Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency 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
732.48 %
Kiribati
Lowest
0 %
Guadeloupe
Median
49.58 %
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500
What the numbers show
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 732.48 % in Kiribati; the lowest is 0 % in Guadeloupe.
The median across all reporting countries is 49.58 %, and the mean is 64.71 %.
Over the past decade 98 countries rose and 102 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 837.2%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 68.3%).
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiribati | 732.48 % | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 2 | Vanuatu | 469.99 % | 2023 | up 30.6% | falling |
| 3 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 368.17 % | 2023 | up 57.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 352.57 % | 2023 | up 34.2% | falling |
| 5 | French Polynesia | 207.95 % | 2023 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Eswatini | 178.85 % | 2023 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 7 | Nauru | 178 % | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 8 | Samoa | 164.39 % | 2023 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Polynesia | 154.74 % | 2023 | down 23.9% | volatile |
| 10 | Equatorial Guinea | 141.58 % | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 11 | Tonga | 135.24 % | 2023 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Melanesia | 128.75 % | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 13 | Mauritius | 128.25 % | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 14 | Ghana | 124.81 % | 2023 | up 22.6% | falling |
| 15 | Papua New Guinea | 123.83 % | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 16 | Dominican Republic | 117.33 % | 2023 | up 58.9% | falling |
| 17 | Syrian Arab Republic | 113.58 % | 2023 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 18 | Côte d'Ivoire | 111.27 % | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 110.79 % | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 20 | Mali | 105.6 % | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 21 | Comoros | 105.57 % | 2023 | up 37.0% | falling |
| 22 | Niger | 104.36 % | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 23 | Ukraine | 102.75 % | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 24 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 97.44 % | 2023 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 25 | Dominica | 97.13 % | 2023 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Cameroon | 95.39 % | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 27 | Nigeria | 93.36 % | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 28 | Hungary | 90.21 % | 2023 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 29 | Caribbean | 89.06 % | 2023 | up 34.8% | falling |
| 30 | Yemen | 88.53 % | 2023 | up 21.3% | falling |
| 31 | Azerbaijan | 88.5 % | 2023 | down 27.6% | flat |
| 32 | Guyana | 84.73 % | 2023 | up 30.1% | falling |
| 33 | Fiji | 84.08 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 34 | Congo | 83.1 % | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 35 | Burkina Faso | 81.73 % | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 36 | Paraguay | 81.48 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 37 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 81.4 % | 2023 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Australia | 80.33 % | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 39 | Australia and New Zealand | 80.16 % | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 40 | Cuba | 79.14 % | 2023 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 41 | Algeria | 78.93 % | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 42 | Nepal | 78.64 % | 2023 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 43 | Republic of Moldova | 78.16 % | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 44 | Benin | 77.31 % | 2023 | down 35.8% | rising |
| 45 | Malaysia | 77.13 % | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 46 | Afghanistan | 77.08 % | 2023 | down 20.9% | rising |
| 47 | Russian Federation | 75.69 % | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 48 | Rwanda | 75.58 % | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 49 | Senegal | 74.91 % | 2023 | up 83.7% | rising |
| 50 | Philippines | 74.85 % | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 51 | Angola | 74.77 % | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 52 | Madagascar | 74.67 % | 2023 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 53 | Serbia | 73.33 % | 2023 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 54 | Brazil | 73.09 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 55 | United Republic of Tanzania | 72.27 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 56 | Uganda | 72.09 % | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 57 | Burundi | 70.19 % | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 58 | New Zealand | 69.53 % | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 59 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 69.2 % | 2023 | up 55.5% | rising |
