Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium per unit area was 18.04 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Southern Europe, 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 Southern Europe stood at 18.04 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and down 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Southern Europe peaked at 23.52 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 11.36 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Southern Europe 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Crop harvest removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11.64 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11.36 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 12.39 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1964 | 12.14 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 12.22 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 13.28 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1967 | 13.76 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 13.27 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1969 | 13.55 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 13.45 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 14.26 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1972 | 14.21 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 14.77 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1974 | 15.15 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 15.86 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 16.11 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 15.52 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1978 | 16.26 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 16.43 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 17.41 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1981 | 16.86 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1982 | 17.09 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 16.99 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 18.27 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1985 | 17.69 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 18.35 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 19.25 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 18.3 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 19.39 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1990 | 17.93 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1991 | 19.26 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 18.28 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 17.91 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 18.04 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 17.69 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1996 | 19.96 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1997 | 20.75 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1998 | 20.72 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 20.77 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 20.76 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 20.44 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 21.21 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 19.74 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2004 | 22.28 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2005 | 20.93 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2006 | 21.32 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 21.09 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 21.14 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 20.86 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 20.86 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 21.71 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 18.39 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2013 | 21.81 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2014 | 21.13 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 21.24 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 22.48 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2017 | 20.42 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2018 | 23.05 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2019 | 21.37 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2020 | 23.52 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2021 | 22.68 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 18.41 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2023 | 18.04 kg/ha | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12.62 kg/ha | 11.36 kg/ha | 13.76 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15.2 kg/ha | 13.45 kg/ha | 16.43 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17.96 kg/ha | 16.86 kg/ha | 19.39 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19.13 kg/ha | 17.69 kg/ha | 20.77 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.98 kg/ha | 19.74 kg/ha | 22.28 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.25 kg/ha | 18.39 kg/ha | 23.05 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.66 kg/ha | 18.04 kg/ha | 23.52 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 14 Belgium 71.52 kg/ha compare
- 15 China, mainland 61.3 kg/ha compare
- 16 China 61.26 kg/ha compare
- 17 Malaysia 58.76 kg/ha compare
- 18 China, Taiwan Province of 55.48 kg/ha compare
- 19 Nepal 54.98 kg/ha compare
- 20 Cook Islands 54.47 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Southern Europe
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.1235 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.3167 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.323 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate 2.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.66 Percentage change (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled 471,515 t (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate 5.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 339,745 1000 USD (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Southern Europe?
- Crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Southern Europe was 18.04 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 23.52 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.36 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Southern Europe rank for crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Southern Europe ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is crop harvest removal — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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 (%).