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Phosphorus Surplus

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.

country rank Score 10y ∆
Algeria 1 100.0 14.7
Argentina 1 100.0 0.0
Armenia 1 100.0 0.0
Azerbaijan 1 100.0 0.0
Benin 1 100.0 0.0
Burkina Faso 1 100.0 0.0
Cambodia 1 100.0 20.9
Cameroon 1 100.0 0.0
Chad 1 100.0 0.0
Comoros 1 100.0 0.0
Cote d'Ivoire 1 100.0 0.0
Dem. Rep. Congo 1 100.0 0.0
Equatorial Guinea 1 100.0 0.0
Eritrea 1 100.0 4.6
Eswatini 1 100.0 0.0
Ghana 1 100.0 0.0
Greece 1 100.0 0.0
Guinea 1 100.0 0.0
Guyana 1 100.0 34.0
Kiribati 1 100.0 0.0
Madagascar 1 100.0 0.0
Mali 1 100.0 0.0
Micronesia 1 100.0 48.9
Mozambique 1 100.0 0.0
Niger 1 100.0 0.0
Nigeria 1 100.0 0.0
Papua New Guinea 1 100.0 0.0
Paraguay 1 100.0 41.9
Republic of Congo 1 100.0 0.0
Sierra Leone 1 100.0 0.0
Slovakia 1 100.0 23.4
Solomon Islands 1 100.0 0.0
Sri Lanka 1 100.0 39.2
Sudan 1 100.0 0.0
Suriname 1 100.0 45.6
Tanzania 1 100.0 0.0
Uganda 1 100.0 0.0
Ukraine 1 100.0 0.0
Vanuatu 1 100.0 0.0
Togo 40 99.5 -0.5
Bolivia 41 98.6 15.1
Angola 42 97.5 16.2
Afghanistan 43 97.2 -2.8
Gambia 44 96.6 -3.4
Kazakhstan 45 95.1 -4.9
Hungary 46 89.7 -4.9
Jordan 47 88.4 29.3
Ethiopia 48 87.2 -3.0
Senegal 49 86.6 -4.1
Philippines 50 86.1 -13.9
Iran 51 83.7 28.7
Russia 52 82.5 8.6
United States of America 53 80.7 19.4
Lithuania 54 78.5 12.5
Lesotho 55 73.9 9.4
Czech Republic 56 73.5 -22.6
Maldives 57 73.4 21.3
Egypt 58 73.0 1.4
Burundi 59 72.1 -27.9
Nepal 60 71.7 -20.7
Morocco 61 71.3 22.2
Cuba 62 71.2 7.8
Liberia 63 70.6 -15.7
Namibia 64 69.9 0.2
Dominican Republic 65 68.8 18.7
Central African Republic 66 67.9 -0.5
Bhutan 67 67.5 -32.5
Guinea-Bissau 67 67.5 -6.9
Moldova 69 66.1 -33.9
Tunisia 70 63.7 1.9
Myanmar 71 62.6 -37.4
Mauritania 72 62.4 -3.9
Rwanda 73 61.7 -38.3
Thailand 74 60.7 4.7
Canada 75 60.0 -12.2
Kyrgyzstan 76 59.9 -2.2
Zambia 77 58.2 -15.7
France 78 57.4 -0.7
Sao Tome and Principe 78 57.4 -40.6
Bulgaria 80 57.1 -21.1
Zimbabwe 81 57.0 -7.2
Botswana 82 56.8 -0.9
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 83 56.5 -5.5
Malawi 84 56.3 -43.7
Croatia 85 56.2 15.5
Grenada 86 55.8 -2.9
Dominica 87 55.6 2.7
Gabon 87 55.6 -21.8
South Africa 89 55.0 -4.5
Estonia 90 54.7 3.2
Sweden 91 54.6 -2.8
Samoa 92 54.2 -45.8
Tonga 93 53.9 -19.8
El Salvador 94 53.3 6.0
Haiti 95 52.9 11.4
Lebanon 96 52.7 21.5
Latvia 97 52.3 0.2
Turkiye 98 52.1 -9.0
Iraq 99 52.0 -11.4
Tajikistan 100 51.9 -17.7
Australia 101 51.8 -4.0
Georgia 102 51.7 -7.3
Israel 103 51.6 5.0
Germany 104 51.3 4.3
Romania 104 51.3 -5.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 106 51.2 5.8
New Zealand 107 50.9 -2.1
North Macedonia 108 50.6 4.6
Cabo Verde 109 50.5 2.3
Finland 110 50.4 -1.5
Mexico 111 50.1 -11.2
Indonesia 112 49.3 -14.3
Oman 112 49.3 -1.2
United Kingdom 114 48.6 0.0
Nicaragua 115 48.3 -6.0
Serbia 116 47.7 -1.8
Peru 117 46.8 -3.9
Timor-Leste 118 45.9 -6.7
Mauritius 119 45.6 2.1
Laos 120 45.5 -12.4
Malaysia 121 45.0 1.8
Kenya 122 44.9 -6.8
Guatemala 123 44.3 2.0
Belarus 124 44.2 10.3
Fiji 124 44.2 -4.8
Norway 126 43.7 -0.2
Turkmenistan 127 43.5 -17.9
Poland 128 43.1 2.4
Italy 129 43.0 -3.5
Jamaica 130 42.5 0.1
Venezuela 130 42.5 6.1
Djibouti 132 42.4 16.3
Saudi Arabia 133 41.3 2.5
Panama 134 41.2 -3.1
Denmark 135 41.0 -3.5
Austria 136 40.9 1.6
Honduras 137 40.5 -3.7
Ecuador 138 40.3 -3.4
Antigua and Barbuda 139 39.8 -1.3
India 140 39.4 -0.7
Saint Lucia 141 39.3 -3.2
Spain 142 38.5 -2.4
Seychelles 143 38.0 -0.5
Albania 144 36.2 1.2
Portugal 145 35.6 0.5
Uzbekistan 145 35.6 -5.4
Bahrain 147 35.5 -5.4
Pakistan 148 35.3 -8.7
Luxembourg 149 35.1 -0.2
Slovenia 150 34.6 2.1
Costa Rica 151 33.0 1.1
Uruguay 152 32.5 -1.3
Viet Nam 153 31.9 1.4
Bahamas 154 30.8 -0.3
Qatar 154 30.8 -5.0
Brazil 156 30.2 -1.9
China 157 30.1 5.8
Bangladesh 158 29.7 -11.0
Chile 159 29.5 -0.6
Belgium 160 29.3 1.6
United Arab Emirates 161 29.2 -0.8
Iceland 162 28.9 2.5
Colombia 163 28.8 4.2
Mongolia 164 28.2 -6.9
Cyprus 165 27.7 -0.9
Switzerland 166 27.5 0.3
Japan 167 25.1 1.0
Ireland 168 23.5 -5.0
Belize 169 23.4 -9.6
Malta 170 21.6 -4.5
South Korea 171 21.1 -2.3
Trinidad and Tobago 172 20.7 -1.9
Barbados 173 20.3 -3.2
Netherlands 174 17.8 0.8
Taiwan 175 16.2 1.9
Montenegro 176 12.7 1.1
Brunei Darussalam 177 10.7 -1.2
Kuwait 178 7.7 -9.3
Singapore 179 0.0 0.0
Marshall Islands