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  • Average nitrate concentration in freshwater
  • Average phosphorus concentration in freshwater
  • Cereal yield vs. fertilizer use
  • Eutrophying emissions per 100 grams of protein
  • Eutrophying emissions per 1000 kilocalories
  • Eutrophying emissions per kilogram of food product
  • Excess nitrogen from croplands
  • Excess nitrogen per hectare of cropland
  • Excess phosphorus from croplands
  • Excess phosphorus per hectare of cropland
  • Fertilizer consumption
  • Fertilizer inputs per unit of agricultural land
  • Fertilizer production by nutrient type
  • Fertilizer use by nutrient
  • Fertilizer use per capita
  • Fertilizer use per hectare of arable landLine chart
  • Fertilizer use per hectare of cropland
  • Fertilizer use per hectare of croplandStacked bar chart
  • Fertilizer use vs. GDP per capita
  • Global fertilizer exports: how much comes from Russia, Belarus & Ukraine?
  • Nitrogen fertilizer use per hectare of cropland
  • Nitrogen inputs per hectare of cropland
  • Nitrogen output vs. nitrogen input to agriculture
  • Nitrogen use efficiency
  • Phosphate fertilizer use per hectare of cropland
  • Phosphorous inputs per hectare of cropland
  • Potash fertilizer use per hectare of cropland
  • Share of global excess nitrogen from croplands
  • Share of global excess phosphorus from croplands
  • Total applied phosphorous to crops
  • Total nitrogen inputs to crops
  • Which countries overapplied nitrogen without gains in crop yields?
  • World population supported by synthetic nitrogen fertilizers
  • World population with and without synthetic nitrogen fertilizers

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