Seed — Cropland potassium 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
11.01 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
0 kg/ha
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
0.2904 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,483
What the numbers show
Seed — Cropland potassium per unit area is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 11.01 kg/ha in Faroe Islands; the lowest is 0 kg/ha in China, Hong Kong SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.2904 kg/ha, and the mean is 0.4778 kg/ha.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 684.2%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 100.0%).
Seed — Cropland potassium per unit area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Faroe Islands | 11.01 kg/ha | 2023 | down 12.7% | flat |
| 1 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 1.27 kg/ha | 2023 | up 76.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.86 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 2 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.9256 kg/ha | 2023 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 3 | Egypt | 1.75 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.762 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 4 | Nigeria | 1.74 kg/ha | 2023 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 4 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.7032 kg/ha | 2023 | down 28.5% | rising |
| 5 | Tajikistan | 1.62 kg/ha | 2023 | up 129.9% | rising |
| 5 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.6859 kg/ha | 2023 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 6 | Belarus | 1.48 kg/ha | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 7 | Guyana | 1.47 kg/ha | 2023 | up 38.7% | rising |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 0.6469 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 8 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.4 kg/ha | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 8 | Türkiye | 0.5609 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 9 | Ukraine | 1.31 kg/ha | 2023 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 9 | Republic of Moldova | 0.4142 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 1.3 kg/ha | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 10 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.412 kg/ha | 2023 | up 142.2% | flat |
| 11 | Nepal | 1.28 kg/ha | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 12 | Armenia | 1.17 kg/ha | 2023 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 12 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.2646 kg/ha | 2023 | down 33.2% | rising |
| 13 | Malawi | 1.14 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 14 | Turkmenistan | 1.11 kg/ha | 2023 | up 15.0% | falling |
| 14 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.1786 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 15 | Romania | 1.03 kg/ha | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 15 | Cabo Verde | 0.4884 kg/ha | 2023 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 16 | Lithuania | 0.984 kg/ha | 2023 | up 13.9% | falling |
| 16 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.0938 kg/ha | 2023 | up 40.6% | flat |
| 17 | Bangladesh | 0.9671 kg/ha | 2023 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 17 | Polynesia | 0.0568 kg/ha | 2023 | down 40.3% | falling |
| 18 | Ireland | 0.9658 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 18 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.4536 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 18 | Melanesia | 0.0374 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 19 | Azerbaijan | 0.9222 kg/ha | 2023 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 20 | Burundi | 0.8977 kg/ha | 2023 | up 189.2% | rising |
| 21 | Poland | 0.8975 kg/ha | 2023 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 22 | China, mainland | 0.8974 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 23 | Belgium | 0.8965 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 24 | China | 0.8933 kg/ha | 2023 | up 12.3% | falling |
| 25 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.8915 kg/ha | 2023 | up 18.4% | falling |
| 26 | Paraguay | 0.8831 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 27 | USSR | 0.8747 kg/ha | 1991 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 27 | Caribbean | 0.1734 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 28 | Latvia | 0.8739 kg/ha | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 29 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0.8712 kg/ha | 1999 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 30 | Colombia | 0.8545 kg/ha | 2023 | down 34.5% | rising |
| 31 | Rwanda | 0.8438 kg/ha | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 32 | Dominica | 0.8437 kg/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Myanmar | 0.8292 kg/ha | 2023 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 34 | Georgia | 0.8231 kg/ha | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 35 | India | 0.819 kg/ha | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 36 | Germany | 0.8132 kg/ha | 2023 | up 29.0% | falling |
| 37 | Brazil | 0.7951 kg/ha | 2023 | up 64.0% | rising |
| 38 | Russian Federation | 0.7871 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 39 | Pakistan | 0.7776 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 40 | Denmark | 0.7632 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 41 | Czechia | 0.758 kg/ha | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 42 | Greece | 0.7337 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 43 | Finland | 0.7246 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 44 | North Macedonia | 0.6815 kg/ha | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 45 | Yugoslav SFR | 0.6791 kg/ha | 1991 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 46 | Austria | 0.6581 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 47 | Peru | 0.6549 kg/ha | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 48 | Estonia | 0.6546 kg/ha | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 49 | Croatia | 0.6463 kg/ha | 2023 | up 72.2% | falling |
