Seed — Cropland potassium 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
200,229 t
USSR
Lowest
0 t
China, Hong Kong SAR
Median
589.17 t
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,483
What the numbers show
Seed — Cropland potassium is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 200,229 t in USSR; the lowest is 0 t in China, Hong Kong SAR.
The median across all reporting countries is 589.17 t, and the mean is 5,999 t.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 93 fell. The largest increase was in Botswana (up 628.8%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 100.0%).
Seed — Cropland potassium: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | USSR | 200,229 t | 1991 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 2 | India | 137,857 t | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 3 | China | 114,662 t | 2023 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 3 | Türkiye | 13,445 t | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 4 | China, mainland | 114,489 t | 2023 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 5 | Russian Federation | 97,324 t | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 5 | Viet Nam | 7,536 t | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 6 | Nigeria | 77,156 t | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 6 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 7,247 t | 2023 | up 158.6% | rising |
| 7 | Brazil | 50,407 t | 2023 | up 66.5% | rising |
| 7 | Syrian Arab Republic | 5,037 t | 2023 | up 30.2% | flat |
| 8 | Ukraine | 44,342 t | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 4,431 t | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 9 | Pakistan | 24,101 t | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 9 | United Republic of Tanzania | 4,107 t | 2023 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 10 | Argentina | 17,829 t | 2023 | down 31.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,017 t | 2023 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 11 | Canada | 16,778 t | 2023 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 11 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 1,790 t | 2023 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 13,925 t | 2023 | up 6.4% | flat |
| 13 | Myanmar | 10,379 t | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 13 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,104 t | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 14 | Poland | 10,363 t | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 14 | Republic of Moldova | 885.06 t | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 15 | Germany | 9,661 t | 2023 | up 26.9% | falling |
| 15 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 309.48 t | 2023 | up 40.7% | falling |
| 16 | Romania | 9,121 t | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 16 | Melanesia | 60.21 t | 2023 | up 15.3% | rising |
| 17 | France | 8,656 t | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 17 | Polynesia | 6.25 t | 2023 | down 42.7% | falling |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 8,509 t | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 18 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 2.54 t | 2023 | up 76.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Belarus | 8,385 t | 2023 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 20 | Egypt | 7,109 t | 2023 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 21 | Australia and New Zealand | 6,874 t | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 22 | Niger | 6,751 t | 2023 | up 34.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Australia | 6,625 t | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 24 | Thailand | 6,357 t | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 25 | Côte d'Ivoire | 6,487 t | 2023 | up 36.8% | rising |
| 25 | Uzbekistan | 5,795 t | 2023 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 26 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 5,426 t | 2023 | up 14.2% | falling |
| 27 | Yugoslav SFR | 5,178 t | 1991 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 28 | Italy | 4,888 t | 2023 | up 22.0% | falling |
| 28 | Caribbean | 1,179 t | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 29 | Malawi | 4,801 t | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 26.37 t | 2023 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Spain | 4,716 t | 2023 | down 45.3% | falling |
| 31 | Colombia | 4,268 t | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 4,223 t | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 33 | Paraguay | 4,100 t | 2023 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Peru | 4,060 t | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 35 | Mozambique | 3,285 t | 2023 | up 59.8% | rising |
| 36 | Philippines | 3,173 t | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 37 | Czechoslovakia | 2,695 t | 1992 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 38 | Cameroon | 2,642 t | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 39 | Mexico | 2,591 t | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 40 | Morocco | 2,552 t | 2023 | down 37.1% | rising |
| 41 | Indonesia | 2,531 t | 2023 | down 56.7% | falling |
| 42 | Kenya | 2,518 t | 2023 | up 42.7% | rising |
| 43 | Nepal | 2,491 t | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 44 | Benin | 2,489 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 45 | Ethiopia PDR | 2,299 t | 1992 | down 11.5% | flat |
| 46 | Lithuania | 2,299 t | 2023 | up 14.5% | falling |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | 2,181 t | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 48 | Greece | 2,125 t | 2023 | down 22.9% | flat |
