India vs Papua New Guinea: Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita

India
1.64 kg/cap
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
1.7 kg/cap
in 2024
India rank
87th
Papua New Guinea rank
85th

Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita over time

  • India
  • Papua New Guinea
0123196119922024

How they compare

Papua New Guinea currently reports 1.7 kg/cap against 1.64 kg/cap in India, a difference of 0.06 kg/cap.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.

India ranks 87th and Papua New Guinea ranks 85th of 195 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade India Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 0.2033 kg/cap 0.04 kg/cap 0.1633 kg/cap India
1970s 0.632 kg/cap 0.573 kg/cap 0.059 kg/cap India
1980s 1.06 kg/cap 0.817 kg/cap 0.245 kg/cap India
1990s 1.28 kg/cap 0.521 kg/cap 0.762 kg/cap India
2000s 1.97 kg/cap 0.468 kg/cap 1.51 kg/cap India
2010s 1.96 kg/cap 1.34 kg/cap 0.624 kg/cap India
2020s 1.64 kg/cap 1.15 kg/cap 0.486 kg/cap India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nutrient potash k2o (total) — use per capita, India or Papua New Guinea?
Papua New Guinea, at 1.7 kg/cap against 1.64 kg/cap in India as of 2024.
What is the difference in nutrient potash k2o (total) — use per capita between India and Papua New Guinea?
0.06 kg/cap, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for India and Papua New Guinea?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do India and Papua New Guinea rank globally for nutrient potash k2o (total) — use per capita?
India ranks 87th and Papua New Guinea ranks 85th of 195 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Nutrient potash K2O (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, 13,737 data points, 1961–2024
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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