| 50 | Slovakia | 0.6158 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 51 | Lebanon | 0.6115 kg/ha | 2023 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 52 | Cyprus | 0.602 kg/ha | 2023 | down 38.6% | rising |
| 53 | Benin | 0.5973 kg/ha | 2023 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 54 | Suriname | 0.5905 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 55 | Switzerland | 0.5875 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 56 | El Salvador | 0.5767 kg/ha | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 57 | Madagascar | 0.5755 kg/ha | 2023 | up 17.5% | flat |
| 58 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.5722 kg/ha | 2023 | up 73.1% | rising |
| 59 | Mozambique | 0.5431 kg/ha | 2023 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 60 | Czechoslovakia | 0.5361 kg/ha | 1992 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 61 | Italy | 0.5154 kg/ha | 2023 | up 16.9% | falling |
| 62 | Israel | 0.4917 kg/ha | 2023 | up 23.0% | falling |
| 63 | Luxembourg | 0.4893 kg/ha | 2023 | down 33.0% | rising |
| 64 | Serbia | 0.484 kg/ha | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 65 | France | 0.4829 kg/ha | 2023 | up 15.3% | falling |
| 66 | Albania | 0.4799 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 67 | Hungary | 0.4744 kg/ha | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 68 | Bulgaria | 0.4693 kg/ha | 2023 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 69 | Kazakhstan | 0.4673 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 70 | Sweden | 0.4632 kg/ha | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 71 | Canada | 0.4379 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 72 | Costa Rica | 0.4334 kg/ha | 2023 | up 34.2% | flat |
| 73 | Norway | 0.4325 kg/ha | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 74 | Argentina | 0.4301 kg/ha | 2023 | down 33.5% | rising |
| 75 | Slovenia | 0.4263 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 76 | New Zealand | 0.4198 kg/ha | 2023 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 77 | Republic of Korea | 0.4114 kg/ha | 2023 | up 11.6% | falling |
| 78 | Montenegro | 0.3974 kg/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Nicaragua | 0.3862 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 80 | Cambodia | 0.3814 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 81 | Niger | 0.3789 kg/ha | 2023 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 82 | Guatemala | 0.3778 kg/ha | 2023 | up 9.3% | falling |
| 83 | Senegal | 0.371 kg/ha | 2023 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 84 | Angola | 0.3706 kg/ha | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Haiti | 0.368 kg/ha | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 86 | Iraq | 0.356 kg/ha | 2023 | down 42.7% | rising |
| 87 | Japan | 0.3449 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 88 | Kenya | 0.3372 kg/ha | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 89 | Cameroon | 0.3345 kg/ha | 2023 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 90 | Thailand | 0.2946 kg/ha | 2023 | up 19.1% | falling |
| 91 | Morocco | 0.2904 kg/ha | 2023 | down 31.4% | rising |
| 92 | Spain | 0.284 kg/ha | 2023 | down 43.5% | rising |
| 93 | Philippines | 0.2828 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 94 | Uruguay | 0.2819 kg/ha | 2023 | down 57.9% | rising |
| 95 | Mauritania | 0.2784 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 96 | Sierra Leone | 0.2754 kg/ha | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 97 | Guinea | 0.2729 kg/ha | 2023 | up 105.3% | rising |
| 98 | Gambia | 0.271 kg/ha | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 99 | Gabon | 0.2591 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 100 | Afghanistan | 0.2528 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 101 | Jordan | 0.2342 kg/ha | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 102 | Zambia | 0.2333 kg/ha | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 103 | Comoros | 0.233 kg/ha | 2023 | up 24.3% | falling |
| 104 | Ethiopia | 0.2288 kg/ha | 2023 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 104 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.2288 kg/ha | 2023 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Botswana | 0.2282 kg/ha | 2023 | up 684.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Mongolia | 0.2214 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 108 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.215 kg/ha | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 109 | Portugal | 0.2143 kg/ha | 2023 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 110 | Sri Lanka | 0.2132 kg/ha | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 111 | Australia | 0.2112 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 112 | Uganda | 0.204 kg/ha | 2023 | up 22.9% | falling |
| 113 | Ethiopia PDR | 0.2034 kg/ha | 1992 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 114 | Honduras | 0.2028 kg/ha | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 115 | Chile | 0.1954 kg/ha | 2023 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 116 | Solomon Islands | 0.186 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 117 | Algeria | 0.1793 kg/ha | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 118 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1772 kg/ha | 2023 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 119 | Togo | 0.1765 kg/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 120 | Bhutan | 0.176 kg/ha | 2023 | down 33.1% | flat |
