Chile vs Western Africa: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland nitrogen per unit area

Chile
93.73 kg/ha
in 2023
Western Africa
6.33 kg/ha
in 2023
Chile rank
30th
Western Africa rank
27th

Mineral fertilizers — Cropland nitrogen per unit area over time

  • Chile
  • Western Africa
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How they compare

Chile currently reports 93.73 kg/ha against 6.33 kg/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 87.4 kg/ha.

That makes Chile's figure about 14.8 times Western Africa's.

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

Chile ranks 30th and Western Africa ranks 27th of 186 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Chile Western Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 6.39 kg/ha 0.2059 kg/ha 6.19 kg/ha Chile
1970s 9.03 kg/ha 1.03 kg/ha 8 kg/ha Chile
1980s 22.48 kg/ha 2.56 kg/ha 19.92 kg/ha Chile
1990s 64.91 kg/ha 3.2 kg/ha 61.71 kg/ha Chile
2000s 100.51 kg/ha 3.17 kg/ha 97.34 kg/ha Chile
2010s 94.76 kg/ha 5.78 kg/ha 88.98 kg/ha Chile
2020s 89.39 kg/ha 6.98 kg/ha 82.41 kg/ha Chile

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland nitrogen per unit area, Chile or Western Africa?
Chile, at 93.73 kg/ha against 6.33 kg/ha in Western Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland nitrogen per unit area between Chile and Western Africa?
87.4 kg/ha, with Chile ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Western Africa?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Chile and Western Africa rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland nitrogen per unit area?
Chile ranks 30th and Western Africa ranks 27th 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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Indicator
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland nitrogen 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, 13,500 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 (%).