Costa Rica vs Southern Europe: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland nitrogen per unit area
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland nitrogen per unit area over time
- Costa Rica
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 142.16 kg/ha against 54.65 kg/ha in Southern Europe, a difference of 87.51 kg/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 2.6 times Southern Europe's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Europe ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 15th and Southern Europe ranks 15th 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 | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37.27 kg/ha | 24.91 kg/ha | 12.36 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 68.29 kg/ha | 47.12 kg/ha | 21.17 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 99.73 kg/ha | 63.09 kg/ha | 36.64 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 150.56 kg/ha | 59.64 kg/ha | 90.93 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 125.66 kg/ha | 60.41 kg/ha | 65.24 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 161.5 kg/ha | 60.03 kg/ha | 101.47 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 151.92 kg/ha | 56.2 kg/ha | 95.72 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland nitrogen per unit area, Costa Rica or Southern Europe?
- Costa Rica, at 142.16 kg/ha against 54.65 kg/ha in Southern Europe as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland nitrogen per unit area between Costa Rica and Southern Europe?
- 87.51 kg/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Southern Europe?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Southern Europe rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland nitrogen per unit area?
- Costa Rica ranks 15th and Southern Europe ranks 15th 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 (%).