Caribbean vs Melanesia: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time
- Caribbean
- Melanesia
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 1.15 kg/ha against 0.986 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 0.164 kg/ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 1.2 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 27th and Melanesia ranks 15th of 29 groups.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.91 kg/ha | 0.6426 kg/ha | 7.27 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 6.57 kg/ha | 1.37 kg/ha | 5.21 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 7.15 kg/ha | 2.64 kg/ha | 4.51 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 4.27 kg/ha | 2.27 kg/ha | 2.01 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 2.47 kg/ha | 1.12 kg/ha | 1.35 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 3.97 kg/ha | 0.9943 kg/ha | 2.97 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 1.61 kg/ha | 1.44 kg/ha | 0.1651 kg/ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area, Caribbean or Melanesia?
- Caribbean, at 1.15 kg/ha against 0.986 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Caribbean and Melanesia?
- 0.164 kg/ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Melanesia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Caribbean and Melanesia rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Caribbean ranks 27th and Melanesia ranks 15th of 29 groups.
- 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 (%).