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

Melanesia
-1.75 kg/ha
in 2023
Niger
-1.6 kg/ha
in 2023
Melanesia rank
170th
Niger rank
167th

Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time

  • Melanesia
  • Niger
-4-202196119922023

How they compare

Niger currently reports -1.6 kg/ha against -1.75 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 0.15 kg/ha.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Niger ahead.

Melanesia ranks 170th and Niger ranks 167th of 201 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Melanesia averaged higher in 3 and Niger in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Melanesia Niger Difference Ahead
1960s -3.47 kg/ha -0.3467 kg/ha 3.12 kg/ha Niger
1970s -2.18 kg/ha -0.361 kg/ha 1.82 kg/ha Niger
1980s -1.08 kg/ha -0.5258 kg/ha 0.5578 kg/ha Niger
1990s -0.1749 kg/ha -0.5442 kg/ha 0.3694 kg/ha Melanesia
2000s -0.6551 kg/ha -0.895 kg/ha 0.24 kg/ha Melanesia
2010s -1.64 kg/ha -1.52 kg/ha 0.1164 kg/ha Niger
2020s -1.05 kg/ha -1.59 kg/ha 0.5401 kg/ha Melanesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area, Melanesia or Niger?
Niger, at -1.6 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 Melanesia and Niger?
0.15 kg/ha, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Niger?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Melanesia and Niger rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
Melanesia ranks 170th and Niger ranks 167th 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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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 (%).