Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Barbados
Barbados: Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area was 13.01 kg/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Barbados, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Barbados recorded 13.01 kg/ha for crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area in 2023.
The figure is up 8.5% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Barbados peaked at 24.37 kg/ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 10.42 kg/ha, in 2019.
Barbados ranks 117th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Barbados, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19.41 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20.44 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1963 | 24.37 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1964 | 19.86 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1965 | 22.65 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1966 | 20.6 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1967 | 23.51 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1968 | 18.54 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1969 | 17.76 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1970 | 19.87 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1971 | 17.33 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1972 | 16.63 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 15.57 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1974 | 15.81 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 14.72 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1976 | 15.91 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1977 | 17.72 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1978 | 15.24 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1979 | 17.15 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1980 | 18.65 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1981 | 15.58 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1982 | 13.34 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1983 | 12.95 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 15.2 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1985 | 14.56 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1986 | 16.3 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1987 | 13.67 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1988 | 14.99 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1989 | 12.83 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1990 | 14.2 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1991 | 14.23 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 14.22 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 13.62 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 11.72 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1995 | 11.17 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1996 | 14 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 1997 | 15.27 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 13.5 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1999 | 15.87 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2000 | 15.83 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 13.3 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2002 | 13.62 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 12.99 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 13.49 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 15.71 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2006 | 13.61 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2007 | 14.12 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 12.08 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2009 | 13.69 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2010 | 12.78 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2011 | 14.1 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2012 | 14.46 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 12.3 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2014 | 12.25 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 11.75 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 13.89 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 2017 | 13.71 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 13.73 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 10.42 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 2020 | 12.91 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 2021 | 15.08 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2022 | 11.99 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 2023 | 13.01 kg/ha | +8.5% |
Barbados compared with similar countries
- Barbados's 13.01 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 25.01 kg/ha, 52% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Barbados's 13.01 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 16.07 kg/ha, 81% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.79 kg/ha | 17.76 kg/ha | 24.37 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16.59 kg/ha | 14.72 kg/ha | 19.87 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14.81 kg/ha | 12.83 kg/ha | 18.65 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.78 kg/ha | 11.17 kg/ha | 15.87 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.84 kg/ha | 12.08 kg/ha | 15.83 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.94 kg/ha | 10.42 kg/ha | 14.46 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.25 kg/ha | 11.99 kg/ha | 15.08 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Barbados
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -8.41 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 111.15 % change on previous year (2023)
- Standard Deviation 0.587 °C (2023)
- Temperature change 1.03 °C (2023)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.61 % 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 -0.3571 % 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 potassium per unit area in Barbados?
- Crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Barbados was 13.01 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 Barbados?
- The highest recorded value was 24.37 kg/ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Barbados?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.42 kg/ha in 2019.
- How does Barbados rank for crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Barbados ranks 117th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Barbados?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Barbados 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 (%).