Phosphorus surplus
This indicator measures the difference between phosphorus inputs (as fertilizer) and outputs (as harvested crops) as a proxy of excessive phosphorus fertilizer use that can contribute to the eutrophication of water bodies. A score of 100 indicates no surplus, while a score of 0 indicates worst performance. Data supporting this metric come from the FAOSTAT crop nutrient budget database.
EPI MeasurePhosphorus Surplus
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| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change | Regional Rank | Regional Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 64.36 |
| Algeria | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 56.65 |
| Argentina | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 53.43 |
| Benin | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 100.0 | 30.25 | 1 | 55.56 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Central African Rep. | 1 | 100.0 | 21.8 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Chad | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Comoros | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 100.0 | 51.13 | 1 | 53.43 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Gambia | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Ghana | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Guinea | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Guyana | 1 | 100.0 | 46.35 | 1 | 53.43 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 65.1 |
| Kiribati | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 55.56 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 100.0 | 37.59 | 1 | 57.82 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Mali | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Niger | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 55.56 |
| Republic of Congo | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Senegal | 1 | 100.0 | 7.91 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 100.0 | 24.33 | 1 | 57.82 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 55.56 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 100.0 | 32.69 | 1 | 64.36 |
| St. Vincent & the Gren. | 1 | 100.0 | 40.12 | 1 | 53.43 |
| Sudan | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 56.65 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Togo | 1 | 100.0 | 4.72 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Uganda | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 81.44 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 65.1 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 55.56 |
| Bolivia | 41 | 97.02 | 15.31 | 5 | 53.43 |
| Armenia | 42 | 93.91 | -6.09 | 3 | 65.1 |
| Angola | 43 | 92.67 | 11.45 | 24 | 81.44 |
| Czechia | 44 | 86.0 | -6.59 | 3 | 57.82 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 45 | 83.31 | 5.75 | 25 | 81.44 |
| United States | 46 | 82.59 | 22.01 | 1 | 45.91 |
| Paraguay | 47 | 80.88 | 28.21 | 6 | 53.43 |
| Ethiopia | 48 | 80.49 | -10.39 | 26 | 81.44 |
| Hungary | 49 | 79.75 | -12.58 | 4 | 57.82 |
| Iran | 50 | 79.73 | 27.14 | 3 | 56.65 |
