Brazil vs China (People’s Republic of): Crop harvest removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area

Brazil
29.38 kg/ha
in 2023
China (People’s Republic of)
26.48 kg/ha
in 2023
Brazil rank
3rd
China (People’s Republic of) rank
6th

Crop harvest removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time

  • Brazil
  • China (People’s Republic of)
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How they compare

Brazil currently reports 29.38 kg/ha against 26.48 kg/ha in China (People’s Republic of), a difference of 2.9 kg/ha.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.1 times China (People’s Republic of)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China (People’s Republic of) ahead.

Brazil ranks 3rd and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 6th of 185 countries.

China (People’s Republic of) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil China (People’s Republic of) Difference Ahead
1960s 4.16 kg/ha 7.67 kg/ha 3.52 kg/ha China (People’s Republic of)
1970s 5.14 kg/ha 11.02 kg/ha 5.88 kg/ha China (People’s Republic of)
1980s 6.06 kg/ha 13.57 kg/ha 7.51 kg/ha China (People’s Republic of)
1990s 8.75 kg/ha 15.88 kg/ha 7.13 kg/ha China (People’s Republic of)
2000s 13.21 kg/ha 18.02 kg/ha 4.81 kg/ha China (People’s Republic of)
2010s 20 kg/ha 23.04 kg/ha 3.04 kg/ha China (People’s Republic of)
2020s 25.94 kg/ha 26.03 kg/ha 0.0911 kg/ha China (People’s Republic of)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher crop harvest removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area, Brazil or China (People’s Republic of)?
Brazil, at 29.38 kg/ha against 26.48 kg/ha in China (People’s Republic of) as of 2023.
What is the difference in crop harvest removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Brazil and China (People’s Republic of)?
2.9 kg/ha, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and China (People’s Republic of)?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Brazil and China (People’s Republic of) rank globally for crop harvest removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
Brazil ranks 3rd and China (People’s Republic of) ranks 6th of 185 countries.
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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Indicator
Crop harvest removal — Cropland phosphorus 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
233 places, 13,483 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 (%).