Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Senegal
Senegal: Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area was 28.11 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Senegal, 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 potassium per unit area in Senegal is 28.11 kg/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 14.2% on the previous year and up 93.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Senegal peaked at 28.11 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7 kg/ha, in 1972.
Senegal ranks 68th of 186 countries on this measure, 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 Senegal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10.77 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10.85 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 11.23 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 11.48 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 11.56 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 9.89 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1967 | 11.46 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1968 | 8.69 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1969 | 12.52 kg/ha | +44.1% |
| 1970 | 8.62 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 1971 | 12.25 kg/ha | +42.2% |
| 1972 | 7 kg/ha | -42.8% |
| 1973 | 9.68 kg/ha | +38.1% |
| 1974 | 13.29 kg/ha | +37.4% |
| 1975 | 12.98 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 11.94 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1977 | 8.25 kg/ha | -30.9% |
| 1978 | 13.82 kg/ha | +67.6% |
| 1979 | 10.21 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 1980 | 9.03 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1981 | 15.38 kg/ha | +70.3% |
| 1982 | 11.89 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1983 | 8.38 kg/ha | -29.5% |
| 1984 | 10.14 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1985 | 15.07 kg/ha | +48.6% |
| 1986 | 13.12 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1987 | 14.89 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1988 | 11.59 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1989 | 14.34 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1990 | 12.24 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1991 | 13.39 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1992 | 11.76 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1993 | 13.97 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1994 | 12.29 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1995 | 14.35 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1996 | 11.9 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1997 | 11.45 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 12.06 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 13.89 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2000 | 13.17 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2001 | 13.88 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 9.13 kg/ha | -34.2% |
| 2003 | 16.24 kg/ha | +77.8% |
| 2004 | 12.15 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 2005 | 16.05 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 2006 | 13.41 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2007 | 10.69 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 2008 | 15.86 kg/ha | +48.3% |
| 2009 | 16.12 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 16.89 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 12.8 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 2012 | 17.48 kg/ha | +36.5% |
| 2013 | 14.56 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2014 | 14.31 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 18.01 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 2016 | 18.23 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 19.76 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2018 | 22.27 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2019 | 21.24 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 24.95 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2021 | 24.74 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 24.62 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 28.11 kg/ha | +14.2% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's 28.11 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14.25 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Senegal's 28.11 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10.81 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.94 kg/ha | 8.69 kg/ha | 12.52 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10.8 kg/ha | 7 kg/ha | 13.82 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.38 kg/ha | 8.38 kg/ha | 15.38 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12.73 kg/ha | 11.45 kg/ha | 14.35 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.67 kg/ha | 9.13 kg/ha | 16.24 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17.55 kg/ha | 12.8 kg/ha | 22.27 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.61 kg/ha | 24.62 kg/ha | 28.11 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 65 Peru 28.37 kg/ha compare
- 66 Rwanda 28.31 kg/ha compare
- 67 China, Taiwan Province of 28.27 kg/ha compare
- 69 Albania 27.78 kg/ha compare
- 70 Mauritania 27.69 kg/ha compare
- 71 Saudi Arabia 27.62 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Senegal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.432 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.48 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.08 % 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 -0.1647 % 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 Senegal?
- Crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Senegal was 28.11 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 28.11 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Senegal rank for crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Senegal ranks 68th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 93.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Senegal 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 (%).