Africa vs Malaysia: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area over time
- Africa
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 73.6 kg/ha against -8.16 kg/ha in Africa, a difference of 81.76 kg/ha.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 9.0 times Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Malaysia has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 26th and Malaysia ranks 25th of 38 groups.
Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -2.9 kg/ha | 4.28 kg/ha | 7.18 kg/ha | Malaysia |
| 1970s | -2.98 kg/ha | 15.89 kg/ha | 18.88 kg/ha | Malaysia |
| 1980s | -2.91 kg/ha | 26.95 kg/ha | 29.86 kg/ha | Malaysia |
| 1990s | -4.37 kg/ha | 46.84 kg/ha | 51.22 kg/ha | Malaysia |
| 2000s | -5.72 kg/ha | 43.43 kg/ha | 49.16 kg/ha | Malaysia |
| 2010s | -7.01 kg/ha | 59.06 kg/ha | 66.07 kg/ha | Malaysia |
| 2020s | -7.83 kg/ha | 53.44 kg/ha | 61.26 kg/ha | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area, Africa or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 73.6 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 Malaysia?
- 81.76 kg/ha, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Malaysia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Africa and Malaysia rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Africa ranks 26th and Malaysia ranks 25th of 38 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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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 (%).