Costa Rica vs Spain: Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied
Costa Rica
5.16 kg per person
in 2023
Spain
4.8 kg per person
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
34th
Spain rank
37th
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied over time
- Costa Rica
- Spain
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 5.16 kg per person against 4.8 kg per person in Spain, a difference of 0.36 kg per person.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Spain ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 34th and Spain ranks 37th of 176 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.51 kg per person | 4.02 kg per person | 0.5083 kg per person | Spain |
| 1970s | 4.89 kg per person | 6.31 kg per person | 1.42 kg per person | Spain |
| 1980s | 5.71 kg per person | 7.58 kg per person | 1.87 kg per person | Spain |
| 1990s | 6.44 kg per person | 7.78 kg per person | 1.33 kg per person | Spain |
| 2000s | 4.67 kg per person | 6.92 kg per person | 2.25 kg per person | Spain |
| 2010s | 5.48 kg per person | 6.35 kg per person | 0.8644 kg per person | Spain |
| 2020s | 4.94 kg per person | 5.67 kg per person | 0.7294 kg per person | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied, Costa Rica or Spain?
- Costa Rica, at 5.16 kg per person against 4.8 kg per person in Spain as of 2023.
- What is the difference in nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied between Costa Rica and Spain?
- 0.36 kg per person, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Spain?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Spain rank globally for nutrient nitrogen n (total) — nitrogen fertilizer content applied?
- Costa Rica ranks 34th and Spain ranks 37th of 176 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that leaches, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Nitrogen fertilizer content applied that leaches divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.