Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Samoa
Samoa: Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area was 0.2376 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Samoa, 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 Samoa is 0.2376 kg/ha, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 1.8% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Samoa peaked at 0.3011 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0.0884 kg/ha, in 1966.
Samoa ranks 174th 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 Samoa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.184 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.1935 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1963 | 0.2071 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1964 | 0.1985 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1965 | 0.1521 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 1966 | 0.0884 kg/ha | -41.9% |
| 1967 | 0.1347 kg/ha | +52.4% |
| 1968 | 0.1204 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1969 | 0.1234 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1970 | 0.1351 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1971 | 0.1334 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 0.1272 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1973 | 0.1253 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 0.1254 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 0.1305 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1976 | 0.1323 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 0.1206 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1978 | 0.1183 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1979 | 0.1164 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1980 | 0.1161 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 0.118 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 0.1232 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 0.1218 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 0.1222 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 0.1212 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1986 | 0.1239 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 0.1265 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 0.1279 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 0.1697 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 1990 | 0.1477 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1991 | 0.1517 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 0.1246 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1993 | 0.1305 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 0.1211 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 0.1447 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1996 | 0.1406 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 0.1624 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1998 | 0.1716 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 0.1958 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2000 | 0.1964 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.1937 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 0.2006 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 0.2009 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.2001 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.197 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 0.2031 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 0.2274 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2166 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 0.2154 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 0.2202 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 0.2198 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.2231 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 0.2272 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 0.2276 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.292 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 2016 | 0.3011 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2017 | 0.2977 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.2801 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 0.2345 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2020 | 0.2416 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2426 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.2419 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.2376 kg/ha | -1.8% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 0.2376 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1.25 kg/ha, 19% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 0.2376 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.901 kg/ha, 26% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Samoa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | +52.4% | 0.0884 kg/ha | 0.1347 kg/ha |
| 1966 | -41.9% | 0.1521 kg/ha | 0.0884 kg/ha |
| 1989 | +32.7% | 0.1279 kg/ha | 0.1697 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +28.3% | 0.2276 kg/ha | 0.292 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1558 kg/ha | 0.0884 kg/ha | 0.2071 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1265 kg/ha | 0.1164 kg/ha | 0.1351 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.127 kg/ha | 0.1161 kg/ha | 0.1697 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1491 kg/ha | 0.1211 kg/ha | 0.1958 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2051 kg/ha | 0.1937 kg/ha | 0.2274 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2523 kg/ha | 0.2198 kg/ha | 0.3011 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2409 kg/ha | 0.2376 kg/ha | 0.2426 kg/ha | 4 |
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More environment data for Samoa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3482 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.3183 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.23 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.919 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.68 % 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 -2.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Samoa?
- Crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Samoa was 0.2376 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 Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3011 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0884 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Samoa rank for crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Samoa ranks 174th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa 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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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 (%).