Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area in Americas
Americas: Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area was 46.88 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area in Americas, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Americas recorded 46.88 kg/ha for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area in 2023.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area in Americas peaked at 48.45 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 9.8 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Americas 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area in Americas, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10.69 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 11.19 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 12.94 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1965 | 13.73 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1966 | 16.18 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1967 | 18.21 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 18.44 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 19.47 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1970 | 22.26 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1971 | 20.5 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1972 | 23 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1973 | 25.24 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1974 | 26.79 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1975 | 28.18 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 29.3 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 28.48 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 29.56 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 30.85 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1980 | 34.52 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1981 | 28.68 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1982 | 24.88 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1983 | 32.59 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 1984 | 31.2 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1985 | 27.42 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1986 | 28.95 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 30.94 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1988 | 35.14 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1989 | 33.48 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 31.43 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1991 | 31.21 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 28.96 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1993 | 36.41 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1994 | 31.76 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1995 | 35.95 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1996 | 34.51 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 35.02 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 35.96 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 36.58 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 35.83 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 36.6 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 39.8 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2003 | 39.75 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 37.75 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2005 | 37.37 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 41.03 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2007 | 38.44 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 33.56 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2009 | 36.38 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 39.28 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2011 | 43.98 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 45.25 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 42.2 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 43.21 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 39.39 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2016 | 39.09 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 40.91 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 42.81 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 42.34 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 45.7 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 48.45 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2022 | 47.79 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 46.88 kg/ha | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.52 kg/ha | 9.8 kg/ha | 19.47 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 26.41 kg/ha | 20.5 kg/ha | 30.85 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30.78 kg/ha | 24.88 kg/ha | 35.14 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33.78 kg/ha | 28.96 kg/ha | 36.58 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.65 kg/ha | 33.56 kg/ha | 41.03 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41.85 kg/ha | 39.09 kg/ha | 45.25 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 47.2 kg/ha | 45.7 kg/ha | 48.45 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 26.58 kg/ha compare
- 7 Turkmenistan 316.59 kg/ha compare
- 8 Trinidad and Tobago 275.81 kg/ha compare
- 9 Belgium 224.74 kg/ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 19.21 kg/ha compare
- 10 Djibouti 210.5 kg/ha compare
- 10 Republic of Moldova 11.76 kg/ha compare
- 11 Qatar 204.72 kg/ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 10.19 kg/ha compare
- 12 Barbados 201.71 kg/ha compare
- 12 Cabo Verde 40.5 kg/ha compare
- 13 Suriname 191.97 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Americas
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Temperature change 1.95 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.303 °C (2025)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ 2.72 % (2024)
- Wood fuel, coniferous — Production 78.58 million m3 (2024)
- Wood fuel, non-coniferous — Production 263.00 million m3 (2024)
- Industrial roundwood — Production 740.92 million m3 (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 1.73 % (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Value US$, 2015 525,862 million USD (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Share of GDP US$ 1.74 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area in Americas?
- Nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area in Americas was 46.88 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 48.45 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.8 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area?
- Americas ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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 (%).