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Seed — 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
1.46 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0 kg/ha
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
0.1479 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,483

What the numbers show

Seed — Cropland phosphorus per unit area is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 1.46 kg/ha in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0 kg/ha in China, Hong Kong SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1479 kg/ha, and the mean is 0.2079 kg/ha.

Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 103 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 527.9%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 100.0%).

Seed — Cropland phosphorus per unit area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Faroe Islands 1.46 kg/ha 2023 down 12.7% flat
2 Guyana 0.8308 kg/ha 2023 down 14.4% rising
3 Bangladesh 0.7539 kg/ha 2023 up 5.7% rising
4 Romania 0.7122 kg/ha 2023 up 70.5% rising
5 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.6507 kg/ha 2023 up 9.3% falling
6 Lithuania 0.6236 kg/ha 2023 up 13.7% flat
7 Syrian Arab Republic 0.5996 kg/ha 2023 up 37.3% rising
8 Nigeria 0.5946 kg/ha 2023 up 16.5% falling
9 Egypt 0.5838 kg/ha 2023 up 6.5% falling
10 Viet Nam 0.5816 kg/ha 2023 down 6.5% falling
11 Turkmenistan 0.5795 kg/ha 2023 up 3.0% falling
12 China, mainland 0.5726 kg/ha 2023 up 10.8% falling
13 China 0.57 kg/ha 2023 up 10.8% falling
14 Suriname 0.5695 kg/ha 2023 up 9.2% falling
15 Latvia 0.5322 kg/ha 2023 up 1.3% rising
16 Nepal 0.5305 kg/ha 2023 up 17.1% rising
17 Ireland 0.529 kg/ha 2023 up 6.6% falling
18 Belarus 0.5163 kg/ha 2023 down 23.2% falling
19 Poland 0.5139 kg/ha 2023 down 23.4% falling
20 Myanmar 0.5004 kg/ha 2023 down 7.0% rising
21 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.5003 kg/ha 2023 up 75.8% volatile
22 Tajikistan 0.4757 kg/ha 2023 up 75.0% rising
23 Russian Federation 0.4679 kg/ha 2023 up 10.3% flat
24 Uzbekistan 0.4669 kg/ha 2023 down 27.1% rising
25 Estonia 0.4612 kg/ha 2023 up 2.5% rising
26 Czechia 0.4597 kg/ha 2023 down 16.3% rising
27 Finland 0.4557 kg/ha 2023 up 3.1% rising
28 Kyrgyzstan 0.4526 kg/ha 2023 up 19.8% rising
29 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.4373 kg/ha 2023 down 23.1% rising
30 Slovakia 0.4308 kg/ha 2023 down 0.3% rising
31 Azerbaijan 0.4238 kg/ha 2023 down 8.0% rising
32 USSR 0.415 kg/ha 1991 down 9.3% flat
33 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.4024 kg/ha 2023 up 13.7% falling
34 Ukraine 0.3703 kg/ha 2023 down 23.6% flat
35 Germany 0.37 kg/ha 2023 up 4.2% falling
36 Armenia 0.3633 kg/ha 2023 down 30.9% falling
37 Georgia 0.3578 kg/ha 2023 up 17.5% rising
38 Paraguay 0.3573 kg/ha 2023 down 6.7% rising
39 India 0.3534 kg/ha 2023 up 13.8% rising
40 Italy 0.3508 kg/ha 2023 up 36.0% falling
41 Denmark 0.3488 kg/ha 2023 down 20.9% flat
42 Croatia 0.3486 kg/ha 2023 up 57.8% falling
43 Bulgaria 0.3485 kg/ha 2023 down 27.0% rising
44 Cambodia 0.3475 kg/ha 2023 down 8.5% falling
45 Türkiye 0.3437 kg/ha 2023 down 6.7% flat
46 Greece 0.3392 kg/ha 2023 down 3.7% rising
47 Belgium 0.3382 kg/ha 2023 down 9.0% falling
48 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.3363 kg/ha 1999 up 0.8% falling
49 Hungary 0.3355 kg/ha 2023 down 13.8% falling
50 Austria 0.331 kg/ha 2023 down 3.1% falling
51 Pakistan 0.3294 kg/ha 2023 down 5.0% rising
52 Serbia 0.3264 kg/ha 2023 up 2.8% rising
53 Czechoslovakia 0.3185 kg/ha 1992 down 3.5% falling
54 Brazil 0.3158 kg/ha 2023 up 57.2% rising
55 Burundi 0.3046 kg/ha 2023 up 168.1% rising
56 North Macedonia 0.3022 kg/ha 2023 down 15.8% flat
57 Kazakhstan 0.3011 kg/ha 2023 down 1.1% flat
58 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.301 kg/ha 2023 down 20.0% falling
