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Seed — 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
8.66 kg/ha
Kuwait
Lowest
0 kg/ha
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
1.06 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,483

What the numbers show

Seed — Cropland nitrogen per unit area is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 8.66 kg/ha in Kuwait; the lowest is 0 kg/ha in China, Hong Kong SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.06 kg/ha, and the mean is 1.32 kg/ha.

Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 628.2%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 100.0%).

Seed — Cropland nitrogen per unit area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Kuwait 8.66 kg/ha 2023 up 140.6% volatile
2 Faroe Islands 5.61 kg/ha 2023 down 12.7% flat
3 Bahrain 4.93 kg/ha 2023 up 10.5% rising
4 Israel 4.58 kg/ha 2023 up 48.2% rising
5 Guyana 3.94 kg/ha 2023 down 9.9% rising
6 Romania 3.78 kg/ha 2023 up 77.2% rising
7 Micronesia (Federated States of) 3.66 kg/ha 2023 up 76.0% volatile
8 Bangladesh 3.43 kg/ha 2023 up 7.6% rising
9 Lithuania 3.38 kg/ha 2023 up 21.8% rising
10 Egypt 3.34 kg/ha 2023 up 0.7% flat
11 Syrian Arab Republic 3.17 kg/ha 2023 up 35.3% flat
12 China, mainland 3.12 kg/ha 2023 up 14.4% falling
13 China 3.11 kg/ha 2023 up 14.4% falling
14 Myanmar 3.01 kg/ha 2023 down 7.8% rising
15 Turkmenistan 3 kg/ha 2023 up 2.3% falling
16 Ireland 2.95 kg/ha 2023 up 9.3% falling
17 Latvia 2.92 kg/ha 2023 up 7.9% rising
18 Paraguay 2.92 kg/ha 2023 down 6.0% rising
19 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2.89 kg/ha 2023 up 9.2% falling
20 Suriname 2.83 kg/ha 2023 up 25.3% falling
21 Poland 2.8 kg/ha 2023 down 22.4% falling
22 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2.73 kg/ha 2023 down 26.3% rising
23 Brazil 2.65 kg/ha 2023 up 64.4% rising
24 Viet Nam 2.65 kg/ha 2023 down 7.0% falling
25 Nepal 2.65 kg/ha 2023 up 16.6% rising
26 Belarus 2.56 kg/ha 2023 down 20.7% falling
27 Barbados 2.52 kg/ha 2023 up 31.3% volatile
28 Russian Federation 2.52 kg/ha 2023 up 12.0% rising
29 Colombia 2.46 kg/ha 2023 down 33.9% rising
30 Finland 2.45 kg/ha 2023 up 3.3% rising
31 Estonia 2.43 kg/ha 2023 up 2.8% rising
32 Czechia 2.39 kg/ha 2023 down 18.2% rising
33 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2.39 kg/ha 2023 down 3.4% rising
34 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.34 kg/ha 2023 up 14.8% rising
35 Jordan 2.32 kg/ha 2023 up 35.5% flat
36 Uzbekistan 2.3 kg/ha 2023 down 28.8% rising
37 India 2.27 kg/ha 2023 up 19.1% rising
38 Pakistan 2.25 kg/ha 2023 up 0.4% rising
39 Tajikistan 2.22 kg/ha 2023 up 64.9% rising
40 Slovakia 2.22 kg/ha 2023 down 2.2% rising
