Faroe Islands vs Southern Europe: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area

Faroe Islands
699.52 kg/ha
in 2023
Southern Europe
7.4 kg/ha
in 2023
Faroe Islands rank
1st
Southern Europe rank
3rd

Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time

  • Faroe Islands
  • Southern Europe
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How they compare

Faroe Islands currently reports 699.52 kg/ha against 7.4 kg/ha in Southern Europe, a difference of 692.12 kg/ha.

That makes Faroe Islands's figure about 94.5 times Southern Europe's.

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

Faroe Islands ranks 1st and Southern Europe ranks 3rd of 186 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Faroe Islands Southern Europe Difference Ahead
1960s 2,525 kg/ha 8.84 kg/ha 2,516 kg/ha Faroe Islands
1970s 2,464 kg/ha 12.67 kg/ha 2,451 kg/ha Faroe Islands
1980s 2,430 kg/ha 14.17 kg/ha 2,416 kg/ha Faroe Islands
1990s 2,452 kg/ha 12.49 kg/ha 2,439 kg/ha Faroe Islands
2000s 2,106 kg/ha 9.85 kg/ha 2,096 kg/ha Faroe Islands
2010s 972.32 kg/ha 7.33 kg/ha 964.99 kg/ha Faroe Islands
2020s 677.33 kg/ha 6.75 kg/ha 670.57 kg/ha Faroe Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area, Faroe Islands or Southern Europe?
Faroe Islands, at 699.52 kg/ha against 7.4 kg/ha in Southern Europe as of 2023.
What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Faroe Islands and Southern Europe?
692.12 kg/ha, with Faroe Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Faroe Islands and Southern Europe?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Faroe Islands and Southern Europe rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
Faroe Islands ranks 1st and Southern Europe ranks 3rd of 186 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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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 (%).