India vs Western Africa: Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area over time
- India
- Western Africa
How they compare
India currently reports 102.37 kg/ha against 2.84 kg/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 99.53 kg/ha.
That makes India's figure about 36.1 times Western Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
India ranks 32nd and Western Africa ranks 32nd of 185 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.49 kg/ha | 3.09 kg/ha | 16.39 kg/ha | India |
| 1970s | 25.54 kg/ha | 3.75 kg/ha | 21.79 kg/ha | India |
| 1980s | 41.69 kg/ha | 3.89 kg/ha | 37.8 kg/ha | India |
| 1990s | 61.66 kg/ha | 2.09 kg/ha | 59.57 kg/ha | India |
| 2000s | 74.46 kg/ha | 0.6985 kg/ha | 73.76 kg/ha | India |
| 2010s | 91.67 kg/ha | 2.92 kg/ha | 88.75 kg/ha | India |
| 2020s | 103.5 kg/ha | 3.49 kg/ha | 100.01 kg/ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area, India or Western Africa?
- India, at 102.37 kg/ha against 2.84 kg/ha in Western Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area between India and Western Africa?
- 99.53 kg/ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Western Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do India and Western Africa rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area?
- India ranks 32nd and Western Africa ranks 32nd of 185 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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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 (%).