41 Nigeria 2.22 kg/ha 2023 up 17.1% falling
42 Azerbaijan 2.21 kg/ha 2023 down 6.1% rising
43 Croatia 2.21 kg/ha 2023 up 78.9% rising
44 Kyrgyzstan 2.13 kg/ha 2023 up 25.8% rising
45 USSR 2.12 kg/ha 1991 down 9.2% rising
46 Brunei Darussalam 2.02 kg/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
47 Italy 2 kg/ha 2023 up 33.5% flat
48 Germany 1.95 kg/ha 2023 up 0.2% falling
49 Georgia 1.92 kg/ha 2023 up 25.3% rising
50 Austria 1.91 kg/ha 2023 up 1.2% falling
51 Türkiye 1.91 kg/ha 2023 down 5.7% rising
52 Bulgaria 1.9 kg/ha 2023 down 26.6% rising
53 Republic of Korea 1.89 kg/ha 2023 up 21.6% flat
54 Belgium-Luxembourg 1.88 kg/ha 1999 up 0.2% falling
55 Belgium 1.87 kg/ha 2023 down 14.6% falling
56 Denmark 1.86 kg/ha 2023 down 22.3% rising
57 Hungary 1.83 kg/ha 2023 down 12.9% falling
58 Ukraine 1.83 kg/ha 2023 down 23.8% flat
59 Burundi 1.77 kg/ha 2023 up 179.1% rising
60 Serbia 1.77 kg/ha 2023 up 2.5% rising
61 Greece 1.74 kg/ha 2023 down 4.6% flat
62 Trinidad and Tobago 1.72 kg/ha 2023 up 33.3% volatile
63 El Salvador 1.71 kg/ha 2023 down 2.5% rising
64 Armenia 1.7 kg/ha 2023 down 29.4% falling
65 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1.7 kg/ha 2023 up 176.6% flat
66 Czechoslovakia 1.69 kg/ha 1992 down 0.4% falling
67 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1.65 kg/ha 2023 down 21.7% falling
68 Norway 1.63 kg/ha 2023 down 70.8% rising
69 Senegal 1.6 kg/ha 2023 up 14.7% falling
70 Sweden 1.59 kg/ha 2023 down 3.2% falling
71 Switzerland 1.58 kg/ha 2023 down 6.9% falling
72 Kazakhstan 1.57 kg/ha 2023 down 2.2% flat
73 China, Taiwan Province of 1.57 kg/ha 2023 up 17.7% falling
74 Cambodia 1.56 kg/ha 2023 down 10.0% falling
75 North Macedonia 1.54 kg/ha 2023 down 17.4% flat
76 Malawi 1.54 kg/ha 2023 down 6.1% falling
77 United Arab Emirates 1.54 kg/ha 2023 up 51.5% volatile
78 Mozambique 1.53 kg/ha 2023 up 61.4% falling
79 Canada 1.51 kg/ha 2023 up 7.3% rising
80 France 1.49 kg/ha 2023 up 9.3% falling
81 Iraq 1.47 kg/ha 2023 down 32.4% rising
82 Argentina 1.46 kg/ha 2023 down 32.4% rising
83 Yugoslav SFR 1.43 kg/ha 1991 down 20.1% falling
84 Slovenia 1.41 kg/ha 2023 up 6.2% falling
85 Cyprus 1.36 kg/ha 2023 down 37.3% rising
86 Thailand 1.35 kg/ha 2023 up 18.1% falling
87 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.29 kg/ha 2023 up 91.6% flat
88 Luxembourg 1.25 kg/ha 2023 down 33.1% rising
89 Republic of Moldova 1.24 kg/ha 2023 down 2.3% flat
90 Madagascar 1.22 kg/ha 2023 up 19.8% falling
91 Lebanon 1.21 kg/ha 2023 up 36.8% rising
92 Rwanda 1.16 kg/ha 2023 up 12.1% rising
93 New Zealand 1.14 kg/ha 2023 down 8.1% falling
94 Gambia 1.13 kg/ha 2023 down 18.9% falling
95 Nicaragua 1.12 kg/ha 2023 down 16.0% falling
96 Philippines 1.11 kg/ha 2023 up 4.4% falling
