Eastern Asia vs USSR: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus

Eastern Asia
2.75 million t
in 2023
USSR
7.19 million t
in 1991
Eastern Asia rank
3rd
USSR rank
1st

Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus over time

  • Eastern Asia
  • USSR
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M10.0M196119922023

How they compare

USSR currently reports 7.19 million t against 2.75 million t in Eastern Asia, a difference of 4.44 million t.

That makes USSR's figure about 2.6 times Eastern Asia's.

Across all 31 years both countries report, USSR has been ahead every year.

Eastern Asia ranks 3rd and USSR ranks 1st of 32 groups.

USSR has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eastern Asia USSR Difference Ahead
1960s 192,991 t 2.38 million t 2.19 million t USSR
1970s 652,238 t 4.72 million t 4.07 million t USSR
1980s 1.34 million t 7.73 million t 6.39 million t USSR
1990s 2.38 million t 7.69 million t 5.31 million t USSR

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus, Eastern Asia or USSR?
USSR, at 7.19 million t against 2.75 million t in Eastern Asia as of 1991.
What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus between Eastern Asia and USSR?
4.44 million t, with USSR ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and USSR?
31 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1991.
How do Eastern Asia and USSR rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus?
Eastern Asia ranks 3rd and USSR ranks 1st of 32 groups.
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

Indicator
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus
Unit
t
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
Last refreshed

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 (%).