Costa Rica vs Zambia: Seed — Cropland phosphorus per unit area

Costa Rica
0.1059 kg/ha
in 2023
Zambia
0.123 kg/ha
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
103rd
Zambia rank
100th

Seed — Cropland phosphorus per unit area over time

  • Costa Rica
  • Zambia
0.050.10.150.20.25196119922023

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 0.123 kg/ha against 0.1059 kg/ha in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.0171 kg/ha.

That makes Zambia's figure about 1.2 times Costa Rica's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.

Costa Rica ranks 103rd and Zambia ranks 100th of 186 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 6 and Zambia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Costa Rica Zambia Difference Ahead
1960s 0.1348 kg/ha 0.0842 kg/ha 0.0506 kg/ha Costa Rica
1970s 0.1431 kg/ha 0.0841 kg/ha 0.059 kg/ha Costa Rica
1980s 0.1389 kg/ha 0.0827 kg/ha 0.0561 kg/ha Costa Rica
1990s 0.1277 kg/ha 0.086 kg/ha 0.0417 kg/ha Costa Rica
2000s 0.1208 kg/ha 0.0946 kg/ha 0.0262 kg/ha Costa Rica
2010s 0.0966 kg/ha 0.1011 kg/ha 0.0045 kg/ha Zambia
2020s 0.1487 kg/ha 0.1129 kg/ha 0.0358 kg/ha Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher seed — cropland phosphorus per unit area, Costa Rica or Zambia?
Zambia, at 0.123 kg/ha against 0.1059 kg/ha in Costa Rica as of 2023.
What is the difference in seed — cropland phosphorus per unit area between Costa Rica and Zambia?
0.0171 kg/ha, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Zambia?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Costa Rica and Zambia rank globally for seed — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
Costa Rica ranks 103rd and Zambia ranks 100th of 186 countries.
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.

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Indicator
Seed — Cropland phosphorus per unit area
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,483 data points, 1961–2023
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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 (%).