| 60 | Slovakia | 69.06 % | 2023 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 61 | Germany | 68.5 % | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 62 | Argentina | 67.77 % | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 63 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 66.86 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 64 | Latvia | 66.6 % | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 65 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 66.07 % | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 66 | Lithuania | 65.61 % | 2023 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 67 | Cambodia | 65.16 % | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 68 | Oman | 65.07 % | 2023 | up 154.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Sierra Leone | 64.4 % | 2023 | down 17.4% | flat |
| 70 | Guatemala | 63.96 % | 2023 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 71 | Guinea | 62.99 % | 2023 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 72 | Gabon | 62.99 % | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 73 | Kenya | 62.96 % | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 74 | Romania | 62.41 % | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 75 | Poland | 60.85 % | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 76 | Austria | 59.99 % | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 77 | Jamaica | 59.91 % | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 78 | Sri Lanka | 59.85 % | 2023 | down 11.8% | flat |
| 79 | France | 59.6 % | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 80 | Ethiopia | 59.28 % | 2023 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 81 | Seychelles | 59.16 % | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 82 | Czechia | 58.39 % | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 83 | Mozambique | 58.11 % | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 84 | Grenada | 57.84 % | 2023 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 85 | Bulgaria | 57.38 % | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 86 | Morocco | 57.23 % | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 87 | El Salvador | 56.91 % | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 88 | Canada | 56.53 % | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 89 | Türkiye | 54.77 % | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 90 | Yugoslav SFR | 54.69 % | 1991 | up 67.5% | falling |
| 91 | Zimbabwe | 54.48 % | 2023 | down 14.6% | flat |
| 92 | Haiti | 54.13 % | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 93 | Indonesia | 53.66 % | 2023 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 94 | Belize | 53.51 % | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 52.82 % | 2023 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 96 | Japan | 51.48 % | 2023 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 97 | Myanmar | 51.37 % | 2023 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 98 | Cook Islands | 50.23 % | 2023 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Ethiopia PDR | 49.98 % | 1992 | down 16.9% | flat |
| 100 | Estonia | 49.62 % | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 101 | Eritrea | 49.58 % | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 102 | Mexico | 49.09 % | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 103 | Liberia | 49.01 % | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 104 | Finland | 48.94 % | 2023 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 105 | Mauritania | 48.78 % | 2023 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 106 | Guinea-Bissau | 48.28 % | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 107 | Denmark | 48.15 % | 2023 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 108 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 47.69 % | 2023 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 109 | China, mainland | 47.32 % | 2023 | up 33.0% | falling |
| 110 | Luxembourg | 46.95 % | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 111 | Sao Tome and Principe | 46.9 % | 2023 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Djibouti | 46.77 % | 2023 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Togo | 46.74 % | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 114 | Kyrgyzstan | 46.33 % | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 115 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 46.25 % | 2023 | up 81.9% | falling |
| 116 | Peru | 46.22 % | 2023 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 117 | China | 46.19 % | 2023 | up 30.1% | falling |
| 118 | Croatia | 45.7 % | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 119 | Sudan | 45.68 % | 2023 | down 9.7% | flat |
| 120 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 45.35 % | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 121 | Egypt | 45.1 % | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 122 | Nicaragua | 44.63 % | 2023 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 123 | Chad | 44.6 % | 2023 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 124 | Tajikistan | 43.03 % | 2023 | down 52.0% | flat |
| 125 | India | 43.02 % | 2023 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 126 | Bhutan | 42.71 % | 2023 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 127 | Lebanon | 42.61 % | 2023 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 128 | Sudan (former) | 42.46 % | 2011 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 129 | Bahamas | 41.99 % | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 130 | Italy | 41.96 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 131 | Czechoslovakia | 41.6 % | 1992 | up 68.3% | rising |
| 132 | Sweden | 40.97 % | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 133 | Bangladesh | 40.27 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 134 | Ecuador | 39.4 % | 2023 | up 23.6% | falling |
