Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Australia
Australia: Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency was 80.33 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Australia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Australia recorded 80.33 % for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in 2023.
That represents a change of down 2.6% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Australia peaked at 184.87 % in 1966 and was at its lowest, 43.82 %, in 2020.
Australia ranks 38th of 201 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 147.78 % | 102.18 % | 184.87 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 122.02 % | 88.53 % | 155.69 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 111.67 % | 91.18 % | 148.79 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 82 % | 60.27 % | 94.96 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.41 % | 53.76 % | 100.87 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 74.81 % | 59.36 % | 94.28 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.27 % | 43.82 % | 82.51 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 35 Burkina Faso 81.73 % compare
- 36 Paraguay 81.48 % compare
- 37 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 81.4 % compare
- 39 Australia and New Zealand 80.16 % compare
- 40 Cuba 79.14 % compare
- 41 Algeria 78.93 % compare
More environment data for Australia
- Standard Deviation 0.345 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.63 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 3.61 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 51,999 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 4,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 450,829 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 806,085 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 587,995 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 484,839 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Australia?
- Nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Australia was 80.33 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 184.87 % in 1966.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.82 % in 2020.
- How does Australia rank for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency?
- Australia ranks 38th out of 201 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency. 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 (%).