59 Sweden 0.295 kg/ha 2023 down 3.2% falling
60 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.2912 kg/ha 2023 down 10.0% rising
61 Israel 0.2905 kg/ha 2023 up 39.5% falling
62 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.2904 kg/ha 2023 up 236.1% falling
63 Yugoslav SFR 0.2814 kg/ha 1991 down 19.6% falling
64 Colombia 0.2788 kg/ha 2023 down 36.0% rising
65 France 0.2742 kg/ha 2023 up 9.2% falling
66 Thailand 0.2715 kg/ha 2023 up 21.1% falling
67 Iraq 0.2709 kg/ha 2023 down 34.1% rising
68 Switzerland 0.2684 kg/ha 2023 down 11.4% falling
69 Norway 0.2635 kg/ha 2023 down 12.4% falling
70 Canada 0.26 kg/ha 2023 up 4.6% rising
71 Malawi 0.2558 kg/ha 2023 down 9.7% falling
72 Luxembourg 0.2553 kg/ha 2023 down 32.4% rising
73 Madagascar 0.2508 kg/ha 2023 up 19.1% falling
74 Cyprus 0.2443 kg/ha 2023 down 39.0% rising
75 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2378 kg/ha 2023 up 75.1% flat
76 Republic of Moldova 0.2372 kg/ha 2023 up 0.3% flat
77 Slovenia 0.2366 kg/ha 2023 up 1.0% falling
78 Guinea 0.2336 kg/ha 2023 up 153.6% volatile
79 Sierra Leone 0.2303 kg/ha 2023 up 5.3% falling
80 Mozambique 0.2233 kg/ha 2023 up 55.6% flat
81 Benin 0.2089 kg/ha 2023 down 17.7% rising
82 Argentina 0.2061 kg/ha 2023 down 27.4% rising
83 Rwanda 0.1962 kg/ha 2023 up 7.9% flat
84 Spain 0.1941 kg/ha 2023 down 39.9% rising
85 Uruguay 0.1896 kg/ha 2023 down 42.7% rising
86 Senegal 0.1875 kg/ha 2023 up 12.6% falling
87 New Zealand 0.1785 kg/ha 2023 down 18.1% falling
88 Sri Lanka 0.1772 kg/ha 2023 down 17.5% falling
89 Afghanistan 0.1767 kg/ha 2023 down 11.1% rising
90 Republic of Korea 0.1745 kg/ha 2023 up 6.7% falling
91 Philippines 0.1721 kg/ha 2023 up 0.9% falling
92 Morocco 0.1716 kg/ha 2023 down 35.6% flat
93 Haiti 0.168 kg/ha 2023 up 9.6% rising
94 Mauritania 0.1638 kg/ha 2023 up 5.3% flat
95 Côte d'Ivoire 0.1637 kg/ha 2023 down 11.7% rising
96 Gambia 0.157 kg/ha 2023 down 19.1% falling
97 Cabo Verde 0.1567 kg/ha 2023 down 8.7% volatile
98 Albania 0.1563 kg/ha 2023 down 13.4% falling
99 Botswana 0.1507 kg/ha 2023 up 527.9% volatile
100 El Salvador 0.1492 kg/ha 2023 up 3.2% rising
101 Niger 0.1479 kg/ha 2023 up 18.3% rising
102 Peru 0.1453 kg/ha 2023 down 16.2% falling
103 Australia and New Zealand 0.1443 kg/ha 2023 up 10.6% falling
104 Australia 0.1437 kg/ha 2023 up 11.7% falling
105 China, Taiwan Province of 0.1364 kg/ha 2023 up 14.7% falling
106 Lebanon 0.1309 kg/ha 2023 up 2.2% flat
107 Ethiopia 0.1296 kg/ha 2023 up 6.7% falling
108 Angola 0.1282 kg/ha 2023 down 5.7% volatile
109 Cameroon 0.1263 kg/ha 2023 up 11.6% rising
110 Dominica 0.125 kg/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
111 Zambia 0.123 kg/ha 2023 up 45.4% rising
112 United Republic of Tanzania 0.1197 kg/ha 2023 down 25.3% rising
113 Nicaragua 0.1118 kg/ha 2023 down 33.7% falling
114 Kenya 0.1061 kg/ha 2023 up 24.1% falling
115 Costa Rica 0.1059 kg/ha 2023 down 0.2% falling
116 Guatemala 0.0999 kg/ha 2023 down 13.8% falling
117 Mongolia 0.095 kg/ha 2023 down 17.0% falling
118 Algeria 0.0946 kg/ha 2023 down 26.3% falling
119 Mali 0.0924 kg/ha 2023 down 19.2% falling
120 Chile 0.0921 kg/ha 2023 down 35.9% falling
121 Japan 0.092 kg/ha 2023 up 5.6% falling
122 Comoros 0.0898 kg/ha 2023 down 17.5% falling
123 Guinea-Bissau 0.0895 kg/ha 2023 down 15.8% falling
124 Lesotho 0.0885 kg/ha 2023 up 76.3% falling
125 Dominican Republic 0.0875 kg/ha 2023 up 2.5% rising
126 Ethiopia PDR 0.0865 kg/ha 1992 down 3.7% falling
127 Gabon 0.0834 kg/ha 2023 up 8.6% rising
128 Uganda 0.0804 kg/ha 2023 up 9.4% falling
129 Burkina Faso 0.079 kg/ha 2023 down 25.8% falling
130 Chad 0.0787 kg/ha 2023 down 5.6% falling
131 Libya 0.078 kg/ha 2023 down 30.4% falling
132 Togo 0.0758 kg/ha 2023 unchanged rising
133 Liberia 0.0749 kg/ha 2023 down 1.7% falling
134 Zimbabwe 0.0742 kg/ha 2023 up 0.4% falling
135 Belize 0.0736 kg/ha 2023 down 35.1% volatile
