Costa Rica vs Northern Europe: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area over time
- Costa Rica
- Northern Europe
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 96.89 kg/ha against 15.3 kg/ha in Northern Europe, a difference of 81.59 kg/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 6.3 times Northern Europe's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Northern Europe ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 8th and Northern Europe ranks 9th of 186 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and Northern Europe in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Northern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.96 kg/ha | 27.74 kg/ha | 14.78 kg/ha | Northern Europe |
| 1970s | 30.31 kg/ha | 36.06 kg/ha | 5.76 kg/ha | Northern Europe |
| 1980s | 35.49 kg/ha | 39.73 kg/ha | 4.24 kg/ha | Northern Europe |
| 1990s | 72.39 kg/ha | 30.38 kg/ha | 42.01 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 103.94 kg/ha | 23.07 kg/ha | 80.86 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 88.4 kg/ha | 19.33 kg/ha | 69.07 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 99.98 kg/ha | 18.32 kg/ha | 81.66 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area, Costa Rica or Northern Europe?
- Costa Rica, at 96.89 kg/ha against 15.3 kg/ha in Northern Europe as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area between Costa Rica and Northern Europe?
- 81.59 kg/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Northern Europe?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Northern Europe rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Costa Rica ranks 8th and Northern Europe ranks 9th 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 (%).