Costa Rica vs Ecuador: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium over time
- Costa Rica
- Ecuador
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 49,144 t against 42,392 t in Ecuador, a difference of 6,752 t.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.2 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 47th and Ecuador ranks 49th of 201 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and Ecuador in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,680 t | -17,435 t | 23,114 t | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 12,423 t | 8,418 t | 4,006 t | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 15,032 t | 18,260 t | 3,228 t | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 25,659 t | 15,240 t | 10,419 t | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 47,149 t | 32,437 t | 14,713 t | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 40,245 t | 52,706 t | 12,461 t | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 48,741 t | 51,925 t | 3,184 t | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient balance — cropland potassium, Costa Rica or Ecuador?
- Costa Rica, at 49,144 t against 42,392 t in Ecuador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient balance — cropland potassium between Costa Rica and Ecuador?
- 6,752 t, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Ecuador?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Ecuador rank globally for nutrient balance — cropland potassium?
- Costa Rica ranks 47th and Ecuador ranks 49th of 201 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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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 (%).