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Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area by country

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...

Countries reporting
201
Highest
699.52 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
-52.38 kg/ha
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Median
2.51 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500

What the numbers show

Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 699.52 kg/ha in Faroe Islands; the lowest is -52.38 kg/ha in Micronesia (Federated States of).

The median across all reporting countries is 2.51 kg/ha, and the mean is 12.49 kg/ha.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 13.

Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 114 fell. The largest increase was in Samoa (up 2,520.2%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 6,264.3%).

Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Faroe Islands 699.52 kg/ha 2023 down 62.6% falling
2 Singapore 337.95 kg/ha 2023 down 1.4% rising
3 Kuwait 153.02 kg/ha 2023 up 194.4% falling
4 China, Hong Kong SAR 132.43 kg/ha 2023 up 29.0% rising
5 Brunei Darussalam 106.88 kg/ha 2023 up 14.7% volatile
6 Montenegro 75.01 kg/ha 2023 down 17.1% falling
7 China, Taiwan Province of 59.1 kg/ha 2023 down 20.9% rising
8 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 50.61 kg/ha 2023 down 10.7% falling
9 Trinidad and Tobago 49.07 kg/ha 2023 up 22.2% volatile
10 Barbados 46.2 kg/ha 2023 up 94.6% volatile
11 Qatar 43.56 kg/ha 2023 up 67.4% volatile
12 New Caledonia 35.09 kg/ha 2023 down 0.0% rising
13 Bangladesh 32.66 kg/ha 2023 up 166.4% volatile
14 Republic of Korea 30.3 kg/ha 2023 down 2.4% rising
15 Mongolia 29.94 kg/ha 2023 up 89.1% rising
16 Malta 28.32 kg/ha 2023 up 2.2% rising
17 Cook Islands 26.86 kg/ha 2023 down 34.3% volatile
18 Switzerland 23.85 kg/ha 2023 down 11.0% falling
19 Japan 22.49 kg/ha 2023 down 32.4% falling
20 Tuvalu 22.06 kg/ha 2023 down 0.1% volatile
21 Colombia 21.84 kg/ha 2023 down 31.5% volatile
22 Viet Nam 21.77 kg/ha 2023 down 9.3% volatile
23 Cyprus 21.16 kg/ha 2023 down 22.4% rising
24 Ireland 20.35 kg/ha 2023 down 14.7% falling
25 China 19.97 kg/ha 2023 down 39.3% volatile
26 Belize 19.85 kg/ha 2023 up 41.1% volatile
27 United Arab Emirates 19.76 kg/ha 2023 down 25.7% volatile
28 Belgium 19.25 kg/ha 2023 down 26.1% falling
29 Slovenia 18.37 kg/ha 2023 down 7.8% falling
30 Seychelles 17.96 kg/ha 2023 up 75.9% volatile
31 China, mainland 16.57 kg/ha 2023 down 49.9% volatile
32 Iceland 16.36 kg/ha 2023 down 46.9% falling
33 Uzbekistan 16.05 kg/ha 2023 up 81.0% rising
34 Costa Rica 15.57 kg/ha 2023 down 4.6% rising
35 Bahamas 15.22 kg/ha 2023 down 24.8% falling
36 Chile 14.5 kg/ha 2023 down 12.4% volatile
37 Belgium-Luxembourg 14.2 kg/ha 1999 down 61.5% falling
38 Uruguay 14.07 kg/ha 2023 down 41.7% rising