| 49 | Angola | 2,113 t | 2023 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 50 | Madagascar | 2,072 t | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 51 | Afghanistan | 2,052 t | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 52 | Hungary | 2,037 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 53 | Guinea | 1,990 t | 2023 | up 202.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Iraq | 1,955 t | 2023 | down 35.6% | rising |
| 55 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1,949 t | 2023 | up 4.4% | flat |
| 56 | Czechia | 1,945 t | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 57 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,910 t | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 58 | Uganda | 1,856 t | 2023 | up 22.9% | rising |
| 59 | Denmark | 1,828 t | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 60 | Turkmenistan | 1,810 t | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 61 | Cambodia | 1,775 t | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 62 | Tajikistan | 1,702 t | 2023 | up 166.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 1,700 t | 2023 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 64 | Finland | 1,630 t | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 65 | Algeria | 1,531 t | 2023 | down 23.5% | rising |
| 66 | South Africa | 1,511 t | 2023 | up 11.5% | falling |
| 67 | Burundi | 1,500 t | 2023 | up 244.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Japan | 1,482 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 69 | Mali | 1,459 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 70 | Senegal | 1,451 t | 2023 | up 28.5% | falling |
| 71 | Serbia | 1,363 t | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 72 | Rwanda | 1,263 t | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 73 | Burkina Faso | 1,235 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 74 | Sudan | 1,233 t | 2023 | up 61.0% | rising |
| 75 | Latvia | 1,197 t | 2023 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 76 | Sweden | 1,171 t | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 77 | Guatemala | 1,034 t | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 78 | Austria | 912.99 t | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 79 | Chad | 909.31 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 80 | Zambia | 895.54 t | 2023 | up 48.4% | rising |
| 81 | Slovakia | 815.33 t | 2023 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 82 | Belgium | 794.58 t | 2023 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 83 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 777.97 t | 1999 | up 23.9% | falling |
| 84 | Ghana | 754.37 t | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 85 | Sudan (former) | 705.65 t | 2011 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 86 | Nicaragua | 694.84 t | 2023 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 87 | Uruguay | 631 t | 2023 | down 59.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Republic of Korea | 622.01 t | 2023 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 89 | Croatia | 612.09 t | 2023 | up 71.8% | falling |
| 90 | Armenia | 589.17 t | 2023 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 91 | Zimbabwe | 583.65 t | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 92 | Sri Lanka | 547.24 t | 2023 | down 10.4% | flat |
| 93 | El Salvador | 508.06 t | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 94 | Togo | 497.79 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 95 | Cuba | 482.05 t | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 96 | Sierra Leone | 481.69 t | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 97 | Haiti | 480.29 t | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 98 | Estonia | 468.05 t | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 99 | Saudi Arabia | 459.09 t | 2023 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Ireland | 425.9 t | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 101 | Portugal | 387.37 t | 2023 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 102 | Chile | 374.06 t | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 103 | Georgia | 355.5 t | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 104 | Norway | 348.61 t | 2023 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 105 | Central African Republic | 342.14 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 106 | Honduras | 328.08 t | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 107 | Albania | 325.59 t | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 108 | Libya | 319.19 t | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 109 | North Macedonia | 310.76 t | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 110 | Tunisia | 303.74 t | 2023 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 111 | Mongolia | 254.42 t | 2023 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 254.06 t | 2023 | down 31.1% | falling |
| 113 | New Zealand | 248.5 t | 2023 | down 39.8% | rising |
| 114 | Switzerland | 247.77 t | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 115 | Costa Rica | 235.94 t | 2023 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 116 | Yemen | 190.21 t | 2023 | down 43.1% | flat |
| 117 | Dominican Republic | 188.55 t | 2023 | up 13.6% | rising |
| 118 | Guyana | 184.84 t | 2023 | up 39.8% | rising |
| 119 | Israel | 183.24 t | 2023 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 120 | China, Taiwan Province of | 178.21 t | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Lebanon | 167.68 t | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 122 | Ecuador | 159.12 t | 2023 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 123 | Malaysia | 130.48 t | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 124 | Gabon | 128.27 t | 2023 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Mauritania | 128.06 t | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 126 | Gambia | 121.12 t | 2023 | down 20.4% | flat |
