Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium 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
10.14 million t
USSR
Lowest
-1.95 million t
India
Median
648.77 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500
What the numbers show
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 10.14 million t in USSR; the lowest is -1.95 million t in India.
The median across all reporting countries is 648.77 t, and the mean is 122,990 t.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 119 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 285.2%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 5,291.9%).
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USSR | 10.14 million t | 1991 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 2 | China | 4.72 million t | 2023 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 3 | China, mainland | 4.22 million t | 2023 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Brazil | 2.98 million t | 2023 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Malaysia | 606,768 t | 2023 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Spain | 505,614 t | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 7 | Pakistan | 474,348 t | 2023 | up 117.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Germany | 465,647 t | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 9 | France | 430,876 t | 2023 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 10 | Belarus | 426,004 t | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 11 | Yugoslav SFR | 369,950 t | 1991 | down 33.2% | rising |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | 367,627 t | 2023 | up 103.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Colombia | 351,816 t | 2023 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Poland | 327,408 t | 2023 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 322,650 t | 2023 | up 59.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 303,373 t | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 17 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 296,008 t | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 18 | Thailand | 294,807 t | 2023 | up 89.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 294,189 t | 2023 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Italy | 292,204 t | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 21 | Canada | 250,132 t | 2023 | up 246.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Myanmar | 222,895 t | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 23 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 214,887 t | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 24 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 214,162 t | 1999 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 25 | Mongolia | 213,896 t | 2023 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 26 | Czechoslovakia | 194,950 t | 1992 | down 75.8% | rising |
| 27 | Japan | 141,119 t | 2023 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 28 | Republic of Korea | 137,187 t | 2023 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Ireland | 132,533 t | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 30 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 132,360 t | 2023 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 31 | Denmark | 125,775 t | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 32 | Belgium | 124,155 t | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 33 | Indonesia | 115,695 t | 2023 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 34 | Uruguay | 107,790 t | 2023 | up 111.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Romania | 98,827 t | 2023 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Turkmenistan | 87,312 t | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 37 | Portugal | 81,476 t | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 38 | Austria | 70,952 t | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 39 | Sudan (former) | 68,159 t | 2011 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 65,582 t | 2023 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 41 | China, Taiwan Province of | 65,394 t | 2023 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 42 | Tajikistan | 60,900 t | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 43 | Switzerland | 57,230 t | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 44 | Nicaragua | 53,531 t | 2023 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 45 | South Sudan | 52,810 t | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 46 | Kyrgyzstan | 49,540 t | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 49,144 t | 2023 | up 82.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Chad | 47,914 t | 2023 | up 285.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Ecuador | 42,392 t | 2023 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Greece | 42,377 t | 2023 | up 187.7% | volatile |
| 51 | Honduras | 41,738 t | 2023 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Sweden | 40,885 t | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 53 | Finland | 39,515 t | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 54 | Saudi Arabia | 36,531 t | 2023 | up 115.5% | volatile |
| 55 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 35,607 t | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 56 | Afghanistan | 31,955 t | 2023 | down 21.0% | flat |
| 57 | Chile | 25,880 t | 2023 | up 267.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Lithuania | 25,483 t | 2023 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 59 | Czechia | 23,841 t | 2023 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Latvia | 22,114 t | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Slovenia | 21,250 t | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 62 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18,513 t | 2023 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 63 | Albania | 18,442 t | 2023 | down 49.0% | rising |
| 64 | Israel | 18,023 t | 2023 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Norway | 16,899 t | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 66 | Estonia | 15,816 t | 2023 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Panama | 14,756 t | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Serbia | 14,689 t | 2023 | down 62.1% | falling |
| 69 | Croatia | 13,597 t | 2023 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 70 | New Zealand | 11,233 t | 2023 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 71 | El Salvador | 9,020 t | 2023 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 72 | Mauritania | 7,906 t | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 73 | Kuwait | 7,674 t | 2023 | up 154.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Iceland | 7,258 t | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 75 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 7,033 t | 2023 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 76 | North Macedonia | 6,564 t | 2023 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 77 | Montenegro | 5,900 t | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 78 | Luxembourg | 5,380 t | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 79 | Oman | 4,773 t | 2023 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Eritrea | 4,566 t | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 81 | Namibia | 4,299 t | 2023 | up 30.4% | falling |
| 82 | Cyprus | 4,259 t | 2023 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4,183 t | 2023 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Haiti | 3,710 t | 2023 | up 184.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Slovakia | 3,654 t | 2023 | down 79.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Qatar | 3,416 t | 2023 | up 88.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Ethiopia PDR | 3,169 t | 1992 | up 140.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Hungary | 3,006 t | 2023 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Botswana | 2,980 t | 2023 | up 62.0% | falling |
| 90 | Georgia | 2,632 t | 2023 | up 100.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Puerto Rico | 2,495 t | 2023 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Peru | 2,346 t | 2023 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Cambodia | 1,735 t | 2023 | down 92.3% | falling |
| 94 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,692 t | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 95 | Belize | 1,418 t | 2023 | up 208.9% | volatile |
| 96 | Bhutan | 1,037 t | 2023 | up 83.3% | falling |
