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

What the numbers show

Outputs — Cropland phosphorus per unit area is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 130.04 kg/ha in Micronesia (Federated States of); the lowest is 0 kg/ha in Guadeloupe.

The median across all reporting countries is 7.44 kg/ha, and the mean is 9.6 kg/ha.

Over the past decade 119 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 397.8%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 70.7%).

Outputs — Cropland phosphorus per unit area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Micronesia (Federated States of) 130.04 kg/ha 2023 up 70.7% volatile
2 Guyana 39.64 kg/ha 2023 up 43.5% rising
3 Egypt 31.65 kg/ha 2023 down 0.1% rising
4 Brazil 29.38 kg/ha 2023 up 53.1% volatile
5 China, mainland 26.56 kg/ha 2023 up 19.1% rising
6 Djibouti 26.49 kg/ha 2023 up 59.1% volatile
7 China 26.48 kg/ha 2023 up 19.0% rising
8 Dominican Republic 25.9 kg/ha 2023 up 99.3% volatile
9 Bangladesh 25.33 kg/ha 2023 up 17.7% rising
10 Singapore 25.23 kg/ha 2023 down 20.1% volatile
11 Nepal 25.03 kg/ha 2023 up 41.6% volatile
12 Kuwait 24.95 kg/ha 2023 down 2.6% rising
13 Belgium-Luxembourg 22.35 kg/ha 1999 up 10.9% rising
14 Belgium 20.4 kg/ha 2023 down 13.5% falling
15 Paraguay 19.74 kg/ha 2023 down 4.1% volatile
16 Uzbekistan 19.22 kg/ha 2023 up 9.0% rising
17 Ireland 18.57 kg/ha 2023 down 8.2% rising
18 Germany 18.32 kg/ha 2023 down 7.2% rising
19 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 17.64 kg/ha 2023 up 5.9% rising
20 Faroe Islands 17.56 kg/ha 2023 down 12.7% flat
21 France 17.33 kg/ha 2023 up 5.1% rising
22 Oman 17.25 kg/ha 2023 up 54.5% volatile
23 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 17.1 kg/ha 2023 down 0.7% rising
24 Czechia 16.84 kg/ha 2023 up 4.0% rising
25 Austria 16.75 kg/ha 2023 up 11.7% rising
26 Nauru 16.69 kg/ha 2023 down 9.2% rising
27 Slovakia 16.64 kg/ha 2023 up 39.0% rising
28 Republic of Korea 16.57 kg/ha 2023 up 2.9% rising
29 Viet Nam 16.47 kg/ha 2023 down 9.8% rising
30 Serbia 16.42 kg/ha 2023 up 17.4% rising
31 Hungary 15.58 kg/ha 2023 up 18.1% rising
32 Kiribati 14.99 kg/ha 2023 up 11.4% volatile
33 Denmark 14.99 kg/ha 2023 down 11.1% rising
34 Poland 14.62 kg/ha 2023 up 22.7% rising
35 Croatia 14.27 kg/ha 2023 down 9.3% rising
36 China, Taiwan Province of 13.99 kg/ha 2023 down 0.6% falling
37 India 13.79 kg/ha 2023 up 23.0% rising
38 Philippines 13.14 kg/ha 2023 up 1.6% rising
39 Lithuania 12.92 kg/ha 2023 up 37.6% rising
40 Bulgaria 12.86 kg/ha 2023 up 6.1% rising
41 Lao People's Democratic Republic 12.55 kg/ha 2023 up 22.1% rising
42 Lebanon 12.44 kg/ha 2023 up 5.4% rising
43 Seychelles 12.24 kg/ha 2023 up 43.5% volatile
44 Tajikistan 12.11 kg/ha 2023 down 8.7% rising
45 Switzerland 12.09 kg/ha 2023 down 3.4% rising
46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.91 kg/ha 2023 up 150.1% rising
47 Suriname 11.78 kg/ha 2023 down 14.1% flat
48 Japan 11.7 kg/ha 2023 down 0.1% falling
49 Australia 11.64 kg/ha 2023 up 68.5% rising
50 Australia and New Zealand 11.61 kg/ha 2023 up 66.6% rising
51 Indonesia 11.42 kg/ha 2023 up 3.3% rising
52 Canada 11.23 kg/ha 2023 down 8.6% rising
53 Romania 11.2 kg/ha 2023 up 13.4% rising
54 Türkiye 10.89 kg/ha 2023 up 12.8% rising
55 Eswatini 10.89 kg/ha 2023 down 2.5% rising
56 Mauritius 10.86 kg/ha 2023 down 31.8% falling
57 Costa Rica 10.61 kg/ha 2023 down 13.7% rising
58 Myanmar 10.57 kg/ha 2023 down 12.4% volatile
59 Slovenia 10.56 kg/ha 2023 up 33.0% flat
