Central America vs China, Hong Kong SAR: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area

Central America
4.78 kg/ha
in 2023
China, Hong Kong SAR
132.43 kg/ha
in 2023
Central America rank
5th
China, Hong Kong SAR rank
4th

Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time

  • Central America
  • China, Hong Kong SAR
050100150196119922023

How they compare

China, Hong Kong SAR currently reports 132.43 kg/ha against 4.78 kg/ha in Central America, a difference of 127.65 kg/ha.

That makes China, Hong Kong SAR's figure about 27.7 times Central America's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, China, Hong Kong SAR has been ahead every year.

Central America ranks 5th and China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 4th of 29 groups.

China, Hong Kong SAR has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Central America China, Hong Kong SAR Difference Ahead
1960s 0.4669 kg/ha 43.75 kg/ha 43.28 kg/ha China, Hong Kong SAR
1970s 2.8 kg/ha 85.85 kg/ha 83.05 kg/ha China, Hong Kong SAR
1980s 4.79 kg/ha 117.83 kg/ha 113.04 kg/ha China, Hong Kong SAR
1990s 3.3 kg/ha 76.59 kg/ha 73.29 kg/ha China, Hong Kong SAR
2000s 3.03 kg/ha 78.39 kg/ha 75.36 kg/ha China, Hong Kong SAR
2010s 3.95 kg/ha 103.79 kg/ha 99.85 kg/ha China, Hong Kong SAR
2020s 4.45 kg/ha 133.37 kg/ha 128.92 kg/ha China, Hong Kong SAR

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area, Central America or China, Hong Kong SAR?
China, Hong Kong SAR, at 132.43 kg/ha against 4.78 kg/ha in Central America as of 2023.
What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Central America and China, Hong Kong SAR?
127.65 kg/ha, with China, Hong Kong SAR ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and China, Hong Kong SAR?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Central America and China, Hong Kong SAR rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
Central America ranks 5th and China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 4th of 29 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area
Unit
kg/ha
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 (%).