Ecuador vs Uruguay: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area

Ecuador
40.86 kg/ha
in 2023
Uruguay
46.25 kg/ha
in 2023
Ecuador rank
22nd
Uruguay rank
20th

Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area over time

  • Ecuador
  • Uruguay
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How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 46.25 kg/ha against 40.86 kg/ha in Ecuador, a difference of 5.39 kg/ha.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 22nd and Uruguay ranks 20th of 185 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 6 and Uruguay in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador Uruguay Difference Ahead
1960s 1.44 kg/ha 1.37 kg/ha 0.066 kg/ha Ecuador
1970s 3.47 kg/ha 2.21 kg/ha 1.26 kg/ha Ecuador
1980s 5.31 kg/ha 1.59 kg/ha 3.72 kg/ha Ecuador
1990s 8.78 kg/ha 2.76 kg/ha 6.01 kg/ha Ecuador
2000s 22.21 kg/ha 2.06 kg/ha 20.15 kg/ha Ecuador
2010s 37.71 kg/ha 24.14 kg/ha 13.57 kg/ha Ecuador
2020s 43.07 kg/ha 44.42 kg/ha 1.36 kg/ha Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area, Ecuador or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 46.25 kg/ha against 40.86 kg/ha in Ecuador as of 2023.
What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area between Ecuador and Uruguay?
5.39 kg/ha, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Uruguay?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Ecuador and Uruguay rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area?
Ecuador ranks 22nd and Uruguay ranks 20th of 185 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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Indicator
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,440 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 (%).