Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Iraq
Iraq: Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium per unit area was 6.07 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Iraq, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Iraq recorded 6.07 kg/ha for crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area in 2023.
That represents a change of up 14.5% on the previous year and down 40.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Iraq peaked at 10.88 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2.57 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Iraq 172nd out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom 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 Iraq, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.13 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3.68 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1963 | 2.57 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 1964 | 2.94 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1965 | 3.41 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1966 | 3.34 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 3.69 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1968 | 4.41 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1969 | 4.12 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1970 | 3.87 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1971 | 3.45 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1972 | 5.41 kg/ha | +56.9% |
| 1973 | 3.26 kg/ha | -39.8% |
| 1974 | 3.5 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1975 | 3.07 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1976 | 3.86 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 1977 | 3.38 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1978 | 3.7 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1979 | 3.22 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1980 | 3.6 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1981 | 3.81 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1982 | 3.99 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 3.71 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1984 | 3.43 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1985 | 5.39 kg/ha | +57.1% |
| 1986 | 4.67 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1987 | 3.99 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1988 | 4.78 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1989 | 4.18 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1990 | 6.21 kg/ha | +48.7% |
| 1991 | 4.29 kg/ha | -30.9% |
| 1992 | 5.04 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1993 | 5.61 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1994 | 5.62 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 5.79 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 6.53 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1997 | 6.39 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 6.9 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1999 | 6.33 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2000 | 5.14 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2001 | 6.8 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 2002 | 9.32 kg/ha | +37.0% |
| 2003 | 7.69 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 2004 | 7.13 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2005 | 7.38 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 7.2 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 6.56 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2008 | 5.79 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2009 | 6.79 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2010 | 8.49 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2011 | 8.28 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 8.49 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 10.19 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2014 | 9.19 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2015 | 4.54 kg/ha | -50.6% |
| 2016 | 4.98 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2017 | 4.77 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 3.75 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 2019 | 8.58 kg/ha | +129.0% |
| 2020 | 10.88 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 2021 | 7.26 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 2022 | 5.3 kg/ha | -26.9% |
| 2023 | 6.07 kg/ha | +14.5% |
Iraq compared with similar countries
- Iraq's 6.07 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 24.46 kg/ha, 25% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Iraq's 6.07 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 20.4 kg/ha, 30% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Iraq changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +129.0% | 3.75 kg/ha | 8.58 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.48 kg/ha | 2.57 kg/ha | 4.41 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.67 kg/ha | 3.07 kg/ha | 5.41 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.15 kg/ha | 3.43 kg/ha | 5.39 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.87 kg/ha | 4.29 kg/ha | 6.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.98 kg/ha | 5.14 kg/ha | 9.32 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.13 kg/ha | 3.75 kg/ha | 10.19 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.38 kg/ha | 5.3 kg/ha | 10.88 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
- 169 Chad 6.12 kg/ha compare
- 170 Afghanistan 6.09 kg/ha compare
- 171 Mauritania 6.09 kg/ha compare
- 173 Antigua and Barbuda 6.01 kg/ha compare
- 174 Ethiopia PDR 5.41 kg/ha compare
- 175 Kazakhstan 5.31 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Iraq
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -38.03 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -26.27 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.549 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.99 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2 % 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 6.65 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Iraq?
- Crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Iraq was 6.07 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 10.88 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.57 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Iraq rank for crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Iraq ranks 172nd out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq 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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About this data
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 (%).