Malta vs Southern Africa: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time
- Malta
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Malta currently reports 28.32 kg/ha against 1.67 kg/ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 26.65 kg/ha.
That makes Malta's figure about 16.9 times Southern Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.
Malta ranks 16th and Southern Africa ranks 17th of 185 countries.
Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.1 kg/ha | 4.25 kg/ha | 6.85 kg/ha | Malta |
| 1970s | 19.23 kg/ha | 7.38 kg/ha | 11.84 kg/ha | Malta |
| 1980s | 34.03 kg/ha | 7.86 kg/ha | 26.17 kg/ha | Malta |
| 1990s | 43.56 kg/ha | 3.87 kg/ha | 39.69 kg/ha | Malta |
| 2000s | 47.57 kg/ha | 2.19 kg/ha | 45.38 kg/ha | Malta |
| 2010s | 27.07 kg/ha | 3.11 kg/ha | 23.96 kg/ha | Malta |
| 2020s | 37.86 kg/ha | 2.99 kg/ha | 34.87 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 Southern Africa?
- Malta, at 28.32 kg/ha against 1.67 kg/ha in Southern Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Malta and Southern Africa?
- 26.65 kg/ha, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Southern Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Malta and Southern Africa rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Malta ranks 16th and Southern Africa ranks 17th of 185 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 (%).