Lesotho vs Sierra Leone: Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen per unit area over time
- Lesotho
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Lesotho currently reports 11.76 kg/ha against 11.73 kg/ha in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.03 kg/ha.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Lesotho ranks 147th and Sierra Leone ranks 148th of 201 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lesotho | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.23 kg/ha | 12.45 kg/ha | 11.22 kg/ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 4.25 kg/ha | 13.84 kg/ha | 9.59 kg/ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 7.03 kg/ha | 12.24 kg/ha | 5.21 kg/ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 9.6 kg/ha | 13.88 kg/ha | 4.27 kg/ha | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 15.67 kg/ha | 12.29 kg/ha | 3.38 kg/ha | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 17.43 kg/ha | 9.15 kg/ha | 8.29 kg/ha | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 17.92 kg/ha | 9.66 kg/ha | 8.27 kg/ha | Lesotho |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area, Lesotho or Sierra Leone?
- Lesotho, at 11.76 kg/ha against 11.73 kg/ha in Sierra Leone as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area between Lesotho and Sierra Leone?
- 0.03 kg/ha, with Lesotho ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and Sierra Leone?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Lesotho and Sierra Leone rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen per unit area?
- Lesotho ranks 147th and Sierra Leone ranks 148th 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 (%).