97 Sierra Leone 1.09 kg/ha 2023 up 1.9% falling
98 Mauritius 1.09 kg/ha 2023 up 0.1% volatile
99 Spain 1.09 kg/ha 2023 down 38.2% rising
100 Guinea 1.07 kg/ha 2023 up 130.7% rising
101 Uruguay 1.06 kg/ha 2023 down 55.4% rising
102 Angola 1.03 kg/ha 2023 up 25.5% volatile
103 Morocco 1.02 kg/ha 2023 down 31.8% rising
104 Haiti 1.01 kg/ha 2023 up 16.4% rising
105 Jamaica 0.9816 kg/ha 2023 up 79.6% volatile
106 Cabo Verde 0.9654 kg/ha 2023 down 5.0% volatile
107 Costa Rica 0.9451 kg/ha 2023 up 12.5% rising
108 Niger 0.93 kg/ha 2023 up 20.3% rising
109 Afghanistan 0.9267 kg/ha 2023 down 11.7% rising
110 Zambia 0.894 kg/ha 2023 up 50.2% rising
111 Dominica 0.8913 kg/ha 2023 unchanged rising
112 Dominican Republic 0.8683 kg/ha 2023 up 44.2% rising
113 Sri Lanka 0.8638 kg/ha 2023 down 18.0% falling
114 Qatar 0.8417 kg/ha 2023 down 15.8% volatile
115 Guatemala 0.8394 kg/ha 2023 down 12.7% falling
116 Cameroon 0.8228 kg/ha 2023 up 25.1% rising
117 Japan 0.819 kg/ha 2023 up 5.6% falling
118 Mauritania 0.8189 kg/ha 2023 up 3.5% rising
119 Peru 0.8086 kg/ha 2023 down 10.6% falling
120 Albania 0.8074 kg/ha 2023 down 14.8% falling
121 Fiji 0.8048 kg/ha 2023 up 127.5% volatile
122 United Republic of Tanzania 0.7972 kg/ha 2023 down 24.0% rising
123 Australia and New Zealand 0.7949 kg/ha 2023 up 11.1% falling
124 Australia 0.7883 kg/ha 2023 up 11.8% falling
125 Benin 0.7875 kg/ha 2023 down 17.7% rising
126 Chile 0.7264 kg/ha 2023 down 26.4% rising
127 Botswana 0.6809 kg/ha 2023 up 628.2% volatile
128 Ethiopia 0.6731 kg/ha 2023 up 7.6% flat
129 Côte d'Ivoire 0.6088 kg/ha 2023 down 11.3% flat
130 Indonesia 0.6087 kg/ha 2023 up 2.0% falling
131 Burkina Faso 0.5962 kg/ha 2023 down 7.7% falling
132 Libya 0.5961 kg/ha 2023 down 23.8% falling
133 Kenya 0.5814 kg/ha 2023 up 32.2% flat
134 Honduras 0.5784 kg/ha 2023 down 4.5% rising
135 Portugal 0.5701 kg/ha 2023 down 28.7% falling
136 Caribbean 0.5408 kg/ha 2023 up 18.1% rising
137 Uganda 0.5329 kg/ha 2023 up 8.8% falling
138 Algeria 0.5254 kg/ha 2023 down 25.5% falling
139 Guinea-Bissau 0.5169 kg/ha 2023 down 12.6% falling
140 Zimbabwe 0.5127 kg/ha 2023 up 8.4% falling
141 Saudi Arabia 0.4924 kg/ha 2023 up 46.5% rising
142 Mali 0.4879 kg/ha 2023 down 19.1% falling
143 Mongolia 0.4769 kg/ha 2023 down 18.3% falling
144 Chad 0.4666 kg/ha 2023 down 5.6% falling
145 Nauru 0.4634 kg/ha 2023 down 10.7% rising
146 Belize 0.4463 kg/ha 2023 down 44.7% volatile
147 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.4452 kg/ha 2023 up 8.9% falling
148 Ethiopia PDR 0.4439 kg/ha 1992 down 2.9% falling
149 Lesotho 0.4415 kg/ha 2023 up 92.9% falling
150 Gabon 0.4383 kg/ha 2023 up 8.3% rising
151 Ghana 0.4366 kg/ha 2023 up 19.5% falling
152 Mexico 0.4285 kg/ha 2023 down 13.4% falling
153 Comoros 0.418 kg/ha 2023 down 22.2% falling
