Costa Rica vs Peru: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium

Costa Rica
52,744 t
in 2023
Peru
74,180 t
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
40th
Peru rank
37th

Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Peru
050.0k100.0k150.0k196119922023

How they compare

Peru currently reports 74,180 t against 52,744 t in Costa Rica, a difference of 21,436 t.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.4 times Costa Rica's.

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

Costa Rica ranks 40th and Peru ranks 37th of 186 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and Peru in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Peru Difference Ahead
1960s 6,295 t 5,089 t 1,206 t Costa Rica
1970s 15,022 t 8,201 t 6,820 t Costa Rica
1980s 18,360 t 14,075 t 4,285 t Costa Rica
1990s 36,337 t 13,100 t 23,238 t Costa Rica
2000s 51,765 t 35,776 t 15,989 t Costa Rica
2010s 47,713 t 71,591 t 23,878 t Peru
2020s 54,425 t 89,813 t 35,387 t Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium, Costa Rica or Peru?
Peru, at 74,180 t against 52,744 t in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium between Costa Rica and Peru?
21,436 t, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Peru?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Peru rank globally for mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium?
Costa Rica ranks 40th and Peru ranks 37th of 186 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.

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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
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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 (%).