Ireland vs Northern America: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time
- Ireland
- Northern America
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 20.35 kg/ha against -0.1081 kg/ha in Northern America, a difference of 20.46 kg/ha.
That makes Ireland's figure about 188.3 times Northern America's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Ireland has been ahead every year.
Ireland ranks 23rd and Northern America ranks 22nd of 186 countries.
Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26.96 kg/ha | 5.73 kg/ha | 21.23 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1970s | 40.49 kg/ha | 6.6 kg/ha | 33.89 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1980s | 33.45 kg/ha | 4.64 kg/ha | 28.81 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1990s | 39.44 kg/ha | 3.22 kg/ha | 36.22 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2000s | 23.98 kg/ha | 2.06 kg/ha | 21.93 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2010s | 22.8 kg/ha | 0.8209 kg/ha | 21.98 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2020s | 22.05 kg/ha | 0.0238 kg/ha | 22.03 kg/ha | Ireland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area, Ireland or Northern America?
- Ireland, at 20.35 kg/ha against -0.1081 kg/ha in Northern America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Ireland and Northern America?
- 20.46 kg/ha, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Northern America?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Ireland and Northern America rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Ireland ranks 23rd and Northern America ranks 22nd 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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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 (%).