Ghana vs Papua New Guinea: Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area

Ghana
-8.11 kg/ha
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
-8.48 kg/ha
in 2023
Ghana rank
172nd
Papua New Guinea rank
173rd

Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area over time

  • Ghana
  • Papua New Guinea
-30-20-100196119922023

How they compare

Ghana currently reports -8.11 kg/ha against -8.48 kg/ha in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.37 kg/ha.

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

Ghana ranks 172nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 173rd of 186 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 6 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ghana Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s -4.1 kg/ha -23.83 kg/ha 19.73 kg/ha Ghana
1970s -0.8889 kg/ha -18.15 kg/ha 17.26 kg/ha Ghana
1980s 1.62 kg/ha -19.37 kg/ha 20.99 kg/ha Ghana
1990s -2.64 kg/ha -14.05 kg/ha 11.41 kg/ha Ghana
2000s -2.49 kg/ha -10.22 kg/ha 7.73 kg/ha Ghana
2010s -2.72 kg/ha -12.77 kg/ha 10.05 kg/ha Ghana
2020s -6.69 kg/ha -5.17 kg/ha 1.52 kg/ha Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area, Ghana or Papua New Guinea?
Ghana, at -8.11 kg/ha against -8.48 kg/ha in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area between Ghana and Papua New Guinea?
0.37 kg/ha, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Papua New Guinea?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Ghana and Papua New Guinea rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area?
Ghana ranks 172nd and Papua New Guinea ranks 173rd of 186 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 (%).