Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium 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
4,044 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
-134.34 kg/ha
Dominican Republic
Median
3.94 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500
What the numbers show
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 4,044 kg/ha in Faroe Islands; the lowest is -134.34 kg/ha in Dominican Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.94 kg/ha, and the mean is 43.34 kg/ha.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 30.
Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 116 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 273.6%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 5,249.0%).
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 4,044 kg/ha | 2023 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 2 | Kuwait | 548.14 kg/ha | 2023 | up 219.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Singapore | 428.28 kg/ha | 2023 | down 1.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Montenegro | 411.45 kg/ha | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 5 | Ireland | 300.53 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 6 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 216.26 kg/ha | 2023 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 7 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 205.63 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 8 | Mongolia | 186.16 kg/ha | 2023 | up 85.3% | rising |
| 9 | Brunei Darussalam | 169.2 kg/ha | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 10 | Qatar | 142.34 kg/ha | 2023 | up 58.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Belgium | 140.07 kg/ha | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 12 | Switzerland | 135.7 kg/ha | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 13 | Malta | 123.48 kg/ha | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 14 | New Caledonia | 98.3 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 15 | Djibouti | 94.79 kg/ha | 2023 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Slovenia | 91.05 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 17 | Republic of Korea | 90.73 kg/ha | 2023 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Costa Rica | 90.28 kg/ha | 2023 | up 85.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Trinidad and Tobago | 89.01 kg/ha | 2023 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 85.57 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 21 | China, Taiwan Province of | 83.95 kg/ha | 2023 | down 21.2% | rising |
| 22 | Uzbekistan | 82.28 kg/ha | 2023 | up 101.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Belarus | 75.35 kg/ha | 2023 | down 22.9% | flat |
| 24 | Barbados | 74.03 kg/ha | 2023 | up 107.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Malaysia | 73.6 kg/ha | 2023 | up 43.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Colombia | 70.43 kg/ha | 2023 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Iceland | 59.98 kg/ha | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 28 | Tajikistan | 58.06 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 29 | Turkmenistan | 53.52 kg/ha | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 30 | Denmark | 52.52 kg/ha | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 31 | Austria | 51.14 kg/ha | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 32 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 48.64 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 33 | Israel | 48.36 kg/ha | 2023 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Uruguay | 48.15 kg/ha | 2023 | up 121.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Brazil | 47.01 kg/ha | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 36 | Portugal | 45.07 kg/ha | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 37 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 41.7 kg/ha | 2023 | up 39.4% | falling |
| 38 | Tuvalu | 40.61 kg/ha | 2023 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 40.11 kg/ha | 2023 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 40 | Oman | 39.21 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Germany | 39.19 kg/ha | 2023 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 42 | Puerto Rico | 37.69 kg/ha | 2023 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 43 | China | 36.76 kg/ha | 2023 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Bangladesh | 36.67 kg/ha | 2023 | up 54.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Kyrgyzstan | 36.33 kg/ha | 2023 | up 34.7% | rising |
| 46 | Cyprus | 33.56 kg/ha | 2023 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 47 | China, mainland | 33.05 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Japan | 32.84 kg/ha | 2023 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 49 | Italy | 30.81 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 50 | Spain | 30.45 kg/ha | 2023 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 51 | Antigua and Barbuda | 29.97 kg/ha | 2023 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Nicaragua | 29.76 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Poland | 28.36 kg/ha | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 54 | Albania | 27.18 kg/ha | 2023 | down 47.7% | rising |
| 55 | Viet Nam | 26.04 kg/ha | 2023 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 56 | Honduras | 25.8 kg/ha | 2023 | up 39.4% | volatile |
| 57 | France | 24.04 kg/ha | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 58 | Estonia | 22.12 kg/ha | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 59 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 22.11 kg/ha | 2023 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 60 | Panama | 21.67 kg/ha | 2023 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Norway | 20.97 kg/ha | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 62 | South Sudan | 20.51 kg/ha | 2023 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 63 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 20.21 kg/ha | 1999 | down 71.3% | falling |
