Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Uruguay
Uruguay: Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area was 0.2782 kg/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Uruguay, 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 Uruguay is 0.2782 kg/ha, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 41.2% on the previous year and down 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Uruguay peaked at 0.8979 kg/ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 0.2407 kg/ha, in 2018.
That places Uruguay 170th out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.4627 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.5237 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1963 | 0.4759 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1964 | 0.5527 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1965 | 0.4957 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1966 | 0.5139 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1967 | 0.4203 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1968 | 0.4619 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1969 | 0.5458 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1970 | 0.5849 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1971 | 0.5411 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1972 | 0.5604 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 0.5958 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1974 | 0.6203 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 0.5634 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1976 | 0.6129 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1977 | 0.5013 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1978 | 0.5515 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 0.6205 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1980 | 0.6589 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 0.7086 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1982 | 0.7479 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1983 | 0.747 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 0.7434 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 0.6398 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1986 | 0.6661 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 0.7671 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1988 | 0.8979 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1989 | 0.8508 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1990 | 0.7619 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1991 | 0.7489 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 0.846 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1993 | 0.7087 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1994 | 0.7958 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1995 | 0.8062 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.8339 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 0.7193 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1998 | 0.7681 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 0.7204 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 0.6948 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 0.5709 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 2002 | 0.5909 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 0.5675 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 0.5933 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 0.5458 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2006 | 0.5779 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 0.5071 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2008 | 0.442 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2009 | 0.4183 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 0.3927 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 0.3691 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4022 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3594 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2014 | 0.3711 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 0.3492 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 0.3576 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 0.4213 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2018 | 0.2407 kg/ha | -42.9% |
| 2019 | 0.4628 kg/ha | +92.3% |
| 2020 | 0.4062 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2021 | 0.428 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 0.473 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2023 | 0.2782 kg/ha | -41.2% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 0.2782 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.98 kg/ha, 14% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 0.2782 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.07 kg/ha, 26% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Crop residue removal — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Uruguay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +92.3% | 0.2407 kg/ha | 0.4628 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4947 kg/ha | 0.4203 kg/ha | 0.5527 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.5752 kg/ha | 0.5013 kg/ha | 0.6205 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7428 kg/ha | 0.6398 kg/ha | 0.8979 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7709 kg/ha | 0.7087 kg/ha | 0.846 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5508 kg/ha | 0.4183 kg/ha | 0.6948 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3726 kg/ha | 0.2407 kg/ha | 0.4628 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3963 kg/ha | 0.2782 kg/ha | 0.473 kg/ha | 4 |
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- Temperature change 0.622 °C (2025)
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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 Uruguay?
- Crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Uruguay was 0.2782 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8979 kg/ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2407 kg/ha in 2018.
- How does Uruguay rank for crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Uruguay ranks 170th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is crop residue removal — cropland phosphorus per unit area rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay 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 (%).