Colombia vs Southern Africa: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area over time
- Colombia
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 56.29 kg/ha against 11.43 kg/ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 44.86 kg/ha.
That makes Colombia's figure about 4.9 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Colombia ahead.
Colombia ranks 15th and Southern Africa ranks 12th of 186 countries.
Colombia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.29 kg/ha | 3.79 kg/ha | 1.49 kg/ha | Colombia |
| 1970s | 8.58 kg/ha | 6.68 kg/ha | 1.9 kg/ha | Colombia |
| 1980s | 16 kg/ha | 7.29 kg/ha | 8.71 kg/ha | Colombia |
| 1990s | 28.8 kg/ha | 6.82 kg/ha | 21.97 kg/ha | Colombia |
| 2000s | 47.61 kg/ha | 6.63 kg/ha | 40.98 kg/ha | Colombia |
| 2010s | 68.92 kg/ha | 9.47 kg/ha | 59.45 kg/ha | Colombia |
| 2020s | 63.19 kg/ha | 13.25 kg/ha | 49.94 kg/ha | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area, Colombia or Southern Africa?
- Colombia, at 56.29 kg/ha against 11.43 kg/ha in Southern Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area between Colombia and Southern Africa?
- 44.86 kg/ha, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Southern Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Colombia and Southern Africa rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Colombia ranks 15th and Southern Africa ranks 12th 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 (%).