Uruguay vs Western Africa: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area over time
- Uruguay
- Western Africa
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 48.15 kg/ha against -11.2 kg/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 59.35 kg/ha.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 4.3 times Western Africa's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Uruguay has been ahead every year.
Uruguay ranks 34th and Western Africa ranks 27th of 186 countries.
Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Uruguay | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.36 kg/ha | -3.52 kg/ha | 13.88 kg/ha | Uruguay |
| 1970s | 12.72 kg/ha | -3.47 kg/ha | 16.19 kg/ha | Uruguay |
| 1980s | 18.78 kg/ha | -3.34 kg/ha | 22.12 kg/ha | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 22.82 kg/ha | -6.24 kg/ha | 29.06 kg/ha | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 15.12 kg/ha | -7.95 kg/ha | 23.07 kg/ha | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 16.81 kg/ha | -9.03 kg/ha | 25.85 kg/ha | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 38.58 kg/ha | -10.58 kg/ha | 49.16 kg/ha | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area, Uruguay or Western Africa?
- Uruguay, at 48.15 kg/ha against -11.2 kg/ha in Western Africa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area between Uruguay and Western Africa?
- 59.35 kg/ha, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Uruguay and Western Africa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Uruguay and Western Africa rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Uruguay ranks 34th and Western Africa ranks 27th 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 (%).