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
202
Highest
8.66 kg/ha
Kuwait
Lowest
0 kg/ha
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
1.04 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 202 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 1.04 kg/ha, and the mean is 1.32 kg/ha.
Over the past decade 95 countries rose and 100 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuwait | 8.66 kg/ha | 2023 | up 140.6% | volatile |
| 1 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 3.66 kg/ha | 2023 | up 76.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Faroe Islands | 5.61 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 2 | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.17 kg/ha | 2023 | up 35.3% | flat |
| 3 | Bahrain | 4.93 kg/ha | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 3 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.89 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 4 | Israel | 4.58 kg/ha | 2023 | up 48.2% | rising |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 2.65 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 5 | Guyana | 3.94 kg/ha | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 5 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.39 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 6 | Romania | 3.78 kg/ha | 2023 | up 77.2% | rising |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 3.43 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 7 | Türkiye | 1.91 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 8 | Lithuania | 3.38 kg/ha | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 8 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1.7 kg/ha | 2023 | up 176.6% | flat |
| 9 | Egypt | 3.34 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 9 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1.65 kg/ha | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 10 | China, mainland | 3.12 kg/ha | 2023 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 10 | Republic of Moldova | 1.24 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 11 | China | 3.11 kg/ha | 2023 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 12 | Myanmar | 3.01 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.8% | rising |
| 12 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.7972 kg/ha | 2023 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 13 | Turkmenistan | 3 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 14 | Ireland | 2.95 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 15 | Latvia | 2.92 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 15 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.4452 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 16 | Paraguay | 2.92 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 16 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.2374 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 17 | Suriname | 2.83 kg/ha | 2023 | up 25.3% | falling |
| 17 | Polynesia | 0.164 kg/ha | 2023 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 18 | Poland | 2.8 kg/ha | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 18 | Melanesia | 0.1306 kg/ha | 2023 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 19 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2.73 kg/ha | 2023 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 20 | Brazil | 2.65 kg/ha | 2023 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 20 | Cabo Verde | 0.9654 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Nepal | 2.65 kg/ha | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 22 | Belarus | 2.56 kg/ha | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 23 | Barbados | 2.52 kg/ha | 2023 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Russian Federation | 2.52 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 25 | Colombia | 2.46 kg/ha | 2023 | down 33.9% | rising |
| 26 | Finland | 2.45 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 26 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.6088 kg/ha | 2023 | down 11.3% | flat |
| 27 | Estonia | 2.43 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 28 | Czechia | 2.39 kg/ha | 2023 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 28 | Caribbean | 0.5408 kg/ha | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 29 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 2.34 kg/ha | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 30 | Jordan | 2.32 kg/ha | 2023 | up 35.5% | flat |
| 31 | Uzbekistan | 2.3 kg/ha | 2023 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 32 | India | 2.27 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 33 | Pakistan | 2.25 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 34 | Tajikistan | 2.22 kg/ha | 2023 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 35 | Slovakia | 2.22 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 36 | Nigeria | 2.22 kg/ha | 2023 | up 17.1% | falling |
| 37 | Azerbaijan | 2.21 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 38 | Croatia | 2.21 kg/ha | 2023 | up 78.9% | rising |
| 39 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.13 kg/ha | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 40 | USSR | 2.12 kg/ha | 1991 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 41 | Brunei Darussalam | 2.02 kg/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 42 | Italy | 2 kg/ha | 2023 | up 33.5% | flat |
| 43 | Germany | 1.95 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 44 | Georgia | 1.92 kg/ha | 2023 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 45 | Austria | 1.91 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 46 | Bulgaria | 1.9 kg/ha | 2023 | down 26.6% | rising |
| 47 | Republic of Korea | 1.89 kg/ha | 2023 | up 21.6% | flat |
| 48 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1.88 kg/ha | 1999 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 49 | Belgium | 1.87 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 50 | Denmark | 1.86 kg/ha | 2023 | down 22.3% | rising |
