Asia vs Brazil: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time
- Asia
- Brazil
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 37.29 kg/ha against 19.02 kg/ha in Asia, a difference of 18.27 kg/ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 2.0 times Asia's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Brazil ahead.
Asia ranks 2nd and Brazil ranks 7th of 18 regions.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.99 kg/ha | 2.14 kg/ha | 0.1561 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 1970s | 4.6 kg/ha | 10.15 kg/ha | 5.56 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 1980s | 8.77 kg/ha | 10.5 kg/ha | 1.73 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 12.44 kg/ha | 13.66 kg/ha | 1.21 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 15.6 kg/ha | 23.07 kg/ha | 7.46 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 19.71 kg/ha | 31.66 kg/ha | 11.96 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 19.24 kg/ha | 41.98 kg/ha | 22.74 kg/ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area, Asia or Brazil?
- Brazil, at 37.29 kg/ha against 19.02 kg/ha in Asia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Asia and Brazil?
- 18.27 kg/ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Brazil?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Asia and Brazil rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Asia ranks 2nd and Brazil ranks 7th of 18 regions.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus 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 (%).