Sweden vs Zambia: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time
- Sweden
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 3.21 kg/ha against 2.99 kg/ha in Sweden, a difference of 0.22 kg/ha.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sweden ahead.
Sweden ranks 92nd and Zambia ranks 90th of 201 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sweden averaged higher in 6 and Zambia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sweden | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19.44 kg/ha | -0.1325 kg/ha | 19.58 kg/ha | Sweden |
| 1970s | 21.39 kg/ha | 0.956 kg/ha | 20.43 kg/ha | Sweden |
| 1980s | 13.98 kg/ha | 2.02 kg/ha | 11.96 kg/ha | Sweden |
| 1990s | 7.54 kg/ha | 1.19 kg/ha | 6.35 kg/ha | Sweden |
| 2000s | 4.4 kg/ha | 0.1212 kg/ha | 4.28 kg/ha | Sweden |
| 2010s | 3 kg/ha | 1.18 kg/ha | 1.82 kg/ha | Sweden |
| 2020s | 2.57 kg/ha | 3.01 kg/ha | 0.439 kg/ha | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area, Sweden or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 3.21 kg/ha against 2.99 kg/ha in Sweden as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Sweden and Zambia?
- 0.22 kg/ha, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sweden and Zambia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Sweden and Zambia rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Sweden ranks 92nd and Zambia ranks 90th 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 (%).