Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Hungary
Hungary: Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency was 90.21 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Hungary, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Hungary is 90.21 %, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 92.5% on the previous year and up 44.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Hungary peaked at 90.21 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 24.23 %, in 1970.
Hungary ranks 22nd of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Hungary, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40.94 % | — |
| 1962 | 38.54 % | -5.9% |
| 1963 | 37.9 % | -1.6% |
| 1964 | 35.33 % | -6.8% |
| 1965 | 35.65 % | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 37.25 % | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 34.39 % | -7.7% |
| 1968 | 30.85 % | -10.3% |
| 1969 | 33.36 % | +8.1% |
| 1970 | 24.23 % | -27.4% |
| 1971 | 29.42 % | +21.4% |
| 1972 | 30.72 % | +4.4% |
| 1973 | 30.39 % | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 29.69 % | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 28.69 % | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 29.77 % | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 29.27 % | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 31.5 % | +7.6% |
| 1979 | 27.38 % | -13.1% |
| 1980 | 34.8 % | +27.1% |
| 1981 | 31.01 % | -10.9% |
| 1982 | 32.08 % | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 30.9 % | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 35.28 % | +14.2% |
| 1985 | 36.25 % | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 34.6 % | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 33.26 % | -3.9% |
| 1988 | 35.24 % | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 38.81 % | +10.1% |
| 1990 | 45.82 % | +18.0% |
| 1991 | 64.37 % | +40.5% |
| 1992 | 62.23 % | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 45.57 % | -26.8% |
| 1994 | 60.64 % | +33.1% |
| 1995 | 60.8 % | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 50.26 % | -17.3% |
| 1997 | 61.81 % | +23.0% |
| 1998 | 59.6 % | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 47.77 % | -19.8% |
| 2000 | 42.99 % | -10.0% |
| 2001 | 58.83 % | +36.8% |
| 2002 | 50.44 % | -14.3% |
| 2003 | 41.56 % | -17.6% |
| 2004 | 71 % | +70.8% |
| 2005 | 71.07 % | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 62.47 % | -12.1% |
| 2007 | 48.39 % | -22.5% |
| 2008 | 82.32 % | +70.1% |
| 2009 | 70.11 % | -14.8% |
| 2010 | 61.48 % | -12.3% |
| 2011 | 65.51 % | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 52.29 % | -20.2% |
| 2013 | 62.47 % | +19.5% |
| 2014 | 73.49 % | +17.6% |
| 2015 | 65.27 % | -11.2% |
| 2016 | 70.81 % | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 61.02 % | -13.8% |
| 2018 | 59.75 % | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 61.72 % | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 57.87 % | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 53.71 % | -7.2% |
| 2022 | 46.87 % | -12.7% |
| 2023 | 90.21 % | +92.5% |
Hungary compared with similar countries
- Hungary's 90.21 % is above the median for high income countries, which is 40.97 %, 2.2× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Hungary's 90.21 % is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 45.98 %, 2.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Hungary changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +92.5% | 46.87 % | 90.21 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36.02 % | 30.85 % | 40.94 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 29.11 % | 24.23 % | 31.5 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 34.22 % | 30.9 % | 38.81 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 55.89 % | 45.57 % | 64.37 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 59.92 % | 41.56 % | 82.32 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 63.38 % | 52.29 % | 73.49 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.17 % | 46.87 % | 90.21 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
More environment data for Hungary
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.55 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.61 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.63 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.01 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 3.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -0.8159 % 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 -0.4968 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Hungary?
- Nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Hungary was 90.21 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 90.21 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 24.23 % in 1970.
- How does Hungary rank for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency?
- Hungary ranks 22nd out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hungary 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 (%).