El Salvador vs Nicaragua: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus

El Salvador
6,409 t
in 2023
Nicaragua
6,664 t
in 2023
El Salvador rank
63rd
Nicaragua rank
61st

Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus over time

  • El Salvador
  • Nicaragua
05.0k10.0k196119922023

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 6,664 t against 6,409 t in El Salvador, a difference of 255 t.

The two have swapped places 15 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 63rd and Nicaragua ranks 61st of 186 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 4 and Nicaragua in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Nicaragua Difference Ahead
1960s 3,200 t 1,340 t 1,860 t El Salvador
1970s 6,564 t 2,785 t 3,779 t El Salvador
1980s 6,251 t 3,706 t 2,546 t El Salvador
1990s 5,243 t 2,974 t 2,269 t El Salvador
2000s 2,925 t 5,937 t 3,012 t Nicaragua
2010s 4,212 t 7,603 t 3,391 t Nicaragua
2020s 2,923 t 8,134 t 5,211 t Nicaragua

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus, El Salvador or Nicaragua?
Nicaragua, at 6,664 t against 6,409 t in El Salvador as of 2023.
What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus between El Salvador and Nicaragua?
255 t, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Nicaragua?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do El Salvador and Nicaragua rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus?
El Salvador ranks 63rd and Nicaragua ranks 61st of 186 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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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
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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 (%).