Americas vs China: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium over time
- Americas
- China
How they compare
Americas currently reports 11.91 million t against 7.83 million t in China, a difference of 4.08 million t.
That makes Americas's figure about 1.5 times China's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 2nd and China ranks 1st of 10 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.53 million t | 27,003 t | 2.50 million t | Americas |
| 1970s | 4.51 million t | 134,348 t | 4.38 million t | Americas |
| 1980s | 5.33 million t | 716,708 t | 4.62 million t | Americas |
| 1990s | 5.80 million t | 2.10 million t | 3.70 million t | Americas |
| 2000s | 7.12 million t | 4.27 million t | 2.86 million t | Americas |
| 2010s | 9.31 million t | 7.50 million t | 1.81 million t | Americas |
| 2020s | 11.50 million t | 7.64 million t | 3.86 million t | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium, Americas or China?
- Americas, at 11.91 million t against 7.83 million t in China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium between Americas and China?
- 4.08 million t, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Americas and China rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium?
- Americas ranks 2nd and China ranks 1st of 10 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium. 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 (%).