Malta vs Northern Africa: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area

Malta
28.32 kg/ha
in 2023
Northern Africa
1.16 kg/ha
in 2023
Malta rank
16th
Northern Africa rank
17th

Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time

  • Malta
  • Northern Africa
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How they compare

Malta currently reports 28.32 kg/ha against 1.16 kg/ha in Northern Africa, a difference of 27.16 kg/ha.

That makes Malta's figure about 24.5 times Northern Africa's.

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

Malta ranks 16th and Northern Africa ranks 17th of 186 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Malta Northern Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 11.1 kg/ha -0.9692 kg/ha 12.07 kg/ha Malta
1970s 19.23 kg/ha 0.0707 kg/ha 19.16 kg/ha Malta
1980s 34.03 kg/ha 2.19 kg/ha 31.83 kg/ha Malta
1990s 43.56 kg/ha 0.3271 kg/ha 43.23 kg/ha Malta
2000s 47.57 kg/ha -0.0513 kg/ha 47.62 kg/ha Malta
2010s 27.07 kg/ha 0.4452 kg/ha 26.63 kg/ha Malta
2020s 37.86 kg/ha 0.3601 kg/ha 37.5 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 Northern Africa?
Malta, at 28.32 kg/ha against 1.16 kg/ha in Northern Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Malta and Northern Africa?
27.16 kg/ha, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Northern Africa?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Malta and Northern Africa rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
Malta ranks 16th and Northern Africa ranks 17th 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 (%).