Melanesia vs Nigeria: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area over time
- Melanesia
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports -17.59 kg/ha against -19.29 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 1.7 kg/ha.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Melanesia ranks 186th and Nigeria ranks 184th of 201 countries.
Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -18.64 kg/ha | -5.11 kg/ha | 13.53 kg/ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | -16.12 kg/ha | -4.97 kg/ha | 11.15 kg/ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | -16.28 kg/ha | -3.87 kg/ha | 12.41 kg/ha | Nigeria |
| 1990s | -14.84 kg/ha | -8.75 kg/ha | 6.09 kg/ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | -17.97 kg/ha | -12.05 kg/ha | 5.93 kg/ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | -17.24 kg/ha | -14.05 kg/ha | 3.19 kg/ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | -19.78 kg/ha | -16.69 kg/ha | 3.09 kg/ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area, Melanesia or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at -17.59 kg/ha against -19.29 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area between Melanesia and Nigeria?
- 1.7 kg/ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Nigeria?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Melanesia and Nigeria rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Melanesia ranks 186th and Nigeria ranks 184th of 201 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 (%).