Portugal vs Spain: Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency over time
- Portugal
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 26.83 % against 25.21 % in Portugal, a difference of 1.62 %.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.
Portugal ranks 175th and Spain ranks 172nd of 201 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Portugal | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29.98 % | 34.88 % | 4.9 % | Spain |
| 1970s | 22.08 % | 30.07 % | 7.99 % | Spain |
| 1980s | 18.31 % | 31.94 % | 13.63 % | Spain |
| 1990s | 19.52 % | 30.12 % | 10.6 % | Spain |
| 2000s | 19.88 % | 33.73 % | 13.85 % | Spain |
| 2010s | 18.74 % | 34.77 % | 16.03 % | Spain |
| 2020s | 23.57 % | 36.79 % | 13.22 % | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency, Portugal or Spain?
- Spain, at 26.83 % against 25.21 % in Portugal as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency between Portugal and Spain?
- 1.62 %, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Portugal and Spain?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Portugal and Spain rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency?
- Portugal ranks 175th and Spain ranks 172nd of 201 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency. 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 (%).