39 Puerto Rico 13.93 kg/ha 2023 down 26.1% volatile
40 Brazil 13.89 kg/ha 2023 down 32.7% rising
41 Bahrain 12.71 kg/ha 2023 up 15.5% volatile
42 Pakistan 11.95 kg/ha 2023 up 35.4% volatile
43 Luxembourg 11.68 kg/ha 2023 down 12.7% falling
44 Turkmenistan 11.28 kg/ha 2023 up 182.9% volatile
45 India 10.78 kg/ha 2023 up 75.1% volatile
46 Spain 10.2 kg/ha 2023 up 19.8% rising
47 Honduras 9.47 kg/ha 2023 up 9.0% volatile
48 Belarus 9.29 kg/ha 2023 down 42.5% falling
49 Egypt 8.92 kg/ha 2023 up 174.4% volatile
50 Portugal 8.9 kg/ha 2023 down 35.7% rising
51 Saint Lucia 8.52 kg/ha 2023 up 74.8% volatile
52 Panama 8.09 kg/ha 2023 down 14.1% volatile
53 USSR 8.02 kg/ha 1991 up 14.2% volatile
54 Jamaica 7.93 kg/ha 2023 down 4.6% volatile
55 Burundi 7.83 kg/ha 2023 up 1,509.2% volatile
56 Antigua and Barbuda 7.76 kg/ha 2023 down 13.7% volatile
57 Norway 7.75 kg/ha 2023 down 3.2% falling
58 Denmark 7.56 kg/ha 2023 up 20.2% volatile
59 Guadeloupe 7.32 kg/ha 2023 up 36.5% volatile
60 El Salvador 7.27 kg/ha 2023 up 23.2% volatile
61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.11 kg/ha 2023 up 17.2% flat
62 Saudi Arabia 6.85 kg/ha 2023 down 32.7% volatile
63 Djibouti 6.83 kg/ha 2023 down 75.0% falling
64 Albania 6.11 kg/ha 2023 down 54.1% flat
65 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6.08 kg/ha 2023 down 62.3% volatile
66 Serbia 6.01 kg/ha 2023 down 16.9% volatile
67 Nauru 5.72 kg/ha 2023 up 49.6% volatile
68 Ecuador 5.55 kg/ha 2023 down 28.3% rising
69 Botswana 5.25 kg/ha 2023 up 213.2% rising
70 Austria 5.11 kg/ha 2023 down 55.9% volatile
71 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.06 kg/ha 2023 up 42.4% rising
72 Malaysia 5.03 kg/ha 2023 down 37.9% rising
73 Thailand 5 kg/ha 2023 up 17.0% volatile
74 Cabo Verde 4.62 kg/ha 2023 down 4.6% volatile
75 Georgia 4.56 kg/ha 2023 up 27.0% volatile
76 Greece 4.55 kg/ha 2023 up 341.0% volatile
77 Iraq 4.39 kg/ha 2023 up 107.0% volatile
78 Guatemala 4.33 kg/ha 2023 down 47.8% volatile
79 Mexico 4.09 kg/ha 2023 up 130.4% volatile
80 Italy 3.97 kg/ha 2023 down 24.1% falling
81 Finland 3.81 kg/ha 2023 up 4.6% volatile
82 Nicaragua 3.7 kg/ha 2023 up 6.8% volatile
83 Kyrgyzstan 3.69 kg/ha 2023 up 31.8% volatile
84 Tajikistan 3.66 kg/ha 2023 up 346.6% volatile
85 Romania 3.6 kg/ha 2023 up 99.5% volatile
86 Fiji 3.48 kg/ha 2023 down 21.1% volatile
87 Malawi 3.44 kg/ha 2023 up 383.5% volatile
88 Peru 3.31 kg/ha 2023 down 41.5% volatile
89 Libya 3.24 kg/ha 2023 down 32.5% volatile
90 Zambia 3.21 kg/ha 2023 up 121.8% volatile
91 Tunisia 3.21 kg/ha 2023 up 88.7% volatile
92 Sweden 2.99 kg/ha 2023 up 1.4% volatile
93 Türkiye 2.94 kg/ha 2023 up 7.0% volatile
94 Zimbabwe 2.94 kg/ha 2023 up 32.1% volatile
95 Grenada 2.87 kg/ha 2023 up 2.1% volatile
96 Kenya 2.86 kg/ha 2023 down 48.1% volatile
97 Gabon 2.85 kg/ha 2023 up 650.3% volatile
