon | 5,475 t | 2023 | up 57.6% | volatile |
| 91 | Senegal | 5,464 t | 2023 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Ireland | 4,857 t | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 93 | New Zealand | 4,785 t | 2023 | down 30.1% | flat |
| 94 | Panama | 4,641 t | 2023 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Belgium | 4,351 t | 2023 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 96 | Togo | 4,238 t | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Albania | 3,962 t | 2023 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 3,831 t | 2023 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Estonia | 3,727 t | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Norway | 3,650 t | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 101 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 3,641 t | 2023 | down 25.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Belize | 3,603 t | 2023 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Slovenia | 3,529 t | 2023 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 104 | Dominican Republic | 3,205 t | 2023 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,960 t | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 106 | Chad | 2,886 t | 2023 | up 73.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,606 t | 2023 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 108 | Georgia | 2,502 t | 2023 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Angola | 2,489 t | 2023 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Switzerland | 2,485 t | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Jordan | 2,258 t | 2023 | up 127.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Uganda | 2,163 t | 2023 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Israel | 2,047 t | 2023 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 114 | Lebanon | 1,984 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Cyprus | 1,972 t | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 116 | Gabon | 1,911 t | 2023 | up 492.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Eswatini | 1,781 t | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 118 | Madagascar | 1,616 t | 2023 | up 60.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Cuba | 1,613 t | 2023 | down 84.4% | volatile |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 1,607 t | 2023 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Tajikistan | 1,606 t | 2023 | up 104.0% | volatile |
| 122 | North Macedonia | 1,502 t | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 123 | Botswana | 1,487 t | 2023 | up 776.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Niger | 1,483 t | 2023 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Guyana | 1,408 t | 2023 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 126 | Jamaica | 1,125 t | 2023 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 127 | Iceland | 1,116 t | 2023 | down 61.6% | falling |
| 128 | Yemen | 1,095 t | 2023 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Papua New Guinea | 1,054 t | 2023 | up 613.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Oman | 993.21 t | 2023 | up 43.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Kuwait | 914.73 t | 2023 | up 466.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Haiti | 889.44 t | 2023 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 133 | Liberia | 607.35 t | 2023 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Guinea-Bissau | 559.39 t | 2023 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 135 | Mauritius | 446.9 t | 2023 | down 71.5% | falling |
| 136 | Congo | 436 t | 2023 | up 173.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Puerto Rico | 420.74 t | 2023 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 138 | Mauritania | 398.94 t | 2023 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Trinidad and Tobago | 393.05 t | 2023 | up 80.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Qatar | 385.21 t | 2023 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Sierra Leone | 380.19 t | 2023 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Fiji | 360.14 t | 2023 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 143 | Gambia | 289.5 t | 2023 | up 719.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Armenia | 267.92 t | 2023 | up 61.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Namibia | 243.72 t | 2023 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Lesotho | 225.41 t | 2023 | up 249.3% | volatile |
| 147 | Montenegro | 207.1 t | 2023 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 148 | Suriname | 204.7 t | 2023 | down 61.8% | volatile |
| 149 | New Caledonia | 172.66 t | 2023 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Luxembourg | 169.69 t | 2023 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 151 | Brunei Darussalam | 101.15 t | 2023 | up 205.3% | volatile |
| 152 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 95.92 t | 2023 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 153 | Bahamas | 78.04 t | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 153 | Bhutan | 78.04 t | 2023 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Guinea | 70.63 t | 2023 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Equatorial Guinea | 54.06 t | 2023 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Saint Lucia | 50.58 t | 2023 | up 61.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Malta | 34.01 t | 2023 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Comoros | 33.14 t | 2023 | up 3,700.0% | volatile |
| 160 | Maldives | 31.83 t | 2023 | down 70.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Bahrain | 27.9 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 161 | French Polynesia | 27.9 t | 2023 | down 63.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Sao Tome and Principe | 22.67 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 164 | Barbados | 22.24 t | 2023 | up 466.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Djibouti | 11.34 t | 2023 | up 73.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Seychelles | 11.34 t | 2023 | up 116.7% | falling |
| 167 | Grenada | 10.46 t | 2023 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 168 | Faroe Islands | 7.85 t | 2023 | down 90.3% | falling |
| 169 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 7.41 t | 2023 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Singapore | 5.23 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Tonga | 5.23 t | 2023 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.92 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 173 | South Sudan | 1.74 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 174 | Tuvalu | 0.436 t | 2023 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 175 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 175 | Central African Republic | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Dominica | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Eritrea | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Kiribati | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Mongolia | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Solomon Islands | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Vanuatu | 0 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 175 | Samoa | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Guadeloupe | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 175 | Cook Islands | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 18.69 million t
- Asia 10.94 million t
- Americas 5.29 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 857,732 t
- Eastern Asia 4.69 million t
- Southern Asia 4.58 million t
- South America 2.93 million t
- Northern America 2.10 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.68 million t
- United States of America 1.65 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 15,786 t
- Europe 1.36 million t
- Middle Africa 15,369 t
- South-Eastern Asia 1.16 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 977,869 t
- Africa 825,089 t
- Eastern Europe 782,643 t
- European Union (27) 744,686 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 482,868 t
- Western Asia 409,421 t
- Eastern Africa 306,546 t
- Southern Europe 289,184 t
- Oceania 278,264 t
- Northern Africa 274,774 t
- Central America 240,992 t
- Western Europe 185,491 t
- Western Africa 118,795 t
- Central Asia 111,078 t
- Southern Africa 109,605 t
- Northern Europe 106,463 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 (%).