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Excess nitrogen per hectare of cropland
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2009; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
42.2kilograms per hectare
Median: 26.7kilograms per hectare
Countries Covered
191
with available data
Highest
Kuwait
313.8kilograms per hectare
Lowest
Guam
-210.0kilograms per hectare
Top 5 Countries
1Kuwait313.8kilograms per hectare
2Singapore295.7kilograms per hectare
3Belgium275.4kilograms per hectare
4South Korea245.9kilograms per hectare
5Jordan224.6kilograms per hectare
By Region
Asia108.7kilograms per hectare(26 countries)
Oceania94.0kilograms per hectare(2 countries)
Europe70.7kilograms per hectare(31 countries)
North America65.0kilograms per hectare(4 countries)
South America58.5kilograms per hectare(7 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (-210.0kilograms per hectare)High (313.8kilograms per hectare)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 42.2kilograms per hectare)
Asia (26)
Oceania (2)
Europe (31)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Africa (9)
Other (112)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2009; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kuwait | 313.8kilograms per hectare |
| 2 | Singapore | 295.7kilograms per hectare |
| 3 | Belgium | 275.4kilograms per hectare |
| 4 | South Korea | 245.9kilograms per hectare |
| 5 | Jordan | 224.6kilograms per hectare |
| 6 | Bahrain | 220.6kilograms per hectare |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 193.5kilograms per hectare |
| 8 | Iraq | 188.9kilograms per hectare |
| 9 | Brunei Darussalam | 176.2kilograms per hectare |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 174.2kilograms per hectare |
| 11 | Egypt | 172.0kilograms per hectare |
| 12 | Netherlands | 167.9kilograms per hectare |
| 13 | New Zealand | 161.3kilograms per hectare |
| 14 | Lebanon | 153.7kilograms per hectare |
| 15 | People's Republic of China | 150.4kilograms per hectare |
| 16 | State of Palestine | 149.7kilograms per hectare |
| 17 | Japan | 144.7kilograms per hectare |
| 18 | Taiwan, Province of China | 141.2kilograms per hectare |
| 19 | Israel | 140.7kilograms per hectare |
| 20 | United Arab Emirates | 139.5kilograms per hectare |
| 21 | Costa Rica | 133.9kilograms per hectare |
| 22 | Norway | 125.7kilograms per hectare |
| 23 | Pakistan | 121.6kilograms per hectare |
| 24 | Slovenia | 120.4kilograms per hectare |
| 25 | Ireland | 114.7kilograms per hectare |
| 26 | Venezuela | 108.2kilograms per hectare |
| 27 | Honduras | 103.6kilograms per hectare |
| 28 | Cyprus | 103.4kilograms per hectare |
| 29 | Chile | 96.9kilograms per hectare |
| 30 | Trinidad and Tobago | 96.9kilograms per hectare |
| 31 | Vietnam | 95.3kilograms per hectare |
| 32 | Uzbekistan | 94.3kilograms per hectare |
| 33 | Mexico | 93.4kilograms per hectare |
| 34 | Panama | 92.6kilograms per hectare |
| 35 | Timor-Leste | 89.5kilograms per hectare |
| 36 | Bangladesh | 86.7kilograms per hectare |
| 37 | Puerto Rico | 86.3kilograms per hectare |
| 38 | Guatemala | 81.2kilograms per hectare |
| 39 | Dominican Republic | 80.2kilograms per hectare |
| 40 | Czech Republic | 79.8kilograms per hectare |
| 41 | El Salvador | 74.8kilograms per hectare |
| 42 | India | 73.6kilograms per hectare |
| 43 | Colombia | 71.5kilograms per hectare |
| 44 | Suriname | 71.3kilograms per hectare |
| 45 | Cuba | 70.7kilograms per hectare |
| 46 | Oman | 70.2kilograms per hectare |
| 47 | Italy | 67.8kilograms per hectare |
| 48 | Denmark | 67.4kilograms per hectare |
| 49 | Peru | 67.4kilograms per hectare |