98 Latvia 2.71 kg/ha 2023 down 53.9% volatile
99 Canada 2.66 kg/ha 2023 up 300.0% volatile
100 Sao Tome and Principe 2.61 kg/ha 2023 up 391.7% volatile
101 Morocco 2.51 kg/ha 2023 down 50.0% volatile
102 North Macedonia 2.5 kg/ha 2023 down 53.6% falling
103 Poland 2.32 kg/ha 2023 down 72.4% volatile
104 Croatia 2.23 kg/ha 2023 down 18.7% volatile
105 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.12 kg/ha 2023 up 16.8% volatile
106 Haiti 2.12 kg/ha 2023 up 280.0% volatile
107 Israel 2.09 kg/ha 2023 down 33.5% falling
108 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.04 kg/ha 2023 up 191.3% volatile
109 Tonga 2.01 kg/ha 2023 up 163.8% volatile
110 Jordan 1.94 kg/ha 2023 up 228.4% volatile
111 Samoa 1.38 kg/ha 2023 up 2,520.2% volatile
112 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.35 kg/ha 2023 down 77.5% volatile
113 Indonesia 1.31 kg/ha 2023 down 41.7% volatile
114 Polynesia 1.22 kg/ha 2023 up 1,504.5% volatile
115 Cuba 1.21 kg/ha 2023 down 17.7% volatile
116 Lebanon 1.14 kg/ha 2023 down 93.3% volatile
117 Bhutan 1.06 kg/ha 2023 up 169.3% volatile
118 Namibia 1.05 kg/ha 2023 up 2.5% falling
119 South Sudan 0.9453 kg/ha 2023 up 16.7% rising
120 Estonia 0.9208 kg/ha 2023 down 79.9% volatile
121 Suriname 0.6567 kg/ha 2023 down 49.9% volatile
122 Ethiopia 0.5531 kg/ha 2023 up 193.2% volatile
123 New Zealand 0.4186 kg/ha 2023 down 87.0% volatile
124 Eswatini 0.3304 kg/ha 2023 up 123.0% volatile
125 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.2966 kg/ha 2023 down 90.6% volatile
126 Mauritania 0.2703 kg/ha 2023 down 78.7% falling
127 Rwanda 0.2142 kg/ha 2023 up 107.5% volatile
128 Liberia 0.202 kg/ha 2023 down 12.3% volatile
129 Lesotho 0.1206 kg/ha 2023 down 76.4% volatile
130 Chad -0.0471 kg/ha 2023 up 96.6% falling
131 Guinea-Bissau -0.1133 kg/ha 2023 down 122.4% volatile
132 Russian Federation -0.1278 kg/ha 2023 down 123.6% volatile
133 Germany -0.2113 kg/ha 2023 down 104.0% volatile
134 Togo -0.2898 kg/ha 2023 down 242.9% volatile
135 Ethiopia PDR -0.2928 kg/ha 1992 up 79.3% rising
136 Maldives -0.3109 kg/ha 2023 down 102.0% volatile
137 Afghanistan -0.3124 kg/ha 2023 up 80.2% volatile
138 Sudan (former) -0.3286 kg/ha 2011 up 78.0% rising
139 Gambia -0.3837 kg/ha 2023 up 80.8% volatile
140 Eritrea -0.4938 kg/ha 2023 up 0.2% volatile
141 Uganda -0.5357 kg/ha 2023 up 55.2% rising
142 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -0.5367 kg/ha 2023 down 153.9% volatile
143 Algeria -0.5786 kg/ha 2023 down 1,107.9% volatile
144 Yemen -0.5996 kg/ha 2023 up 41.9% rising
145 Angola -0.6343 kg/ha 2023 down 426.0% volatile
146 Caribbean -0.702 kg/ha 2023 down 128.8% volatile
147 Yugoslav SFR -0.7027 kg/ha 1991 down 110.0% rising
148 Mauritius -0.7234 kg/ha 2023 down 109.4% volatile
149 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) -0.7259 kg/ha 2023 down 88.7% volatile