60 Cambodia 10.53 kg/ha 2023 up 22.4% volatile
61 Israel 10.31 kg/ha 2023 down 15.3% rising
62 Italy 10.25 kg/ha 2023 down 15.3% rising
63 Sri Lanka 10.21 kg/ha 2023 down 13.5% rising
64 Ukraine 10.19 kg/ha 2023 up 5.9% rising
65 Yugoslav SFR 10.16 kg/ha 1991 up 27.2% rising
66 Latvia 10.09 kg/ha 2023 up 23.1% rising
67 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10.02 kg/ha 2023 down 15.6% rising
68 Argentina 9.98 kg/ha 2023 down 22.3% rising
69 Uruguay 9.96 kg/ha 2023 down 21.8% volatile
70 Czechoslovakia 9.95 kg/ha 1992 up 5.3% rising
71 Jordan 9.75 kg/ha 2023 up 34.7% rising
72 Chile 9.72 kg/ha 2023 down 20.4% volatile
73 Colombia 9.68 kg/ha 2023 down 19.5% rising
74 Luxembourg 9.68 kg/ha 2023 down 18.3% falling
75 New Zealand 9.6 kg/ha 2023 down 2.5% rising
76 Pakistan 9.57 kg/ha 2023 up 17.5% rising
77 Belize 9.41 kg/ha 2023 down 20.8% rising
78 Guatemala 9.34 kg/ha 2023 down 2.0% rising
79 Malaysia 9.34 kg/ha 2023 down 6.4% rising
80 China, Hong Kong SAR 9.28 kg/ha 2023 up 35.5% falling
81 Turkmenistan 9.03 kg/ha 2023 up 23.0% falling
82 Cook Islands 9.02 kg/ha 2023 down 4.6% rising
83 Estonia 8.98 kg/ha 2023 up 11.1% rising
84 Malawi 8.57 kg/ha 2023 up 13.8% rising
85 Portugal 8.57 kg/ha 2023 up 38.1% rising
86 Thailand 8.51 kg/ha 2023 down 1.9% rising
87 Vanuatu 8.49 kg/ha 2023 up 12.4% falling
88 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 8.44 kg/ha 2023 down 15.0% rising
89 Solomon Islands 8.36 kg/ha 2023 up 1.6% falling
90 Sweden 8.25 kg/ha 2023 down 8.7% rising
91 Republic of Moldova 8.21 kg/ha 2023 up 27.0% rising
92 Mexico 8.18 kg/ha 2023 up 13.0% rising
93 French Polynesia 8.15 kg/ha 2023 down 8.0% falling
94 Papua New Guinea 8.01 kg/ha 2023 up 6.7% rising
95 Melanesia 7.95 kg/ha 2023 up 7.9% flat
96 Ecuador 7.92 kg/ha 2023 up 26.2% rising
97 Bahamas 7.9 kg/ha 2023 up 8.4% rising
98 Caribbean 7.83 kg/ha 2023 up 29.9% falling
99 Ghana 7.67 kg/ha 2023 up 37.6% rising
100 Azerbaijan 7.61 kg/ha 2023 up 20.1% rising
101 Ethiopia 7.44 kg/ha 2023 up 17.5% rising
102 New Caledonia 7.39 kg/ha 2023 up 8.0% rising
103 Polynesia 7.2 kg/ha 2023 down 33.8% falling
104 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 7.17 kg/ha 2023 up 11.8% rising
105 El Salvador 7.15 kg/ha 2023 down 8.4% rising
106 Tonga 7.14 kg/ha 2023 down 45.8% falling
107 Belarus 7.13 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
108 Montenegro 6.99 kg/ha 2023 down 6.5% falling
109 Rwanda 6.95 kg/ha 2023 down 1.3% rising
110 Kyrgyzstan 6.93 kg/ha 2023 down 0.7% rising
111 Burundi 6.9 kg/ha 2023 up 68.3% rising
112 Albania 6.85 kg/ha 2023 up 12.9% rising
113 Benin 6.82 kg/ha 2023 up 32.7% rising
114 Maldives 6.82 kg/ha 2023 up 44.5% falling
115 Samoa 6.78 kg/ha 2023 down 40.1% rising
116 Nigeria 6.71 kg/ha 2023 up 30.3% rising
117 Peru 6.63 kg/ha 2023 down 1.2% rising
118 Fiji 6.6 kg/ha 2023 up 17.4% falling
119 Grenada 6.59 kg/ha 2023 down 6.3% rising
120 Spain 6.55 kg/ha 2023 down 40.5% rising
121 Bahrain 6.34 kg/ha 2023 up 12.2% rising
122 North Macedonia 6.32 kg/ha 2023 down 10.6% rising
123 Jamaica 6.32 kg/ha 2023 down 11.8% falling
124 Barbados 6.31 kg/ha 2023 down 14.9% volatile
125 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 6.29 kg/ha 2023 up 7.4% rising
126 Mali 6.07 kg/ha 2023 up 16.2% rising
127 Madagascar 6.06 kg/ha 2023 up 25.7% rising
128 Russian Federation 6.04 kg/ha 2023 up 62.0% rising
129 Senegal 5.9 kg/ha 2023 up 137.5% rising
130 United Arab Emirates 5.84 kg/ha 2023 up 39.8% rising
131 Greece 5.78 kg/ha 2023 down 54.7% rising
