Belgium-Luxembourg vs China: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area

Belgium-Luxembourg
50.39 kg/ha
in 1999
China
35.3 kg/ha
in 2023
Belgium-Luxembourg rank
5th
China rank
8th

Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time

  • Belgium-Luxembourg
  • China
050100150196119922023

How they compare

Belgium-Luxembourg currently reports 50.39 kg/ha against 35.3 kg/ha in China, a difference of 15.09 kg/ha.

That makes Belgium-Luxembourg's figure about 1.4 times China's.

Across all 39 years both countries report, Belgium-Luxembourg has been ahead every year.

Belgium-Luxembourg ranks 5th and China ranks 8th of 186 countries.

Belgium-Luxembourg has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belgium-Luxembourg China Difference Ahead
1960s 132.36 kg/ha 2.03 kg/ha 130.33 kg/ha Belgium-Luxembourg
1970s 136.57 kg/ha 6.63 kg/ha 129.94 kg/ha Belgium-Luxembourg
1980s 118.76 kg/ha 14.1 kg/ha 104.66 kg/ha Belgium-Luxembourg
1990s 62.3 kg/ha 25.64 kg/ha 36.66 kg/ha Belgium-Luxembourg

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area, Belgium-Luxembourg or China?
Belgium-Luxembourg, at 50.39 kg/ha against 35.3 kg/ha in China as of 1999.
What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Belgium-Luxembourg and China?
15.09 kg/ha, with Belgium-Luxembourg ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium-Luxembourg and China?
39 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1999.
How do Belgium-Luxembourg and China rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
Belgium-Luxembourg ranks 5th and China ranks 8th of 186 countries.
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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Indicator
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus 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, 13,497 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 (%).