India vs Japan: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area

India
21.52 kg/ha
in 2023
Japan
23.84 kg/ha
in 2023
India rank
15th
Japan rank
13th

Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time

  • India
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 23.84 kg/ha against 21.52 kg/ha in India, a difference of 2.32 kg/ha.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times India's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

India ranks 15th and Japan ranks 13th of 186 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Japan Difference Ahead
1960s 0.5478 kg/ha 42.37 kg/ha 41.83 kg/ha Japan
1970s 1.73 kg/ha 56.41 kg/ha 54.69 kg/ha Japan
1980s 4.75 kg/ha 59.59 kg/ha 54.84 kg/ha Japan
1990s 8.61 kg/ha 55.8 kg/ha 47.19 kg/ha Japan
2000s 13.16 kg/ha 42.66 kg/ha 29.5 kg/ha Japan
2010s 17.98 kg/ha 34.47 kg/ha 16.49 kg/ha Japan
2020s 21.41 kg/ha 28.36 kg/ha 6.95 kg/ha Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area, India or Japan?
Japan, at 23.84 kg/ha against 21.52 kg/ha in India as of 2023.
What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area between India and Japan?
2.32 kg/ha, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Japan?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do India and Japan rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
India ranks 15th and Japan ranks 13th 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 (%).