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Outputs — Cropland nitrogen 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
762.68 kg/ha
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Lowest
0 kg/ha
Guadeloupe
Median
42.09 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500

What the numbers show

Outputs — Cropland nitrogen per unit area is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 762.68 kg/ha in Micronesia (Federated States of); the lowest is 0 kg/ha in Guadeloupe.

The median across all reporting countries is 42.09 kg/ha, and the mean is 51.88 kg/ha.

Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 83 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 477.7%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 72.8%).

Outputs — Cropland nitrogen per unit area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Micronesia (Federated States of) 762.68 kg/ha 2023 up 70.5% volatile
2 Brazil 228.06 kg/ha 2023 up 49.7% volatile
3 Guyana 200.58 kg/ha 2023 up 18.4% rising
4 Djibouti 184.96 kg/ha 2023 up 69.3% volatile
5 Singapore 162.46 kg/ha 2023 down 19.1% volatile
6 Paraguay 153.8 kg/ha 2023 down 3.4% volatile
7 Egypt 152.55 kg/ha 2023 down 3.3% rising
8 China, mainland 136.58 kg/ha 2023 up 19.5% rising
9 China 136.16 kg/ha 2023 up 19.4% rising
10 Dominican Republic 127.78 kg/ha 2023 up 81.8% rising
11 Nepal 124.72 kg/ha 2023 up 41.0% volatile
12 Mauritius 122.05 kg/ha 2023 down 33.7% falling
13 Eswatini 116.71 kg/ha 2023 up 0.3% rising
14 Bangladesh 113.31 kg/ha 2023 up 18.1% rising
15 Kuwait 107.3 kg/ha 2023 down 7.8% rising
16 Uzbekistan 97.14 kg/ha 2023 up 7.5% rising
17 Ireland 96.78 kg/ha 2023 down 7.8% rising
18 Nauru 96.41 kg/ha 2023 down 9.6% rising
19 Belgium 95.07 kg/ha 2023 down 10.7% flat
20 Belgium-Luxembourg 94.33 kg/ha 1999 down 1.7% rising
21 Germany 92.03 kg/ha 2023 down 8.4% rising
22 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 90.87 kg/ha 2023 up 7.7% rising
23 Kiribati 87.3 kg/ha 2023 up 11.4% rising
24 France 87.18 kg/ha 2023 up 5.9% rising
25 Austria 86.58 kg/ha 2023 up 16.1% rising
26 Czechia 85.2 kg/ha 2023 up 5.0% rising
27 Slovakia 85.2 kg/ha 2023 up 41.6% rising
28 Serbia 84.05 kg/ha 2023 up 20.5% rising
29 Viet Nam 81.9 kg/ha 2023 down 10.4% rising
30 Republic of Korea 81.8 kg/ha 2023 up 4.1% rising
31 Hungary 79.45 kg/ha 2023 up 20.3% rising
32 Oman 77.44 kg/ha 2023 up 62.2% volatile
33 India 77.29 kg/ha 2023 up 24.4% rising
34 Denmark 75.95 kg/ha 2023 down 12.3% rising
35 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 74.72 kg/ha 2023 down 2.6% rising
36 Lao People's Democratic Republic 74.25 kg/ha 2023 up 41.0% volatile
37 Poland 74.05 kg/ha 2023 up 19.4% rising
38 Belize 73.78 kg/ha 2023 down 6.6% rising
