Americas vs India: Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen

Americas
17.31 million t
in 2023
India
17.23 million t
in 2023
Americas rank
5th
India rank
3rd

Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen over time

  • Americas
  • India
5.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M196119922023

How they compare

Americas currently reports 17.31 million t against 17.23 million t in India, a difference of 80,500 t.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Americas ahead.

Americas ranks 5th and India ranks 3rd of 32 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 6 and India in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Americas India Difference Ahead
1960s 4.78 million t 3.17 million t 1.61 million t Americas
1970s 9.35 million t 4.26 million t 5.10 million t Americas
1980s 11.60 million t 7.05 million t 4.55 million t Americas
1990s 12.52 million t 10.48 million t 2.03 million t Americas
2000s 13.89 million t 12.63 million t 1.25 million t Americas
2010s 15.43 million t 15.51 million t 76,640 t India
2020s 17.57 million t 17.41 million t 161,675 t Americas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen, Americas or India?
Americas, at 17.31 million t against 17.23 million t in India as of 2023.
What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen between Americas and India?
80,500 t, with Americas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and India?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Americas and India rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen?
Americas ranks 5th and India ranks 3rd of 32 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen
Unit
t
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
Last refreshed

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 (%).