Costa Rica vs Malta: Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area

Costa Rica
161.15 kg/ha
in 2023
Malta
161.75 kg/ha
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
22nd
Malta rank
21st

Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Malta
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How they compare

Malta currently reports 161.75 kg/ha against 161.15 kg/ha in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.6 kg/ha.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malta ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 22nd and Malta ranks 21st of 201 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Malta in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Malta Difference Ahead
1960s 38.9 kg/ha 75.88 kg/ha 36.98 kg/ha Malta
1970s 67.78 kg/ha 110.44 kg/ha 42.66 kg/ha Malta
1980s 96.14 kg/ha 147.95 kg/ha 51.81 kg/ha Malta
1990s 144.23 kg/ha 196.08 kg/ha 51.85 kg/ha Malta
2000s 125.64 kg/ha 201.48 kg/ha 75.84 kg/ha Malta
2010s 167.69 kg/ha 135.87 kg/ha 31.82 kg/ha Costa Rica
2020s 164.4 kg/ha 164.87 kg/ha 0.4725 kg/ha Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area, Costa Rica or Malta?
Malta, at 161.75 kg/ha against 161.15 kg/ha in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area between Costa Rica and Malta?
0.6 kg/ha, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Malta?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Malta rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area?
Costa Rica ranks 22nd and Malta ranks 21st of 201 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen 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, 13,500 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 (%).