Costa Rica vs Peru: Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area

Costa Rica
4.63 kg/ha
in 2023
Peru
4.76 kg/ha
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
103rd
Peru rank
101st

Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Peru
2468196119922023

How they compare

Peru currently reports 4.76 kg/ha against 4.63 kg/ha in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.13 kg/ha.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 103rd and Peru ranks 101st of 176 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Peru Difference Ahead
1960s 6.41 kg/ha 4.54 kg/ha 1.87 kg/ha Costa Rica
1970s 6.88 kg/ha 3.53 kg/ha 3.35 kg/ha Costa Rica
1980s 8.01 kg/ha 3.41 kg/ha 4.6 kg/ha Costa Rica
1990s 7.68 kg/ha 3.1 kg/ha 4.58 kg/ha Costa Rica
2000s 6.62 kg/ha 4.58 kg/ha 2.04 kg/ha Costa Rica
2010s 6.61 kg/ha 5.19 kg/ha 1.42 kg/ha Costa Rica
2020s 5.1 kg/ha 4.66 kg/ha 0.4398 kg/ha Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher biological fixation — cropland nitrogen per unit area, Costa Rica or Peru?
Peru, at 4.76 kg/ha against 4.63 kg/ha in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in biological fixation — cropland nitrogen per unit area between Costa Rica and Peru?
0.13 kg/ha, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Peru?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Peru rank globally for biological fixation — cropland nitrogen per unit area?
Costa Rica ranks 103rd and Peru ranks 101st of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen per unit area
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
223 places, 12,870 data points, 1961–2023
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The Cropland Nutrient balance domain contains information on the flows of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium from mineral fertilizer, manure applied, atmospheric deposition, crop removal, and biological fixation over cropland and per unit area of cropland. The flows are aggregated to total inputs and total outputs, from which the overall nutrient balance and nutrient use efficiency on cropland are calculated. Statistics are disseminated in units of tonnes and in kg/ha, as appropriate. Nutrient use efficiency is expressed as a fraction (%).