Brazil vs India: Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen

Brazil
12.10 million t
in 2023
India
5.80 million t
in 2023
Brazil rank
1st
India rank
2nd

Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen over time

  • Brazil
  • India
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How they compare

Brazil currently reports 12.10 million t against 5.80 million t in India, a difference of 6.30 million t.

That makes Brazil's figure about 2.1 times India's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.

Brazil ranks 1st and India ranks 2nd of 191 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 3 and India in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil India Difference Ahead
1960s 386,113 t 2.71 million t 2.33 million t India
1970s 1.20 million t 2.83 million t 1.63 million t India
1980s 2.13 million t 3.09 million t 959,402 t India
1990s 2.67 million t 3.75 million t 1.08 million t India
2000s 4.75 million t 3.97 million t 785,634 t Brazil
2010s 7.90 million t 4.88 million t 3.01 million t Brazil
2020s 10.82 million t 5.68 million t 5.14 million t Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher biological fixation — cropland nitrogen, Brazil or India?
Brazil, at 12.10 million t against 5.80 million t in India as of 2023.
What is the difference in biological fixation — cropland nitrogen between Brazil and India?
6.30 million t, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and India?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Brazil and India rank globally for biological fixation — cropland nitrogen?
Brazil ranks 1st and India ranks 2nd of 191 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Biological fixation — Cropland nitrogen
Unit
t
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
Last refreshed

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 (%).