Chile vs Costa Rica: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time
- Chile
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 15.57 kg/ha against 14.5 kg/ha in Chile, a difference of 1.07 kg/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Chile ranks 34th and Costa Rica ranks 32nd of 185 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 2 and Costa Rica in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.49 kg/ha | 5.72 kg/ha | 2.23 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 4.56 kg/ha | 10.4 kg/ha | 5.84 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 5.82 kg/ha | 10.79 kg/ha | 4.98 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 15.79 kg/ha | 20.2 kg/ha | 4.41 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 22 kg/ha | 21.18 kg/ha | 0.8184 kg/ha | Chile |
| 2010s | 17.47 kg/ha | 18.1 kg/ha | 0.6353 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 15.75 kg/ha | 14.73 kg/ha | 1.02 kg/ha | Chile |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area, Chile or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 15.57 kg/ha against 14.5 kg/ha in Chile as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Chile and Costa Rica?
- 1.07 kg/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Costa Rica?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Chile and Costa Rica rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Chile ranks 34th and Costa Rica ranks 32nd of 185 countries.
- 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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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 (%).