Seed — Cropland nitrogen 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
485,166 t
USSR
Lowest
0 t
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
1,852 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,483
What the numbers show
Seed — Cropland nitrogen is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 485,166 t in USSR; the lowest is 0 t in China, Hong Kong SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,852 t, and the mean is 17,232 t.
Over the past decade 97 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 576.5%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 100.0%).
Seed — Cropland nitrogen: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USSR | 485,166 t | 1991 | down 10.3% | flat |
| 2 | China | 398,807 t | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 3 | China, mainland | 397,591 t | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 45,776 t | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 4 | India | 381,540 t | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 30,902 t | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 311,405 t | 2023 | up 12.2% | flat |
| 5 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 29,870 t | 2023 | up 195.2% | rising |
| 6 | Brazil | 168,195 t | 2023 | up 66.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Nigeria | 98,037 t | 2023 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 7 | Syrian Arab Republic | 17,230 t | 2023 | up 28.4% | flat |
| 8 | Pakistan | 69,852 t | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 13,887 t | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Ukraine | 61,669 t | 2023 | down 23.6% | flat |
| 9 | United Republic of Tanzania | 12,373 t | 2023 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 10 | Argentina | 60,652 t | 2023 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7,523 t | 2023 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 11 | Canada | 57,889 t | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 46,886 t | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 12 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4,655 t | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 13 | Myanmar | 37,692 t | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 13 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 4,188 t | 2023 | down 22.8% | flat |
| 14 | Romania | 33,314 t | 2023 | up 70.0% | rising |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 2,647 t | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 15 | Poland | 32,295 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 15 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 783.43 t | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 30,182 t | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 16 | Melanesia | 210.18 t | 2023 | up 53.6% | rising |
| 17 | Thailand | 29,170 t | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 17 | Polynesia | 18.04 t | 2023 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 18 | Indonesia | 26,859 t | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 18 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 7.32 t | 2023 | up 76.0% | volatile |
| 19 | France | 26,756 t | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 20 | Australia and New Zealand | 25,410 t | 2023 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 21 | Australia | 24,733 t | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 22 | Germany | 23,208 t | 2023 | down 1.4% | falling |
| 23 | Italy | 18,934 t | 2023 | up 39.3% | falling |
| 24 | Spain | 18,043 t | 2023 | down 40.1% | rising |
| 25 | Niger | 16,568 t | 2023 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Belarus | 14,479 t | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 26 | Côte d'Ivoire | 8,705 t | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 27 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 14,224 t | 2023 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 28 | Egypt | 13,573 t | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 28 | Caribbean | 3,678 t | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 29 | Paraguay | 13,554 t | 2023 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 52.13 t | 2023 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Ethiopia | 12,424 t | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 31 | Philippines | 12,421 t | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 32 | Colombia | 12,272 t | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 33 | Yugoslav SFR | 10,939 t | 1991 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 34 | Mexico | 10,476 t | 2023 | down 15.4% | flat |
| 35 | Uzbekistan | 10,271 t | 2023 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 36 | Mozambique | 9,276 t | 2023 | up 63.2% | rising |
| 37 | Morocco | 8,970 t | 2023 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 38 | Czechoslovakia | 8,491 t | 1992 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 39 | Iraq | 8,088 t | 2023 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 40 | Lithuania | 7,888 t | 2023 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 41 | Hungary | 7,876 t | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 42 | Guinea | 7,825 t | 2023 | up 239.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Afghanistan | 7,521 t | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 44 | Cambodia | 7,263 t | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 6,892 t | 2023 | down 26.4% | flat |
| 46 | Cameroon | 6,497 t | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 47 | Malawi | 6,481 t | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 48 | Senegal | 6,258 t | 2023 | up 33.1% | falling |
| 49 | Czechia | 6,137 t | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 50 | Angola | 5,866 t | 2023 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Finland | 5,517 t | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 52 | Azerbaijan | 5,234 t | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 53 | Nepal | 5,156 t | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 54 | Burkina Faso | 5,134 t | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 55 | Greece | 5,051 t | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 56 | Ethiopia PDR | 5,018 t | 1992 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 57 | Peru | 5,012 t | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 58 | Serbia | 4,977 t | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 59 | Turkmenistan | 4,897 t | 2023 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 60 | Uganda | 4,849 t | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 61 | Algeria | 4,486 t | 2023 | down 24.6% | flat |
| 62 | Denmark | 4,450 t | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 63 | Madagascar | 4,385 t | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 64 | Kenya | 4,342 t | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 65 | Mali | 4,215 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 66 | South Africa | 4,075 t | 2023 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 67 | Sweden | 4,033 t | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 68 | Latvia | 4,003 t | 2023 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 69 | Japan | 3,519 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 70 | Zambia | 3,432 t | 2023 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 71 | Benin | 3,281 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 72 | Ghana | 3,239 t | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 73 | Burundi | 2,953 t | 2023 | up 232.3% | rising |
| 74 | Slovakia | 2,937 t | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 75 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,911 t | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 76 | Malaysia | 2,892 t | 2023 | up 29.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 2,854 t | 2023 | down 28.3% | rising |
| 78 | Republic of Korea | 2,852 t | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 79 | Austria | 2,651 t | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 80 | Chad | 2,490 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 81 | Uruguay | 2,367 t | 2023 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Tajikistan | 2,333 t | 2023 | up 91.0% | rising |
| 83 | Sudan | 2,318 t | 2023 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 84 | Guatemala | 2,298 t | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 85 | Sri Lanka | 2,217 t | 2023 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 86 | Croatia | 2,096 t | 2023 | up 78.4% | falling |
