Italy vs Spain: Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area over time
- Italy
- Spain
How they compare
Italy currently reports 62.93 kg/ha against 62.82 kg/ha in Spain, a difference of 0.11 kg/ha.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 58th and Spain ranks 59th of 201 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41.84 kg/ha | 28.03 kg/ha | 13.81 kg/ha | Italy |
| 1970s | 75.59 kg/ha | 42.86 kg/ha | 32.73 kg/ha | Italy |
| 1980s | 93.61 kg/ha | 51.22 kg/ha | 42.39 kg/ha | Italy |
| 1990s | 82.82 kg/ha | 60.59 kg/ha | 22.22 kg/ha | Italy |
| 2000s | 73.43 kg/ha | 63.02 kg/ha | 10.41 kg/ha | Italy |
| 2010s | 68.03 kg/ha | 63.98 kg/ha | 4.06 kg/ha | Italy |
| 2020s | 62.07 kg/ha | 58.33 kg/ha | 3.73 kg/ha | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area, Italy or Spain?
- Italy, at 62.93 kg/ha against 62.82 kg/ha in Spain as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area between Italy and Spain?
- 0.11 kg/ha, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Spain?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Italy and Spain rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area?
- Italy ranks 58th and Spain ranks 59th 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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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 (%).