| 127 | Slovenia | 99.49 t | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 128 | Guinea-Bissau | 79.53 t | 2023 | up 5.0% | falling |
| 129 | Cyprus | 76.39 t | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 130 | South Sudan | 70.75 t | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 131 | Panama | 69.64 t | 2023 | down 34.6% | rising |
| 132 | Liberia | 67.44 t | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 133 | Jordan | 67.28 t | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 134 | Eritrea | 67.22 t | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 135 | Botswana | 59.79 t | 2023 | up 628.8% | rising |
| 136 | Lesotho | 50.03 t | 2023 | up 209.4% | falling |
| 137 | Congo | 46.98 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 138 | Namibia | 42.47 t | 2023 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 139 | Suriname | 32.73 t | 2023 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 140 | Eswatini | 32.5 t | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 141 | Luxembourg | 30.77 t | 2023 | down 34.2% | rising |
| 142 | Comoros | 27.5 t | 2023 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 143 | Bhutan | 20.07 t | 2023 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 144 | Dominica | 19.41 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 145 | Solomon Islands | 18.82 t | 2023 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 146 | Vanuatu | 15.36 t | 2023 | up 44.0% | rising |
| 147 | Papua New Guinea | 13.19 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 148 | Belize | 12.06 t | 2023 | down 52.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Fiji | 11.88 t | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 150 | Mauritius | 11.4 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 151 | Oman | 8.95 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 152 | Jamaica | 5.71 t | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 153 | Montenegro | 5.7 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.9 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 155 | French Polynesia | 2.22 t | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 156 | Tonga | 1.88 t | 2023 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 157 | Samoa | 1.82 t | 2023 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 158 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.14 t | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 159 | Grenada | 1.08 t | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 160 | New Caledonia | 0.9614 t | 2023 | up 55.9% | flat |
| 161 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.8858 t | 2023 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 162 | Faroe Islands | 0.7708 t | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 163 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.3675 t | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 164 | Saint Lucia | 0.3513 t | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 165 | Bahamas | 0.3388 t | 2023 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 166 | Puerto Rico | 0.2604 t | 2023 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 167 | Seychelles | 0.1537 t | 2023 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 168 | Maldives | 0.1199 t | 2023 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Nauru | 0.0644 t | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 170 | Tuvalu | 0.0587 t | 2023 | up 24.9% | falling |
| 171 | Cook Islands | 0.0472 t | 2023 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Guadeloupe | 0.041 t | 2006 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0163 t | 2023 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 174 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0125 t | 2023 | up 73.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Kuwait | 0.0107 t | 2023 | down 99.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0072 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 177 | Singapore | 0.0032 t | 2023 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Bahrain | 0.0018 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | Barbados | 0.0018 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 178 | Iceland | 0.0018 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 178 | Qatar | 0.0018 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 178 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0018 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 183 | Djibouti | 0 t | 2023 | — | 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 954,211 t
- Asia 384,546 t
- Europe 229,050 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 75,663 t
- Southern Asia 182,824 t
- Americas 181,220 t
- Middle Africa 9,203 t
- Eastern Europe 176,917 t
- Africa 152,451 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 125,785 t
- Eastern Asia 118,811 t
- Western Africa 101,175 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 89,307 t
- Northern America 87,780 t
- South America 86,787 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 1,637 t
- United States of America 71,003 t
- European Union (27) 69,908 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 69,594 t
- South-Eastern Asia 32,996 t
- Eastern Africa 27,328 t
- Central Asia 25,141 t
- Western Asia 24,774 t
- Western Europe 22,252 t
- Southern Europe 15,087 t
- Northern Europe 14,794 t
- Northern Africa 13,049 t
- Oceania 6,944 t
- Central America 5,473 t
- Southern Africa 1,696 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 (%).