Lesotho vs Nigeria: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area

Lesotho
0.9985 kg/ha
in 2023
Nigeria
0.8456 kg/ha
in 2023
Lesotho rank
153rd
Nigeria rank
155th

Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area over time

  • Lesotho
  • Nigeria
02468196119922023

How they compare

Lesotho currently reports 0.9985 kg/ha against 0.8456 kg/ha in Nigeria, a difference of 0.1529 kg/ha.

That makes Lesotho's figure about 1.2 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 153rd and Nigeria ranks 155th of 186 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 4 and Nigeria in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 0.6894 kg/ha 0.0235 kg/ha 0.6659 kg/ha Lesotho
1970s 0.7298 kg/ha 0.2288 kg/ha 0.5011 kg/ha Lesotho
1980s 0.6643 kg/ha 1.35 kg/ha 0.6815 kg/ha Nigeria
1990s 3.69 kg/ha 1.5 kg/ha 2.19 kg/ha Lesotho
2000s 1.93 kg/ha 0.6754 kg/ha 1.25 kg/ha Lesotho
2010s 0.726 kg/ha 1.22 kg/ha 0.4931 kg/ha Nigeria
2020s 0.7838 kg/ha 1.55 kg/ha 0.7673 kg/ha Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area, Lesotho or Nigeria?
Lesotho, at 0.9985 kg/ha against 0.8456 kg/ha in Nigeria as of 2023.
What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area between Lesotho and Nigeria?
0.1529 kg/ha, with Lesotho ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Nigeria?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Lesotho and Nigeria rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area?
Lesotho ranks 153rd and Nigeria ranks 155th 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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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 (%).