Costa Rica vs Portugal: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland nitrogen

Costa Rica
77,382 t
in 2023
Portugal
71,744 t
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
76th
Portugal rank
79th

Mineral fertilizers — Cropland nitrogen over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Portugal
050.0k100.0k150.0k196119922023

How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 77,382 t against 71,744 t in Portugal, a difference of 5,638 t.

That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 76th and Portugal ranks 79th of 186 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Portugal in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Portugal Difference Ahead
1960s 18,124 t 89,162 t 71,038 t Portugal
1970s 33,839 t 130,088 t 96,249 t Portugal
1980s 51,564 t 140,365 t 88,801 t Portugal
1990s 75,600 t 130,420 t 54,820 t Portugal
2000s 62,727 t 93,101 t 30,374 t Portugal
2010s 87,277 t 90,761 t 3,484 t Portugal
2020s 82,698 t 72,058 t 10,640 t Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland nitrogen, Costa Rica or Portugal?
Costa Rica, at 77,382 t against 71,744 t in Portugal as of 2023.
What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland nitrogen between Costa Rica and Portugal?
5,638 t, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Portugal?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Portugal rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland nitrogen?
Costa Rica ranks 76th and Portugal ranks 79th of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Mineral fertilizers — Cropland nitrogen. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mineral fertilizers — 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
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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 (%).