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 164th of 201 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
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
- 161 New Caledonia 30.77 % compare
- 162 Republic of Korea 30.47 % compare
- 163 Costa Rica 29.82 % compare
- 165 Pakistan 29.14 % compare
- 166 Jordan 28.53 % compare
- 167 China, Taiwan Province of 27.91 % 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 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 164th out of 201 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 (%).