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
203
Highest
10.14 million t
USSR
Lowest
-1.95 million t
India
Median
592.23 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500
What the numbers show
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium is currently reported for 203 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 592.23 t, and the mean is 121,624 t.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 121 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 |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 303,373 t | 2023 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 3 | China, mainland | 4.22 million t | 2023 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 132,360 t | 2023 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 4 | Brazil | 2.98 million t | 2023 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 4 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 35,607 t | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 5 | Malaysia | 606,768 t | 2023 | up 52.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 7,033 t | 2023 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Spain | 505,614 t | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 6 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | -243.97 t | 2023 | down 502.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Pakistan | 474,348 t | 2023 | up 117.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Polynesia | -629.92 t | 2023 | up 37.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Germany | 465,647 t | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 8 | Republic of Moldova | -6,721 t | 2023 | down 87.8% | volatile |
| 9 | France | 430,876 t | 2023 | down 34.6% | falling |
| 9 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | -15,596 t | 2023 | down 190.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Belarus | 426,004 t | 2023 | down 23.3% | falling |
| 10 | Melanesia | -31,046 t | 2023 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 11 | Yugoslav SFR | 369,950 t | 1991 | down 33.2% | rising |
| 11 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | -47,204 t | 2023 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | 367,627 t | 2023 | up 103.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Syrian Arab Republic | -47,770 t | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 13 | Colombia | 351,816 t | 2023 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 13 | United Republic of Tanzania | -107,590 t | 2023 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Poland | 327,408 t | 2023 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | -219,630 t | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 322,650 t | 2023 | up 59.3% | volatile |
| 16 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 296,008 t | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 17 | Thailand | 294,807 t | 2023 | up 89.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Cabo Verde | 465.69 t | 2023 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Russian Federation | 294,189 t | 2023 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Türkiye | -474,457 t | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 19 | Italy | 292,204 t | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 20 | Canada | 250,132 t | 2023 | up 246.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Côte d'Ivoire | -173,636 t | 2023 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Myanmar | 222,895 t | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 21 | Caribbean | -201,370 t | 2023 | down 233.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 214,887 t | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 23 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 214,162 t | 1999 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 24 | Mongolia | 213,896 t | 2023 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 25 | Czechoslovakia | 194,950 t | 1992 | down 75.8% | rising |
| 26 | Japan | 141,119 t | 2023 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 27 | Republic of Korea | 137,187 t | 2023 | down 7.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Ireland | 132,533 t | 2023 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 29 | Denmark | 125,775 t | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 30 | Belgium | 124,155 t | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 31 | Indonesia | 115,695 t | 2023 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Uruguay | 107,790 t | 2023 | up 111.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Romania | 98,827 t | 2023 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Turkmenistan | 87,312 t | 2023 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 35 | Portugal | 81,476 t | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 36 | Austria | 70,952 t | 2023 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 37 | Sudan (former) | 68,159 t | 2011 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Kazakhstan | 65,582 t | 2023 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 39 | China, Taiwan Province of | 65,394 t | 2023 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 40 | Tajikistan | 60,900 t | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 41 | Switzerland | 57,230 t | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 42 | Nicaragua | 53,531 t | 2023 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 43 | South Sudan | 52,810 t | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 44 | Kyrgyzstan | 49,540 t | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 45 | Costa Rica | 49,144 t | 2023 | up 82.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Chad | 47,914 t | 2023 | up 285.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Ecuador | 42,392 t | 2023 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Greece | 42,377 t | 2023 | up 187.7% | volatile |
