Malta vs Melanesia: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area

Malta
28.32 kg/ha
in 2023
Melanesia
-1.75 kg/ha
in 2023
Malta rank
16th
Melanesia rank
15th

Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time

  • Malta
  • Melanesia
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How they compare

Malta currently reports 28.32 kg/ha against -1.75 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 30.07 kg/ha.

That makes Malta's figure about 16.2 times Melanesia's.

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

Malta ranks 16th and Melanesia ranks 15th of 186 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Malta Melanesia Difference Ahead
1960s 11.1 kg/ha -3.47 kg/ha 14.57 kg/ha Malta
1970s 19.23 kg/ha -2.18 kg/ha 21.41 kg/ha Malta
1980s 34.03 kg/ha -1.08 kg/ha 35.11 kg/ha Malta
1990s 43.56 kg/ha -0.1749 kg/ha 43.74 kg/ha Malta
2000s 47.57 kg/ha -0.6551 kg/ha 48.23 kg/ha Malta
2010s 27.07 kg/ha -1.64 kg/ha 28.71 kg/ha Malta
2020s 37.86 kg/ha -1.05 kg/ha 38.91 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, Malta or Melanesia?
Malta, at 28.32 kg/ha against -1.75 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2023.
What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Malta and Melanesia?
30.07 kg/ha, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Melanesia?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Malta and Melanesia rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
Malta ranks 16th and Melanesia ranks 15th 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 (%).