| 121 | Chad | 0.1704 kg/ha | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 122 | Mali | 0.1689 kg/ha | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 123 | Eswatini | 0.1667 kg/ha | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 124 | Nauru | 0.161 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 125 | Libya | 0.1557 kg/ha | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 126 | Grenada | 0.1539 kg/ha | 2023 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 127 | Mauritius | 0.1444 kg/ha | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 128 | Zimbabwe | 0.1435 kg/ha | 2023 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 129 | Burkina Faso | 0.1434 kg/ha | 2023 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 130 | Lesotho | 0.1387 kg/ha | 2023 | up 116.4% | falling |
| 131 | Cuba | 0.1353 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 132 | Yemen | 0.131 kg/ha | 2023 | down 41.3% | falling |
| 133 | Central African Republic | 0.1277 kg/ha | 2023 | down 28.8% | rising |
| 134 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1262 kg/ha | 2023 | up 51.3% | rising |
| 135 | Dominican Republic | 0.1241 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 136 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1232 kg/ha | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 137 | South Africa | 0.1217 kg/ha | 2023 | up 11.4% | falling |
| 138 | Mexico | 0.106 kg/ha | 2023 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 139 | Vanuatu | 0.1059 kg/ha | 2023 | up 43.9% | falling |
| 140 | Panama | 0.1023 kg/ha | 2023 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 141 | Ghana | 0.1017 kg/ha | 2023 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 142 | Seychelles | 0.0992 kg/ha | 2023 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 143 | New Caledonia | 0.0991 kg/ha | 2023 | up 56.3% | rising |
| 144 | Eritrea | 0.0971 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 145 | Liberia | 0.0963 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 146 | Belize | 0.0913 kg/ha | 2023 | down 60.4% | volatile |
| 147 | Fiji | 0.0857 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 148 | French Polynesia | 0.0779 kg/ha | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 149 | Oman | 0.0735 kg/ha | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Congo | 0.0721 kg/ha | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 150 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0721 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 152 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.069 kg/ha | 2023 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Ecuador | 0.0661 kg/ha | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 154 | Tunisia | 0.0614 kg/ha | 2023 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 155 | Tonga | 0.0606 kg/ha | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 156 | Sudan | 0.0581 kg/ha | 2023 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 157 | Indonesia | 0.0574 kg/ha | 2023 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 158 | Namibia | 0.0523 kg/ha | 2023 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 159 | Samoa | 0.043 kg/ha | 2023 | down 53.1% | rising |
| 160 | Saint Lucia | 0.0367 kg/ha | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 161 | Sudan (former) | 0.0352 kg/ha | 2011 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 162 | Tuvalu | 0.0326 kg/ha | 2023 | up 24.9% | falling |
| 163 | Bahamas | 0.0308 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Jamaica | 0.0304 kg/ha | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 165 | South Sudan | 0.0275 kg/ha | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 166 | Cook Islands | 0.0249 kg/ha | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 167 | Maldives | 0.0245 kg/ha | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 168 | Malaysia | 0.0158 kg/ha | 2023 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 169 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0114 kg/ha | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 170 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0109 kg/ha | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Singapore | 0.0048 kg/ha | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Puerto Rico | 0.0039 kg/ha | 2023 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0033 kg/ha | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 174 | Guadeloupe | 0.0017 kg/ha | 2006 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 175 | Kuwait | 0.0008 kg/ha | 2023 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Bahrain | 0.0004 kg/ha | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 177 | Barbados | 0.0002 kg/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 177 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0002 kg/ha | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0002 kg/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 180 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0001 kg/ha | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 180 | Qatar | 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 Europe 0.8963 kg/ha
- Eastern Asia 0.8618 kg/ha
- Western Africa 0.8208 kg/ha
- Europe 0.7997 kg/ha
- Northern Europe 0.7766 kg/ha
- Southern Asia 0.7667 kg/ha
- Asia 0.6686 kg/ha
- Western Europe 0.6621 kg/ha
- Central Asia 0.6562 kg/ha
- European Union (27) 0.6384 kg/ha
- South America 0.6355 kg/ha
- World 0.6072 kg/ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.3458 kg/ha
- Western Asia 0.5539 kg/ha
- Africa 0.4969 kg/ha
- Middle Africa 0.2312 kg/ha
- Americas 0.4908 kg/ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.1634 kg/ha
- United States of America 0.4589 kg/ha
- Northern America 0.4547 kg/ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.4448 kg/ha
- Southern Europe 0.4146 kg/ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.4023 kg/ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.3594 kg/ha
- Eastern Africa 0.3412 kg/ha
- South-Eastern Asia 0.2849 kg/ha
- Northern Africa 0.2631 kg/ha
- Oceania 0.2059 kg/ha
- Central America 0.1667 kg/ha
- Southern Africa 0.1208 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 (%).