Africa vs Barbados: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area

Africa
-8.16 kg/ha
in 2023
Barbados
74.03 kg/ha
in 2023
Africa rank
27th
Barbados rank
24th

Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area over time

  • Africa
  • Barbados
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How they compare

Barbados currently reports 74.03 kg/ha against -8.16 kg/ha in Africa, a difference of 82.19 kg/ha.

That makes Barbados's figure about 9.1 times Africa's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Barbados ahead.

Africa ranks 27th and Barbados ranks 24th of 32 groups.

Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa Barbados Difference Ahead
1960s -2.9 kg/ha 35.67 kg/ha 38.57 kg/ha Barbados
1970s -2.98 kg/ha 66.75 kg/ha 69.73 kg/ha Barbados
1980s -2.91 kg/ha 63.42 kg/ha 66.33 kg/ha Barbados
1990s -4.37 kg/ha 44.95 kg/ha 49.32 kg/ha Barbados
2000s -5.72 kg/ha 12.41 kg/ha 18.13 kg/ha Barbados
2010s -7.01 kg/ha 56.15 kg/ha 63.16 kg/ha Barbados
2020s -7.83 kg/ha 71.13 kg/ha 78.95 kg/ha Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area, Africa or Barbados?
Barbados, at 74.03 kg/ha against -8.16 kg/ha in Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area between Africa and Barbados?
82.19 kg/ha, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Barbados?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Africa and Barbados rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area?
Africa ranks 27th and Barbados ranks 24th of 32 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area
Unit
kg/ha
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 (%).