Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Belgium
Belgium: Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency was 29.73 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Belgium, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Belgium is 29.73 %, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and up 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Belgium peaked at 29.73 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 21.34 %, in 2016.
Belgium ranks 151st of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Belgium, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 23.76 % | — |
| 2001 | 21.96 % | -7.6% |
| 2002 | 24.98 % | +13.7% |
| 2003 | 24.85 % | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 28.1 % | +13.1% |
| 2005 | 26.78 % | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 26.35 % | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 26.18 % | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 28.7 % | +9.6% |
| 2009 | 28.78 % | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 25.77 % | -10.5% |
| 2011 | 26.19 % | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 25.77 % | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 26.62 % | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 27.92 % | +4.9% |
| 2015 | 26.27 % | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 21.34 % | -18.8% |
| 2017 | 26.89 % | +26.0% |
| 2018 | 23.12 % | -14.0% |
| 2019 | 26.23 % | +13.5% |
| 2020 | 24.45 % | -6.8% |
| 2021 | 24.37 % | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 28.82 % | +18.3% |
| 2023 | 29.73 % | +3.1% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 29.73 % is below the median for high income countries, which is 40.97 %, 73% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 29.73 % is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 45.98 %, 65% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 26.04 % | 21.96 % | 28.78 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.61 % | 21.34 % | 27.92 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.84 % | 24.37 % | 29.73 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 148 New Caledonia 30.77 % compare
- 149 Republic of Korea 30.47 % compare
- 150 Costa Rica 29.82 % compare
- 152 Pakistan 29.14 % compare
- 153 Jordan 28.53 % compare
- 154 China, Taiwan Province of 27.91 % compare
More environment data for Belgium
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.574 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.5577 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.0605 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Belgium?
- Nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Belgium was 29.73 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 29.73 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.34 % in 2016.
- How does Belgium rank for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency?
- Belgium ranks 151st out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 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 (%).