| 64 | Seychelles | 19.48 kg/ha | 2023 | up 101.7% | volatile |
| 65 | New Zealand | 18.97 kg/ha | 2023 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 66 | Cook Islands | 18.24 kg/ha | 2023 | down 59.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Myanmar | 17.81 kg/ha | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 68 | Ecuador | 17.6 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Finland | 17.57 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 70 | Mauritania | 17.19 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.8% | falling |
| 71 | Sweden | 16.17 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 72 | Latvia | 16.14 kg/ha | 2023 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 73 | Guadeloupe | 16 kg/ha | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Bahrain | 15.68 kg/ha | 2023 | down 89.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Pakistan | 15.3 kg/ha | 2023 | up 119.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Greece | 14.63 kg/ha | 2023 | up 261.0% | volatile |
| 77 | North Macedonia | 14.39 kg/ha | 2023 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 78 | Croatia | 14.36 kg/ha | 2023 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Thailand | 13.66 kg/ha | 2023 | up 93.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Chile | 13.52 kg/ha | 2023 | up 273.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Botswana | 11.37 kg/ha | 2023 | up 74.3% | rising |
| 82 | Saint Lucia | 11.26 kg/ha | 2023 | up 261.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Romania | 11.21 kg/ha | 2023 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Lithuania | 10.91 kg/ha | 2023 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 85 | Belize | 10.74 kg/ha | 2023 | up 190.7% | volatile |
| 86 | El Salvador | 10.24 kg/ha | 2023 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Saudi Arabia | 10.04 kg/ha | 2023 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 88 | USSR | 9.29 kg/ha | 1991 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 89 | Czechia | 9.29 kg/ha | 2023 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 90 | Bhutan | 9.1 kg/ha | 2023 | up 81.1% | falling |
| 91 | Chad | 8.98 kg/ha | 2023 | up 263.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Cabo Verde | 8.62 kg/ha | 2023 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 93 | United Arab Emirates | 7.25 kg/ha | 2023 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Eritrea | 6.6 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 95 | Canada | 6.53 kg/ha | 2023 | up 245.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.21 kg/ha | 2023 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Georgia | 6.09 kg/ha | 2023 | up 153.6% | volatile |
| 98 | Nauru | 5.82 kg/ha | 2023 | up 160.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Namibia | 5.29 kg/ha | 2023 | up 29.9% | falling |
| 100 | Serbia | 5.21 kg/ha | 2023 | down 62.7% | falling |
| 101 | Afghanistan | 3.94 kg/ha | 2023 | down 23.1% | flat |
| 102 | Suriname | 3.02 kg/ha | 2023 | up 239.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Haiti | 2.84 kg/ha | 2023 | up 202.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Yugoslav SFR | 2.79 kg/ha | 1991 | down 76.7% | rising |
| 105 | Slovakia | 2.76 kg/ha | 2023 | down 78.1% | falling |
| 106 | Indonesia | 2.62 kg/ha | 2023 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Russian Federation | 2.38 kg/ha | 2023 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Lesotho | 2.28 kg/ha | 2023 | down 50.1% | rising |
| 109 | Kazakhstan | 2.2 kg/ha | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 110 | Fiji | 0.9637 kg/ha | 2023 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Hungary | 0.7 kg/ha | 2023 | down 90.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.3998 kg/ha | 2023 | up 113.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Peru | 0.3785 kg/ha | 2023 | down 87.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Cambodia | 0.3727 kg/ha | 2023 | down 93.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Gambia | 0.2993 kg/ha | 2023 | up 113.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Sudan | 0.0041 kg/ha | 2023 | down 98.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Czechoslovakia | -0.4421 kg/ha | 1992 | down 101.2% | flat |
| 118 | Gabon | -0.5189 kg/ha | 2023 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Bahamas | -0.6864 kg/ha | 2023 | down 109.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Guinea-Bissau | -0.7465 kg/ha | 2023 | down 194.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Philippines | -1.03 kg/ha | 2023 | up 87.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Jordan | -1.16 kg/ha | 2023 | up 77.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Libya | -1.37 kg/ha | 2023 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Sudan (former) | -1.52 kg/ha | 2011 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 125 | Burkina Faso | -1.53 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Tonga | -1.65 kg/ha | 2023 | up 88.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Togo | -1.68 kg/ha | 2023 | down 229.6% | falling |
| 128 | Iraq | -1.82 kg/ha | 2023 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Bulgaria | -1.91 kg/ha | 2023 | down 314.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Cuba | -1.99 kg/ha | 2023 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Zambia | -2.19 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Niger | -2.52 kg/ha | 2023 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Ethiopia PDR | -2.57 kg/ha | 1992 | up 24.9% | falling |
