Australia vs Germany: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium

Australia
183,384 t
in 2023
Germany
238,043 t
in 2023
Australia rank
20th
Germany rank
17th

Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium over time

  • Australia
  • Germany
0500.0k1.0M1.5M196119922023

How they compare

Germany currently reports 238,043 t against 183,384 t in Australia, a difference of 54,659 t.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.3 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Germany ahead.

Australia ranks 20th and Germany ranks 17th of 201 countries.

Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Germany Difference Ahead
1960s 41,756 t 1.26 million t 1.22 million t Germany
1970s 66,884 t 1.32 million t 1.25 million t Germany
1980s 93,649 t 1.13 million t 1.03 million t Germany
1990s 130,796 t 512,557 t 381,761 t Germany
2000s 146,541 t 329,790 t 183,249 t Germany
2010s 155,493 t 314,231 t 158,738 t Germany
2020s 208,842 t 244,676 t 35,834 t Germany

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium, Australia or Germany?
Germany, at 238,043 t against 183,384 t in Australia as of 2023.
What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium between Australia and Germany?
54,659 t, with Germany ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Germany?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Australia and Germany rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium?
Australia ranks 20th and Germany ranks 17th of 201 countries.
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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Australia vs Germany: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 16 August 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/mineral-fertilizers-cropland-potassium/australia/germany/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/mineral-fertilizers-cropland-potassium/australia/germany/">Australia vs Germany: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium
Unit
t
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
Last refreshed

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 (%).