Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Europe
Europe: Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency was 61.19 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Europe, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Europe recorded 61.19 % for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Europe peaked at 61.49 % in 2022 and was at its lowest, 25.87 %, in 1981.
Europe ranks 13th of 32 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35.94 % | 33.12 % | 38.35 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 30.36 % | 26.13 % | 33.01 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 27.99 % | 25.87 % | 30.61 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 39.08 % | 33.16 % | 45.64 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 49.04 % | 42.13 % | 57.58 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 54.21 % | 47.76 % | 58.38 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 59.29 % | 54.53 % | 61.49 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 10 Equatorial Guinea 141.58 % compare
- 11 Tonga 135.24 % compare
- 12 Melanesia 128.75 % compare
- 13 Mauritius 128.25 % compare
- 14 Ghana 124.81 % compare
- 15 Papua New Guinea 123.83 % compare
- 16 Dominican Republic 117.33 % compare
More environment data for Europe
- Standard Deviation 0.435 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.71 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 57.94 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 101.18 million t (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 27,700 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 170,878 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 37.54 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 7.72 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 7.21 g/Int$ (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 15,732 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Europe?
- Nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Europe was 61.19 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 61.49 % in 2022.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.87 % in 1981.
- How does Europe rank for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency?
- Europe ranks 13th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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 (%).