Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Spain
Spain: Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency was 26.83 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Spain, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Spain recorded 26.83 % for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 27.3% on the previous year and down 33.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Spain peaked at 43.01 % in 2008 and was at its lowest, 21.04 %, in 1995.
That places Spain 172nd out of 201 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34.88 % | 30.52 % | 40.31 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 30.07 % | 27.96 % | 32.56 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 31.94 % | 26.02 % | 38.08 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 30.12 % | 21.04 % | 33.4 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 33.73 % | 25.76 % | 43.01 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.77 % | 27.52 % | 41.25 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 36.79 % | 26.83 % | 42.92 % | 4 |
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- Temperature change 2.3 °C (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Spain?
- Nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Spain was 26.83 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 43.01 % in 2008.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.04 % in 1995.
- How does Spain rank for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency?
- Spain ranks 172nd out of 201 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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 (%).