Americas vs China: Seed — Cropland phosphorus per unit area
Seed — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time
- Americas
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 0.57 kg/ha against 0.2135 kg/ha in Americas, a difference of 0.3565 kg/ha.
That makes China's figure about 2.7 times Americas's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 16th and China ranks 13th of 32 groups.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1482 kg/ha | 0.6813 kg/ha | 0.5331 kg/ha | China |
| 1970s | 0.1566 kg/ha | 0.7183 kg/ha | 0.5617 kg/ha | China |
| 1980s | 0.1603 kg/ha | 0.6316 kg/ha | 0.4713 kg/ha | China |
| 1990s | 0.1664 kg/ha | 0.5807 kg/ha | 0.4143 kg/ha | China |
| 2000s | 0.1875 kg/ha | 0.5549 kg/ha | 0.3674 kg/ha | China |
| 2010s | 0.2165 kg/ha | 0.5409 kg/ha | 0.3244 kg/ha | China |
| 2020s | 0.2176 kg/ha | 0.5695 kg/ha | 0.3519 kg/ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher seed — cropland phosphorus per unit area, Americas or China?
- China, at 0.57 kg/ha against 0.2135 kg/ha in Americas as of 2023.
- What is the difference in seed — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Americas and China?
- 0.3565 kg/ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Americas and China rank globally for seed — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Americas ranks 16th and China ranks 13th of 32 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Seed — Cropland phosphorus per unit area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
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 (%).