Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Australia
Australia: Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area was 1.17 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Australia, 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 is 1.17 kg/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 45.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Australia peaked at 1.17 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2306 kg/ha, in 1967.
Australia ranks 107th of 186 countries on this measure, 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, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.3013 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.3402 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1963 | 0.3524 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 0.3576 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 0.2818 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1966 | 0.4034 kg/ha | +43.2% |
| 1967 | 0.2306 kg/ha | -42.8% |
| 1968 | 0.366 kg/ha | +58.7% |
| 1969 | 0.3103 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1970 | 0.3587 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1971 | 0.3625 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 0.2745 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 1973 | 0.3676 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 1974 | 0.3893 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 0.4069 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 0.395 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 0.3043 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1978 | 0.5061 kg/ha | +66.3% |
| 1979 | 0.46 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1980 | 0.3488 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1981 | 0.4599 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 1982 | 0.3159 kg/ha | -31.3% |
| 1983 | 0.5499 kg/ha | +74.1% |
| 1984 | 0.5358 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 0.5147 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1986 | 0.557 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1987 | 0.5427 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 0.6242 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1989 | 0.6389 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 0.657 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 0.6683 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 0.7066 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 0.7384 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 0.7231 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 0.557 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1996 | 0.7451 kg/ha | +33.8% |
| 1997 | 0.8136 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1998 | 0.7598 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1999 | 0.7948 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 0.7671 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 0.7585 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 0.8014 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 0.4658 kg/ha | -41.9% |
| 2004 | 0.7694 kg/ha | +65.2% |
| 2005 | 0.6895 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2006 | 0.7788 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2007 | 0.415 kg/ha | -46.7% |
| 2008 | 0.5348 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 2009 | 0.6326 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2010 | 0.6349 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.8263 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2013 | 0.8066 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2014 | 0.8598 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 0.7739 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 0.813 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 1.05 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 2018 | 0.8088 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2019 | 0.6945 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2020 | 0.6456 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9912 kg/ha | +53.5% |
| 2022 | 1.12 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2023 | 1.17 kg/ha | +4.4% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1.17 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.98 kg/ha, 59% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Australia's 1.17 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.901 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3271 kg/ha | 0.2306 kg/ha | 0.4034 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.3825 kg/ha | 0.2745 kg/ha | 0.5061 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5088 kg/ha | 0.3159 kg/ha | 0.6389 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7164 kg/ha | 0.557 kg/ha | 0.8136 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6613 kg/ha | 0.415 kg/ha | 0.8014 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.817 kg/ha | 0.6349 kg/ha | 1.05 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9836 kg/ha | 0.6456 kg/ha | 1.17 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More environment data for Australia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.345 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6708 % 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 0.0861 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Australia?
- Crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Australia was 1.17 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?
- The highest recorded value was 1.17 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2306 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Australia rank for crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Australia ranks 107th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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 (%).