| Russia | 51 | 79.52 | 10.49 | 4 | 65.1 |
| Liberia | 52 | 79.31 | -10.49 | 27 | 81.44 |
| Palau | 53 | 77.84 | 0.0 | 6 | 55.56 |
| Eswatini | 54 | 77.8 | -22.2 | 28 | 81.44 |
| Jordan | 55 | 75.34 | 21.0 | 4 | 56.65 |
| Nepal | 56 | 74.89 | -25.11 | 3 | 64.36 |
| Myanmar | 57 | 73.96 | -26.04 | 7 | 55.56 |
| Maldives | 58 | 71.91 | 19.82 | 4 | 64.36 |
| Lesotho | 59 | 71.46 | -3.24 | 29 | 81.44 |
| Timor-Leste | 60 | 70.86 | 0.0 | 8 | 55.56 |
| Oman | 61 | 70.29 | 17.22 | 5 | 56.65 |
| Namibia | 62 | 70.21 | -0.54 | 30 | 81.44 |
| Philippines | 63 | 69.68 | -30.32 | 9 | 55.56 |
| Suriname | 64 | 69.21 | 16.36 | 7 | 53.43 |
| Mauritania | 65 | 68.86 | 4.41 | 31 | 81.44 |
| Moldova | 66 | 68.77 | -22.62 | 5 | 65.1 |
| Bulgaria | 67 | 66.16 | -11.3 | 5 | 57.82 |
| Bhutan | 68 | 65.73 | -34.27 | 5 | 64.36 |
| Germany | 69 | 64.58 | 15.78 | 2 | 45.91 |
| Rwanda | 70 | 64.25 | -35.75 | 32 | 81.44 |
| Samoa | 71 | 63.54 | -36.46 | 10 | 55.56 |
| France | 72 | 63.17 | 2.47 | 3 | 45.91 |
| Saint Kitts & Nevis | 73 | 63.05 | 15.66 | 8 | 53.43 |
| Morocco | 74 | 62.11 | 9.67 | 6 | 56.65 |
| Croatia | 75 | 61.92 | 20.25 | 6 | 57.82 |
| Estonia | 76 | 61.75 | 10.37 | 7 | 57.82 |
| Greece | 77 | 60.69 | -39.31 | 8 | 57.82 |
| Azerbaijan | 78 | 60.5 | -39.5 | 6 | 65.1 |
| Dominica | 79 | 60.38 | 5.9 | 9 | 53.43 |
| Canada | 80 | 59.84 | -18.23 | 4 | 45.91 |
| Tunisia | 81 | 58.7 | -4.86 | 7 | 56.65 |
| Latvia | 82 | 58.5 | 6.17 | 9 | 57.82 |
| Sweden | 83 | 57.67 | 0.43 | 5 | 45.91 |
| São Tomé & Príncipe | 84 | 57.64 | -42.36 | 33 | 81.44 |
| Gabon | 85 | 57.26 | -25.69 | 34 | 81.44 |
| Malawi | 86 | 57.12 | -42.88 | 35 | 81.44 |
| Botswana | 87 | 57.06 | -3.9 | 36 | 81.44 |
| Lebanon | 88 | 56.92 | 26.02 | 8 | 56.65 |
| Israel | 89 | 56.9 | 13.03 | 9 | 56.65 |
| Indonesia | 90 | 56.69 | -9.29 | 11 | 55.56 |
| New Zealand | 91 | 56.12 | 1.37 | 6 | 45.91 |
| Tonga | 92 | 56.1 | -43.9 | 12 | 55.56 |
| Iraq | 93 | 55.73 | -0.71 | 10 | 56.65 |
| Thailand | 94 | 55.72 | -4.09 | 13 | 55.56 |
| United Kingdom | 95 | 55.34 | 5.77 | 7 | 45.91 |
| Grenada | 96 | 55.04 | 2.44 | 10 | 53.43 |
| North Macedonia | 97 | 55.02 | 8.83 | 10 | 57.82 |
| Australia | 98 | 54.74 | -2.62 | 8 | 45.91 |
| Burundi | 99 | 54.6 | -45.4 | 37 | 81.44 |
| El Salvador | 100 | 54.42 | 7.11 | 11 | 53.43 |
| Zambia | 101 | 54.38 | -27.34 | 38 | 81.44 |
| Türkiye | 102 | 54.12 | -5.36 | 11 | 57.82 |
| Haiti | 103 | 53.65 | 6.96 | 12 | 53.43 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 104 | 53.58 | -11.5 | 7 | 65.1 |
| Mauritius | 105 | 52.75 | 7.16 | 39 | 81.44 |
| South Africa | 106 | 52.6 | -8.71 | 40 | 81.44 |
| Finland | 107 | 52.17 | 1.17 | 9 | 45.91 |
| Mexico | 108 | 52.1 | -9.8 | 13 | 53.43 |
| Zimbabwe | 109 | 52.02 | -12.09 | 41 | 81.44 |
| Georgia | 110 | 51.37 | -14.26 | 8 | 65.1 |
| Tajikistan | 111 | 51.22 | -23.58 | 9 | 65.1 |
| Egypt | 112 | 50.93 | -22.33 | 11 | 56.65 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 113 | 50.75 | 4.1 | 12 | 57.82 |
| Cabo Verde | 114 | 50.15 | 2.46 | 42 | 81.44 |
| Kenya | 115 | 49.98 | -3.56 | 43 | 81.44 |
