Zambia vs Zimbabwe: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 3.21 kg/ha against 2.94 kg/ha in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.27 kg/ha.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Zambia ranks 86th and Zimbabwe ranks 89th of 186 countries.
Zimbabwe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Zambia | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.1325 kg/ha | 3.65 kg/ha | 3.78 kg/ha | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | 0.956 kg/ha | 5.52 kg/ha | 4.56 kg/ha | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 2.02 kg/ha | 3.34 kg/ha | 1.32 kg/ha | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 1.19 kg/ha | 2.96 kg/ha | 1.77 kg/ha | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 0.1212 kg/ha | 0.8795 kg/ha | 0.7583 kg/ha | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 1.18 kg/ha | 2.37 kg/ha | 1.19 kg/ha | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 3.01 kg/ha | 3.29 kg/ha | 0.2772 kg/ha | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area, Zambia or Zimbabwe?
- Zambia, at 3.21 kg/ha against 2.94 kg/ha in Zimbabwe as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Zambia and Zimbabwe?
- 0.27 kg/ha, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Zambia and Zimbabwe?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Zambia and Zimbabwe rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Zambia ranks 86th and Zimbabwe ranks 89th 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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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 (%).