Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Northern America
Northern America: Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency was 68.85 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Northern America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Northern America stood at 68.85 %.
That represents a change of up 3.2% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Northern America peaked at 73.99 % in 2016 and was at its lowest, 44.74 %, in 1988.
That places Northern America 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it 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 Northern America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63.92 % | — |
| 1962 | 63.52 % | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 64.02 % | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 58.35 % | -8.8% |
| 1965 | 59.98 % | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 56.51 % | -5.8% |
| 1967 | 54.1 % | -4.3% |
| 1968 | 55.58 % | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 54.01 % | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 48.43 % | -10.3% |
| 1971 | 55.41 % | +14.4% |
| 1972 | 53.32 % | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 52.5 % | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 47.39 % | -9.7% |
| 1975 | 50.77 % | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 50.02 % | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 54.46 % | +8.9% |
| 1978 | 52.78 % | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 54.9 % | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 48.32 % | -12.0% |
| 1981 | 58.24 % | +20.5% |
| 1982 | 63.02 % | +8.2% |
| 1983 | 45.26 % | -28.2% |
| 1984 | 53.48 % | +18.2% |
| 1985 | 60.43 % | +13.0% |
| 1986 | 58.36 % | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 55.53 % | -4.8% |
| 1988 | 44.74 % | -19.4% |
| 1989 | 52.63 % | +17.6% |
| 1990 | 56.87 % | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 54.91 % | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 60.69 % | +10.5% |
| 1993 | 50.28 % | -17.1% |
| 1994 | 61.55 % | +22.4% |
| 1995 | 52.76 % | -14.3% |
| 1996 | 57.83 % | +9.6% |
| 1997 | 59 % | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 59.22 % | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 58.71 % | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 60.76 % | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 58.26 % | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 53.87 % | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 56.61 % | +5.1% |
| 2004 | 64.65 % | +14.2% |
| 2005 | 63.94 % | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 59.31 % | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 62.99 % | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 66.1 % | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 65.98 % | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 63.61 % | -3.6% |
| 2011 | 59.88 % | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 58.51 % | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 66.1 % | +13.0% |
| 2014 | 67.41 % | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 67.16 % | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 73.99 % | +10.2% |
| 2017 | 69.67 % | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 69.39 % | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 66.64 % | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 68.13 % | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 69.02 % | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 66.73 % | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 68.85 % | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 58.89 % | 54.01 % | 64.02 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 52 % | 47.39 % | 55.41 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 54 % | 44.74 % | 63.02 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 57.18 % | 50.28 % | 61.55 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 61.25 % | 53.87 % | 66.1 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.24 % | 58.51 % | 73.99 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 68.18 % | 66.73 % | 69.02 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 97.44 % compare
- 5 Eswatini 178.85 % compare
- 6 Nauru 178 % compare
- 7 Samoa 164.39 % compare
- 8 Equatorial Guinea 141.58 % compare
- 8 Republic of Moldova 78.16 % compare
- 9 Tonga 135.24 % compare
- 9 United Republic of Tanzania 72.27 % compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 69.2 % compare
- 10 Mauritius 128.25 % compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 66.86 % compare
- 11 Ghana 124.81 % compare
More environment data for Northern America
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.23 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.466 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.49 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 43.74 million t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 70.81 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 60.43 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 92.54 million t (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 13.25 kg/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Northern America?
- Nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Northern America was 68.85 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 73.99 % in 2016.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.74 % in 1988.
- How does Northern America rank for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency?
- Northern America ranks 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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 (%).