Japan vs Malta: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time
- Japan
- Malta
How they compare
Malta currently reports 28.32 kg/ha against 22.49 kg/ha in Japan, a difference of 5.83 kg/ha.
That makes Malta's figure about 1.3 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 19th and Malta ranks 16th of 201 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Malta in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 32.83 kg/ha | 11.1 kg/ha | 21.73 kg/ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 50.96 kg/ha | 19.23 kg/ha | 31.74 kg/ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 56.58 kg/ha | 34.03 kg/ha | 22.55 kg/ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 53.99 kg/ha | 43.56 kg/ha | 10.43 kg/ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 40.91 kg/ha | 47.57 kg/ha | 6.66 kg/ha | Malta |
| 2010s | 32.62 kg/ha | 27.07 kg/ha | 5.55 kg/ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 26.92 kg/ha | 37.86 kg/ha | 10.94 kg/ha | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area, Japan or Malta?
- Malta, at 28.32 kg/ha against 22.49 kg/ha in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Japan and Malta?
- 5.83 kg/ha, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Malta?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Malta rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Japan ranks 19th and Malta ranks 16th of 201 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 (%).