Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area in Belgium
Belgium: Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area was 224.74 kg/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area in Belgium, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area in Belgium is 224.74 kg/ha, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.5% on the previous year and down 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area in Belgium peaked at 304.46 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 224.74 kg/ha, in 2023.
Belgium ranks 9th of 201 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 276.1 kg/ha | 248.35 kg/ha | 304.46 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 291.5 kg/ha | 275.36 kg/ha | 302.89 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 251.92 kg/ha | 224.74 kg/ha | 278.53 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 6 Montenegro 366.65 kg/ha compare
- 7 Turkmenistan 316.59 kg/ha compare
- 8 Trinidad and Tobago 275.81 kg/ha compare
- 10 Djibouti 210.5 kg/ha compare
- 11 Qatar 204.72 kg/ha compare
- 12 Barbados 201.71 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Belgium
- Standard Deviation 0.574 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 1.46 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 1.70 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 33,603 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 4,041 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 1.29 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 1.62 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 1.75 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 2.27 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area in Belgium?
- Nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area in Belgium was 224.74 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 Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 304.46 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 224.74 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Belgium rank for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area?
- Belgium ranks 9th out of 201 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium 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.
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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 (%).