Japan vs Portugal: Nitrogen fertilizer use, per square kilometre
Japan
0.926 tonnes per square kilometre
in 2023
Portugal
0.9736 tonnes per square kilometre
in 2023
Japan rank
58th
Portugal rank
55th
Nitrogen fertilizer use, per square kilometre over time
- Japan
- Portugal
How they compare
Portugal currently reports 0.9736 tonnes per square kilometre against 0.926 tonnes per square kilometre in Japan, a difference of 0.0476 tonnes per square kilometre.
That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 58th and Portugal ranks 55th of 195 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 5 and Portugal in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Portugal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.93 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.9629 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.9689 tonnes per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1970s | 1.96 tonnes per square kilometre | 1.4 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.5625 tonnes per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1980s | 1.82 tonnes per square kilometre | 1.54 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.2853 tonnes per square kilometre | Japan |
| 1990s | 1.49 tonnes per square kilometre | 1.43 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.0642 tonnes per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2000s | 1.24 tonnes per square kilometre | 1.08 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.1632 tonnes per square kilometre | Japan |
| 2010s | 1.04 tonnes per square kilometre | 1.18 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.135 tonnes per square kilometre | Portugal |
| 2020s | 0.9458 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.9696 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.0237 tonnes per square kilometre | Portugal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nitrogen fertilizer use, per square kilometre, Japan or Portugal?
- Portugal, at 0.9736 tonnes per square kilometre against 0.926 tonnes per square kilometre in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nitrogen fertilizer use, per square kilometre between Japan and Portugal?
- 0.0476 tonnes per square kilometre, with Portugal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Portugal?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Portugal rank globally for nitrogen fertilizer use, per square kilometre?
- Japan ranks 58th and Portugal ranks 55th of 195 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Nitrogen fertilizer use, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Nitrogen fertilizer use divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.