India vs Melanesia: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time
- India
- Melanesia
How they compare
India currently reports 21.52 kg/ha against 0.986 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 20.53 kg/ha.
That makes India's figure about 21.8 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Melanesia ahead.
India ranks 15th and Melanesia ranks 15th of 186 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 6 and Melanesia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5478 kg/ha | 0.6426 kg/ha | 0.0948 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 1.73 kg/ha | 1.37 kg/ha | 0.361 kg/ha | India |
| 1980s | 4.75 kg/ha | 2.64 kg/ha | 2.11 kg/ha | India |
| 1990s | 8.61 kg/ha | 2.27 kg/ha | 6.35 kg/ha | India |
| 2000s | 13.16 kg/ha | 1.12 kg/ha | 12.04 kg/ha | India |
| 2010s | 17.98 kg/ha | 0.9943 kg/ha | 16.98 kg/ha | India |
| 2020s | 21.41 kg/ha | 1.44 kg/ha | 19.97 kg/ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area, India or Melanesia?
- India, at 21.52 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 India and Melanesia?
- 20.53 kg/ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Melanesia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do India and Melanesia rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- India ranks 15th and Melanesia ranks 15th 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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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 (%).