Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus use efficiency 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
203
Highest
613.38 %
Comoros
Lowest
0 %
Guadeloupe
Median
74 %
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500
What the numbers show
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus use efficiency is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 613.38 % in Comoros; the lowest is 0 % in Guadeloupe.
The median across all reporting countries is 74 %, and the mean is 96.16 %.
Over the past decade 108 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 822.6%), and the largest decrease in Gambia (down 68.2%).
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus use efficiency: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comoros | 613.38 % | 2023 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 1 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 526.7 % | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 2 | Kiribati | 510.18 % | 2023 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 2 | Syrian Arab Republic | 227.42 % | 2023 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 165.31 % | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 3 | Guinea | 465.47 % | 2023 | up 30.6% | flat |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 408.55 % | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 4 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 167.45 % | 2023 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Niger | 360.56 % | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 140.83 % | 2023 | down 39.8% | rising |
| 5 | Caribbean | 109.85 % | 2023 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 6 | Ghana | 330.01 % | 2023 | up 68.7% | falling |
| 6 | Melanesia | 128.26 % | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 7 | Vanuatu | 327.96 % | 2023 | up 59.4% | falling |
| 7 | Republic of Moldova | 122.06 % | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 8 | Nigeria | 294.39 % | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 111.27 % | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 9 | Sierra Leone | 287.52 % | 2023 | down 36.7% | rising |
| 10 | Mali | 264.14 % | 2023 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 10 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 95.5 % | 2023 | up 46.9% | falling |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 262.14 % | 2023 | up 134.7% | rising |
| 12 | Equatorial Guinea | 234.59 % | 2023 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Polynesia | 85.5 % | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Cameroon | 220.96 % | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 13 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 80.55 % | 2023 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Ukraine | 219.83 % | 2023 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 14 | Türkiye | 78.74 % | 2023 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Senegal | 199.82 % | 2023 | up 131.1% | flat |
| 15 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 71.28 % | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 16 | Sudan | 181.38 % | 2023 | down 26.8% | rising |
| 17 | Dominican Republic | 180.13 % | 2023 | up 130.3% | rising |
| 17 | Viet Nam | 43.06 % | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 18 | Nepal | 172.12 % | 2023 | up 70.5% | falling |
| 18 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 41.03 % | 2023 | up 47.7% | falling |
| 19 | Mozambique | 165.72 % | 2023 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Hungary | 161.6 % | 2023 | up 44.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Oman | 155.42 % | 2023 | up 99.7% | falling |
| 22 | Congo | 154.95 % | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 23 | Guyana | 152.49 % | 2023 | up 67.4% | rising |
| 24 | Madagascar | 150.29 % | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 25 | Burkina Faso | 147.11 % | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 26 | Slovakia | 145.85 % | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 27 | Kazakhstan | 143.7 % | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 28 | Dominica | 142.01 % | 2023 | up 138.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Armenia | 140.54 % | 2023 | down 41.4% | rising |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 22.28 % | 2023 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 30 | French Polynesia | 139.78 % | 2023 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Central African Republic | 138.66 % | 2023 | up 74.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Lithuania | 134.97 % | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 33 | Gambia | 131.91 % | 2023 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Eritrea | 130.74 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 35 | Czechia | 129.63 % | 2023 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 36 | Cambodia | 128.72 % | 2023 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 37 | Papua New Guinea | 128.32 % | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 38 | Philippines | 125.03 % | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 39 | Argentina | 124.17 % | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 40 | Azerbaijan | 123.63 % | 2023 | down 32.6% | flat |
| 41 | Yemen | 122.66 % | 2023 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Paraguay | 119.95 % | 2023 | up 16.2% | flat |
| 43 | Angola | 118.81 % | 2023 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 44 | Benin | 118.5 % | 2023 | down 62.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Uganda | 117.61 % | 2023 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 46 | Australia | 117.52 % | 2023 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 47 | Australia and New Zealand | 117.11 % | 2023 | up 56.2% | rising |