39 Croatia 72.78 kg/ha 2023 down 6.8% rising
40 Seychelles 71.14 kg/ha 2023 up 43.9% volatile
41 Philippines 68.72 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% rising
42 China, Taiwan Province of 68.51 kg/ha 2023 down 0.8% falling
43 Costa Rica 68.48 kg/ha 2023 down 14.6% rising
44 Bulgaria 68 kg/ha 2023 up 6.6% rising
45 Guatemala 67.36 kg/ha 2023 down 6.6% rising
46 Lithuania 66.66 kg/ha 2023 up 36.7% rising
47 Argentina 64.36 kg/ha 2023 down 31.4% volatile
48 Colombia 63.29 kg/ha 2023 down 24.8% rising
49 Australia 62.6 kg/ha 2023 up 68.0% rising
50 Australia and New Zealand 62.29 kg/ha 2023 up 66.3% rising
51 Tajikistan 60.97 kg/ha 2023 down 8.3% rising
52 Indonesia 59.92 kg/ha 2023 up 4.5% rising
53 Faroe Islands 59.72 kg/ha 2023 down 12.7% flat
54 China, Hong Kong SAR 59.49 kg/ha 2023 up 35.5% falling
55 Canada 59.48 kg/ha 2023 down 7.0% rising
56 Bosnia and Herzegovina 58.96 kg/ha 2023 up 155.7% rising
57 Switzerland 58.92 kg/ha 2023 down 2.5% rising
58 Fiji 58.53 kg/ha 2023 up 12.0% falling
59 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 57.55 kg/ha 2023 down 15.9% rising
60 Japan 57.13 kg/ha 2023 up 1.2% falling
61 Myanmar 56.95 kg/ha 2023 down 13.8% volatile
62 Romania 56.54 kg/ha 2023 up 15.6% rising
63 Suriname 56.11 kg/ha 2023 down 15.2% falling
64 Uruguay 55.9 kg/ha 2023 down 38.5% volatile
65 Sri Lanka 53.9 kg/ha 2023 down 14.0% rising
66 Ukraine 53.82 kg/ha 2023 up 8.4% rising
67 Bahamas 53.66 kg/ha 2023 up 9.1% rising
68 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 53.63 kg/ha 2023 up 12.1% volatile
69 Pakistan 53.44 kg/ha 2023 up 17.2% rising
70 Barbados 53.34 kg/ha 2023 down 27.8% volatile
71 Türkiye 53.3 kg/ha 2023 up 12.2% rising
72 El Salvador 52.88 kg/ha 2023 down 4.7% rising
73 Latvia 52.75 kg/ha 2023 up 24.1% rising
74 Malaysia 52.21 kg/ha 2023 down 6.4% rising
75 Luxembourg 52.05 kg/ha 2023 down 16.3% falling
76 Thailand 50.74 kg/ha 2023 down 1.7% rising
77 Cambodia 50.63 kg/ha 2023 up 20.8% volatile
78 Slovenia 50.58 kg/ha 2023 up 32.9% rising
79 Czechoslovakia 50.01 kg/ha 1992 up 5.8% rising
80 Yugoslav SFR 48.96 kg/ha 1991 up 29.5% rising
81 Malawi 48.59 kg/ha 2023 up 16.8% rising
82 French Polynesia 47.66 kg/ha 2023 down 8.4% falling
83 New Zealand 46.33 kg/ha 2023 down 3.6% rising
84 Estonia 46.13 kg/ha 2023 up 12.5% rising
85 Vanuatu 46.04 kg/ha 2023 up 1.7% falling
86 Turkmenistan 45.85 kg/ha 2023 up 22.1% falling
87 Chile 45.78 kg/ha 2023 down 21.3% volatile
88 Italy 45.5 kg/ha 2023 down 10.6% rising
89 Melanesia 45.49 kg/ha 2023 up 6.5% falling
90 Cook Islands 45.2 kg/ha 2023 down 6.2% rising
91 Israel 44.9 kg/ha 2023 down 13.5% flat
92 Solomon Islands 44.43 kg/ha 2023 up 2.6% falling
93 Papua New Guinea 44.07 kg/ha 2023 up 7.2% rising
