China vs India: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus over time
- China
- India
How they compare
China currently reports 2.56 million t against 1.81 million t in India, a difference of 749,790 t.
That makes China's figure about 1.4 times India's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 2nd and India ranks 4th of 201 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -58,546 t | -148,485 t | 89,939 t | China |
| 1970s | 257,577 t | -66,384 t | 323,961 t | China |
| 1980s | 911,710 t | 312,723 t | 598,987 t | China |
| 1990s | 2.45 million t | 683,530 t | 1.76 million t | China |
| 2000s | 3.46 million t | 1.27 million t | 2.19 million t | China |
| 2010s | 3.87 million t | 1.62 million t | 2.25 million t | China |
| 2020s | 2.69 million t | 1.89 million t | 807,620 t | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus, China or India?
- China, at 2.56 million t against 1.81 million t in India as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus between China and India?
- 749,790 t, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and India?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do China and India rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus?
- China ranks 2nd 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 (%).