Israel vs South Africa: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time
- Israel
- South Africa
How they compare
Israel currently reports 2.09 kg/ha against 1.7 kg/ha in South Africa, a difference of 0.39 kg/ha.
That makes Israel's figure about 1.2 times South Africa's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Israel ahead.
Israel ranks 102nd and South Africa ranks 105th of 186 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 6 and South Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Israel | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.32 kg/ha | 4.71 kg/ha | 3.6 kg/ha | Israel |
| 1970s | 12.52 kg/ha | 8.14 kg/ha | 4.38 kg/ha | Israel |
| 1980s | 11.39 kg/ha | 8.58 kg/ha | 2.81 kg/ha | Israel |
| 1990s | 15.9 kg/ha | 4.21 kg/ha | 11.69 kg/ha | Israel |
| 2000s | 11.58 kg/ha | 2.35 kg/ha | 9.23 kg/ha | Israel |
| 2010s | 4.18 kg/ha | 3.39 kg/ha | 0.7874 kg/ha | Israel |
| 2020s | 2.39 kg/ha | 3.26 kg/ha | 0.868 kg/ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area, Israel or South Africa?
- Israel, at 2.09 kg/ha against 1.7 kg/ha in South Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Israel and South Africa?
- 0.39 kg/ha, with Israel ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and South Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Israel and South Africa rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Israel ranks 102nd and South Africa ranks 105th 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 (%).