Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Greece
Greece: Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area was 36.62 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Greece, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 36.62 kg/ha for crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 36.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Greece peaked at 36.62 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 13.17 kg/ha, in 1963.
Greece ranks 45th of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Greece, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13.24 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13.97 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1963 | 13.17 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1964 | 16.64 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 1965 | 17.14 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1966 | 18.56 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 19.32 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1968 | 15.36 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1969 | 17.75 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1970 | 20.76 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1971 | 21.3 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 21.13 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 21.2 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 24.09 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1975 | 24.71 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 25.87 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1977 | 20.85 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1978 | 27.96 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 1979 | 25.81 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1980 | 29.84 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1981 | 30.32 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 30.81 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 25.21 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1984 | 28.55 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1985 | 18.66 kg/ha | -34.6% |
| 1986 | 22.69 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1987 | 22.05 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 23.76 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1989 | 26.01 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1990 | 19.85 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 1991 | 26.1 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 1992 | 22.84 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1993 | 23.73 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 26.48 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1995 | 25.91 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 24.82 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 25.55 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 24.77 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 24.27 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 25.97 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2001 | 25.98 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 25.21 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 22.96 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2004 | 25.72 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2005 | 25.8 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 23.74 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 23.21 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 26.37 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2009 | 25.88 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 23.77 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2011 | 24.97 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 25.05 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 26.9 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2014 | 26.35 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 26.9 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 26.78 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 26.93 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 22.86 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2019 | 24.41 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2020 | 24.96 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 26.87 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 35.47 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 2023 | 36.62 kg/ha | +3.2% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 36.62 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 25.01 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Greece's 36.62 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 36.9 kg/ha, 99% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16.13 kg/ha | 13.17 kg/ha | 19.32 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23.37 kg/ha | 20.76 kg/ha | 27.96 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25.79 kg/ha | 18.66 kg/ha | 30.81 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 24.43 kg/ha | 19.85 kg/ha | 26.48 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.08 kg/ha | 22.96 kg/ha | 26.37 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25.49 kg/ha | 22.86 kg/ha | 26.93 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30.98 kg/ha | 24.96 kg/ha | 36.62 kg/ha | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Greece?
- Crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Greece was 36.62 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 36.62 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.17 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Greece rank for crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Greece ranks 45th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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 (%).