| 135 | Malawi | 39.32 % | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 136 | Thailand | 39.22 % | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 137 | Colombia | 39.12 % | 2023 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 138 | Viet Nam | 39 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 139 | South Sudan | 38.9 % | 2023 | up 11.7% | flat |
| 140 | Slovenia | 38.82 % | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 141 | Lesotho | 38.46 % | 2023 | up 51.5% | falling |
| 142 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 37.72 % | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 143 | Zambia | 37.48 % | 2023 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 144 | Tunisia | 37.34 % | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 145 | Honduras | 36.46 % | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 146 | Armenia | 36.36 % | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 147 | Iraq | 35.99 % | 2023 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Uzbekistan | 35.31 % | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 149 | Saint Lucia | 35.31 % | 2023 | down 31.5% | volatile |
| 150 | Israel | 34.67 % | 2023 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 151 | Greece | 34.63 % | 2023 | down 45.0% | rising |
| 152 | Tuvalu | 34.18 % | 2023 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Ireland | 34.06 % | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 154 | Libya | 33.84 % | 2023 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 155 | Maldives | 33.57 % | 2023 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Uruguay | 33.45 % | 2023 | down 34.9% | rising |
| 157 | Chile | 33.01 % | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 158 | Albania | 32.64 % | 2023 | up 19.7% | falling |
| 159 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 32.16 % | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 160 | Panama | 30.98 % | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 161 | New Caledonia | 30.77 % | 2023 | up 4.5% | falling |
| 162 | Republic of Korea | 30.47 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 163 | Costa Rica | 29.82 % | 2023 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 164 | Belgium | 29.73 % | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 165 | Pakistan | 29.14 % | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 166 | Jordan | 28.53 % | 2023 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 167 | China, Taiwan Province of | 27.91 % | 2023 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 168 | Switzerland | 27.84 % | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 169 | Bahrain | 27.77 % | 2023 | up 837.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Gambia | 27.34 % | 2023 | down 45.4% | falling |
| 171 | Puerto Rico | 27.16 % | 2023 | up 48.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Spain | 26.83 % | 2023 | down 33.0% | rising |
| 173 | Belarus | 26.45 % | 2023 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 174 | USSR | 26.36 % | 1991 | up 8.1% | falling |
| 175 | Portugal | 25.21 % | 2023 | up 30.4% | falling |
| 176 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 23.62 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 177 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 22.67 % | 1999 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 178 | Suriname | 22.62 % | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 179 | Georgia | 21.4 % | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 180 | Barbados | 20.91 % | 2023 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Cabo Verde | 17.68 % | 2023 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Saudi Arabia | 16.8 % | 2023 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Namibia | 15.9 % | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 184 | Kuwait | 15.53 % | 2023 | down 38.1% | rising |
| 185 | Antigua and Barbuda | 15.53 % | 2023 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Cyprus | 14.73 % | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 187 | United Arab Emirates | 14.68 % | 2023 | up 116.3% | volatile |
| 188 | Turkmenistan | 12.65 % | 2023 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 189 | Norway | 11.94 % | 2023 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 190 | Singapore | 11.93 % | 2023 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 191 | Botswana | 11.24 % | 2023 | up 148.9% | falling |
| 192 | Malta | 10.79 % | 2023 | down 68.3% | flat |
| 193 | Qatar | 9.99 % | 2023 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 194 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 9.08 % | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 195 | Montenegro | 8.65 % | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 196 | Mongolia | 5.88 % | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 197 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.86 % | 2023 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 198 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.66 % | 2023 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 199 | Faroe Islands | 1.74 % | 2023 | up 99.4% | rising |
| 200 | Iceland | 1.6 % | 2023 | up 551.4% | volatile |
| 201 | Guadeloupe | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Africa 90.32 %
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 87.67 %
- Oceania 81.51 %
- Middle Africa 78.16 %
- Eastern Europe 72.97 %
- United States of America 71.43 %
- South America 69.25 %
- Northern America 68.85 %
- Americas 68.07 %
- Africa 67.75 %
- South Africa 64.85 %
- Southern Africa 63.32 %
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 (%).