Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus 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
7.19 million t
USSR
Lowest
-195,882 t
Nigeria
Median
482.91 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500
What the numbers show
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 7.19 million t in USSR; the lowest is -195,882 t in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 482.91 t, and the mean is 82,515 t.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 37.
Over the past decade 80 countries rose and 121 fell. The largest increase was in Samoa (up 2,075.5%), and the largest decrease in Nepal (down 5,385.6%).
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USSR | 7.19 million t | 1991 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 2 | China | 2.56 million t | 2023 | down 41.5% | volatile |
| 3 | China, mainland | 2.11 million t | 2023 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 4 | India | 1.81 million t | 2023 | up 74.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Brazil | 880,846 t | 2023 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Pakistan | 370,286 t | 2023 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 287,365 t | 2023 | up 175.5% | volatile |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 253,618 t | 2023 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Spain | 169,311 t | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 10 | Yugoslav SFR | 138,874 t | 1991 | down 52.4% | rising |
| 11 | Colombia | 109,100 t | 2023 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Thailand | 107,984 t | 2023 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Canada | 101,773 t | 2023 | up 301.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Mexico | 100,045 t | 2023 | up 125.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Japan | 96,623 t | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 16 | Czechoslovakia | 87,122 t | 1992 | down 82.5% | rising |
| 17 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 77,958 t | 1999 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 71,721 t | 2023 | up 82.9% | rising |
| 19 | Türkiye | 70,497 t | 2023 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Indonesia | 57,597 t | 2023 | down 36.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Sudan (former) | 53,932 t | 2011 | up 1,196.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 52,892 t | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 23 | Belarus | 52,516 t | 2023 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 24 | China, Taiwan Province of | 46,042 t | 2023 | down 23.0% | flat |
| 25 | Republic of Korea | 45,820 t | 2023 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 26 | Ethiopia PDR | 43,564 t | 1992 | up 1,807.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Malaysia | 41,431 t | 2023 | down 34.2% | rising |
| 28 | Italy | 37,658 t | 2023 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Egypt | 36,197 t | 2023 | up 198.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Mongolia | 34,400 t | 2023 | up 68.2% | rising |
| 31 | Romania | 31,752 t | 2023 | up 91.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Uruguay | 31,493 t | 2023 | down 44.4% | rising |
| 33 | Chile | 27,748 t | 2023 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 34 | Poland | 26,777 t | 2023 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Saudi Arabia | 24,899 t | 2023 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Iraq | 24,094 t | 2023 | up 132.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Morocco | 22,102 t | 2023 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Kenya | 21,330 t | 2023 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Peru | 20,543 t | 2023 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 20,052 t | 2023 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 41 | Turkmenistan | 18,404 t | 2023 | up 143.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Denmark | 18,103 t | 2023 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Belgium | 17,058 t | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 44 | Serbia | 16,935 t | 2023 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Portugal | 16,094 t | 2023 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 46 | Tunisia | 15,892 t | 2023 | up 82.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Honduras | 15,328 t | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Malawi | 14,446 t | 2023 | up 422.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Ecuador | 13,378 t | 2023 | down 35.1% | rising |
| 50 | Greece | 13,186 t | 2023 | up 292.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Burundi | 13,078 t | 2023 | up 1,777.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Zambia | 12,340 t | 2023 | up 127.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Zimbabwe | 11,952 t | 2023 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Guatemala | 11,852 t | 2023 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Ethiopia | 10,209 t | 2023 | up 202.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Switzerland | 10,057 t | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 57 | Ireland | 8,975 t | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 58 | Finland | 8,572 t | 2023 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Costa Rica | 8,476 t | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 60 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 8,205 t | 2023 | down 78.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 8,144 t | 2023 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 62 | Sweden | 7,563 t | 2023 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Austria | 7,088 t | 2023 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Nicaragua | 6,664 t | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Libya | 6,650 t | 2023 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 66 | El Salvador | 6,409 t | 2023 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Norway | 6,250 t | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 68 | Panama | 5,509 t | 2023 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 5,217 t | 2023 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 5,189 t | 2023 | up 190.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 5,032 t | 2023 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Cuba | 4,324 t | 2023 | down 18.1% | volatile |