94 Lebanon 43.78 kg/ha 2023 down 4.0% rising
95 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 43.16 kg/ha 2023 down 15.3% rising
96 Caribbean 42.81 kg/ha 2023 up 14.4% falling
97 Mexico 42.69 kg/ha 2023 up 9.0% rising
98 Ecuador 42.65 kg/ha 2023 up 19.2% rising
99 Sweden 42.63 kg/ha 2023 down 8.7% rising
100 Tonga 42.31 kg/ha 2023 down 45.5% falling
101 Republic of Moldova 42.09 kg/ha 2023 up 27.7% rising
102 Burundi 41.56 kg/ha 2023 up 74.4% rising
103 New Caledonia 40.87 kg/ha 2023 up 8.8% rising
104 Ghana 40.82 kg/ha 2023 up 35.9% rising
105 Polynesia 40.55 kg/ha 2023 down 34.5% falling
106 Grenada 40.3 kg/ha 2023 down 3.9% rising
107 Rwanda 39.4 kg/ha 2023 up 8.7% rising
108 Azerbaijan 38.03 kg/ha 2023 up 19.3% rising
109 Jamaica 38 kg/ha 2023 down 28.8% falling
110 Zambia 37.1 kg/ha 2023 up 48.5% volatile
111 Ethiopia 36.33 kg/ha 2023 up 17.3% rising
112 Senegal 36.3 kg/ha 2023 up 121.0% rising
113 Belarus 36.29 kg/ha 2023 up 1.8% rising
114 Samoa 35.81 kg/ha 2023 down 42.8% rising
115 Honduras 35.59 kg/ha 2023 up 7.2% rising
116 Benin 35.58 kg/ha 2023 up 42.1% rising
117 Montenegro 34.72 kg/ha 2023 down 7.4% falling
118 Nicaragua 34.15 kg/ha 2023 up 6.6% rising
119 Peru 33.95 kg/ha 2023 down 5.0% rising
120 Kyrgyzstan 33.73 kg/ha 2023 down 2.7% rising
121 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 32.77 kg/ha 2023 up 9.8% rising
122 Nigeria 32.76 kg/ha 2023 up 28.9% rising
123 Russian Federation 32.62 kg/ha 2023 up 66.7% rising
124 Kenya 32.02 kg/ha 2023 up 6.7% rising
125 North Macedonia 31.68 kg/ha 2023 down 11.3% rising
126 Madagascar 30.42 kg/ha 2023 up 22.4% rising
127 Jordan 30.38 kg/ha 2023 up 26.6% rising
128 Finland 30.23 kg/ha 2023 down 21.7% rising
129 Mali 29.47 kg/ha 2023 up 12.7% rising
130 Greece 28.58 kg/ha 2023 down 40.7% rising
131 Panama 27.57 kg/ha 2023 up 15.7% rising
132 Albania 27.26 kg/ha 2023 up 7.7% flat
133 Cameroon 26.87 kg/ha 2023 up 20.8% volatile
134 United Republic of Tanzania 26.56 kg/ha 2023 down 0.7% rising
135 Bahrain 25.87 kg/ha 2023 up 5.2% rising
136 Saint Lucia 24.77 kg/ha 2023 down 14.8% falling
137 Puerto Rico 24.6 kg/ha 2023 up 32.2% volatile
138 Dominica 24.46 kg/ha 2023 up 8.5% falling
139 United Arab Emirates 24.16 kg/ha 2023 up 42.6% rising
140 Uganda 23.98 kg/ha 2023 up 21.8% rising
141 Syrian Arab Republic 23.74 kg/ha 2023 up 8.1% rising
142 Burkina Faso 23.33 kg/ha 2023 down 2.0% rising
143 Maldives 23.12 kg/ha 2023 up 52.5% falling
144 Spain 23.03 kg/ha 2023 down 40.6% rising
145 Qatar 22.73 kg/ha 2023 up 87.1% volatile
146 Guinea-Bissau 22.57 kg/ha 2023 up 21.6% rising
147 Georgia 22.54 kg/ha 2023 up 8.3% rising
148 Angola 22.39 kg/ha 2023 up 10.9% rising
149 Tuvalu 22.31 kg/ha 2023 up 21.8% falling
150 Zimbabwe 22.1 kg/ha 2023 up 36.8% falling
