Soil nutrient budget. Global, regional and country trends 1961–2018
05/05/2021
FAO released for the first time soil nutrient budget data for 205 countries over the 1961–2018 period. The data help quantify soil nutrient surpluses (leading to environmental risks) or deficits (which limit crop yield).
The FAOSTAT domain “Soil nutrient budget” disseminates nutrient flows in a given country and year. The soil nutrient budget can give an indication of nutrient use efficiency, as it can help quantify excess nitrogen leading to environmental risks, for instance, GHG emissions or pollution from volatilization and leaching/runoff. It can also signal soil nutrient deficits that limit crop production.
The latest FAOSTAT analytical brief focuses on the nutrient nitrogen. Nutrient budgets are presented both as total nutrient flows and per area of cropland. Global and regional trends are analyzed along with highlights of the most important contributors to the overall budget and how these main contributors have changed over time. Lastly, the top 10 countries for the soil nutrient budget per unit area and bottom 10 countries for the soil nutrient budget total are presented.
Download the FAOSTAT Analytical Brief
Useful links:
FAOSTAT Soil nutrient budget domain
FAOSTAT Chemical and mineral fertilizers domain
FAOSTAT Livestock manure domain
FAOSTAT Fertilizers indicators
EUROSTAT agri-environmental indicators and dataset
EUROSTAT gross nutrient balances
OECD agriculture and the environment and dataset
To know more:
Quantification of global and national nitrogen budgets for crop production
