USSR vs Western Asia: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area

USSR
28.81 kg/ha
in 1991
Western Asia
9.15 kg/ha
in 2023
USSR rank
11th
Western Asia rank
9th

Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time

  • USSR
  • Western Asia
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How they compare

USSR currently reports 28.81 kg/ha against 9.15 kg/ha in Western Asia, a difference of 19.66 kg/ha.

That makes USSR's figure about 3.1 times Western Asia's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.

USSR ranks 11th and Western Asia ranks 9th of 186 countries.

USSR has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade USSR Western Asia Difference Ahead
1960s 8.47 kg/ha 1.45 kg/ha 7.02 kg/ha USSR
1970s 18.67 kg/ha 4.72 kg/ha 13.95 kg/ha USSR
1980s 31.07 kg/ha 8.27 kg/ha 22.8 kg/ha USSR
1990s 31.47 kg/ha 10.03 kg/ha 21.45 kg/ha USSR

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area, USSR or Western Asia?
USSR, at 28.81 kg/ha against 9.15 kg/ha in Western Asia as of 1991.
What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area between USSR and Western Asia?
19.66 kg/ha, with USSR ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for USSR and Western Asia?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do USSR and Western Asia rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
USSR ranks 11th and Western Asia ranks 9th 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 (%).