Kenya vs Sri Lanka: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area over time
- Kenya
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Kenya currently reports -5.73 kg/ha against -7.12 kg/ha in Sri Lanka, a difference of 1.39 kg/ha.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Kenya ranks 145th and Sri Lanka ranks 148th of 186 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -1.84 kg/ha | 11.48 kg/ha | 13.32 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | -2.7 kg/ha | 7.49 kg/ha | 10.2 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | -2.57 kg/ha | 15.85 kg/ha | 18.42 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | -4.11 kg/ha | 10.04 kg/ha | 14.15 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | -7.12 kg/ha | 5.86 kg/ha | 12.98 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | -7.22 kg/ha | 1.17 kg/ha | 8.38 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | -7.44 kg/ha | 1.25 kg/ha | 8.7 kg/ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area, Kenya or Sri Lanka?
- Kenya, at -5.73 kg/ha against -7.12 kg/ha in Sri Lanka as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area between Kenya and Sri Lanka?
- 1.39 kg/ha, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Sri Lanka?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and Sri Lanka rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Kenya ranks 145th and Sri Lanka ranks 148th 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 (%).