| 97 | Malta | 1,024 t | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 98 | New Caledonia | 953.54 t | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 99 | Lesotho | 822.71 t | 2023 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 100 | United Arab Emirates | 664.43 t | 2023 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 101 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 648.77 t | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 102 | Barbados | 592.23 t | 2023 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Cabo Verde | 465.69 t | 2023 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Djibouti | 369.67 t | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 105 | Guadeloupe | 358.12 t | 2023 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Faroe Islands | 283.11 t | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 107 | Singapore | 282.66 t | 2023 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Suriname | 167.28 t | 2023 | up 184.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Antigua and Barbuda | 149.83 t | 2023 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Gambia | 133.79 t | 2023 | up 112.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Fiji | 133.57 t | 2023 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Saint Lucia | 107.71 t | 2023 | up 261.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Sudan | 86.21 t | 2023 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Tuvalu | 73.09 t | 2023 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Bahrain | 64.28 t | 2023 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Cook Islands | 34.66 t | 2023 | down 59.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31.65 t | 2023 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Seychelles | 30.2 t | 2023 | up 101.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Nauru | 2.33 t | 2023 | up 161.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Bahamas | -7.55 t | 2023 | down 109.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Grenada | -28.45 t | 2023 | up 67.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Tonga | -51.23 t | 2023 | up 87.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Dominica | -92.41 t | 2023 | down 185.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Maldives | -137.66 t | 2023 | down 251.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Sao Tome and Principe | -149.47 t | 2023 | up 70.5% | rising |
| 126 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | -243.97 t | 2023 | down 502.2% | volatile |
| 127 | French Polynesia | -247.72 t | 2023 | down 107.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Gabon | -256.85 t | 2023 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 129 | Jordan | -334.61 t | 2023 | up 79.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Samoa | -404.7 t | 2023 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 131 | Guinea-Bissau | -481.86 t | 2023 | down 210.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -500.51 t | 2023 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Polynesia | -629.92 t | 2023 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Kiribati | -1,042 t | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 135 | Vanuatu | -1,104 t | 2023 | down 761.7% | volatile |
| 136 | Mauritius | -1,485 t | 2023 | down 197.0% | volatile |
| 137 | Jamaica | -1,518 t | 2023 | down 589.3% | volatile |
| 138 | Equatorial Guinea | -1,586 t | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 139 | Comoros | -1,707 t | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 140 | Armenia | -2,401 t | 2023 | up 65.3% | volatile |
| 141 | Libya | -2,809 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Liberia | -3,353 t | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 143 | Solomon Islands | -3,464 t | 2023 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 144 | Togo | -4,724 t | 2023 | down 229.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Eswatini | -5,057 t | 2023 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Congo | -5,595 t | 2023 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Republic of Moldova | -6,721 t | 2023 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Lebanon | -6,762 t | 2023 | down 319.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Bulgaria | -6,927 t | 2023 | down 314.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Cuba | -7,087 t | 2023 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Zambia | -8,398 t | 2023 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Guatemala | -8,969 t | 2023 | down 325.8% | volatile |
| 153 | Iraq | -9,975 t | 2023 | up 65.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Senegal | -10,514 t | 2023 | down 287.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Yemen | -10,958 t | 2023 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 156 | Philippines | -11,538 t | 2023 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 157 | Guyana | -12,041 t | 2023 | down 5,291.9% | volatile |
| 158 | Madagascar | -12,541 t | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Burkina Faso | -13,202 t | 2023 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Sierra Leone | -13,642 t | 2023 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | -15,596 t | 2023 | down 190.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Sri Lanka | -18,289 t | 2023 | down 185.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Zimbabwe | -18,924 t | 2023 | down 128.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Tunisia | -20,144 t | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Azerbaijan | -20,856 t | 2023 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 166 | Morocco | -25,795 t | 2023 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Nepal | -27,210 t | 2023 | down 241.4% | falling |
| 168 | Papua New Guinea | -27,565 t | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 169 | Burundi | -28,843 t | 2023 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 170 | Melanesia | -31,046 t | 2023 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 171 | Kenya | -42,765 t | 2023 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Rwanda | -43,154 t | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 173 | Niger | -44,813 t | 2023 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Algeria | -44,925 t | 2023 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Guinea | -45,834 t | 2023 | down 107.5% | falling |
| 176 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | -47,204 t | 2023 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Syrian Arab Republic | -47,770 t | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 178 | Uganda | -50,150 t | 2023 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 179 | Benin | -53,366 t | 2023 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 180 | Paraguay | -53,606 t | 2023 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Mozambique | -55,512 t | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 182 | Malawi | -58,707 t | 2023 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 183 | Mali | -62,923 t | 2023 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 184 | Angola | -72,884 t | 2023 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Cameroon | -82,430 t | 2023 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 186 | United Republic of Tanzania | -107,590 t | 2023 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 187 | Mexico | -118,116 t | 2023 | down 283.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Ethiopia | -123,533 t | 2023 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 189 | Côte d'Ivoire | -173,636 t | 2023 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 190 | Ghana | -185,118 t | 2023 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 191 | Egypt | -188,571 t | 2023 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 192 | Caribbean | -201,370 t | 2023 | down 233.5% | volatile |
| 193 | Dominican Republic | -204,104 t | 2023 | down 237.6% | volatile |
| 194 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | -219,630 t | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 195 | Australia and New Zealand | -251,192 t | 2023 | down 305.3% | volatile |
| 196 | Australia | -262,425 t | 2023 | down 248.8% | volatile |
| 197 | Ukraine | -289,868 t | 2023 | down 335.9% | volatile |
| 198 | Türkiye | -474,457 t | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 199 | Argentina | -646,353 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 200 | Nigeria | -777,953 t | 2023 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 201 | India | -1.95 million t | 2023 | down 84.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 10.53 million t
- Asia 5.75 million t
- Eastern Asia 5.19 million t
- Europe 3.99 million t
- Americas 3.59 million t
- European Union (27) 3.13 million t
- South America 2.88 million t
- South-eastern Asia 1.58 million t
- Western Europe 1.37 million t
- Southern Europe 1.02 million t
- Eastern Europe 873,413 t
- Northern America 859,452 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 (%).