Eastern Africa vs Japan: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area

Eastern Africa
0.5585 kg/ha
in 2023
Japan
22.49 kg/ha
in 2023
Eastern Africa rank
21st
Japan rank
18th

Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time

  • Eastern Africa
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 22.49 kg/ha against 0.5585 kg/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 21.93 kg/ha.

That makes Japan's figure about 40.3 times Eastern Africa's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Eastern Africa ranks 21st and Japan ranks 18th of 38 regions.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eastern Africa Japan Difference Ahead
1960s -0.9454 kg/ha 32.83 kg/ha 33.77 kg/ha Japan
1970s -0.687 kg/ha 50.96 kg/ha 51.65 kg/ha Japan
1980s -0.2643 kg/ha 56.58 kg/ha 56.84 kg/ha Japan
1990s 0.0045 kg/ha 53.99 kg/ha 53.98 kg/ha Japan
2000s -0.5876 kg/ha 40.91 kg/ha 41.5 kg/ha Japan
2010s -0.4248 kg/ha 32.62 kg/ha 33.05 kg/ha Japan
2020s 0.4386 kg/ha 26.92 kg/ha 26.48 kg/ha Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area, Eastern Africa or Japan?
Japan, at 22.49 kg/ha against 0.5585 kg/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Eastern Africa and Japan?
21.93 kg/ha, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Japan?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Eastern Africa and Japan rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
Eastern Africa ranks 21st and Japan ranks 18th of 38 regions.
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
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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 (%).