Canada vs Portugal: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area over time
- Canada
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 18.75 kg/ha against 16.79 kg/ha in Canada, a difference of 1.96 kg/ha.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Canada's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Portugal ahead.
Canada ranks 54th and Portugal ranks 51st of 186 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 1 and Portugal in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.78 kg/ha | 4.46 kg/ha | 1.68 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 1970s | 4.62 kg/ha | 7.85 kg/ha | 3.24 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 1980s | 6.75 kg/ha | 10.62 kg/ha | 3.87 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 1990s | 6.02 kg/ha | 13.98 kg/ha | 7.97 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 2000s | 5.56 kg/ha | 13.73 kg/ha | 8.17 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 2010s | 7.66 kg/ha | 13.52 kg/ha | 5.86 kg/ha | Portugal |
| 2020s | 15.54 kg/ha | 15.32 kg/ha | 0.2171 kg/ha | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area, Canada or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 18.75 kg/ha against 16.79 kg/ha in Canada as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area between Canada and Portugal?
- 1.96 kg/ha, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Portugal?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Canada and Portugal rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Canada ranks 54th and Portugal ranks 51st of 186 countries.
- 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 (%).