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
203
Highest
1.46 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0 kg/ha
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
0.1453 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 203 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 0.1453 kg/ha, and the mean is 0.2063 kg/ha.
Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 104 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 1.46 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 1 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.6507 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 2 | Guyana | 0.8308 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 2 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.5996 kg/ha | 2023 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 0.7539 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 3 | Viet Nam | 0.5816 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 4 | Romania | 0.7122 kg/ha | 2023 | up 70.5% | rising |
| 4 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.5003 kg/ha | 2023 | up 75.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Lithuania | 0.6236 kg/ha | 2023 | up 13.7% | flat |
| 6 | Nigeria | 0.5946 kg/ha | 2023 | up 16.5% | falling |
| 6 | Türkiye | 0.3437 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 7 | Egypt | 0.5838 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 7 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.301 kg/ha | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 8 | Turkmenistan | 0.5795 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.2912 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 9 | China, mainland | 0.5726 kg/ha | 2023 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 9 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.2904 kg/ha | 2023 | up 236.1% | falling |
| 10 | China | 0.57 kg/ha | 2023 | up 10.8% | falling |
| 10 | Republic of Moldova | 0.2372 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 11 | Suriname | 0.5695 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 12 | Latvia | 0.5322 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 12 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.1197 kg/ha | 2023 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 13 | Nepal | 0.5305 kg/ha | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 14 | Ireland | 0.529 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.0731 kg/ha | 2023 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 15 | Belarus | 0.5163 kg/ha | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 16 | Poland | 0.5139 kg/ha | 2023 | down 23.4% | falling |
| 16 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.0489 kg/ha | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 17 | Myanmar | 0.5004 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 17 | Polynesia | 0.0223 kg/ha | 2023 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 18 | Tajikistan | 0.4757 kg/ha | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 18 | Melanesia | 0.0128 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 19 | Russian Federation | 0.4679 kg/ha | 2023 | up 10.3% | flat |
| 20 | Uzbekistan | 0.4669 kg/ha | 2023 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 21 | Estonia | 0.4612 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 22 | Czechia | 0.4597 kg/ha | 2023 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 22 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.1637 kg/ha | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 23 | Finland | 0.4557 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 23 | Cabo Verde | 0.1567 kg/ha | 2023 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.4526 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 25 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.4373 kg/ha | 2023 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 26 | Slovakia | 0.4308 kg/ha | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 27 | Azerbaijan | 0.4238 kg/ha | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 27 | Caribbean | 0.0696 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 28 | USSR | 0.415 kg/ha | 1991 | down 9.3% | flat |
| 29 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.4024 kg/ha | 2023 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 30 | Ukraine | 0.3703 kg/ha | 2023 | down 23.6% | flat |
| 31 | Germany | 0.37 kg/ha | 2023 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 32 | Armenia | 0.3633 kg/ha | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 33 | Georgia | 0.3578 kg/ha | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 34 | Paraguay | 0.3573 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 35 | India | 0.3534 kg/ha | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 36 | Italy | 0.3508 kg/ha | 2023 | up 36.0% | falling |
| 37 | Denmark | 0.3488 kg/ha | 2023 | down 20.9% | flat |
| 38 | Croatia | 0.3486 kg/ha | 2023 | up 57.8% | falling |
| 39 | Bulgaria | 0.3485 kg/ha | 2023 | down 27.0% | rising |
| 40 | Cambodia | 0.3475 kg/ha | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 41 | Greece | 0.3392 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 42 | Belgium | 0.3382 kg/ha | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 43 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0.3363 kg/ha | 1999 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 44 | Hungary | 0.3355 kg/ha | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 45 | Austria | 0.331 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 46 | Pakistan | 0.3294 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 47 | Serbia | 0.3264 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 48 | Czechoslovakia | 0.3185 kg/ha | 1992 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 49 | Brazil | 0.3158 kg/ha | 2023 | up 57.2% | rising |
| 50 | Burundi | 0.3046 kg/ha | 2023 | up 168.1% | rising |
| 51 | North Macedonia | 0.3022 kg/ha | 2023 | down 15.8% | flat |
