Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Namibia
Namibia: Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area was 0.4478 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Namibia, 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 Namibia is 0.4478 kg/ha, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 11.4% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Namibia peaked at 0.7031 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.2281 kg/ha, in 1992.
Namibia ranks 153rd of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Namibia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.3887 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.4031 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 0.4045 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 0.3912 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 0.3897 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 0.383 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1967 | 0.378 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 0.3858 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 0.3812 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 0.3821 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 0.3799 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 0.3822 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 0.3853 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 0.3874 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 0.3953 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 0.3955 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 0.4053 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 0.409 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.4184 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 0.4204 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 0.4304 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 0.4379 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 0.455 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1984 | 0.4726 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 0.4382 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1986 | 0.4882 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1987 | 0.4932 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 0.5251 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 0.5696 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1990 | 0.5773 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 0.5783 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.2281 kg/ha | -60.6% |
| 1993 | 0.4256 kg/ha | +86.6% |
| 1994 | 0.4084 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 0.2887 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1996 | 0.3812 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 1997 | 0.5676 kg/ha | +48.9% |
| 1998 | 0.5618 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 0.3243 kg/ha | -42.3% |
| 2000 | 0.5305 kg/ha | +63.6% |
| 2001 | 0.58 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2002 | 0.3434 kg/ha | -40.8% |
| 2003 | 0.3735 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2004 | 0.5641 kg/ha | +51.0% |
| 2005 | 0.5472 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 0.7031 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 2007 | 0.4884 kg/ha | -30.5% |
| 2008 | 0.4701 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 0.3752 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 2010 | 0.4244 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2011 | 0.4337 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 0.4349 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.4474 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 0.2649 kg/ha | -40.8% |
| 2015 | 0.4124 kg/ha | +55.7% |
| 2016 | 0.307 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 2017 | 0.4816 kg/ha | +56.9% |
| 2018 | 0.5886 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2019 | 0.6679 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2020 | 0.6253 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2021 | 0.5126 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5052 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 0.4478 kg/ha | -11.4% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 0.4478 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1.35 kg/ha, 33% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 0.4478 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.04 kg/ha, 43% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Namibia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +86.6% | 0.2281 kg/ha | 0.4256 kg/ha |
| 2000 | +63.6% | 0.3243 kg/ha | 0.5305 kg/ha |
| 1992 | -60.6% | 0.5783 kg/ha | 0.2281 kg/ha |
| 2017 | +56.9% | 0.307 kg/ha | 0.4816 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +55.7% | 0.2649 kg/ha | 0.4124 kg/ha |
| 2004 | +51.0% | 0.3735 kg/ha | 0.5641 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3895 kg/ha | 0.378 kg/ha | 0.4045 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.394 kg/ha | 0.3799 kg/ha | 0.4184 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.4731 kg/ha | 0.4204 kg/ha | 0.5696 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4341 kg/ha | 0.2281 kg/ha | 0.5783 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4976 kg/ha | 0.3434 kg/ha | 0.7031 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4463 kg/ha | 0.2649 kg/ha | 0.6679 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5227 kg/ha | 0.4478 kg/ha | 0.6253 kg/ha | 4 |
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- Standard Deviation 0.319 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.979 °C (2025)
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- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.32 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Namibia?
- Crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Namibia was 0.4478 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7031 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2281 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Namibia rank for crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Namibia ranks 153rd out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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 (%).