Costa Rica vs Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area over time
- Costa Rica
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 90.28 kg/ha against -1.49 kg/ha in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), a difference of 91.77 kg/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 60.4 times Least Developed Countries (LDCs)'s.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 18th and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 6th of 186 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.7 kg/ha | 0.5237 kg/ha | 11.18 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 25.05 kg/ha | 0.5093 kg/ha | 24.54 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 29.05 kg/ha | 0.5523 kg/ha | 28.5 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 51.23 kg/ha | 0.7014 kg/ha | 50.52 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 94.65 kg/ha | 0.0153 kg/ha | 94.63 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 74.62 kg/ha | -0.5433 kg/ha | 75.17 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 89.54 kg/ha | -1.45 kg/ha | 90.99 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, Costa Rica or Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Costa Rica, at 90.28 kg/ha against -1.49 kg/ha in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area between Costa Rica and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- 91.77 kg/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Costa Rica ranks 18th and Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 6th of 186 countries.
- 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 (%).