154 Yemen 0.4162 kg/ha 2023 down 41.0% rising
155 Oman 0.4013 kg/ha 2023 — volatile
156 Eswatini 0.3988 kg/ha 2023 down 3.2% rising
157 Liberia 0.3939 kg/ha 2023 up 2.3% flat
158 Togo 0.3538 kg/ha 2023 unchanged rising
159 Malaysia 0.3507 kg/ha 2023 up 22.5% rising
160 Grenada 0.3463 kg/ha 2023 down 25.8% rising
161 Panama 0.3426 kg/ha 2023 down 47.7% rising
162 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.3378 kg/ha 2023 down 27.0% rising
163 Ecuador 0.3299 kg/ha 2023 down 13.8% flat
164 Congo 0.323 kg/ha 2023 down 3.1% rising
165 Solomon Islands 0.298 kg/ha 2023 down 1.6% rising
166 Seychelles 0.2854 kg/ha 2023 up 59.9% volatile
167 Vanuatu 0.2799 kg/ha 2023 up 31.5% falling
168 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.2374 kg/ha 2023 up 2.5% rising
169 Eritrea 0.2248 kg/ha 2023 down 3.6% falling
170 French Polynesia 0.2242 kg/ha 2023 down 10.2% falling
171 Cuba 0.2038 kg/ha 2023 down 7.6% falling
172 Montenegro 0.1907 kg/ha 2023 — volatile
173 Namibia 0.1872 kg/ha 2023 down 1.3% rising
174 New Caledonia 0.1869 kg/ha 2023 up 16.6% rising
175 Bhutan 0.1811 kg/ha 2023 down 42.9% falling
176 Tonga 0.1774 kg/ha 2023 down 49.7% falling
177 Tunisia 0.1698 kg/ha 2023 down 51.4% falling
178 Iceland 0.1669 kg/ha 2023 — volatile
179 Polynesia 0.164 kg/ha 2023 down 39.6% falling
180 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1495 kg/ha 2023 up 13.6% volatile
181 Melanesia 0.1306 kg/ha 2023 up 41.8% rising
182 Samoa 0.1225 kg/ha 2023 down 53.4% rising
183 Sudan 0.1093 kg/ha 2023 up 41.6% rising
184 Sao Tome and Principe 0.1039 kg/ha 2023 down 19.1% volatile
185 Saint Lucia 0.099 kg/ha 2023 down 8.0% falling
186 Tuvalu 0.0939 kg/ha 2023 up 24.9% falling
187 Cook Islands 0.0715 kg/ha 2023 down 4.4% falling
188 Bahamas 0.0695 kg/ha 2023 up 2.2% volatile
189 Sudan (former) 0.0685 kg/ha 2011 down 7.6% rising
190 South Sudan 0.0616 kg/ha 2023 up 9.8% rising
191 Maldives 0.0444 kg/ha 2023 down 2.8% falling
192 Papua New Guinea 0.0215 kg/ha 2023 down 9.7% volatile
193 Equatorial Guinea 0.0156 kg/ha 2023 up 21.9% rising
194 Singapore 0.0139 kg/ha 2023 down 24.5% volatile
195 Puerto Rico 0.0083 kg/ha 2023 down 38.5% volatile
196 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0069 kg/ha 2023 down 4.2% falling
197 Guadeloupe 0.0034 kg/ha 2006 down 66.7% volatile
198 Djibouti 0 kg/ha 2023 — flat
198 Kiribati 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile
198 Malta 0 kg/ha 2023 down 100.0% falling
198 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 kg/ha 2023 down 100.0% 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
Seed — 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, 13,483 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 (%).