China vs India: Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen over time
- China
- India
How they compare
China currently reports 20.36 million t against 17.23 million t in India, a difference of 3.13 million t.
That makes China's figure about 1.2 times India's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.
China ranks 1st and India ranks 3rd of 201 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 6 and India in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.46 million t | 3.17 million t | 714,739 t | India |
| 1970s | 5.67 million t | 4.26 million t | 1.42 million t | China |
| 1980s | 13.48 million t | 7.05 million t | 6.42 million t | China |
| 1990s | 20.31 million t | 10.48 million t | 9.82 million t | China |
| 2000s | 25.51 million t | 12.63 million t | 12.88 million t | China |
| 2010s | 24.68 million t | 15.51 million t | 9.17 million t | China |
| 2020s | 19.71 million t | 17.41 million t | 2.30 million t | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen, China or India?
- China, at 20.36 million t against 17.23 million t in India as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen between China and India?
- 3.13 million t, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and India?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do China and India rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen?
- China ranks 1st and India ranks 3rd 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 (%).