India vs Middle Africa: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area

India
21.52 kg/ha
in 2023
Middle Africa
0.3862 kg/ha
in 2023
India rank
15th
Middle Africa rank
16th

Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time

  • India
  • Middle Africa
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How they compare

India currently reports 21.52 kg/ha against 0.3862 kg/ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 21.13 kg/ha.

That makes India's figure about 55.7 times Middle Africa's.

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

India ranks 15th and Middle Africa ranks 16th of 186 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade India Middle Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 0.5478 kg/ha 0.0674 kg/ha 0.4804 kg/ha India
1970s 1.73 kg/ha 0.241 kg/ha 1.49 kg/ha India
1980s 4.75 kg/ha 0.3053 kg/ha 4.44 kg/ha India
1990s 8.61 kg/ha 0.2306 kg/ha 8.38 kg/ha India
2000s 13.16 kg/ha 0.2515 kg/ha 12.91 kg/ha India
2010s 17.98 kg/ha 0.3507 kg/ha 17.63 kg/ha India
2020s 21.41 kg/ha 0.3993 kg/ha 21.01 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 Middle Africa?
India, at 21.52 kg/ha against 0.3862 kg/ha in Middle Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area between India and Middle Africa?
21.13 kg/ha, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Middle Africa?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do India and Middle Africa rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
India ranks 15th and Middle Africa ranks 16th 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 (%).