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Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area by country

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...

Countries reporting
203
Highest
112.65 kg/ha
Belgium
Lowest
0 kg/ha
Nauru
Median
18.01 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500

What the numbers show

Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 112.65 kg/ha in Belgium; the lowest is 0 kg/ha in Nauru.

The median across all reporting countries is 18.01 kg/ha, and the mean is 25.5 kg/ha.

Over the past decade 117 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Nicaragua (up 463.5%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 88.8%).

Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belgium 112.65 kg/ha 2023 up 6.8% rising
1 Viet Nam 55.95 kg/ha 2023 up 36.5% rising
2 Egypt 109.37 kg/ha 2023 down 3.7% rising
2 Republic of Moldova 44.7 kg/ha 2023 up 20.6% rising
3 Slovakia 108.52 kg/ha 2023 up 76.5% rising
3 Türkiye 43.67 kg/ha 2023 up 20.9% rising
4 Belgium-Luxembourg 97.16 kg/ha 1999 up 3.7% rising
5 Republic of Korea 94.74 kg/ha 2023 up 3.4% rising
5 Lao People's Democratic Republic 39.65 kg/ha 2023 down 12.3% rising
6 Uzbekistan 92.82 kg/ha 2023 up 11.0% rising
6 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 33.22 kg/ha 2023 up 35.6% volatile
7 Czechia 90.59 kg/ha 2023 up 26.9% rising
7 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 28.3 kg/ha 2023 down 15.7% rising
8 Bangladesh 88.62 kg/ha 2023 up 36.2% rising
9 Ireland 86.86 kg/ha 2023 down 11.4% rising
9 United Republic of Tanzania 21.3 kg/ha 2023 up 50.8% rising
10 Denmark 74.96 kg/ha 2023 down 10.0% rising
10 Syrian Arab Republic 18.31 kg/ha 2023 down 20.6% rising
11 Czechoslovakia 73.02 kg/ha 1992 down 10.3% rising
12 Ukraine 69.8 kg/ha 2023 up 25.7% rising
12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11.94 kg/ha 2023 down 10.4% rising
13 Luxembourg 69.22 kg/ha 2023 down 2.9% rising
13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 11.18 kg/ha 2023 up 12.8% rising
14 Germany 68.65 kg/ha 2023 down 10.2% rising
14 Melanesia 8.97 kg/ha 2023 down 9.5% rising
15 Tajikistan 64.34 kg/ha 2023 up 16.7% rising
16 Austria 63.75 kg/ha 2023 up 27.4% rising
16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.47 kg/ha 2023 up 0.5% rising
17 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 62.76 kg/ha 2023 down 9.0% rising
17 Polynesia 2.9 kg/ha 2023 up 5.5% flat
18 France 61 kg/ha 2023 up 13.2% rising
18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.29 kg/ha 2023 up 4.2% volatile
19 Belarus 59.97 kg/ha 2023 up 19.9% rising
20 Poland 59.1 kg/ha 2023 up 17.9% rising
21 Pakistan 57.6 kg/ha 2023 up 35.1% rising
22 Guyana 56.31 kg/ha 2023 up 64.4% rising
