Japan vs Mauritius: Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland
Japan
62.85 kilograms per hectare
in 2023
Mauritius
63.21 kilograms per hectare
in 2023
Japan rank
63rd
Mauritius rank
62nd
Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland over time
- Japan
- Mauritius
How they compare
Mauritius currently reports 63.21 kilograms per hectare against 62.85 kilograms per hectare in Japan, a difference of 0.36 kilograms per hectare.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mauritius ahead.
Japan ranks 63rd and Mauritius ranks 62nd of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Mauritius in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Mauritius | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 95.11 kilograms per hectare | 100.5 kilograms per hectare | 5.39 kilograms per hectare | Mauritius |
| 1970s | 102.5 kilograms per hectare | 94.64 kilograms per hectare | 7.86 kilograms per hectare | Japan |
| 1980s | 99.04 kilograms per hectare | 100.32 kilograms per hectare | 1.27 kilograms per hectare | Mauritius |
| 1990s | 85.78 kilograms per hectare | 121.97 kilograms per hectare | 36.19 kilograms per hectare | Mauritius |
| 2000s | 76.82 kilograms per hectare | 106.58 kilograms per hectare | 29.76 kilograms per hectare | Mauritius |
| 2010s | 67.69 kilograms per hectare | 101.32 kilograms per hectare | 33.63 kilograms per hectare | Mauritius |
| 2020s | 63.61 kilograms per hectare | 70.85 kilograms per hectare | 7.24 kilograms per hectare | Mauritius |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertilizer use per hectare of cropland, Japan or Mauritius?
- Mauritius, at 63.21 kilograms per hectare against 62.85 kilograms per hectare in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertilizer use per hectare of cropland between Japan and Mauritius?
- 0.36 kilograms per hectare, with Mauritius ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Mauritius?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Mauritius rank globally for fertilizer use per hectare of cropland?
- Japan ranks 63rd and Mauritius ranks 62nd of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Use of fertilizers per area of cropland, which corresponds to the sum of arable land and permanent crops.