Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Ecuador
Ecuador: Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium per unit area was 50.04 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Ecuador, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Ecuador stood at 50.04 kg/ha.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and up 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Ecuador peaked at 50.63 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 15.9 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Ecuador 24th out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20.51 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20.44 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 20.77 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 24.54 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1965 | 25.86 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1966 | 23.78 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1967 | 23.09 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1968 | 23.97 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 23.01 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 22.17 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 21.61 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 19.84 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1973 | 19.51 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 21.25 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1975 | 20.94 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1976 | 19.86 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1977 | 20.95 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 19.38 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1979 | 18.76 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1980 | 20.98 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1981 | 20.02 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1982 | 19.54 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 15.9 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1984 | 17.3 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1985 | 19.31 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1986 | 20.04 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 19.8 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 20.89 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1989 | 21.91 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1990 | 22.44 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 19.38 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1992 | 23.08 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1993 | 24.33 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1994 | 26.74 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1995 | 26.53 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 27.68 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1997 | 31.06 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1998 | 29.28 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1999 | 35.2 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 2000 | 26.61 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2001 | 36.03 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 2002 | 34.41 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2003 | 38.92 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2004 | 37.42 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2005 | 38.21 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 38.92 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 40.88 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 42.22 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 44.73 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 46.7 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 44.38 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 43.5 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 37.49 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2014 | 49.23 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 2015 | 50.63 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 46.53 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 46.9 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 47.35 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 47.23 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 46.63 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 49.97 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 48.77 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 50.04 kg/ha | +2.6% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 50.04 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 24.46 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 50.04 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 26.37 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22.88 kg/ha | 20.44 kg/ha | 25.86 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20.43 kg/ha | 18.76 kg/ha | 22.17 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19.57 kg/ha | 15.9 kg/ha | 21.91 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26.57 kg/ha | 19.38 kg/ha | 35.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 37.83 kg/ha | 26.61 kg/ha | 44.73 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.99 kg/ha | 37.49 kg/ha | 50.63 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 48.85 kg/ha | 46.63 kg/ha | 50.04 kg/ha | 4 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.05 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.4 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.49 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -0.5742 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -1.14 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Ecuador?
- Crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Ecuador was 50.04 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 50.63 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.9 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Ecuador rank for crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Ecuador ranks 24th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium per unit area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Cropland Nutrient balance domain contains information on the flows of nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium from mineral fertilizer, manure applied, atmospheric deposition, crop removal, and biological fixation over cropland and per unit area of cropland. The flows are aggregated to total inputs and total outputs, from which the overall nutrient balance and nutrient use efficiency on cropland are calculated. Statistics are disseminated in units of tonnes and in kg/ha, as appropriate. Nutrient use efficiency is expressed as a fraction (%).