Bangladesh vs Middle Africa: Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita

Bangladesh
5.98 kg/cap
in 2024
Middle Africa
0.22 kg/cap
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
27th
Middle Africa rank
15th

Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Middle Africa
0246196119922024

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 5.98 kg/cap against 0.22 kg/cap in Middle Africa, a difference of 5.76 kg/cap.

That makes Bangladesh's figure about 27.2 times Middle Africa's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Bangladesh ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 27th and Middle Africa ranks 15th of 197 countries.

Bangladesh has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bangladesh Middle Africa Difference Ahead
1960s 0.2189 kg/cap 0.0822 kg/cap 0.1367 kg/cap Bangladesh
1970s 0.768 kg/cap 0.264 kg/cap 0.504 kg/cap Bangladesh
1980s 1.57 kg/cap 0.266 kg/cap 1.31 kg/cap Bangladesh
1990s 1.44 kg/cap 0.141 kg/cap 1.29 kg/cap Bangladesh
2000s 1.72 kg/cap 0.122 kg/cap 1.6 kg/cap Bangladesh
2010s 3.52 kg/cap 0.185 kg/cap 3.34 kg/cap Bangladesh
2020s 5.89 kg/cap 0.196 kg/cap 5.69 kg/cap Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nutrient phosphate p2o5 (total) — use per capita, Bangladesh or Middle Africa?
Bangladesh, at 5.98 kg/cap against 0.22 kg/cap in Middle Africa as of 2024.
What is the difference in nutrient phosphate p2o5 (total) — use per capita between Bangladesh and Middle Africa?
5.76 kg/cap, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Middle Africa?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Bangladesh and Middle Africa rank globally for nutrient phosphate p2o5 (total) — use per capita?
Bangladesh ranks 27th and Middle Africa ranks 15th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Bangladesh vs Middle Africa: Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 25 August 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/nutrient-phosphate-p2o5-total-use-per-capita/bangladesh/middle-africa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/nutrient-phosphate-p2o5-total-use-per-capita/bangladesh/middle-africa/">Bangladesh vs Middle Africa: Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Use per capita
Unit
kg/cap
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
245 places, 13,784 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

The Fertilizers by Nutrient dataset contains information on the totals in nutrients for Production, Trade and Agriculture Use of inorganic (chemical or mineral) fertilizers. The data are provided for the three primary plant nutrients: nitrogen (N), phosphorus (expressed as P2O5) and potassium (expressed as K2O). Both straight and compound fertilizers are included. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/RFN/RFN_EN_README.pdf