| 52 | Kazakhstan | 0.3011 kg/ha | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 53 | Sweden | 0.295 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 54 | Israel | 0.2905 kg/ha | 2023 | up 39.5% | falling |
| 55 | Yugoslav SFR | 0.2814 kg/ha | 1991 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 56 | Colombia | 0.2788 kg/ha | 2023 | down 36.0% | rising |
| 57 | France | 0.2742 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.2% | falling |
| 58 | Thailand | 0.2715 kg/ha | 2023 | up 21.1% | falling |
| 59 | Iraq | 0.2709 kg/ha | 2023 | down 34.1% | rising |
| 60 | Switzerland | 0.2684 kg/ha | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 61 | Norway | 0.2635 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 62 | Canada | 0.26 kg/ha | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 63 | Malawi | 0.2558 kg/ha | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 64 | Luxembourg | 0.2553 kg/ha | 2023 | down 32.4% | rising |
| 65 | Madagascar | 0.2508 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 66 | Cyprus | 0.2443 kg/ha | 2023 | down 39.0% | rising |
| 67 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.2378 kg/ha | 2023 | up 75.1% | flat |
| 68 | Slovenia | 0.2366 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 69 | Guinea | 0.2336 kg/ha | 2023 | up 153.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Sierra Leone | 0.2303 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 71 | Mozambique | 0.2233 kg/ha | 2023 | up 55.6% | flat |
| 72 | Benin | 0.2089 kg/ha | 2023 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 73 | Argentina | 0.2061 kg/ha | 2023 | down 27.4% | rising |
| 74 | Rwanda | 0.1962 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 75 | Spain | 0.1941 kg/ha | 2023 | down 39.9% | rising |
| 76 | Uruguay | 0.1896 kg/ha | 2023 | down 42.7% | rising |
| 77 | Senegal | 0.1875 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 78 | New Zealand | 0.1785 kg/ha | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 79 | Sri Lanka | 0.1772 kg/ha | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 80 | Afghanistan | 0.1767 kg/ha | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 81 | Republic of Korea | 0.1745 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 82 | Philippines | 0.1721 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 83 | Morocco | 0.1716 kg/ha | 2023 | down 35.6% | flat |
| 84 | Haiti | 0.168 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 85 | Mauritania | 0.1638 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 86 | Gambia | 0.157 kg/ha | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 87 | Albania | 0.1563 kg/ha | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 88 | Botswana | 0.1507 kg/ha | 2023 | up 527.9% | volatile |
| 89 | El Salvador | 0.1492 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 90 | Niger | 0.1479 kg/ha | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 91 | Peru | 0.1453 kg/ha | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 92 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.1443 kg/ha | 2023 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 93 | Australia | 0.1437 kg/ha | 2023 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 94 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.1364 kg/ha | 2023 | up 14.7% | falling |
| 95 | Lebanon | 0.1309 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 96 | Ethiopia | 0.1296 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 97 | Angola | 0.1282 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 98 | Cameroon | 0.1263 kg/ha | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 99 | Dominica | 0.125 kg/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 100 | Zambia | 0.123 kg/ha | 2023 | up 45.4% | rising |
| 101 | Nicaragua | 0.1118 kg/ha | 2023 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 102 | Kenya | 0.1061 kg/ha | 2023 | up 24.1% | falling |
| 103 | Costa Rica | 0.1059 kg/ha | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 104 | Guatemala | 0.0999 kg/ha | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 105 | Mongolia | 0.095 kg/ha | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 106 | Algeria | 0.0946 kg/ha | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 107 | Mali | 0.0924 kg/ha | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 108 | Chile | 0.0921 kg/ha | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 109 | Japan | 0.092 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 110 | Comoros | 0.0898 kg/ha | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 111 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0895 kg/ha | 2023 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 112 | Lesotho | 0.0885 kg/ha | 2023 | up 76.3% | falling |
| 113 | Dominican Republic | 0.0875 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 114 | Ethiopia PDR | 0.0865 kg/ha | 1992 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 115 | Gabon | 0.0834 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 116 | Uganda | 0.0804 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 117 | Burkina Faso | 0.079 kg/ha | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 118 | Chad | 0.0787 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 119 | Libya | 0.078 kg/ha | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 120 | Togo | 0.0758 kg/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 121 | Liberia | 0.0749 kg/ha | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 122 | Zimbabwe | 0.0742 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 123 | Belize | 0.0736 kg/ha | 2023 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Eswatini | 0.0727 kg/ha | 2023 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 125 | Honduras | 0.0658 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 126 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0657 kg/ha | 2023 | down 25.9% | rising |