| 134 | Senegal | -2.69 kg/ha | 2023 | down 261.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Morocco | -2.94 kg/ha | 2023 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Republic of Moldova | -3.15 kg/ha | 2023 | down 85.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Guatemala | -3.28 kg/ha | 2023 | down 299.0% | volatile |
| 138 | Madagascar | -3.48 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Sao Tome and Principe | -3.56 kg/ha | 2023 | up 76.1% | rising |
| 140 | Dominica | -4.02 kg/ha | 2023 | down 185.6% | volatile |
| 141 | Grenada | -4.06 kg/ha | 2023 | up 67.0% | rising |
| 142 | Tunisia | -4.07 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Zimbabwe | -4.65 kg/ha | 2023 | down 130.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Armenia | -4.77 kg/ha | 2023 | up 65.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Liberia | -4.79 kg/ha | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 146 | Mexico | -4.83 kg/ha | 2023 | down 292.1% | volatile |
| 147 | Algeria | -5.26 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Uganda | -5.51 kg/ha | 2023 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 149 | Polynesia | -5.73 kg/ha | 2023 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 150 | Kenya | -5.73 kg/ha | 2023 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 151 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | -6.13 kg/ha | 2023 | down 194.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Guinea | -6.28 kg/ha | 2023 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 153 | Ethiopia | -6.69 kg/ha | 2023 | down 36.9% | volatile |
| 154 | United Republic of Tanzania | -6.93 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 155 | Sri Lanka | -7.12 kg/ha | 2023 | down 177.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Mali | -7.28 kg/ha | 2023 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Yemen | -7.55 kg/ha | 2023 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 158 | Vanuatu | -7.61 kg/ha | 2023 | down 761.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Sierra Leone | -7.8 kg/ha | 2023 | up 24.7% | falling |
| 160 | Australia and New Zealand | -7.86 kg/ha | 2023 | down 308.6% | volatile |
| 161 | Jamaica | -8.08 kg/ha | 2023 | down 594.0% | volatile |
| 162 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | -8.12 kg/ha | 2023 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Australia | -8.36 kg/ha | 2023 | down 251.4% | volatile |
| 164 | Ukraine | -8.58 kg/ha | 2023 | down 334.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Congo | -8.59 kg/ha | 2023 | up 17.2% | volatile |
| 166 | French Polynesia | -8.69 kg/ha | 2023 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Syrian Arab Republic | -8.78 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 168 | Azerbaijan | -8.82 kg/ha | 2023 | down 66.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Mozambique | -9.18 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 170 | Samoa | -9.54 kg/ha | 2023 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Cameroon | -10.44 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Paraguay | -11.54 kg/ha | 2023 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 173 | India | -11.59 kg/ha | 2023 | down 85.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Côte d'Ivoire | -12.14 kg/ha | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 175 | Angola | -12.78 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Benin | -12.81 kg/ha | 2023 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 177 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | -13 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 178 | Nepal | -13.96 kg/ha | 2023 | down 264.1% | falling |
| 179 | Malawi | -13.98 kg/ha | 2023 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Comoros | -14.47 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 181 | Argentina | -15.59 kg/ha | 2023 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 182 | Equatorial Guinea | -15.89 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 183 | Burundi | -17.26 kg/ha | 2023 | up 28.5% | falling |
| 184 | Nigeria | -17.59 kg/ha | 2023 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Mauritius | -18.8 kg/ha | 2023 | down 197.2% | volatile |
| 186 | Melanesia | -19.29 kg/ha | 2023 | down 37.4% | falling |
| 187 | Türkiye | -19.79 kg/ha | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 188 | Papua New Guinea | -22.69 kg/ha | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 189 | Lebanon | -24.66 kg/ha | 2023 | down 297.7% | volatile |
| 190 | Ghana | -24.96 kg/ha | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 191 | Eswatini | -25.93 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Maldives | -28.09 kg/ha | 2023 | down 266.4% | volatile |
| 193 | Rwanda | -28.83 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 194 | Caribbean | -29.6 kg/ha | 2023 | down 237.7% | volatile |
| 195 | Kiribati | -30.66 kg/ha | 2023 | down 16.3% | volatile |
| 196 | Solomon Islands | -34.23 kg/ha | 2023 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 197 | Egypt | -46.47 kg/ha | 2023 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 198 | Guyana | -95.57 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5,249.0% | volatile |
| 199 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -100.1 kg/ha | 2023 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 200 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | -121.98 kg/ha | 2023 | down 502.2% | volatile |
| 201 | Dominican Republic | -134.34 kg/ha | 2023 | down 187.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Western Europe 40.73 kg/ha
- Northern Europe 37.93 kg/ha
- Eastern Asia 37.68 kg/ha
- European Union (27) 28.54 kg/ha
- Southern Europe 28.07 kg/ha
- South America 21.12 kg/ha
- Central Asia 16.47 kg/ha
- Europe 13.92 kg/ha
- South-eastern Asia 13.63 kg/ha
- Asia 9.99 kg/ha
- Americas 9.71 kg/ha
- World 6.7 kg/ha
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 (%).