Costa Rica vs Switzerland: Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
1.84 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Switzerland
2.11 t per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
30th
Switzerland rank
27th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 2.11 t per square kilometre against 1.84 t per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.27 t per square kilometre.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 56 shared years of data; in 1968 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 30th and Switzerland ranks 27th of 173 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and Switzerland in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3427 t per square kilometre | 0.0999 t per square kilometre | 0.2428 t per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 0.4772 t per square kilometre | 0.4761 t per square kilometre | 0.0011 t per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 0.4736 t per square kilometre | 0.8983 t per square kilometre | 0.4248 t per square kilometre | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 0.9829 t per square kilometre | 1.11 t per square kilometre | 0.125 t per square kilometre | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 1.34 t per square kilometre | 1.28 t per square kilometre | 0.0653 t per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 1.82 t per square kilometre | 1.62 t per square kilometre | 0.2069 t per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 1.75 t per square kilometre | 2.06 t per square kilometre | 0.3179 t per square kilometre | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient nitrogen n (total) — import quantity, per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 2.11 t per square kilometre against 1.84 t per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient nitrogen n (total) — import quantity, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Switzerland?
- 0.27 t per square kilometre, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Switzerland?
- 56 years are reported by both, from 1968 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Switzerland rank globally for nutrient nitrogen n (total) — import quantity, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 30th and Switzerland ranks 27th of 173 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Import quantity divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.