151 Mozambique 22.02 kg/ha 2023 up 38.6% rising
152 Comoros 21.71 kg/ha 2023 up 3.1% rising
153 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 21.51 kg/ha 2023 down 35.6% rising
154 Armenia 21.5 kg/ha 2023 down 38.5% rising
155 Norway 21.3 kg/ha 2023 down 15.4% rising
156 Sierra Leone 21.23 kg/ha 2023 down 2.3% falling
157 Togo 21.02 kg/ha 2023 up 70.3% rising
158 Portugal 20.61 kg/ha 2023 up 9.8% rising
159 Iraq 20.46 kg/ha 2023 down 32.9% rising
160 Mauritania 20.13 kg/ha 2023 up 53.2% rising
161 Malta 19.56 kg/ha 2023 down 72.8% rising
162 Morocco 19.44 kg/ha 2023 down 29.0% rising
163 Guinea 19.35 kg/ha 2023 up 20.2% rising
164 USSR 19.07 kg/ha 1991 up 5.9% rising
165 Haiti 18.79 kg/ha 2023 down 20.7% falling
166 Gabon 18.71 kg/ha 2023 up 33.5% rising
167 Côte d'Ivoire 18.49 kg/ha 2023 down 0.2% rising
168 Chad 17.71 kg/ha 2023 down 6.3% rising
169 Congo 17.58 kg/ha 2023 up 9.1% rising
170 Algeria 17.52 kg/ha 2023 down 5.8% rising
171 Yemen 17.45 kg/ha 2023 down 16.2% rising
172 Trinidad and Tobago 17.17 kg/ha 2023 up 19.4% volatile
173 Cuba 16.97 kg/ha 2023 down 46.9% falling
174 Democratic Republic of the Congo 16.21 kg/ha 2023 up 0.0% rising
175 Afghanistan 16.11 kg/ha 2023 down 12.4% rising
176 Kazakhstan 15.73 kg/ha 2023 up 1.8% rising
177 South Sudan 15.03 kg/ha 2023 up 36.8% rising
178 Cyprus 14.53 kg/ha 2023 down 25.6% rising
179 Bhutan 14.46 kg/ha 2023 down 49.5% rising
180 Saint Kitts and Nevis 14.31 kg/ha 2023 up 29.8% volatile
181 Liberia 14.27 kg/ha 2023 up 12.3% rising
182 Equatorial Guinea 13.87 kg/ha 2023 up 11.3% rising
183 Brunei Darussalam 13.03 kg/ha 2023 up 13.2% rising
184 Niger 12.62 kg/ha 2023 up 28.3% volatile
185 Ethiopia PDR 12.55 kg/ha 1992 up 11.9% rising
186 Sao Tome and Principe 11.7 kg/ha 2023 down 57.2% falling
187 Mongolia 11.01 kg/ha 2023 up 39.9% falling
188 Saudi Arabia 10.93 kg/ha 2023 up 50.3% volatile
189 Sudan 10.65 kg/ha 2023 down 7.5% rising
190 Eritrea 10.02 kg/ha 2023 up 1.5% falling
191 Gambia 9.88 kg/ha 2023 down 39.8% falling
192 Sudan (former) 9.75 kg/ha 2011 down 10.7% rising
193 Botswana 8.99 kg/ha 2023 up 117.7% rising
194 Cabo Verde 8.7 kg/ha 2023 down 31.3% falling
195 Tunisia 8.33 kg/ha 2023 down 20.3% rising
196 Antigua and Barbuda 7.36 kg/ha 2023 down 14.6% volatile
197 Lesotho 7.35 kg/ha 2023 down 14.6% falling
198 Namibia 6.18 kg/ha 2023 up 29.2% rising
199 Libya 5.97 kg/ha 2023 down 12.7% rising
200 Iceland 1.42 kg/ha 2023 up 477.7% volatile
201 Guadeloupe 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Outputs — Cropland nitrogen per unit area
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,500 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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 (%).