| Nicaragua | 116 | 49.97 | -6.27 | 14 | 53.43 |
| Italy | 117 | 49.9 | 2.43 | 10 | 45.91 |
| Romania | 118 | 49.04 | -6.08 | 13 | 57.82 |
| Serbia | 119 | 48.79 | 0.66 | 14 | 57.82 |
| Malaysia | 120 | 48.72 | 4.18 | 14 | 55.56 |
| Peru | 120 | 48.72 | -0.28 | 15 | 53.43 |
| Poland | 122 | 47.39 | 7.36 | 15 | 57.82 |
| Fiji | 123 | 46.91 | -9.87 | 15 | 55.56 |
| Guatemala | 124 | 46.77 | 2.81 | 16 | 53.43 |
| Djibouti | 125 | 46.68 | 21.09 | 44 | 81.44 |
| Austria | 126 | 46.33 | 5.7 | 11 | 45.91 |
| Norway | 127 | 44.81 | 0.58 | 12 | 45.91 |
| Laos | 128 | 44.32 | -13.33 | 16 | 55.56 |
| Denmark | 129 | 43.9 | -2.0 | 13 | 45.91 |
| Turkmenistan | 130 | 43.66 | -18.54 | 10 | 65.1 |
| Jamaica | 131 | 43.41 | -0.62 | 17 | 53.43 |
| Ecuador | 132 | 43.33 | -1.47 | 18 | 53.43 |
| Panama | 133 | 43.29 | -3.37 | 19 | 53.43 |
| Saudi Arabia | 134 | 43.11 | 1.87 | 12 | 56.65 |
| Belarus | 135 | 42.26 | 9.36 | 11 | 65.1 |
| Antigua & Barbuda | 136 | 41.7 | 0.68 | 20 | 53.43 |
| Saint Lucia | 137 | 41.68 | -2.53 | 21 | 53.43 |
| Honduras | 138 | 41.46 | -5.29 | 22 | 53.43 |
| Albania | 139 | 40.69 | 4.65 | 16 | 57.82 |
| Spain | 140 | 40.14 | -1.5 | 14 | 45.91 |
| Portugal | 141 | 39.34 | 3.17 | 15 | 45.91 |
| India | 142 | 38.89 | -0.28 | 6 | 64.36 |
| Pakistan | 143 | 37.15 | -6.72 | 7 | 64.36 |
| Luxembourg | 144 | 37.07 | 0.71 | 16 | 45.91 |
| Uzbekistan | 145 | 36.41 | -5.53 | 12 | 65.1 |
| Bahrain | 146 | 36.14 | -7.32 | 13 | 56.65 |
| Uruguay | 147 | 35.04 | 0.36 | 23 | 53.43 |
| Costa Rica | 148 | 34.97 | 2.04 | 24 | 53.43 |
| Slovenia | 149 | 34.46 | 1.76 | 17 | 57.82 |
| Chile | 150 | 34.41 | 1.22 | 25 | 53.43 |
| Seychelles | 151 | 34.37 | -7.25 | 45 | 81.44 |
| Bahamas | 152 | 33.57 | 2.78 | 26 | 53.43 |
| China | 153 | 32.27 | 7.45 | 17 | 55.56 |
| United Arab Emirates | 154 | 31.48 | 0.24 | 14 | 56.65 |
| Iceland | 155 | 30.73 | 2.11 | 17 | 45.91 |
| Brazil | 156 | 30.71 | -3.19 | 27 | 53.43 |
| Belize | 157 | 30.7 | -7.37 | 28 | 53.43 |
| Viet Nam | 158 | 30.26 | 0.36 | 18 | 55.56 |
| Colombia | 159 | 30.2 | 4.64 | 29 | 53.43 |
| Ireland | 160 | 30.06 | 0.47 | 18 | 45.91 |
| Belgium | 161 | 29.85 | 1.87 | 19 | 45.91 |
| Cyprus | 162 | 29.42 | 0.14 | 18 | 57.82 |
| Switzerland | 163 | 28.3 | 0.4 | 20 | 45.91 |
| Japan | 164 | 27.25 | 2.2 | 19 | 55.56 |
| Bangladesh | 165 | 26.27 | -18.4 | 8 | 64.36 |
| Mongolia | 166 | 26.09 | -9.94 | 20 | 55.56 |
| South Korea | 167 | 25.35 | -0.23 | 21 | 55.56 |
| Malta | 168 | 24.3 | -1.81 | 21 | 45.91 |
| Qatar | 169 | 21.43 | -17.23 | 15 | 56.65 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 170 | 20.56 | -2.95 | 30 | 53.43 |
| Barbados | 171 | 20.21 | -3.94 | 31 | 53.43 |
| Netherlands | 172 | 18.96 | 1.24 | 22 | 45.91 |
| Taiwan | 173 | 17.29 | 2.38 | 22 | 55.56 |
| Montenegro | 174 | 14.16 | 1.95 | 19 | 57.82 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 175 | 10.7 | -2.39 | 23 | 55.56 |
| Kuwait | 176 | 7.6 | -10.63 | 16 | 56.65 |
| Singapore | 177 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 24 | 55.56 |
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