Environment in South America 927 indicators covering environment for South America. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Major livestock types — Share in total livestock 100 %LSU 2023 unchanged 1st Major livestock types — Stocks 337.47 million LSU 2023 up 11.4% 4th Swine / pigs — Livestock units per agricultural land area 0.04 LSU/ha 2023 up 33.3% 21st Swine / pigs — Share in total livestock 5.52 %LSU 2023 up 7.4% 26th Swine / pigs — Stocks 18.64 million LSU 2023 up 19.7% 5th Value Added (Total Manufacturing) — Ratio of Value Added 2.09 2023 down 8.9% 15th Mineral fertilizers — Cropland nitrogen 8.28 million t 2023 up 38.6% 6th Mineral fertilizers — Cropland nitrogen per unit area 60.62 kg/ha 2023 up 33.2% 7th Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus 2.93 million t 2023 up 7.7% 4th Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area 21.48 kg/ha 2023 up 3.5% 3rd Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium 7.55 million t 2023 up 51.6% 3rd Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area 55.27 kg/ha 2023 up 45.7% 2nd Manure applied — Cropland nitrogen 2.62 million t 2023 down 1.8% 5th Manure applied — Cropland nitrogen per unit area 19.19 kg/ha 2023 down 5.7% 17th Manure applied — Cropland phosphorus 611,879 t 2023 up 1.4% 5th Manure applied — Cropland phosphorus per unit area 4.48 kg/ha 2023 down 2.6% 17th Manure applied — Cropland potassium 2.31 million t 2023 down 13.0% 5th Manure applied — Cropland potassium per unit area 16.92 kg/ha 2023 down 16.4% 15th Atmospheric deposition — Cropland nitrogen 921,800 t 2023 up 7.8% 8th Atmospheric deposition — Cropland nitrogen per unit area 6.75 kg/ha 2023 up 3.6% 11th Crop harvest removal — Cropland nitrogen 19.09 million t 2023 up 25.4% 2nd Crop harvest removal — Cropland nitrogen per unit area 139.81 kg/ha 2023 up 20.5% 2nd Crop harvest removal — Cropland phosphorus 2.58 million t 2023 up 28.6% 5th Crop harvest removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area 18.88 kg/ha 2023 up 23.5% 3rd Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium 7.06 million t 2023 up 21.7% 4th Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium per unit area 51.71 kg/ha 2023 up 16.9% 5th Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen 730,348 t 2023 up 72.7% 11th Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen per unit area 5.35 kg/ha 2023 up 66.0% 30th Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus 113,305 t 2023 up 69.2% 12th Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area 0.8297 kg/ha 2023 up 62.6% 30th Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium 1.27 million t 2023 up 60.2% 12th Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area 9.27 kg/ha 2023 up 53.9% 30th Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen 15.47 million t 2023 up 30.5% 1st Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area 113.29 kg/ha 2023 up 25.4% 1st Seed — Cropland nitrogen 279,561 t 2023 up 16.0% 7th Seed — Cropland nitrogen per unit area 2.05 kg/ha 2023 up 11.5% 11th Seed — Cropland phosphorus 35,213 t 2023 up 13.2% 9th Seed — Cropland phosphorus per unit area 0.2579 kg/ha 2023 up 8.8% 17th Seed — Cropland potassium 86,787 t 2023 up 14.7% 8th Seed — Cropland potassium per unit area 0.6355 kg/ha 2023 up 10.3% 14th Leaching — Cropland nitrogen 1.37 million t 2023 up 19.9% 5th Leaching — Cropland nitrogen per unit area 10.01 kg/ha 2023 up 15.2% 11th Volatilisation — Cropland nitrogen 3.32 million t 2023 up 26.6% 5th Volatilisation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area 24.28 kg/ha 2023 up 21.6% 12th Input — Cropland nitrogen 27.57 million t 2023 up 27.7% 4th Input — Cropland nitrogen per unit area 201.89 kg/ha 2023 up 22.7% 4th Input — Cropland phosphorus 3.58 million t 2023 up 6.6% 4th Input — Cropland phosphorus per unit area 26.22 kg/ha 2023 up 2.4% 5th Input — Cropland potassium 9.95 million t 2023 up 29.0% 3rd Input — Cropland potassium per unit area 72.83 kg/ha 2023 up 23.9% 3rd Outputs — Cropland nitrogen 19.09 million t 2023 up 25.4% 2nd Outputs — Cropland nitrogen per unit area 139.81 kg/ha 2023 up 20.5% 2nd Outputs — Cropland phosphorus 2.58 million t 2023 up 28.6% 5th Outputs — Cropland phosphorus per unit area 18.88 kg/ha 2023 up 23.5% 3rd Outputs — Cropland potassium 7.06 million t 2023 up 21.7% 4th Outputs — Cropland potassium per unit area 51.71 kg/ha 2023 up 16.9% 5th Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen 8.48 million t 2023 up 33.2% 5th Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area 62.08 kg/ha 2023 up 28.0% 6th Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus 1.00 million t 2023 down 26.0% 4th Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area 7.34 kg/ha 2023 down 28.9% 7th ← Previous Page 6 of 16 Next →