| 51 | Hungary | 1.83 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 52 | Ukraine | 1.83 kg/ha | 2023 | down 23.8% | flat |
| 53 | Burundi | 1.77 kg/ha | 2023 | up 179.1% | rising |
| 54 | Serbia | 1.77 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 55 | Greece | 1.74 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 56 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.72 kg/ha | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 57 | El Salvador | 1.71 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 58 | Armenia | 1.7 kg/ha | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 59 | Czechoslovakia | 1.69 kg/ha | 1992 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 60 | Norway | 1.63 kg/ha | 2023 | down 70.8% | rising |
| 61 | Senegal | 1.6 kg/ha | 2023 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 62 | Sweden | 1.59 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 63 | Switzerland | 1.58 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 64 | Kazakhstan | 1.57 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 65 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1.57 kg/ha | 2023 | up 17.7% | falling |
| 66 | Cambodia | 1.56 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 1.54 kg/ha | 2023 | down 17.4% | flat |
| 68 | Malawi | 1.54 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 69 | United Arab Emirates | 1.54 kg/ha | 2023 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Mozambique | 1.53 kg/ha | 2023 | up 61.4% | falling |
| 71 | Canada | 1.51 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 72 | France | 1.49 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 73 | Iraq | 1.47 kg/ha | 2023 | down 32.4% | rising |
| 74 | Argentina | 1.46 kg/ha | 2023 | down 32.4% | rising |
| 75 | Yugoslav SFR | 1.43 kg/ha | 1991 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 76 | Slovenia | 1.41 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 77 | Cyprus | 1.36 kg/ha | 2023 | down 37.3% | rising |
| 78 | Thailand | 1.35 kg/ha | 2023 | up 18.1% | falling |
| 79 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.29 kg/ha | 2023 | up 91.6% | flat |
| 80 | Luxembourg | 1.25 kg/ha | 2023 | down 33.1% | rising |
| 81 | Madagascar | 1.22 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 82 | Lebanon | 1.21 kg/ha | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 83 | Rwanda | 1.16 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 84 | New Zealand | 1.14 kg/ha | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 85 | Gambia | 1.13 kg/ha | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 86 | Nicaragua | 1.12 kg/ha | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 87 | Philippines | 1.11 kg/ha | 2023 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 88 | Sierra Leone | 1.09 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 89 | Mauritius | 1.09 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Spain | 1.09 kg/ha | 2023 | down 38.2% | rising |
| 91 | Guinea | 1.07 kg/ha | 2023 | up 130.7% | rising |
| 92 | Uruguay | 1.06 kg/ha | 2023 | down 55.4% | rising |
| 93 | Angola | 1.03 kg/ha | 2023 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Morocco | 1.02 kg/ha | 2023 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 95 | Haiti | 1.01 kg/ha | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 96 | Jamaica | 0.9816 kg/ha | 2023 | up 79.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Costa Rica | 0.9451 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 98 | Niger | 0.93 kg/ha | 2023 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 99 | Afghanistan | 0.9267 kg/ha | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 100 | Zambia | 0.894 kg/ha | 2023 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 101 | Dominica | 0.8913 kg/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 102 | Dominican Republic | 0.8683 kg/ha | 2023 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 103 | Sri Lanka | 0.8638 kg/ha | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 104 | Qatar | 0.8417 kg/ha | 2023 | down 15.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Guatemala | 0.8394 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 106 | Cameroon | 0.8228 kg/ha | 2023 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 107 | Japan | 0.819 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 108 | Mauritania | 0.8189 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 109 | Peru | 0.8086 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 110 | Albania | 0.8074 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 111 | Fiji | 0.8048 kg/ha | 2023 | up 127.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.7949 kg/ha | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 113 | Australia | 0.7883 kg/ha | 2023 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 114 | Benin | 0.7875 kg/ha | 2023 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 115 | Chile | 0.7264 kg/ha | 2023 | down 26.4% | rising |
| 116 | Botswana | 0.6809 kg/ha | 2023 | up 628.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Ethiopia | 0.6731 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 118 | Indonesia | 0.6087 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 119 | Burkina Faso | 0.5962 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 120 | Libya | 0.5961 kg/ha | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 121 | Kenya | 0.5814 kg/ha | 2023 | up 32.2% | flat |
| 122 | Honduras | 0.5784 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 123 | Portugal | 0.5701 kg/ha | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 124 | Uganda | 0.5329 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 125 | Algeria | 0.5254 kg/ha | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 126 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.5169 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 127 | Zimbabwe | 0.5127 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.4% | falling |