| 87 | Zimbabwe | 2,085 t | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 88 | Nicaragua | 2,009 t | 2023 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 89 | Sierra Leone | 1,913 t | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 90 | Saudi Arabia | 1,791 t | 2023 | up 43.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Rwanda | 1,743 t | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 92 | Estonia | 1,736 t | 2023 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 93 | Israel | 1,708 t | 2023 | up 45.3% | rising |
| 94 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1,678 t | 1999 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 95 | Belgium | 1,657 t | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 96 | El Salvador | 1,504 t | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 97 | Chile | 1,390 t | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 98 | Sudan (former) | 1,372 t | 2011 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 99 | Haiti | 1,320 t | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 100 | Dominican Republic | 1,319 t | 2023 | up 69.4% | rising |
| 101 | Norway | 1,316 t | 2023 | down 71.0% | rising |
| 102 | Ireland | 1,302 t | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 103 | Libya | 1,222 t | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 104 | China, Taiwan Province of | 1,220 t | 2023 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 105 | Portugal | 1,031 t | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 106 | Togo | 997.61 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 107 | Honduras | 935.8 t | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 108 | Armenia | 856.81 t | 2023 | down 29.7% | falling |
| 109 | Tunisia | 840.78 t | 2023 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 110 | Georgia | 827.75 t | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 111 | Ecuador | 794.69 t | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 112 | Cuba | 725.74 t | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 113 | North Macedonia | 704.47 t | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 114 | New Zealand | 677.34 t | 2023 | down 12.0% | flat |
| 115 | Switzerland | 666.58 t | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 116 | Jordan | 666.56 t | 2023 | up 23.7% | falling |
| 117 | Yemen | 604.33 t | 2023 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 118 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 574.3 t | 2023 | down 23.7% | falling |
| 119 | Mongolia | 547.91 t | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Albania | 547.8 t | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 121 | Central African Republic | 544.98 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 514.46 t | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 123 | Gambia | 503.62 t | 2023 | down 20.6% | flat |
| 124 | Guyana | 496.07 t | 2023 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 125 | Mauritania | 376.71 t | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 126 | Guinea-Bissau | 333.69 t | 2023 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 127 | Lebanon | 332.7 t | 2023 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 128 | Slovenia | 329.25 t | 2023 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 129 | Liberia | 275.76 t | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 130 | Panama | 233.29 t | 2023 | down 51.4% | rising |
| 131 | Gabon | 216.97 t | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 132 | Congo | 210.4 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 133 | Jamaica | 184.53 t | 2023 | up 77.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Botswana | 178.41 t | 2023 | up 576.5% | rising |
| 135 | Cyprus | 172.33 t | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 136 | Lesotho | 159.27 t | 2023 | up 176.0% | volatile |
| 137 | South Sudan | 158.54 t | 2023 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 138 | Suriname | 157.03 t | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 139 | Eritrea | 155.57 t | 2023 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 140 | Namibia | 151.99 t | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 141 | United Arab Emirates | 141.4 t | 2023 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Kuwait | 121.2 t | 2023 | up 91.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Fiji | 111.55 t | 2023 | up 118.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Mauritius | 86.27 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 80.8 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Luxembourg | 78.9 t | 2023 | down 34.3% | rising |
| 147 | Eswatini | 77.76 t | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 148 | Belize | 58.91 t | 2023 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Comoros | 49.33 t | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 150 | Oman | 48.85 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 151 | Vanuatu | 40.59 t | 2023 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 152 | Solomon Islands | 30.16 t | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 153 | Papua New Guinea | 26.07 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 154 | Bhutan | 20.64 t | 2023 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 155 | Dominica | 20.5 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 156 | Bahrain | 20.2 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Barbados | 20.2 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 156 | Iceland | 20.2 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Qatar | 20.2 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 156 | Brunei Darussalam | 20.2 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 161 | French Polynesia | 6.39 t | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 162 | Tonga | 5.5 t | 2023 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 163 | Samoa | 5.19 t | 2023 | down 62.0% | falling |
| 164 | Sao Tome and Principe | 4.37 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 165 | Montenegro | 2.73 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Grenada | 2.42 t | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 167 | New Caledonia | 1.81 t | 2023 | up 16.2% | falling |
| 168 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.69 t | 2023 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 169 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.56 t | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 170 | Saint Lucia | 0.9473 t | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 171 | Bahamas | 0.764 t | 2023 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 172 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.7622 t | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 173 | Puerto Rico | 0.5487 t | 2023 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Seychelles | 0.4424 t | 2023 | up 59.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Faroe Islands | 0.393 t | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 176 | Maldives | 0.2178 t | 2023 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 177 | Nauru | 0.1854 t | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 178 | Tuvalu | 0.169 t | 2023 | up 24.9% | falling |
| 179 | Cook Islands | 0.1359 t | 2023 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 180 | Guadeloupe | 0.0805 t | 2006 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0343 t | 2023 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Singapore | 0.0092 t | 2023 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 183 | Kiribati | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 183 | Malta | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 183 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0 t | 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.
- World 2.79 million t
- Asia 1.24 million t
- Europe 634,301 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 219,453 t
- Americas 607,436 t
- Southern Asia 526,360 t
- Eastern Europe 479,652 t
- Eastern Asia 409,914 t
- Middle Africa 23,354 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 340,482 t
- Northern America 306,168 t
- Africa 282,018 t
- South America 279,561 t
- United States of America 248,279 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 5,193 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 224,476 t
- European Union (27) 221,240 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 185,576 t
- Western Africa 157,714 t
- South-Eastern Asia 151,911 t
- Western Asia 83,724 t
- Central Asia 67,298 t
- Eastern Africa 64,898 t
- Western Europe 57,871 t
- Southern Europe 52,290 t
- Northern Europe 44,488 t
- Northern Africa 31,410 t
- Oceania 25,650 t
- Central America 18,029 t
- Southern Africa 4,642 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 (%).