Africa vs India: Crop harvest removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area
Crop harvest removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time
- Africa
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 13.79 kg/ha against 5.14 kg/ha in Africa, a difference of 8.65 kg/ha.
That makes India's figure about 2.7 times Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 27th and India ranks 35th of 29 groups.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.16 kg/ha | 3.14 kg/ha | 0.9785 kg/ha | India |
| 1970s | 2.46 kg/ha | 3.94 kg/ha | 1.48 kg/ha | India |
| 1980s | 2.69 kg/ha | 5.01 kg/ha | 2.32 kg/ha | India |
| 1990s | 3.27 kg/ha | 6.91 kg/ha | 3.64 kg/ha | India |
| 2000s | 3.85 kg/ha | 8.21 kg/ha | 4.35 kg/ha | India |
| 2010s | 4.6 kg/ha | 11.19 kg/ha | 6.59 kg/ha | India |
| 2020s | 5.12 kg/ha | 13.18 kg/ha | 8.06 kg/ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher crop harvest removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area, Africa or India?
- India, at 13.79 kg/ha against 5.14 kg/ha in Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in crop harvest removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Africa and India?
- 8.65 kg/ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and India?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Africa and India rank globally for crop harvest removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Africa ranks 27th and India ranks 35th of 29 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Crop harvest removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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 (%).