Brazil vs European Union (27): Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium

Brazil
2.98 million t
in 2023
European Union (27)
3.13 million t
in 2023
Brazil rank
4th
European Union (27) rank
5th

Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium over time

  • Brazil
  • European Union (27)
02.5M5.0M7.5M10.0M196119922023

How they compare

European Union (27) currently reports 3.13 million t against 2.98 million t in Brazil, a difference of 145,280 t.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was European Union (27) ahead.

Brazil ranks 4th and European Union (27) ranks 5th of 186 countries.

European Union (27) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil European Union (27) Difference Ahead
1960s 319,579 t 7.81 million t 7.49 million t European Union (27)
1970s 770,610 t 9.99 million t 9.22 million t European Union (27)
1980s 974,298 t 10.04 million t 9.07 million t European Union (27)
1990s 1.30 million t 6.19 million t 4.89 million t European Union (27)
2000s 1.87 million t 4.46 million t 2.59 million t European Union (27)
2010s 2.26 million t 3.75 million t 1.49 million t European Union (27)
2020s 3.03 million t 3.38 million t 356,655 t European Union (27)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland potassium, Brazil or European Union (27)?
European Union (27), at 3.13 million t against 2.98 million t in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland potassium between Brazil and European Union (27)?
145,280 t, with European Union (27) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and European Union (27)?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Brazil and European Union (27) rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland potassium?
Brazil ranks 4th and European Union (27) ranks 5th of 186 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,500 data points, 1961–2023
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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 (%).