Burkina Faso vs Ghana: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland nitrogen per unit area
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland nitrogen per unit area over time
- Burkina Faso
- Ghana
How they compare
Ghana currently reports 9.33 kg/ha against 7.78 kg/ha in Burkina Faso, a difference of 1.55 kg/ha.
That makes Ghana's figure about 1.2 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 142nd and Ghana ranks 140th of 186 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 2 and Ghana in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0974 kg/ha | 0.1231 kg/ha | 0.0257 kg/ha | Ghana |
| 1970s | 0.3998 kg/ha | 1.87 kg/ha | 1.47 kg/ha | Ghana |
| 1980s | 1.52 kg/ha | 1.95 kg/ha | 0.4297 kg/ha | Ghana |
| 1990s | 2.82 kg/ha | 1.35 kg/ha | 1.47 kg/ha | Burkina Faso |
| 2000s | 3.64 kg/ha | 2.41 kg/ha | 1.23 kg/ha | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 6.51 kg/ha | 7.75 kg/ha | 1.23 kg/ha | Ghana |
| 2020s | 6.55 kg/ha | 10 kg/ha | 3.45 kg/ha | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland nitrogen per unit area, Burkina Faso or Ghana?
- Ghana, at 9.33 kg/ha against 7.78 kg/ha in Burkina Faso as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland nitrogen per unit area between Burkina Faso and Ghana?
- 1.55 kg/ha, with Ghana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Ghana?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Burkina Faso and Ghana rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland nitrogen per unit area?
- Burkina Faso ranks 142nd and Ghana ranks 140th of 186 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Mineral fertilizers — 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 (%).