Costa Rica vs United States of America: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area over time
- Costa Rica
- United States of America
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 90.28 kg/ha against 3.94 kg/ha in United States of America, a difference of 86.34 kg/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 22.9 times United States of America's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was United States of America ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 18th and United States of America ranks 15th of 186 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 6 and United States of America in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | United States of America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.7 kg/ha | 15.11 kg/ha | 3.41 kg/ha | United States of America |
| 1970s | 25.05 kg/ha | 17.48 kg/ha | 7.57 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 29.05 kg/ha | 15.63 kg/ha | 13.42 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 51.23 kg/ha | 11.9 kg/ha | 39.33 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 94.65 kg/ha | 8.23 kg/ha | 86.42 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 74.62 kg/ha | 5.52 kg/ha | 69.1 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 89.54 kg/ha | 4.04 kg/ha | 85.5 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 United States of America?
- Costa Rica, at 90.28 kg/ha against 3.94 kg/ha in United States of America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area between Costa Rica and United States of America?
- 86.34 kg/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and United States of America?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and United States of America rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Costa Rica ranks 18th and United States of America ranks 15th 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 (%).