Central America vs Costa Rica: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area over time
- Central America
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 90.28 kg/ha against 1.29 kg/ha in Central America, a difference of 88.99 kg/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 69.7 times Central America's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Central America ranks 17th and Costa Rica ranks 18th of 29 groups.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.9447 kg/ha | 11.7 kg/ha | 12.65 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0.1425 kg/ha | 25.05 kg/ha | 24.91 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.0631 kg/ha | 29.05 kg/ha | 28.99 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 0.1637 kg/ha | 51.23 kg/ha | 51.06 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 1.64 kg/ha | 94.65 kg/ha | 93.01 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 3.01 kg/ha | 74.62 kg/ha | 71.61 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 2.99 kg/ha | 89.54 kg/ha | 86.55 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area, Central America or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 90.28 kg/ha against 1.29 kg/ha in Central America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area between Central America and Costa Rica?
- 88.99 kg/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Costa Rica?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Central America and Costa Rica rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Central America ranks 17th and Costa Rica ranks 18th of 29 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 (%).