Caribbean vs Costa Rica: Leaching — Cropland nitrogen per unit area
Leaching — Cropland nitrogen per unit area over time
- Caribbean
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 31.58 kg/ha against 6.31 kg/ha in Caribbean, a difference of 25.27 kg/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 5.0 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 18th and Costa Rica ranks 21st of 29 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.15 kg/ha | 7.57 kg/ha | 0.4182 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 7.7 kg/ha | 12.26 kg/ha | 4.56 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 8.72 kg/ha | 16.09 kg/ha | 7.37 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 6.43 kg/ha | 23.83 kg/ha | 17.4 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 5.73 kg/ha | 25.3 kg/ha | 19.57 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 6.72 kg/ha | 30.43 kg/ha | 23.71 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 6.78 kg/ha | 30.02 kg/ha | 23.24 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher leaching — cropland nitrogen per unit area, Caribbean or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 31.58 kg/ha against 6.31 kg/ha in Caribbean as of 2023.
- What is the difference in leaching — cropland nitrogen per unit area between Caribbean and Costa Rica?
- 25.27 kg/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Costa Rica?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Caribbean and Costa Rica rank globally for leaching — cropland nitrogen per unit area?
- Caribbean ranks 18th and Costa Rica ranks 21st of 29 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Leaching — Cropland nitrogen 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 (%).