Brazil vs World: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area

Brazil
37.29 kg/ha
in 2023
World
11.9 kg/ha
in 2023
Brazil rank
7th
World rank
2nd

Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time

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How they compare

Brazil currently reports 37.29 kg/ha against 11.9 kg/ha in World, a difference of 25.39 kg/ha.

That makes Brazil's figure about 3.1 times World's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was World ahead.

Brazil ranks 7th and World ranks 2nd of 185 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 6 and World in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil World Difference Ahead
1960s 2.14 kg/ha 4.6 kg/ha 2.45 kg/ha World
1970s 10.15 kg/ha 7.65 kg/ha 2.51 kg/ha Brazil
1980s 10.5 kg/ha 9.72 kg/ha 0.7797 kg/ha Brazil
1990s 13.66 kg/ha 9.03 kg/ha 4.62 kg/ha Brazil
2000s 23.07 kg/ha 10.01 kg/ha 13.06 kg/ha Brazil
2010s 31.66 kg/ha 12.1 kg/ha 19.57 kg/ha Brazil
2020s 41.98 kg/ha 12.32 kg/ha 29.66 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, Brazil or World?
Brazil, at 37.29 kg/ha against 11.9 kg/ha in World as of 2023.
What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Brazil and World?
25.39 kg/ha, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and World?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Brazil and World rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
Brazil ranks 7th and World ranks 2nd of 185 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 (%).