Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area was 1.19 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Australia and New Zealand is 1.19 kg/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.3% on the previous year and up 44.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 1.19 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2465 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Australia and New Zealand 104th out of 186 countries 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 residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.3189 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.3519 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1963 | 0.363 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 0.3706 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 0.2968 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1966 | 0.4156 kg/ha | +40.0% |
| 1967 | 0.2465 kg/ha | -40.7% |
| 1968 | 0.3784 kg/ha | +53.5% |
| 1969 | 0.3258 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1970 | 0.3714 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1971 | 0.3804 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 0.2967 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1973 | 0.3924 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 1974 | 0.4105 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1975 | 0.4313 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1976 | 0.425 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 0.3395 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1978 | 0.5318 kg/ha | +56.6% |
| 1979 | 0.4879 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1980 | 0.3782 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1981 | 0.4895 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 1982 | 0.3509 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 1983 | 0.582 kg/ha | +65.9% |
| 1984 | 0.5685 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 0.5487 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1986 | 0.5889 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1987 | 0.5735 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 0.6528 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1989 | 0.6666 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 0.6946 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 0.703 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 0.7451 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 0.7742 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 0.7566 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 0.593 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1996 | 0.7739 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 1997 | 0.8395 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1998 | 0.785 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 0.8178 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2000 | 0.7891 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 0.7799 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.8214 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 0.4952 kg/ha | -39.7% |
| 2004 | 0.7884 kg/ha | +59.2% |
| 2005 | 0.7117 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2006 | 0.7985 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2007 | 0.445 kg/ha | -44.3% |
| 2008 | 0.5612 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 2009 | 0.6533 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2010 | 0.6571 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.8394 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 2012 | 0.916 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2013 | 0.8262 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2014 | 0.8799 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 0.7929 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2016 | 0.8331 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 1.07 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 2018 | 0.8277 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 2019 | 0.7183 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2020 | 0.6713 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2021 | 1.01 kg/ha | +50.7% |
| 2022 | 1.14 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2023 | 1.19 kg/ha | +4.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3408 kg/ha | 0.2465 kg/ha | 0.4156 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.4067 kg/ha | 0.2967 kg/ha | 0.5318 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.54 kg/ha | 0.3509 kg/ha | 0.6666 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7483 kg/ha | 0.593 kg/ha | 0.8395 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6844 kg/ha | 0.445 kg/ha | 0.8214 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8357 kg/ha | 0.6571 kg/ha | 1.07 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 kg/ha | 0.6713 kg/ha | 1.19 kg/ha | 4 |
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More environment data for Australia and New Zealand
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.39 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.335 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 4.99 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.98 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 187.5 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 31,787 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 1.01 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Australia and New Zealand?
- Crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Australia and New Zealand was 1.19 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.19 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2465 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 104th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus 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 (%).