India vs Zambia: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area over time
- India
- Zambia
How they compare
India currently reports 8.34 kg/ha against 7.85 kg/ha in Zambia, a difference of 0.49 kg/ha.
That makes India's figure about 1.1 times Zambia's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zambia ahead.
India ranks 93rd and Zambia ranks 95th of 186 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 5 and Zambia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4643 kg/ha | 0.6535 kg/ha | 0.1892 kg/ha | Zambia |
| 1970s | 1.69 kg/ha | 1.81 kg/ha | 0.1226 kg/ha | Zambia |
| 1980s | 3.62 kg/ha | 2.37 kg/ha | 1.25 kg/ha | India |
| 1990s | 5.36 kg/ha | 2.5 kg/ha | 2.86 kg/ha | India |
| 2000s | 10.05 kg/ha | 4.54 kg/ha | 5.51 kg/ha | India |
| 2010s | 11.4 kg/ha | 4.93 kg/ha | 6.46 kg/ha | India |
| 2020s | 10.3 kg/ha | 9.51 kg/ha | 0.7965 kg/ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area, India or Zambia?
- India, at 8.34 kg/ha against 7.85 kg/ha in Zambia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area between India and Zambia?
- 0.49 kg/ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Zambia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do India and Zambia rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area?
- India ranks 93rd and Zambia ranks 95th 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 (%).