22 Caribbean 18.6 kg/ha 2023 up 5.1% rising
23 Puerto Rico 55.29 kg/ha 2023 up 54.1% volatile
24 Oman 55.03 kg/ha 2023 up 272.8% volatile
25 China, mainland 53.25 kg/ha 2023 up 26.7% rising
26 China 53.1 kg/ha 2023 up 26.5% rising
27 Russian Federation 52.24 kg/ha 2023 up 67.2% rising
28 Switzerland 52.14 kg/ha 2023 down 5.3% rising
28 Côte d'Ivoire 5.99 kg/ha 2023 down 27.0% rising
29 Nepal 49.58 kg/ha 2023 up 46.6% rising
29 Cabo Verde 1.83 kg/ha 2023 down 32.0% falling
30 Hungary 45.28 kg/ha 2023 up 49.1% rising
31 India 44.31 kg/ha 2023 up 29.6% rising
32 Turkmenistan 44.15 kg/ha 2023 up 18.5% rising
33 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 41.06 kg/ha 2023 down 31.4% rising
34 Slovenia 40.99 kg/ha 2023 up 29.2% rising
35 Cambodia 39.99 kg/ha 2023 up 23.1% rising
36 Ethiopia 39.86 kg/ha 2023 up 42.8% rising
37 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 39.01 kg/ha 2023 up 48.7% rising
38 Mexico 38.94 kg/ha 2023 up 29.6% rising
39 Azerbaijan 38.75 kg/ha 2023 up 25.1% rising
40 Sweden 38.49 kg/ha 2023 down 16.0% rising
41 Suriname 37.72 kg/ha 2023 down 11.2% rising
42 Bulgaria 37.49 kg/ha 2023 up 21.6% rising
43 Italy 37.17 kg/ha 2023 up 19.9% rising
44 Kuwait 37.06 kg/ha 2023 down 20.1% rising
45 Greece 36.62 kg/ha 2023 up 36.1% rising
46 Lithuania 35.84 kg/ha 2023 up 17.3% rising
47 Myanmar 34.86 kg/ha 2023 up 16.7% rising
48 Iraq 34.1 kg/ha 2023 down 1.1% volatile
49 Ecuador 34.09 kg/ha 2023 up 69.5% rising
50 Japan 33.96 kg/ha 2023 up 0.7% falling
51 Kyrgyzstan 33.36 kg/ha 2023 down 6.1% rising
52 Nicaragua 32.75 kg/ha 2023 up 463.5% volatile
53 Sri Lanka 32.45 kg/ha 2023 up 33.3% volatile
54 Norway 31.93 kg/ha 2023 down 16.7% rising
55 Romania 31.92 kg/ha 2023 up 23.6% rising
56 Afghanistan 31.61 kg/ha 2023 down 2.9% rising
57 South Africa 31.45 kg/ha 2023 up 108.2% volatile
58 Guatemala 30.72 kg/ha 2023 up 125.4% volatile
59 Costa Rica 30.48 kg/ha 2023 down 2.9% rising
60 Madagascar 30.09 kg/ha 2023 up 6.4% volatile
61 Dominican Republic 29.48 kg/ha 2023 up 21.7% rising
62 Mali 29.48 kg/ha 2023 up 2.8% rising
63 USSR 28.8 kg/ha 1991 up 21.8% rising
64 Guadeloupe 28.38 kg/ha 2023 up 8.1% falling
65 Peru 28.37 kg/ha 2023 up 17.9% rising
66 Rwanda 28.31 kg/ha 2023 down 18.5% falling
67 China, Taiwan Province of 28.27 kg/ha 2023 down 14.6% falling
68 Senegal 28.11 kg/ha 2023 up 93.1% rising
69 Albania 27.78 kg/ha 2023 up 0.7% rising
70 Mauritania 27.69 kg/ha 2023 up 75.5% rising
71 Saudi Arabia 27.62 kg/ha 2023 up 20.9% rising
72 New Zealand 26.56 kg/ha 2023 up 22.9% rising
73 Bhutan 25.94 kg/ha 2023 down 5.8% rising
74 El Salvador 25.04 kg/ha 2023 up 245.8% volatile
75 Latvia 25.01 kg/ha 2023 up 59.6% falling
76 Chile 24.45 kg/ha 2023 down 5.8% volatile
