Uruguay vs Western Europe: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time
- Uruguay
- Western Europe
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 20.58 kg/ha against 5.52 kg/ha in Western Europe, a difference of 15.06 kg/ha.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 3.7 times Western Europe's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Europe ahead.
Uruguay ranks 16th and Western Europe ranks 17th of 186 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Uruguay averaged higher in 3 and Western Europe in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Uruguay | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.43 kg/ha | 29.61 kg/ha | 24.18 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 1970s | 11.17 kg/ha | 39.44 kg/ha | 28.27 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 10.94 kg/ha | 32.09 kg/ha | 21.14 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 16.33 kg/ha | 19.24 kg/ha | 2.92 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 21.4 kg/ha | 11.31 kg/ha | 10.09 kg/ha | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 23.9 kg/ha | 8.42 kg/ha | 15.48 kg/ha | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 24.9 kg/ha | 6.21 kg/ha | 18.69 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, Uruguay or Western Europe?
- Uruguay, at 20.58 kg/ha against 5.52 kg/ha in Western Europe as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Uruguay and Western Europe?
- 15.06 kg/ha, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Uruguay and Western Europe?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Uruguay and Western Europe rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Uruguay ranks 16th and Western Europe ranks 17th 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 (%).