| 73 | Slovenia | 4,287 t | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 74 | Albania | 4,143 t | 2023 | down 55.3% | rising |
| 75 | Tajikistan | 3,841 t | 2023 | up 417.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Latvia | 3,712 t | 2023 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3,156 t | 2023 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 78 | Haiti | 2,760 t | 2023 | up 214.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Cyprus | 2,685 t | 2023 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 80 | Belize | 2,621 t | 2023 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 81 | South Sudan | 2,433 t | 2023 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 82 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,307 t | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Kuwait | 2,142 t | 2023 | up 134.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Croatia | 2,115 t | 2023 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Iceland | 1,980 t | 2023 | down 47.0% | falling |
| 86 | Georgia | 1,969 t | 2023 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 87 | United Arab Emirates | 1,812 t | 2023 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Jamaica | 1,492 t | 2023 | down 5.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Gabon | 1,409 t | 2023 | up 650.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Botswana | 1,375 t | 2023 | up 191.0% | rising |
| 91 | North Macedonia | 1,141 t | 2023 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 92 | Montenegro | 1,076 t | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 93 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,069 t | 2023 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Qatar | 1,045 t | 2023 | up 98.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Puerto Rico | 922.11 t | 2023 | down 39.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Namibia | 854.33 t | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 97 | Israel | 779.21 t | 2023 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 98 | Luxembourg | 734.56 t | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 99 | Estonia | 658.38 t | 2023 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Jordan | 556.52 t | 2023 | up 217.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Fiji | 482.91 t | 2023 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 102 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 397.3 t | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 103 | Barbados | 369.57 t | 2023 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 104 | New Caledonia | 340.4 t | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 105 | Rwanda | 320.73 t | 2023 | up 107.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Lebanon | 311.39 t | 2023 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Cabo Verde | 249.25 t | 2023 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 108 | New Zealand | 247.82 t | 2023 | down 87.5% | falling |
| 109 | Malta | 234.82 t | 2023 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 110 | Singapore | 223.05 t | 2023 | down 2.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Bahamas | 167.38 t | 2023 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 112 | Guadeloupe | 163.93 t | 2023 | up 26.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Liberia | 141.42 t | 2023 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Polynesia | 134.28 t | 2023 | up 1,448.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Mauritania | 124.33 t | 2023 | down 78.7% | rising |
| 116 | Bhutan | 120.86 t | 2023 | up 170.1% | volatile |
| 117 | Sao Tome and Principe | 109.63 t | 2023 | up 460.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Saint Lucia | 81.49 t | 2023 | up 74.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Eswatini | 64.42 t | 2023 | up 123.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Tonga | 62.18 t | 2023 | up 168.2% | volatile |
| 121 | Samoa | 58.42 t | 2023 | up 2,075.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Bahrain | 52.13 t | 2023 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Cook Islands | 51.03 t | 2023 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Faroe Islands | 48.97 t | 2023 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 125 | Lesotho | 43.5 t | 2023 | down 66.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Tuvalu | 39.71 t | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Antigua and Barbuda | 38.8 t | 2023 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 128 | Suriname | 36.4 t | 2023 | down 57.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Seychelles | 27.84 t | 2023 | up 75.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Djibouti | 26.65 t | 2023 | down 65.2% | falling |
| 131 | Grenada | 20.08 t | 2023 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 10.8 t | 2023 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Nauru | 2.29 t | 2023 | up 49.6% | volatile |