| 49 | Honduras | 41,738 t | 2023 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Sweden | 40,885 t | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 51 | Finland | 39,515 t | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 36,531 t | 2023 | up 115.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Afghanistan | 31,955 t | 2023 | down 21.0% | flat |
| 54 | Chile | 25,880 t | 2023 | up 267.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Lithuania | 25,483 t | 2023 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 56 | Czechia | 23,841 t | 2023 | down 37.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Latvia | 22,114 t | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Slovenia | 21,250 t | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 59 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18,513 t | 2023 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 60 | Albania | 18,442 t | 2023 | down 49.0% | rising |
| 61 | Israel | 18,023 t | 2023 | up 35.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Norway | 16,899 t | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 63 | Estonia | 15,816 t | 2023 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Panama | 14,756 t | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 65 | Serbia | 14,689 t | 2023 | down 62.1% | falling |
| 66 | Croatia | 13,597 t | 2023 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 67 | New Zealand | 11,233 t | 2023 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 68 | El Salvador | 9,020 t | 2023 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 69 | Mauritania | 7,906 t | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 70 | Kuwait | 7,674 t | 2023 | up 154.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Iceland | 7,258 t | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 72 | North Macedonia | 6,564 t | 2023 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 73 | Montenegro | 5,900 t | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 74 | Luxembourg | 5,380 t | 2023 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 75 | Oman | 4,773 t | 2023 | up 55.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Eritrea | 4,566 t | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 77 | Namibia | 4,299 t | 2023 | up 30.4% | falling |
| 78 | Cyprus | 4,259 t | 2023 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4,183 t | 2023 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 80 | Haiti | 3,710 t | 2023 | up 184.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Slovakia | 3,654 t | 2023 | down 79.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Qatar | 3,416 t | 2023 | up 88.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Ethiopia PDR | 3,169 t | 1992 | up 140.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Hungary | 3,006 t | 2023 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Botswana | 2,980 t | 2023 | up 62.0% | falling |
| 86 | Georgia | 2,632 t | 2023 | up 100.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Puerto Rico | 2,495 t | 2023 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Peru | 2,346 t | 2023 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Cambodia | 1,735 t | 2023 | down 92.3% | falling |
| 90 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,692 t | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 91 | Belize | 1,418 t | 2023 | up 208.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Bhutan | 1,037 t | 2023 | up 83.3% | falling |
| 93 | Malta | 1,024 t | 2023 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 94 | New Caledonia | 953.54 t | 2023 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 95 | Lesotho | 822.71 t | 2023 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 96 | United Arab Emirates | 664.43 t | 2023 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 97 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 648.77 t | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 98 | Barbados | 592.23 t | 2023 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Djibouti | 369.67 t | 2023 | down 30.1% | falling |
| 100 | Guadeloupe | 358.12 t | 2023 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Faroe Islands | 283.11 t | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 102 | Singapore | 282.66 t | 2023 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Suriname | 167.28 t | 2023 | up 184.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Antigua and Barbuda | 149.83 t | 2023 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 105 | Gambia | 133.79 t | 2023 | up 112.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Fiji | 133.57 t | 2023 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Saint Lucia | 107.71 t | 2023 | up 261.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Sudan | 86.21 t | 2023 | down 98.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Tuvalu | 73.09 t | 2023 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Bahrain | 64.28 t | 2023 | down 90.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Cook Islands | 34.66 t | 2023 | down 59.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 31.65 t | 2023 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 113 | Seychelles | 30.2 t | 2023 | up 101.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Nauru | 2.33 t | 2023 | up 161.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Bahamas | -7.55 t | 2023 | down 109.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Grenada | -28.45 t | 2023 | up 67.0% | volatile |
| 117 | Tonga | -51.23 t | 2023 | up 87.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Dominica | -92.41 t | 2023 | down 185.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Maldives | -137.66 t | 2023 | down 251.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Sao Tome and Principe | -149.47 t | 2023 | up 70.5% | rising |
| 121 | French Polynesia | -247.72 t | 2023 | down 107.1% | volatile |