| 50 | Germany | 66.2kilograms per hectare |
| 51 | Ecuador | 66.2kilograms per hectare |
| 52 | Finland | 65.7kilograms per hectare |
| 53 | North Korea | 65.3kilograms per hectare |
| 54 | Austria | 65.2kilograms per hectare |
| 55 | Poland | 63.9kilograms per hectare |
| 56 | United Kingdom | 61.9kilograms per hectare |
| 57 | Türkiye | 61.6kilograms per hectare |
| 58 | Belize | 61.5kilograms per hectare |
| 59 | United States of America | 59.9kilograms per hectare |
| 60 | Spain | 59.7kilograms per hectare |
| 61 | Ethiopia | 59.6kilograms per hectare |
| 62 | Croatia | 59.0kilograms per hectare |
| 63 | Albania | 57.6kilograms per hectare |
| 64 | Uruguay | 57.1kilograms per hectare |
| 65 | Portugal | 56.1kilograms per hectare |
| 66 | Greece | 53.0kilograms per hectare |
| 67 | Central African Republic | 51.8kilograms per hectare |
| 68 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 51.2kilograms per hectare |
| 69 | Switzerland | 49.7kilograms per hectare |
| 70 | Georgia | 48.3kilograms per hectare |
| 71 | South Africa | 46.8kilograms per hectare |
| 72 | Thailand | 46.1kilograms per hectare |
| 73 | Djibouti | 45.1kilograms per hectare |
| 74 | Sweden | 43.1kilograms per hectare |
| 75 | France | 42.8kilograms per hectare |
| 76 | Cameroon | 42.7kilograms per hectare |
| 77 | Brazil | 42.1kilograms per hectare |
| 78 | Hungary | 42.0kilograms per hectare |
| 79 | Haiti | 41.9kilograms per hectare |
| 80 | Nicaragua | 40.9kilograms per hectare |
| 81 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 38.1kilograms per hectare |
| 82 | Libya | 37.5kilograms per hectare |
| 83 | Tunisia | 37.4kilograms per hectare |
| 84 | Morocco | 37.1kilograms per hectare |
| 85 | Mauritania | 35.0kilograms per hectare |
| 86 | Syrian Arab Republic | 34.2kilograms per hectare |
| 87 | South Sudan | 33.8kilograms per hectare |
| 88 | Belarus | 33.6kilograms per hectare |
| 89 | Indonesia | 32.7kilograms per hectare |
| 90 | Nepal | 32.7kilograms per hectare |
| 91 | Montenegro | 31.9kilograms per hectare |
| 92 | Bulgaria | 31.4kilograms per hectare |
| 93 | Bhutan | 29.3kilograms per hectare |
| 94 | Slovakia | 28.8kilograms per hectare |
| 95 | Sri Lanka | 27.6kilograms per hectare |
| 96 | Australia | 26.7kilograms per hectare |
| 97 | Namibia | 26.3kilograms per hectare |
| 98 | Kenya | 26.0kilograms per hectare |
| 99 | Senegal | 26.0kilograms per hectare |
| 100 | Canada | 25.6kilograms per hectare |
| 101 | Serbia | 25.2kilograms per hectare |
| 102 | San Marino | 24.3kilograms per hectare |
| 103 | Burkina Faso | 23.2kilograms per hectare |
| 104 | Estonia | 22.8kilograms per hectare |
| 105 | Algeria | 21.7kilograms per hectare |
| 106 | Uganda | 21.5kilograms per hectare |
| 107 | Sudan | 20.7kilograms per hectare |
| 108 | Zimbabwe | 20.7kilograms per hectare |
| 109 | Sierra Leone | 20.0kilograms per hectare |
| 110 | Benin | 19.4kilograms per hectare |
| 111 | Eswatini | 18.8kilograms per hectare |
| 112 | Guyana | 18.5kilograms per hectare |
| 113 | Botswana | 18.3kilograms per hectare |
| 114 | Malawi | 17.9kilograms per hectare |
| 115 | Armenia | 17.7kilograms per hectare |
| 116 | Turkmenistan | 16.4kilograms per hectare |
| 117 | Republic of The Gambia | 16.4kilograms per hectare |
| 118 | Azerbaijan | 16.4kilograms per hectare |
| 119 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 15.3kilograms per hectare |
| 120 | Romania | 14.2kilograms per hectare |
| 121 | Eritrea | 13.2kilograms per hectare |
| 122 | Cambodia | 13.0kilograms per hectare |
| 123 | Yemen | 12.4kilograms per hectare |
| 124 | French Guiana | 12.1kilograms per hectare |
