Northern Europe vs Uruguay: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area

Northern Europe
5.59 kg/ha
in 2023
Uruguay
20.58 kg/ha
in 2023
Northern Europe rank
15th
Uruguay rank
16th

Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time

  • Northern Europe
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 20.58 kg/ha against 5.59 kg/ha in Northern Europe, a difference of 14.99 kg/ha.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 3.7 times Northern Europe's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Northern Europe ahead.

Northern Europe ranks 15th and Uruguay ranks 16th of 29 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Northern Europe averaged higher in 3 and Uruguay in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Northern Europe Uruguay Difference Ahead
1960s 14.79 kg/ha 5.43 kg/ha 9.37 kg/ha Northern Europe
1970s 18.23 kg/ha 11.17 kg/ha 7.06 kg/ha Northern Europe
1980s 17.96 kg/ha 10.94 kg/ha 7.02 kg/ha Northern Europe
1990s 11.87 kg/ha 16.33 kg/ha 4.46 kg/ha Uruguay
2000s 8.44 kg/ha 21.4 kg/ha 12.96 kg/ha Uruguay
2010s 7.29 kg/ha 23.9 kg/ha 16.61 kg/ha Uruguay
2020s 6.59 kg/ha 24.9 kg/ha 18.31 kg/ha Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area, Northern Europe or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 20.58 kg/ha against 5.59 kg/ha in Northern Europe as of 2023.
What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Northern Europe and Uruguay?
14.99 kg/ha, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Europe and Uruguay?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Northern Europe and Uruguay rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
Northern Europe ranks 15th and Uruguay ranks 16th 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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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 (%).