Americas vs Brazil: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area over time
- Americas
- Brazil
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 106.65 kg/ha against 32.25 kg/ha in Americas, a difference of 74.4 kg/ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 3.3 times Americas's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Americas ahead.
Americas ranks 4th and Brazil ranks 5th of 29 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 2 and Brazil in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.69 kg/ha | 2.77 kg/ha | 4.93 kg/ha | Americas |
| 1970s | 12.73 kg/ha | 11.83 kg/ha | 0.8928 kg/ha | Americas |
| 1980s | 14.15 kg/ha | 15.29 kg/ha | 1.14 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 15.65 kg/ha | 28.29 kg/ha | 12.64 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 19.31 kg/ha | 49.37 kg/ha | 30.06 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 25.22 kg/ha | 71.4 kg/ha | 46.18 kg/ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 30.91 kg/ha | 99.4 kg/ha | 68.49 kg/ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area, Americas or Brazil?
- Brazil, at 106.65 kg/ha against 32.25 kg/ha in Americas as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area between Americas and Brazil?
- 74.4 kg/ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Brazil?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Americas and Brazil rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Americas ranks 4th and Brazil ranks 5th of 29 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium 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 (%).