| 122 | Gabon | -256.85 t | 2023 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 123 | Jordan | -334.61 t | 2023 | up 79.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Samoa | -404.7 t | 2023 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Guinea-Bissau | -481.86 t | 2023 | down 210.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -500.51 t | 2023 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 127 | Kiribati | -1,042 t | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 128 | Vanuatu | -1,104 t | 2023 | down 761.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Mauritius | -1,485 t | 2023 | down 197.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Jamaica | -1,518 t | 2023 | down 589.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Equatorial Guinea | -1,586 t | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 132 | Comoros | -1,707 t | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 133 | Armenia | -2,401 t | 2023 | up 65.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Libya | -2,809 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 135 | Liberia | -3,353 t | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 136 | Solomon Islands | -3,464 t | 2023 | down 72.2% | falling |
| 137 | Togo | -4,724 t | 2023 | down 229.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Eswatini | -5,057 t | 2023 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Congo | -5,595 t | 2023 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Lebanon | -6,762 t | 2023 | down 319.5% | volatile |
| 141 | Bulgaria | -6,927 t | 2023 | down 314.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Central African Republic | -7,007 t | 2023 | down 351.2% | volatile |
| 143 | Cuba | -7,087 t | 2023 | down 39.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Zambia | -8,398 t | 2023 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Guatemala | -8,969 t | 2023 | down 325.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Iraq | -9,975 t | 2023 | up 65.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Senegal | -10,514 t | 2023 | down 287.1% | volatile |
| 148 | Yemen | -10,958 t | 2023 | up 15.9% | falling |
| 149 | Philippines | -11,538 t | 2023 | up 86.7% | volatile |
| 150 | Guyana | -12,041 t | 2023 | down 5,291.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Madagascar | -12,541 t | 2023 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Burkina Faso | -13,202 t | 2023 | down 15.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Sierra Leone | -13,642 t | 2023 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Sri Lanka | -18,289 t | 2023 | down 185.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Zimbabwe | -18,924 t | 2023 | down 128.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Tunisia | -20,144 t | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Azerbaijan | -20,856 t | 2023 | down 83.2% | volatile |
| 158 | South Africa | -24,402 t | 2023 | down 509.7% | volatile |
| 159 | Morocco | -25,795 t | 2023 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Nepal | -27,210 t | 2023 | down 241.4% | falling |
| 161 | Papua New Guinea | -27,565 t | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 162 | Burundi | -28,843 t | 2023 | up 14.9% | falling |
| 163 | Kenya | -42,765 t | 2023 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Rwanda | -43,154 t | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 165 | Niger | -44,813 t | 2023 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Algeria | -44,925 t | 2023 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Guinea | -45,834 t | 2023 | down 107.5% | falling |
| 168 | Uganda | -50,150 t | 2023 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 169 | Benin | -53,366 t | 2023 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Paraguay | -53,606 t | 2023 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Mozambique | -55,512 t | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 172 | Malawi | -58,707 t | 2023 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Mali | -62,923 t | 2023 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Angola | -72,884 t | 2023 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Cameroon | -82,430 t | 2023 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Mexico | -118,116 t | 2023 | down 283.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Ethiopia | -123,533 t | 2023 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Ghana | -185,118 t | 2023 | down 45.8% | volatile |
| 179 | Egypt | -188,571 t | 2023 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 180 | Dominican Republic | -204,104 t | 2023 | down 237.6% | volatile |
| 181 | Australia and New Zealand | -251,192 t | 2023 | down 305.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Australia | -262,425 t | 2023 | down 248.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Ukraine | -289,868 t | 2023 | down 335.9% | volatile |
| 184 | Argentina | -646,353 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 185 | Nigeria | -777,953 t | 2023 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 186 | 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
- Northern Europe 722,570 t
- Central Asia 630,962 t
- United States of America 609,304 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 401,839 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) -240,796 t
- Central America 42,522 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) -327,025 t
- Middle Africa -341,623 t
- Southern Africa -21,358 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) -131,230 t
- Northern Africa -282,158 t
- Oceania -284,409 t
- Eastern Africa -477,105 t
- Western Asia -498,184 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) -550,590 t
- Southern Asia -1.16 million t
- Western Africa -1.38 million t
- Africa -2.50 million 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 (%).