150 Congo -0.8212 kg/ha 2023 up 23.0% falling
151 Czechoslovakia -0.8596 kg/ha 1992 down 103.3% rising
152 Sudan -0.8747 kg/ha 2023 up 28.8% falling
153 Kazakhstan -0.8968 kg/ha 2023 up 15.3% volatile
154 Myanmar -0.9031 kg/ha 2023 up 67.7% volatile
155 Benin -1.06 kg/ha 2023 up 69.8% volatile
156 Armenia -1.24 kg/ha 2023 up 69.3% volatile
157 Equatorial Guinea -1.25 kg/ha 2023 up 0.7% volatile
158 Bulgaria -1.34 kg/ha 2023 up 55.7% volatile
159 France -1.35 kg/ha 2023 down 137.5% volatile
160 United Republic of Tanzania -1.44 kg/ha 2023 up 47.7% falling
161 Azerbaijan -1.45 kg/ha 2023 up 49.5% volatile
162 Burkina Faso -1.46 kg/ha 2023 up 2.5% falling
163 Dominica -1.48 kg/ha 2023 down 147.8% volatile
164 Republic of Moldova -1.48 kg/ha 2023 down 4.8% volatile
165 Mozambique -1.51 kg/ha 2023 down 8.3% volatile
166 Côte d'Ivoire -1.57 kg/ha 2023 up 16.4% falling
167 Niger -1.6 kg/ha 2023 down 26.2% volatile
168 Australia and New Zealand -1.7 kg/ha 2023 down 172.9% volatile
169 Australia -1.74 kg/ha 2023 down 175.2% volatile
170 Melanesia -1.75 kg/ha 2023 down 24.4% volatile
171 Papua New Guinea -1.77 kg/ha 2023 up 1.4% volatile
172 Argentina -1.94 kg/ha 2023 up 66.5% falling
173 Democratic Republic of the Congo -2.01 kg/ha 2023 up 1.1% falling
174 Madagascar -2.03 kg/ha 2023 down 14.6% volatile
175 French Polynesia -2.32 kg/ha 2023 down 206.9% volatile
176 Cambodia -2.35 kg/ha 2023 down 23.7% volatile
177 Philippines -2.63 kg/ha 2023 down 3.5% volatile
178 Sierra Leone -2.63 kg/ha 2023 up 13.8% rising
179 Cameroon -2.64 kg/ha 2023 down 14.9% volatile
180 Guinea -2.74 kg/ha 2023 down 26.7% falling
181 Senegal -2.95 kg/ha 2023 down 857.4% volatile
182 Syrian Arab Republic -3.04 kg/ha 2023 down 62.0% volatile
183 Paraguay -3.28 kg/ha 2023 down 415.5% volatile
184 Comoros -3.32 kg/ha 2023 up 1.6% falling
185 Lithuania -3.35 kg/ha 2023 down 473.8% volatile
186 Mali -3.77 kg/ha 2023 down 9.9% falling
187 Czechia -3.85 kg/ha 2023 down 283.7% volatile
188 Nigeria -4.43 kg/ha 2023 down 35.2% volatile
189 Slovakia -5.23 kg/ha 2023 down 339.3% volatile
190 Ghana -5.35 kg/ha 2023 down 96.3% falling
191 Ukraine -5.56 kg/ha 2023 down 63.3% volatile
192 Vanuatu -5.9 kg/ha 2023 down 52.0% rising
193 Hungary -5.94 kg/ha 2023 down 331.4% volatile
194 Oman -6.15 kg/ha 2023 down 293.4% volatile
195 Solomon Islands -6.31 kg/ha 2023 down 5.8% rising
196 Sri Lanka -6.31 kg/ha 2023 down 411.8% volatile
197 Nepal -10.49 kg/ha 2023 down 6,264.3% volatile
198 Dominican Republic -11.52 kg/ha 2023 down 418.1% volatile
199 Kiribati -12.05 kg/ha 2023 down 18.3% volatile
200 Guyana -13.65 kg/ha 2023 down 604.7% volatile
201 Micronesia (Federated States of) -52.38 kg/ha 2023 down 963.1% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,500 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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 (%).