India vs Southern Asia: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus

India
1.81 million t
in 2023
Southern Asia
2.44 million t
in 2023
India rank
4th
Southern Asia rank
4th

Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus over time

  • India
  • Southern Asia
01.0M2.0M3.0M196119922023

How they compare

Southern Asia currently reports 2.44 million t against 1.81 million t in India, a difference of 623,810 t.

That makes Southern Asia's figure about 1.3 times India's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.

India ranks 4th and Southern Asia ranks 4th of 201 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, India averaged higher in 1 and Southern Asia in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade India Southern Asia Difference Ahead
1960s -148,485 t -199,716 t 51,231 t India
1970s -66,384 t -45,263 t 21,121 t Southern Asia
1980s 312,723 t 540,888 t 228,164 t Southern Asia
1990s 683,530 t 918,281 t 234,751 t Southern Asia
2000s 1.27 million t 1.59 million t 317,694 t Southern Asia
2010s 1.62 million t 2.09 million t 468,446 t Southern Asia
2020s 1.89 million t 2.54 million t 649,860 t Southern Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus, India or Southern Asia?
Southern Asia, at 2.44 million t against 1.81 million t in India as of 2023.
What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus between India and Southern Asia?
623,810 t, with Southern Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Southern Asia?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do India and Southern Asia rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus?
India ranks 4th and Southern Asia 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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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 (%).