132 Zambia 5.76 kg/ha 2023 up 37.8% volatile
133 Finland 5.7 kg/ha 2023 down 21.9% rising
134 Kenya 5.66 kg/ha 2023 up 7.9% rising
135 Syrian Arab Republic 5.42 kg/ha 2023 up 5.5% rising
136 Honduras 5.12 kg/ha 2023 up 6.6% rising
137 Dominica 5.02 kg/ha 2023 up 9.6% falling
138 United Republic of Tanzania 4.97 kg/ha 2023 up 3.4% rising
139 Cameroon 4.83 kg/ha 2023 up 21.2% volatile
140 Panama 4.74 kg/ha 2023 up 34.2% rising
141 Georgia 4.67 kg/ha 2023 up 4.3% rising
142 Burkina Faso 4.55 kg/ha 2023 down 5.0% rising
143 Qatar 4.54 kg/ha 2023 up 61.3% volatile
144 Morocco 4.52 kg/ha 2023 down 24.6% rising
145 Mauritania 4.5 kg/ha 2023 up 55.2% rising
146 Nicaragua 4.43 kg/ha 2023 up 3.1% falling
147 Puerto Rico 4.32 kg/ha 2023 up 33.2% falling
148 Saint Lucia 4.29 kg/ha 2023 down 17.5% falling
149 Armenia 4.29 kg/ha 2023 down 37.9% rising
150 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.23 kg/ha 2023 down 31.8% rising
151 Guinea-Bissau 4.17 kg/ha 2023 up 8.2% rising
152 Algeria 4.11 kg/ha 2023 up 0.1% volatile
153 Norway 4.1 kg/ha 2023 down 15.1% rising
154 Cyprus 4.05 kg/ha 2023 down 14.7% rising
155 Sierra Leone 4.04 kg/ha 2023 up 3.1% falling
156 Angola 4.01 kg/ha 2023 up 22.2% volatile
157 Comoros 3.97 kg/ha 2023 up 5.4% rising
158 Côte d'Ivoire 3.96 kg/ha 2023 down 0.6% rising
159 Iraq 3.9 kg/ha 2023 down 34.1% rising
160 Tuvalu 3.83 kg/ha 2023 up 21.8% falling
161 Togo 3.81 kg/ha 2023 up 48.6% rising
162 Mozambique 3.81 kg/ha 2023 up 38.0% rising
163 Malta 3.73 kg/ha 2023 down 70.7% rising
164 USSR 3.68 kg/ha 1991 up 4.7% rising
165 Uganda 3.58 kg/ha 2023 up 14.6% rising
166 Guinea 3.49 kg/ha 2023 up 16.1% rising
167 Zimbabwe 3.47 kg/ha 2023 up 28.5% falling
168 Yemen 3.25 kg/ha 2023 down 21.4% rising
169 Trinidad and Tobago 3.19 kg/ha 2023 up 14.4% falling
170 Chad 3.17 kg/ha 2023 down 3.7% rising
171 Afghanistan 3.14 kg/ha 2023 down 11.2% rising
172 Bhutan 3.02 kg/ha 2023 down 49.6% rising
173 Tunisia 3.01 kg/ha 2023 down 10.6% rising
174 Saudi Arabia 3 kg/ha 2023 up 94.9% volatile
175 Haiti 2.99 kg/ha 2023 down 27.9% falling
176 South Sudan 2.99 kg/ha 2023 up 28.4% rising
177 Gabon 2.97 kg/ha 2023 up 36.7% rising
178 Kazakhstan 2.95 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
179 Liberia 2.55 kg/ha 2023 up 11.2% rising
180 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.48 kg/ha 2023 up 0.2% rising
181 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.47 kg/ha 2023 up 30.3% falling
182 Ethiopia PDR 2.37 kg/ha 1992 up 7.3% rising
183 Brunei Darussalam 2.32 kg/ha 2023 up 20.9% rising
184 Congo 2.32 kg/ha 2023 up 9.3% rising
185 Cuba 2.23 kg/ha 2023 down 50.0% falling
186 Niger 2.22 kg/ha 2023 up 27.5% volatile
187 Equatorial Guinea 2.19 kg/ha 2023 up 12.1% rising
188 Mongolia 2.16 kg/ha 2023 up 39.0% falling
189 Eritrea 2.1 kg/ha 2023 up 1.9% falling
190 Sao Tome and Principe 2 kg/ha 2023 down 60.8% falling
191 Sudan 1.95 kg/ha 2023 down 5.3% rising
192 Sudan (former) 1.84 kg/ha 2011 down 12.2% rising
193 Lesotho 1.69 kg/ha 2023 down 13.8% falling
194 Libya 1.66 kg/ha 2023 down 13.8% rising
195 Botswana 1.65 kg/ha 2023 up 167.0% rising
196 Gambia 1.59 kg/ha 2023 down 39.7% falling
197 Antigua and Barbuda 1.58 kg/ha 2023 down 14.7% volatile
198 Cabo Verde 1.32 kg/ha 2023 down 37.1% falling
199 Namibia 0.9763 kg/ha 2023 up 42.2% rising
200 Iceland 0.2907 kg/ha 2023 up 397.8% 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 phosphorus 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 (%).