77 Yugoslav SFR 23.65 kg/ha 1991 up 8.5% rising
78 Morocco 23.64 kg/ha 2023 down 22.3% rising
79 Thailand 23.51 kg/ha 2023 down 7.0% rising
80 Finland 23.45 kg/ha 2023 down 32.7% rising
81 Philippines 22.78 kg/ha 2023 up 1.3% rising
82 Armenia 22.6 kg/ha 2023 down 28.0% rising
83 Indonesia 22.27 kg/ha 2023 down 12.1% volatile
84 Croatia 20.92 kg/ha 2023 down 29.6% rising
85 Algeria 20.41 kg/ha 2023 down 26.6% rising
86 Iceland 20.11 kg/ha 2023 up 145.8% volatile
87 Serbia 20.09 kg/ha 2023 down 17.3% flat
88 Malawi 19.96 kg/ha 2023 up 22.0% rising
89 Kenya 19.89 kg/ha 2023 up 18.1% rising
90 Zambia 18.78 kg/ha 2023 up 10.8% volatile
91 Uganda 18.54 kg/ha 2023 up 30.1% rising
92 Ghana 18.15 kg/ha 2023 up 55.9% rising
93 Mongolia 18.01 kg/ha 2023 down 8.4% rising
94 Jamaica 17.77 kg/ha 2023 up 44.1% falling
95 Belize 17.72 kg/ha 2023 up 8.0% rising
96 Kazakhstan 17.4 kg/ha 2023 down 2.6% rising
97 Mauritius 17.04 kg/ha 2023 up 3.5% flat
98 Cuba 16.89 kg/ha 2023 down 10.5% rising
99 Spain 16.86 kg/ha 2023 down 40.4% rising
100 Israel 16.6 kg/ha 2023 down 22.0% falling
101 Australia and New Zealand 16.1 kg/ha 2023 up 53.1% rising
102 Cyprus 15.94 kg/ha 2023 up 22.5% rising
103 Australia 15.9 kg/ha 2023 up 54.4% rising
104 Jordan 15.78 kg/ha 2023 up 24.2% rising
105 Burkina Faso 15.64 kg/ha 2023 down 10.0% rising
106 Panama 15.26 kg/ha 2023 up 5.8% falling
107 Zimbabwe 15.02 kg/ha 2023 up 48.6% rising
108 Eswatini 14.52 kg/ha 2023 up 7.7% rising
109 Estonia 14.2 kg/ha 2023 up 139.7% falling
110 North Macedonia 14.03 kg/ha 2023 down 19.2% falling
111 Lebanon 13.98 kg/ha 2023 down 15.5% rising
112 Nigeria 13.87 kg/ha 2023 up 12.0% rising
113 Qatar 13.81 kg/ha 2023 up 71.3% volatile
114 Ethiopia PDR 13.75 kg/ha 1992 down 6.7% rising
115 Benin 13.32 kg/ha 2023 up 1.8% rising
116 Fiji 13.26 kg/ha 2023 up 32.0% flat
117 Barbados 13.01 kg/ha 2023 up 5.8% falling
118 Sierra Leone 12.84 kg/ha 2023 down 14.6% rising
119 Eritrea 12.72 kg/ha 2023 down 4.1% rising
120 Georgia 12.54 kg/ha 2023 up 10.5% rising
121 Singapore 12.17 kg/ha 2023 down 21.4% rising
122 Togo 11.81 kg/ha 2023 up 7.4% rising
123 Niger 10.81 kg/ha 2023 up 26.2% rising
124 China, Hong Kong SAR 10.23 kg/ha 2023 down 6.7% falling
125 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10.09 kg/ha 2023 down 21.6% falling
126 Burundi 10.01 kg/ha 2023 down 20.2% rising
127 Brazil 9.92 kg/ha 2023 up 89.1% rising
128 South Sudan 9.92 kg/ha 2023 up 27.4% rising
129 Angola 9.72 kg/ha 2023 up 35.1% rising
130 Papua New Guinea 9.64 kg/ha 2023 down 15.7% rising
131 Lesotho 9.29 kg/ha 2023 up 14.2% rising
132 Montenegro 9.15 kg/ha 2023 up 3.1% volatile
133 Cameroon 9.07 kg/ha 2023 up 9.1% rising
134 Haiti 9.02 kg/ha 2023 down 4.0% falling
