Brazil vs India: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus over time
- Brazil
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 1.81 million t against 880,846 t in Brazil, a difference of 933,214 t.
That makes India's figure about 2.1 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 5th and India ranks 4th of 201 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 3 and India in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 108,536 t | -148,485 t | 257,022 t | Brazil |
| 1970s | 465,958 t | -66,384 t | 532,342 t | Brazil |
| 1980s | 542,140 t | 312,723 t | 229,417 t | Brazil |
| 1990s | 558,295 t | 683,530 t | 125,235 t | India |
| 2000s | 914,422 t | 1.27 million t | 355,852 t | India |
| 2010s | 1.11 million t | 1.62 million t | 506,802 t | India |
| 2020s | 1.39 million t | 1.89 million t | 494,828 t | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus, Brazil or India?
- India, at 1.81 million t against 880,846 t in Brazil as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus between Brazil and India?
- 933,214 t, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and India?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Brazil and India rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus?
- Brazil ranks 5th and India ranks 4th of 201 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus. 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 (%).