Asia vs India: Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen

Asia
10.27 million t
in 2023
India
3.13 million t
in 2023
Asia rank
2nd
India rank
3rd

Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen over time

  • Asia
  • India
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M196119922023

How they compare

Asia currently reports 10.27 million t against 3.13 million t in India, a difference of 7.14 million t.

That makes Asia's figure about 3.3 times India's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.

Asia ranks 2nd and India ranks 3rd of 32 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Asia India Difference Ahead
1960s 3.13 million t 763,782 t 2.37 million t Asia
1970s 3.94 million t 962,570 t 2.97 million t Asia
1980s 5.24 million t 1.26 million t 3.98 million t Asia
1990s 6.31 million t 1.69 million t 4.62 million t Asia
2000s 7.07 million t 1.93 million t 5.15 million t Asia
2010s 8.53 million t 2.46 million t 6.07 million t Asia
2020s 9.88 million t 2.99 million t 6.89 million t Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher crop residue removal — cropland nitrogen, Asia or India?
Asia, at 10.27 million t against 3.13 million t in India as of 2023.
What is the difference in crop residue removal — cropland nitrogen between Asia and India?
7.14 million t, with Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and India?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Asia and India rank globally for crop residue removal — cropland nitrogen?
Asia ranks 2nd and India ranks 3rd of 32 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Crop residue removal — Cropland nitrogen
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,500 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 (%).