| 125 | Togo | 11.6kilograms per hectare |
| 126 | Lithuania | 11.5kilograms per hectare |
| 127 | Rwanda | 10.5kilograms per hectare |
| 128 | Nigeria | 10.4kilograms per hectare |
| 129 | Gabon | 10.2kilograms per hectare |
| 130 | Argentina | 8.1kilograms per hectare |
| 131 | Mali | 7.8kilograms per hectare |
| 132 | Ukraine | 7.4kilograms per hectare |
| 133 | Myanmar | 6.8kilograms per hectare |
| 134 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.8kilograms per hectare |
| 135 | Chad | 5.6kilograms per hectare |
| 136 | Latvia | 5.1kilograms per hectare |
| 137 | Republic of the Congo | 4.6kilograms per hectare |
| 138 | Niger | 4.3kilograms per hectare |
| 139 | Burundi | 4.2kilograms per hectare |
| 140 | Afghanistan | 4.2kilograms per hectare |
| 141 | Madagascar | 4.2kilograms per hectare |
| 142 | Zambia | 3.9kilograms per hectare |
| 143 | Somalia | 3.2kilograms per hectare |
| 144 | Liberia | 2.8kilograms per hectare |
| 145 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.7kilograms per hectare |
| 146 | Guinea | 1.3kilograms per hectare |
| 147 | Moldova, Republic of | 1.2kilograms per hectare |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.0kilograms per hectare |
| 149 | Tajikistan | 1.0kilograms per hectare |
| 150 | Cayman Islands | 0.7kilograms per hectare |
| 151 | Bolivia | 0.7kilograms per hectare |
| 152 | Russian Federation | 0.2kilograms per hectare |
| 153 | Cote d'Ivoire | -0.6kilograms per hectare |
| 154 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | -1.3kilograms per hectare |
| 155 | Ghana | -1.8kilograms per hectare |
| 156 | Angola | -2.3kilograms per hectare |
| 157 | United Republic of Tanzania | -2.5kilograms per hectare |
| 158 | Antigua and Barbuda | -2.6kilograms per hectare |
| 159 | Philippines | -3.1kilograms per hectare |
| 160 | Paraguay | -3.2kilograms per hectare |
| 161 | Bahamas | -3.4kilograms per hectare |
| 162 | Mongolia | -3.5kilograms per hectare |
| 163 | Montserrat | -3.5kilograms per hectare |
| 164 | Jamaica | -4.5kilograms per hectare |
| 165 | Cape Verde | -7.4kilograms per hectare |
| 166 | Mozambique | -8.7kilograms per hectare |
| 167 | Kazakhstan | -10.1kilograms per hectare |
| 168 | Guadeloupe | -10.5kilograms per hectare |
| 169 | Hong Kong | -11.8kilograms per hectare |
| 170 | Martinique | -12.7kilograms per hectare |
| 171 | Malaysia | -12.9kilograms per hectare |
| 172 | Kyrgyzstan | -17.1kilograms per hectare |
| 173 | Mauritius | -17.3kilograms per hectare |
| 174 | Reunion | -18.0kilograms per hectare |
| 175 | Barbados | -18.3kilograms per hectare |
| 176 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -19.0kilograms per hectare |
| 177 | Malta | -22.3kilograms per hectare |
| 178 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -22.5kilograms per hectare |
| 179 | Grenada | -24.4kilograms per hectare |
| 180 | Dominica | -24.8kilograms per hectare |
| 181 | Macao | -29.9kilograms per hectare |
| 182 | Saint Lucia | -30.2kilograms per hectare |
| 183 | Sao Tome and Principe | -30.9kilograms per hectare |
| 184 | Papua New Guinea | -33.2kilograms per hectare |
| 185 | Comoros | -39.7kilograms per hectare |
| 186 | Fiji | -56.1kilograms per hectare |
| 187 | New Caledonia | -63.7kilograms per hectare |
| 188 | Vanuatu | -134.4kilograms per hectare |
| 189 | Solomon Islands | -169.5kilograms per hectare |
| 190 | Northern Mariana Islands | -210.0kilograms per hectare |
| 191 | Guam | -210.0kilograms per hectare |
Showing 191 of 191 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2009).
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