| 128 | Saudi Arabia | 0.4924 kg/ha | 2023 | up 46.5% | rising |
| 129 | Mali | 0.4879 kg/ha | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 130 | Mongolia | 0.4769 kg/ha | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 131 | Chad | 0.4666 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 132 | Nauru | 0.4634 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 133 | Belize | 0.4463 kg/ha | 2023 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 134 | Ethiopia PDR | 0.4439 kg/ha | 1992 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 135 | Lesotho | 0.4415 kg/ha | 2023 | up 92.9% | falling |
| 136 | Gabon | 0.4383 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 137 | Ghana | 0.4366 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.5% | falling |
| 138 | Mexico | 0.4285 kg/ha | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 139 | Comoros | 0.418 kg/ha | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 140 | Yemen | 0.4162 kg/ha | 2023 | down 41.0% | rising |
| 141 | Oman | 0.4013 kg/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 142 | Eswatini | 0.3988 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 143 | Liberia | 0.3939 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 144 | Togo | 0.3538 kg/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 145 | Malaysia | 0.3507 kg/ha | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 146 | Grenada | 0.3463 kg/ha | 2023 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 147 | Panama | 0.3426 kg/ha | 2023 | down 47.7% | rising |
| 148 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.3378 kg/ha | 2023 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 149 | Ecuador | 0.3299 kg/ha | 2023 | down 13.8% | flat |
| 150 | South Africa | 0.3283 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 151 | Congo | 0.323 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 152 | Solomon Islands | 0.298 kg/ha | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 153 | Seychelles | 0.2854 kg/ha | 2023 | up 59.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Vanuatu | 0.2799 kg/ha | 2023 | up 31.5% | falling |
| 155 | Eritrea | 0.2248 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 156 | French Polynesia | 0.2242 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 157 | Cuba | 0.2038 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 158 | Central African Republic | 0.2034 kg/ha | 2023 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 159 | Montenegro | 0.1907 kg/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 160 | Namibia | 0.1872 kg/ha | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 161 | New Caledonia | 0.1869 kg/ha | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 162 | Bhutan | 0.1811 kg/ha | 2023 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 163 | Tonga | 0.1774 kg/ha | 2023 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 164 | Tunisia | 0.1698 kg/ha | 2023 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 165 | Iceland | 0.1669 kg/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1495 kg/ha | 2023 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Samoa | 0.1225 kg/ha | 2023 | down 53.4% | rising |
| 168 | Sudan | 0.1093 kg/ha | 2023 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 169 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1039 kg/ha | 2023 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Saint Lucia | 0.099 kg/ha | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 171 | Tuvalu | 0.0939 kg/ha | 2023 | up 24.9% | falling |
| 172 | Cook Islands | 0.0715 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 173 | Bahamas | 0.0695 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 174 | Sudan (former) | 0.0685 kg/ha | 2011 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 175 | South Sudan | 0.0616 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 176 | Maldives | 0.0444 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 177 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0215 kg/ha | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 178 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0156 kg/ha | 2023 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 179 | Singapore | 0.0139 kg/ha | 2023 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Puerto Rico | 0.0083 kg/ha | 2023 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0069 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 182 | Guadeloupe | 0.0034 kg/ha | 2006 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 183 | Kiribati | 0 kg/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Malta | 0 kg/ha | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 183 | 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.
- Eastern Asia 2.97 kg/ha
- Eastern Europe 2.43 kg/ha
- Northern Europe 2.34 kg/ha
- Europe 2.21 kg/ha
- Southern Asia 2.21 kg/ha
- Asia 2.15 kg/ha
- South America 2.05 kg/ha
- European Union (27) 2.02 kg/ha
- Western Asia 1.87 kg/ha
- World 1.77 kg/ha
- Central Asia 1.76 kg/ha
- Western Europe 1.72 kg/ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 1 kg/ha
- Americas 1.65 kg/ha
- United States of America 1.6 kg/ha
- Middle Africa 0.5868 kg/ha
- Northern America 1.59 kg/ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.5184 kg/ha
- Southern Europe 1.44 kg/ha
- South-Eastern Asia 1.31 kg/ha
- Western Africa 1.28 kg/ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.19 kg/ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 1.09 kg/ha
- Africa 0.9193 kg/ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.9034 kg/ha
- Eastern Africa 0.8102 kg/ha
- Oceania 0.7604 kg/ha
- Northern Africa 0.6333 kg/ha
- Central America 0.549 kg/ha
- Southern Africa 0.3306 kg/ha
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 (%).