135 Gabon 8.62 kg/ha 2023 down 4.7% rising
136 Mozambique 8.62 kg/ha 2023 up 45.8% volatile
137 Seychelles 8.48 kg/ha 2023 down 5.3% volatile
138 Comoros 8.47 kg/ha 2023 up 13.1% flat
139 Colombia 8.27 kg/ha 2023 up 186.4% falling
140 Gambia 8.04 kg/ha 2023 up 2.0% falling
141 Liberia 7.93 kg/ha 2023 down 51.8% volatile
142 Canada 7.89 kg/ha 2023 down 71.4% rising
143 Portugal 7.53 kg/ha 2023 down 17.1% flat
144 Bahamas 7.45 kg/ha 2023 down 1.0% falling
145 Honduras 7.45 kg/ha 2023 up 15.8% falling
146 Saint Lucia 7.4 kg/ha 2023 down 55.6% falling
147 Yemen 7.39 kg/ha 2023 down 36.5% falling
148 Sudan (former) 7.25 kg/ha 2011 down 22.7% falling
149 Equatorial Guinea 7.19 kg/ha 2023 up 7.9% volatile
150 Dominica 6.73 kg/ha 2023 down 20.8% falling
151 Tunisia 6.7 kg/ha 2023 down 32.6% rising
152 Congo 6.67 kg/ha 2023 up 6.0% rising
153 United Arab Emirates 6.59 kg/ha 2023 up 206.3% volatile
154 Botswana 6.18 kg/ha 2023 up 142.1% rising
155 Guinea 5.94 kg/ha 2023 down 24.1% flat
156 Chad 5.73 kg/ha 2023 up 7.2% rising
157 Bahrain 5.65 kg/ha 2023 up 88.8% rising
158 Sudan 5.03 kg/ha 2023 down 26.8% falling
159 Sao Tome and Principe 5.02 kg/ha 2023 down 11.5% volatile
160 Solomon Islands 4.99 kg/ha 2023 down 0.8% rising
161 Faroe Islands 4.97 kg/ha 2023 down 29.8% rising
162 Brunei Darussalam 4.8 kg/ha 2023 up 72.9% volatile
163 Samoa 4.71 kg/ha 2023 up 12.1% rising
164 Libya 4.59 kg/ha 2023 down 8.2% rising
165 Malaysia 4.46 kg/ha 2023 down 6.8% rising
166 Grenada 4.45 kg/ha 2023 down 26.5% falling
167 Namibia 4.43 kg/ha 2023 down 0.4% rising
168 Guinea-Bissau 4.01 kg/ha 2023 down 8.1% falling
169 Djibouti 3.95 kg/ha 2023 down 22.8% falling
170 Maldives 3.95 kg/ha 2023 up 11.2% volatile
171 Argentina 3.8 kg/ha 2023 up 50.5% falling
172 Uruguay 3.48 kg/ha 2023 down 21.1% falling
173 Central African Republic 3.35 kg/ha 2023 up 33.7% rising
174 Tonga 3.28 kg/ha 2023 up 23.7% falling
175 Malta 2.82 kg/ha 2023 down 88.8% rising
176 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.7 kg/ha 2023 down 16.9% volatile
177 Paraguay 2.53 kg/ha 2023 up 75.0% falling
178 New Caledonia 2.45 kg/ha 2023 down 31.3% rising
179 Vanuatu 2.4 kg/ha 2023 up 43.1% rising
180 Trinidad and Tobago 1.92 kg/ha 2023 down 31.0% falling
181 Antigua and Barbuda 1.89 kg/ha 2023 down 20.5% volatile
182 Kiribati 1.41 kg/ha 2023 down 31.1% rising
183 Cook Islands 1.25 kg/ha 2023 down 38.4% rising
184 Tuvalu 0.9407 kg/ha 2023 down 12.3% volatile
185 French Polynesia 0.3353 kg/ha 2023 down 12.2% falling
186 Nauru 0 kg/ha 2023 — volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,500 data points, 1961–2023
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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 (%).