Melanesia vs Polynesia: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time
- Melanesia
- Polynesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 0.986 kg/ha against 0.3051 kg/ha in Polynesia, a difference of 0.6809 kg/ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 3.2 times Polynesia's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Polynesia ahead.
Melanesia ranks 15th and Polynesia ranks 17th of 18 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Melanesia averaged higher in 6 and Polynesia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6426 kg/ha | 0.3281 kg/ha | 0.3145 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 1.37 kg/ha | 0.4553 kg/ha | 0.9107 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 2.64 kg/ha | 1.31 kg/ha | 1.32 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 2.27 kg/ha | 1.74 kg/ha | 0.5258 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 1.12 kg/ha | 1.29 kg/ha | 0.1649 kg/ha | Polynesia |
| 2010s | 0.9943 kg/ha | 0.9682 kg/ha | 0.0261 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 1.44 kg/ha | 0.7543 kg/ha | 0.6863 kg/ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area, Melanesia or Polynesia?
- Melanesia, at 0.986 kg/ha against 0.3051 kg/ha in Polynesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Melanesia and Polynesia?
- 0.6809 kg/ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Polynesia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Melanesia and Polynesia rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Melanesia ranks 15th and Polynesia ranks 17th of 18 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 (%).