| 127 | Nauru | 0.0633 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 128 | Portugal | 0.0631 kg/ha | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 129 | Jordan | 0.0628 kg/ha | 2023 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 129 | Yemen | 0.0628 kg/ha | 2023 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 131 | Grenada | 0.0602 kg/ha | 2023 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 132 | Ghana | 0.06 kg/ha | 2023 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 133 | Mexico | 0.0594 kg/ha | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 134 | Montenegro | 0.0561 kg/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 135 | Oman | 0.0542 kg/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Panama | 0.053 kg/ha | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 137 | Solomon Islands | 0.049 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 138 | Indonesia | 0.0481 kg/ha | 2023 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 139 | Bhutan | 0.0463 kg/ha | 2023 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 140 | Central African Republic | 0.0441 kg/ha | 2023 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 141 | Eritrea | 0.0432 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 142 | Congo | 0.0411 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 142 | Ecuador | 0.0411 kg/ha | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 144 | Vanuatu | 0.0406 kg/ha | 2023 | up 40.0% | falling |
| 145 | South Africa | 0.04 kg/ha | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 146 | Seychelles | 0.039 kg/ha | 2023 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Fiji | 0.0379 kg/ha | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 148 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0369 kg/ha | 2023 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 149 | New Caledonia | 0.033 kg/ha | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 150 | Cuba | 0.0326 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 151 | French Polynesia | 0.0306 kg/ha | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 152 | Namibia | 0.0305 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 153 | Tunisia | 0.0273 kg/ha | 2023 | down 55.1% | falling |
| 154 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0262 kg/ha | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 155 | Tonga | 0.0239 kg/ha | 2023 | down 49.9% | falling |
| 156 | Mauritius | 0.0204 kg/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | Sudan | 0.0201 kg/ha | 2023 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 158 | Samoa | 0.0167 kg/ha | 2023 | down 53.5% | rising |
| 159 | Saint Lucia | 0.0142 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 160 | Malaysia | 0.0141 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 161 | Bahamas | 0.0129 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Tuvalu | 0.0128 kg/ha | 2023 | up 24.3% | falling |
| 163 | Sudan (former) | 0.0122 kg/ha | 2011 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 164 | South Sudan | 0.0108 kg/ha | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 165 | Cook Islands | 0.0098 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 166 | Maldives | 0.0091 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 167 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0071 kg/ha | 2023 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Jamaica | 0.0043 kg/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 169 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0035 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 170 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0022 kg/ha | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 171 | Singapore | 0.0019 kg/ha | 2023 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Puerto Rico | 0.0016 kg/ha | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0012 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 174 | Kuwait | 0.0006 kg/ha | 2023 | down 98.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Guadeloupe | 0.0006 kg/ha | 2006 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Bahrain | 0.0004 kg/ha | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 177 | Barbados | 0.0002 kg/ha | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 178 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0001 kg/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 178 | Qatar | 0.0001 kg/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 178 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0001 kg/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 178 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0001 kg/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 182 | Djibouti | 0 kg/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Iceland | 0 kg/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Kiribati | 0 kg/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 182 | Malta | 0 kg/ha | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 182 | 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 0.5418 kg/ha
- Eastern Europe 0.4583 kg/ha
- Northern Europe 0.4209 kg/ha
- Europe 0.4135 kg/ha
- European Union (27) 0.371 kg/ha
- Asia 0.3698 kg/ha
- Southern Asia 0.3538 kg/ha
- Central Asia 0.3424 kg/ha
- Western Asia 0.3303 kg/ha
- Western Europe 0.3171 kg/ha
- Western Africa 0.3033 kg/ha
- World 0.3006 kg/ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.1796 kg/ha
- South America 0.2579 kg/ha
- Southern Europe 0.2556 kg/ha
- Middle Africa 0.0897 kg/ha
- South-Eastern Asia 0.2223 kg/ha
- Americas 0.2135 kg/ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.073 kg/ha
- Northern America 0.2118 kg/ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.2075 kg/ha
- United States of America 0.1999 kg/ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.1884 kg/ha
- Africa 0.1882 kg/ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.1669 kg/ha
- Oceania 0.1375 kg/ha
- Eastern Africa 0.1344 kg/ha
- Northern Africa 0.109 kg/ha
- Central America 0.0691 kg/ha
- Southern Africa 0.0433 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 (%).