| 134 | Maldives | -1.52 t | 2023 | down 101.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -2.68 t | 2023 | down 153.9% | volatile |
| 136 | Dominica | -34.14 t | 2023 | down 147.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Mauritius | -57.12 t | 2023 | down 109.4% | volatile |
| 138 | French Polynesia | -66.08 t | 2023 | down 243.0% | volatile |
| 139 | Guinea-Bissau | -73.17 t | 2023 | down 126.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | -104.76 t | 2023 | down 963.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Equatorial Guinea | -125.15 t | 2023 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Gambia | -171.53 t | 2023 | up 81.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Chad | -251.34 t | 2023 | up 96.4% | volatile |
| 144 | Eritrea | -341.73 t | 2023 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Comoros | -392.24 t | 2023 | up 1.6% | falling |
| 146 | Kiribati | -409.73 t | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 147 | Congo | -534.93 t | 2023 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 148 | Armenia | -622.6 t | 2023 | up 69.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Solomon Islands | -638.79 t | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 150 | Oman | -748.91 t | 2023 | down 443.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Togo | -817.38 t | 2023 | down 242.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Vanuatu | -856.05 t | 2023 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 153 | Yemen | -870.6 t | 2023 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 154 | Guyana | -1,719 t | 2023 | down 608.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Papua New Guinea | -2,148 t | 2023 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Germany | -2,510 t | 2023 | down 104.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Afghanistan | -2,536 t | 2023 | up 79.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Melanesia | -2,819 t | 2023 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Republic of Moldova | -3,173 t | 2023 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 160 | Azerbaijan | -3,439 t | 2023 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Angola | -3,617 t | 2023 | down 484.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | -4,221 t | 2023 | down 115.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Benin | -4,433 t | 2023 | up 63.3% | volatile |
| 164 | Sierra Leone | -4,609 t | 2023 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Caribbean | -4,775 t | 2023 | down 128.5% | volatile |
| 166 | Bulgaria | -4,870 t | 2023 | up 55.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Uganda | -4,875 t | 2023 | up 55.2% | rising |
| 168 | Algeria | -4,940 t | 2023 | down 1,122.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Slovakia | -6,926 t | 2023 | down 320.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Madagascar | -7,296 t | 2023 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Lithuania | -7,819 t | 2023 | down 475.9% | volatile |
| 172 | Mozambique | -9,133 t | 2023 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Czechia | -9,878 t | 2023 | down 286.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Cambodia | -10,937 t | 2023 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Myanmar | -11,305 t | 2023 | up 67.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Senegal | -11,531 t | 2023 | down 979.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Burkina Faso | -12,544 t | 2023 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 178 | Paraguay | -15,248 t | 2023 | down 490.9% | volatile |
| 179 | Russian Federation | -15,797 t | 2023 | down 123.6% | volatile |
| 180 | Sri Lanka | -16,205 t | 2023 | down 471.2% | volatile |
| 181 | Syrian Arab Republic | -16,540 t | 2023 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Dominican Republic | -17,508 t | 2023 | down 473.9% | volatile |
| 183 | Sudan | -18,553 t | 2023 | up 24.5% | falling |
| 184 | Guinea | -19,998 t | 2023 | down 86.7% | volatile |
| 185 | Nepal | -20,440 t | 2023 | down 5,385.6% | volatile |
| 186 | Cameroon | -20,862 t | 2023 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 187 | United Republic of Tanzania | -22,386 t | 2023 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 188 | Côte d'Ivoire | -22,395 t | 2023 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 189 | France | -24,127 t | 2023 | down 134.9% | volatile |
| 190 | Hungary | -25,509 t | 2023 | down 311.8% | volatile |
| 191 | Kazakhstan | -26,727 t | 2023 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 192 | Niger | -28,524 t | 2023 | down 33.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Philippines | -29,525 t | 2023 | down 5.9% | volatile |
| 194 | Mali | -32,585 t | 2023 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 195 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | -33,960 t | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 196 | Ghana | -39,673 t | 2023 | down 115.0% | volatile |
| 197 | Australia and New Zealand | -54,206 t | 2023 | down 172.3% | falling |
| 198 | Australia | -54,454 t | 2023 | down 174.7% | falling |
| 199 | Argentina | -80,568 t | 2023 | up 65.6% | volatile |
| 200 | Ukraine | -187,682 t | 2023 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 201 | Nigeria | -195,882 t | 2023 | down 42.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 6.80 million t
- Asia 5.78 million t
- Eastern Asia 2.75 million t
- Southern Asia 2.44 million t
- Americas 1.13 million t
- South America 1.00 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 608,873 t
- South-eastern Asia 419,338 t
- European Union (27) 347,819 t
- Southern Europe 269,338 t
- Europe 243,990 t
- Central America 156,904 t
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 (%).