Costa Rica vs South America: Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium per unit area
Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium per unit area over time
- Costa Rica
- South America
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 93.61 kg/ha against 51.71 kg/ha in South America, a difference of 41.9 kg/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.8 times South America's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 5th and South America ranks 3rd of 186 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21.85 kg/ha | 11.72 kg/ha | 10.13 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 36.46 kg/ha | 13.63 kg/ha | 22.83 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 40.85 kg/ha | 17.13 kg/ha | 23.72 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 69.98 kg/ha | 24.17 kg/ha | 45.81 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 77.7 kg/ha | 34.67 kg/ha | 43.04 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 95.17 kg/ha | 45.55 kg/ha | 49.62 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 93.92 kg/ha | 50.04 kg/ha | 43.88 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area, Costa Rica or South America?
- Costa Rica, at 93.61 kg/ha against 51.71 kg/ha in South America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area between Costa Rica and South America?
- 41.9 kg/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and South America?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and South America rank globally for crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Costa Rica ranks 5th and South America ranks 3rd of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium 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 (%).