Papua New Guinea vs Zimbabwe: Fertilizer use vs. GDP per capita
Papua New Guinea
20.75 kilograms per hectare
in 2023
Zimbabwe
23.75 kilograms per hectare
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
124th
Zimbabwe rank
121st
Fertilizer use vs. GDP per capita over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 23.75 kilograms per hectare against 20.75 kilograms per hectare in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 3 kilograms per hectare.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 124th and Zimbabwe ranks 121st of 201 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6267 kilograms per hectare | 26.84 kilograms per hectare | 26.21 kilograms per hectare | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | 5.44 kilograms per hectare | 36.23 kilograms per hectare | 30.79 kilograms per hectare | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 7.19 kilograms per hectare | 34.52 kilograms per hectare | 27.33 kilograms per hectare | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 7.97 kilograms per hectare | 27.46 kilograms per hectare | 19.49 kilograms per hectare | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 10.81 kilograms per hectare | 16.73 kilograms per hectare | 5.93 kilograms per hectare | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 17.6 kilograms per hectare | 13.16 kilograms per hectare | 4.44 kilograms per hectare | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 22.02 kilograms per hectare | 25.95 kilograms per hectare | 3.94 kilograms per hectare | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertilizer use vs. gdp per capita, Papua New Guinea or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 23.75 kilograms per hectare against 20.75 kilograms per hectare in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertilizer use vs. gdp per capita between Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe?
- 3 kilograms per hectare, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Zimbabwe rank globally for fertilizer use vs. gdp per capita?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 124th and Zimbabwe ranks 121st of 201 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertilizer use vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average fertilizer use, measured in kilograms per hectare of cropland versus GDP per capita, adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.