Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Algeria
Algeria: Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area was 20.41 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Algeria, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Algeria stood at 20.41 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 9.9% on the previous year and down 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Algeria peaked at 29.74 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 5.73 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Algeria 85th out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 potassium per unit area in Algeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5.73 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12.34 kg/ha | +115.5% |
| 1963 | 12.36 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1964 | 8.65 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 1965 | 9.73 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1966 | 6.32 kg/ha | -35.0% |
| 1967 | 10.09 kg/ha | +59.6% |
| 1968 | 11.35 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1969 | 9.77 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1970 | 10.09 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 9.4 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1972 | 10.58 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1973 | 7.98 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 1974 | 7.99 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 13.09 kg/ha | +63.8% |
| 1976 | 11.04 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1977 | 6.77 kg/ha | -38.7% |
| 1978 | 9.13 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 1979 | 8.95 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 11.8 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 1981 | 10.13 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1982 | 9.07 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1983 | 8.65 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1984 | 8.63 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 13.43 kg/ha | +55.5% |
| 1986 | 12.42 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1987 | 11.39 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1988 | 8.49 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1989 | 11.49 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 1990 | 9.77 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1991 | 16.45 kg/ha | +68.4% |
| 1992 | 14.54 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1993 | 11.19 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1994 | 10.43 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 13.24 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1996 | 21.06 kg/ha | +59.0% |
| 1997 | 10.68 kg/ha | -49.3% |
| 1998 | 14.47 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 1999 | 16.3 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2000 | 12.71 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 2001 | 18.01 kg/ha | +41.7% |
| 2002 | 16.65 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2003 | 23.61 kg/ha | +41.8% |
| 2004 | 21.84 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2005 | 22.98 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2006 | 23.17 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 19.63 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2008 | 15.46 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2009 | 25.64 kg/ha | +65.8% |
| 2010 | 23.05 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2011 | 25.03 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 26.29 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 27.78 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2014 | 21.93 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 2015 | 22.19 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 17.74 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 2017 | 17.28 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 29.74 kg/ha | +72.1% |
| 2019 | 27.61 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2020 | 24.16 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2021 | 22.02 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2022 | 22.65 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 20.41 kg/ha | -9.9% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 20.41 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 17.72 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 20.41 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 16.19 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Algeria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +115.5% | 5.73 kg/ha | 12.34 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.59 kg/ha | 5.73 kg/ha | 12.36 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9.5 kg/ha | 6.77 kg/ha | 13.09 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.55 kg/ha | 8.49 kg/ha | 13.43 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.81 kg/ha | 9.77 kg/ha | 21.06 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.97 kg/ha | 12.71 kg/ha | 25.64 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.86 kg/ha | 17.28 kg/ha | 29.74 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.31 kg/ha | 20.41 kg/ha | 24.16 kg/ha | 4 |
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More environment data for Algeria
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -26.91 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.76 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.401 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.01 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -2.41 % 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 1.21 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Algeria?
- Crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Algeria was 20.41 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 29.74 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.73 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Algeria rank for crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Algeria ranks 85th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium 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 (%).