| 48 | Algeria | 116.37 % | 2023 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 111.67 % | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 50 | Afghanistan | 111.06 % | 2023 | down 38.5% | rising |
| 51 | Myanmar | 109.34 % | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 52 | France | 108.42 % | 2023 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Togo | 108.23 % | 2023 | up 16.8% | falling |
| 54 | Mauritius | 107.13 % | 2023 | up 58.9% | falling |
| 55 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 105.66 % | 2023 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Maldives | 104.78 % | 2023 | up 348.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Guinea-Bissau | 102.79 % | 2023 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 58 | Russian Federation | 102.16 % | 2023 | up 17.0% | rising |
| 59 | Chad | 101.51 % | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 60 | Germany | 101.17 % | 2023 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Eswatini | 97.05 % | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 62 | Rwanda | 97.01 % | 2023 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 63 | New Zealand | 95.82 % | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 64 | Suriname | 94.72 % | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 65 | Mauritania | 94.34 % | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 66 | Lesotho | 93.35 % | 2023 | up 17.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Ethiopia | 93.08 % | 2023 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 68 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 92.9 % | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 69 | Liberia | 92.66 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 70 | Lebanon | 91.63 % | 2023 | up 122.7% | rising |
| 71 | Estonia | 90.7 % | 2023 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 72 | Indonesia | 89.74 % | 2023 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 73 | Croatia | 86.47 % | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 74 | Poland | 86.31 % | 2023 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 75 | Jordan | 83.42 % | 2023 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Israel | 83.14 % | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 77 | Samoa | 83.12 % | 2023 | down 17.3% | volatile |
| 78 | South Africa | 81.87 % | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 79 | Canada | 80.87 % | 2023 | down 27.9% | rising |
| 80 | Djibouti | 79.5 % | 2023 | up 110.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Latvia | 78.84 % | 2023 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 82 | Tonga | 78.07 % | 2023 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Egypt | 78.01 % | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 84 | Tajikistan | 76.79 % | 2023 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 85 | Austria | 76.63 % | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 86 | South Sudan | 76 % | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 87 | Romania | 75.67 % | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 88 | Nauru | 74.48 % | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 89 | Bhutan | 74 % | 2023 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 90 | Sweden | 73.39 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 91 | Serbia | 73.2 % | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 92 | Italy | 72.08 % | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 93 | North Macedonia | 71.63 % | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 94 | Malawi | 71.36 % | 2023 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 95 | Grenada | 69.67 % | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 96 | Guatemala | 68.32 % | 2023 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 97 | Brazil | 67.89 % | 2023 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 98 | Peru | 66.66 % | 2023 | up 23.0% | falling |
| 99 | Mexico | 66.64 % | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 100 | Denmark | 66.47 % | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 101 | Kenya | 66.47 % | 2023 | up 36.2% | falling |
| 102 | Fiji | 65.44 % | 2023 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 65.24 % | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 104 | Malaysia | 65.01 % | 2023 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 105 | Cuba | 64.73 % | 2023 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 106 | Morocco | 64.25 % | 2023 | up 18.2% | falling |
| 107 | Zambia | 64.19 % | 2023 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 108 | Thailand | 62.98 % | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 109 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 62.63 % | 2023 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 110 | China, mainland | 61.57 % | 2023 | up 52.9% | falling |
| 111 | Finland | 59.92 % | 2023 | down 10.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Ecuador | 58.78 % | 2023 | up 31.3% | falling |
| 113 | Haiti | 58.61 % | 2023 | down 33.5% | falling |
| 114 | China | 57 % | 2023 | up 41.3% | falling |
| 115 | India | 56.13 % | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 116 | Greece | 55.92 % | 2023 | down 52.4% | rising |
| 117 | Uzbekistan | 54.49 % | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 118 | Nicaragua | 54.45 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 119 | Zimbabwe | 54.13 % | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 120 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 53.79 % | 2023 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Albania | 52.86 % | 2023 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 122 | Belgium | 51.46 % | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 123 | Gabon | 51.04 % | 2023 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 124 | Georgia | 50.62 % | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 125 | El Salvador | 49.56 % | 2023 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 126 | Portugal | 49.04 % | 2023 | up 58.4% | rising |
