Brazil vs Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus

Brazil
2.36 million t
in 2023
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
1.68 million t
in 2023
Brazil rank
5th
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank
4th

Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus over time

  • Brazil
  • Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
01.0M2.0M3.0M196119922023

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 2.36 million t against 1.68 million t in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), a difference of 679,330 t.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.4 times Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)'s.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ahead.

Brazil ranks 5th and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th of 185 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 6 and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) Difference Ahead
1960s 72,643 t 130,134 t 57,491 t Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
1970s 457,702 t 272,087 t 185,615 t Brazil
1980s 630,055 t 567,564 t 62,491 t Brazil
1990s 720,402 t 638,336 t 82,066 t Brazil
2000s 1.36 million t 826,140 t 532,279 t Brazil
2010s 1.99 million t 1.34 million t 644,148 t Brazil
2020s 2.66 million t 1.65 million t 1.01 million t Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus, Brazil or Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Brazil, at 2.36 million t against 1.68 million t in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) as of 2023.
What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus between Brazil and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
679,330 t, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Brazil and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus?
Brazil ranks 5th and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th of 185 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus
Unit
t
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 (%).