Brazil vs Canada: Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen over time
- Brazil
- Canada
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 5.32 million t against 1.75 million t in Canada, a difference of 3.57 million t.
That makes Brazil's figure about 3.0 times Canada's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 5th and Canada ranks 8th of 201 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 397,203 t | -74,334 t | 471,537 t | Brazil |
| 1970s | 1.24 million t | 135,843 t | 1.11 million t | Brazil |
| 1980s | 1.67 million t | 467,960 t | 1.20 million t | Brazil |
| 1990s | 1.87 million t | 634,839 t | 1.23 million t | Brazil |
| 2000s | 2.69 million t | 912,453 t | 1.78 million t | Brazil |
| 2010s | 3.58 million t | 1.28 million t | 2.30 million t | Brazil |
| 2020s | 5.53 million t | 1.60 million t | 3.94 million t | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen, Brazil or Canada?
- Brazil, at 5.32 million t against 1.75 million t in Canada as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen between Brazil and Canada?
- 3.57 million t, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Canada?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and Canada rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen?
- Brazil ranks 5th and Canada ranks 8th of 201 countries.
- 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
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 (%).