| 127 | Tunisia | 48.37 % | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 128 | Namibia | 48.13 % | 2023 | up 20.1% | rising |
| 129 | Ireland | 47.72 % | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 130 | Iraq | 47.04 % | 2023 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Burundi | 46.86 % | 2023 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Luxembourg | 45.3 % | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 133 | Pakistan | 44.47 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Turkmenistan | 44.46 % | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 135 | Jamaica | 44.33 % | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 136 | Bangladesh | 43.68 % | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 137 | Belarus | 43.43 % | 2023 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 138 | Sao Tome and Principe | 43.33 % | 2023 | down 64.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Uruguay | 41.45 % | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 140 | Sudan (former) | 40.58 % | 2011 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Costa Rica | 40.54 % | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 142 | Seychelles | 40.53 % | 2023 | down 11.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Chile | 40.13 % | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 144 | Spain | 39.13 % | 2023 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 145 | Ethiopia PDR | 38.04 % | 1992 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 146 | Panama | 36.94 % | 2023 | up 35.5% | falling |
| 147 | Slovenia | 36.49 % | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 148 | Czechoslovakia | 36.48 % | 1992 | up 308.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Yugoslav SFR | 35.81 % | 1991 | up 102.0% | flat |
| 150 | Republic of Korea | 35.34 % | 2023 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 151 | Honduras | 35.1 % | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 152 | Norway | 34.56 % | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 153 | Japan | 34.22 % | 2023 | up 31.3% | flat |
| 154 | Bahamas | 34.18 % | 2023 | up 29.1% | rising |
| 155 | Libya | 33.86 % | 2023 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Switzerland | 33.65 % | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 157 | Saint Lucia | 33.5 % | 2023 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 158 | Bahrain | 33.27 % | 2023 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Belize | 32.15 % | 2023 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Colombia | 30.71 % | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 161 | Saudi Arabia | 30.45 % | 2023 | up 131.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 25.25 % | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 163 | Cook Islands | 25.15 % | 2023 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Botswana | 23.92 % | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 165 | Puerto Rico | 23.69 % | 2023 | up 61.1% | volatile |
| 166 | United Arab Emirates | 22.82 % | 2023 | up 67.9% | volatile |
| 167 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 20.38 % | 1999 | up 73.0% | rising |
| 168 | China, Taiwan Province of | 19.14 % | 2023 | up 20.8% | falling |
| 169 | New Caledonia | 17.4 % | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 170 | Antigua and Barbuda | 16.93 % | 2023 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Cyprus | 16.06 % | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 172 | Tuvalu | 14.8 % | 2023 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Kuwait | 14.02 % | 2023 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Barbados | 12.01 % | 2023 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Malta | 11.62 % | 2023 | down 63.0% | falling |
| 176 | USSR | 10.48 % | 1991 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 177 | Qatar | 9.44 % | 2023 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Montenegro | 8.53 % | 2023 | up 11.6% | flat |
| 179 | Singapore | 6.95 % | 2023 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 180 | Mongolia | 6.74 % | 2023 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 181 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 6.55 % | 2023 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 182 | Trinidad and Tobago | 6.11 % | 2023 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Faroe Islands | 2.45 % | 2023 | up 130.2% | volatile |
| 184 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.12 % | 2023 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Iceland | 1.75 % | 2023 | up 822.6% | volatile |
| 186 | Guadeloupe | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Africa 237.68 %
- Middle Africa 184.78 %
- Africa 124.18 %
- Oceania 117.54 %
- Eastern Europe 109.83 %
- United States of America 105.45 %
- Northern America 100.75 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 108.16 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 94.63 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 92 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 93.35 %
- Europe 91.83 %
- Eastern Africa 90.78 %
- Western Europe 90.65 %
- Americas 83.4 %
- Northern Africa 82.09 %
- Northern Europe 80.94 %
- Asia 59.31 %
- Southern Africa 80.9 %
- European Union (27) 80.3 %
- Western Asia 77.13 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 76.59 %
- South-Eastern Asia 75.7 %
- Central Asia 74.46 %
- World 73.48 %
- South America 72.02 %
- Central America 62.2 %
- Eastern Asia 56.02 %
- Southern Asia 55.59 %
- Southern Europe 53.78 %
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 (%).