136 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.0731 kg/ha 2023 up 11.9% falling
137 Eswatini 0.0727 kg/ha 2023 down 27.1% rising
138 Caribbean 0.0696 kg/ha 2023 down 3.1% rising
139 Honduras 0.0658 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% rising
140 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0657 kg/ha 2023 down 25.9% rising
141 Nauru 0.0633 kg/ha 2023 down 10.6% rising
142 Portugal 0.0631 kg/ha 2023 down 50.0% falling
143 Jordan 0.0628 kg/ha 2023 down 45.9% falling
143 Yemen 0.0628 kg/ha 2023 down 49.7% falling
145 Grenada 0.0602 kg/ha 2023 down 28.2% rising
146 Ghana 0.06 kg/ha 2023 up 20.5% falling
147 Mexico 0.0594 kg/ha 2023 down 18.0% falling
148 Montenegro 0.0561 kg/ha 2023 — volatile
149 Oman 0.0542 kg/ha 2023 — volatile
150 Panama 0.053 kg/ha 2023 down 19.9% falling
151 Solomon Islands 0.049 kg/ha 2023 down 3.0% rising
152 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.0489 kg/ha 2023 up 15.9% rising
153 Indonesia 0.0481 kg/ha 2023 down 55.2% falling
154 Bhutan 0.0463 kg/ha 2023 down 42.2% falling
155 Eritrea 0.0432 kg/ha 2023 down 3.1% falling
156 Congo 0.0411 kg/ha 2023 down 3.3% rising
156 Ecuador 0.0411 kg/ha 2023 down 15.6% falling
158 Vanuatu 0.0406 kg/ha 2023 up 40.0% falling
159 Seychelles 0.039 kg/ha 2023 up 59.8% volatile
160 Fiji 0.0379 kg/ha 2023 up 4.1% falling
161 Saudi Arabia 0.0369 kg/ha 2023 up 36.2% volatile
162 New Caledonia 0.033 kg/ha 2023 up 11.5% rising
163 Cuba 0.0326 kg/ha 2023 down 14.4% falling
164 French Polynesia 0.0306 kg/ha 2023 down 11.0% falling
165 Namibia 0.0305 kg/ha 2023 up 6.6% rising
166 Tunisia 0.0273 kg/ha 2023 down 55.1% falling
167 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0262 kg/ha 2023 up 10.5% volatile
168 Tonga 0.0239 kg/ha 2023 down 49.9% falling
169 Polynesia 0.0223 kg/ha 2023 down 39.9% falling
170 Mauritius 0.0204 kg/ha 2023 unchanged rising
171 Sudan 0.0201 kg/ha 2023 up 51.1% rising
172 Samoa 0.0167 kg/ha 2023 down 53.5% rising
173 Saint Lucia 0.0142 kg/ha 2023 down 7.8% falling
174 Malaysia 0.0141 kg/ha 2023 down 12.4% falling
175 Bahamas 0.0129 kg/ha 2023 up 0.8% volatile
176 Tuvalu 0.0128 kg/ha 2023 up 24.3% falling
176 Melanesia 0.0128 kg/ha 2023 up 2.4% falling
178 Sudan (former) 0.0122 kg/ha 2011 down 4.7% rising
179 South Sudan 0.0108 kg/ha 2023 up 4.9% rising
180 Cook Islands 0.0098 kg/ha 2023 down 3.9% falling
181 Maldives 0.0091 kg/ha 2023 up 2.2% falling
182 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0071 kg/ha 2023 down 19.3% volatile
183 Jamaica 0.0043 kg/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
184 Papua New Guinea 0.0035 kg/ha 2023 down 10.3% volatile
185 Equatorial Guinea 0.0022 kg/ha 2023 up 22.2% rising
186 Singapore 0.0019 kg/ha 2023 down 24.0% volatile
187 Puerto Rico 0.0016 kg/ha 2023 down 33.3% volatile
188 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0012 kg/ha 2023 down 14.3% falling
189 Kuwait 0.0006 kg/ha 2023 down 98.7% volatile
189 Guadeloupe 0.0006 kg/ha 2006 down 70.0% volatile
191 Bahrain 0.0004 kg/ha 2023 up 33.3% rising
192 Barbados 0.0002 kg/ha 2023 up 100.0% volatile
193 United Arab Emirates 0.0001 kg/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
193 Qatar 0.0001 kg/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
193 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0001 kg/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
193 Brunei Darussalam 0.0001 kg/ha 2023 unchanged volatile
197 Djibouti 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile
197 Iceland 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile
197 Kiribati 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile
197 Malta 0 kg/ha 2023 down 100.0% falling
197 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 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, 13,483 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 (%).