Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone: Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area was 12.84 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Sierra Leone, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Sierra Leone recorded 12.84 kg/ha for crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area in 2023.
The figure is down 18.8% on the previous year and down 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Sierra Leone peaked at 17.7 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 8.3 kg/ha, in 2018.
That places Sierra Leone 118th 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 Sierra Leone, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8.47 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10.22 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1963 | 10.4 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 11.47 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1965 | 11.3 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 11.43 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 11.77 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 11.42 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 13.65 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1970 | 11.83 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1971 | 11.59 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 12.05 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 12.06 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 12.73 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1975 | 13.7 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 13.65 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 13.92 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 14.03 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 12.06 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1980 | 12.29 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 12.16 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1982 | 12.59 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 11.98 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 13.95 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1985 | 11.1 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1986 | 13.15 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1987 | 11.6 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1988 | 11.58 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 11.98 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 11.39 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 11.65 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 12.6 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1993 | 12.15 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 11.04 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1995 | 11.2 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 11.6 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 11.13 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 10.19 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1999 | 9.85 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 9.1 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2001 | 9.51 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 10.2 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 8.61 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2004 | 8.99 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 11.29 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 2006 | 13.38 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2007 | 10.64 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 2008 | 11.38 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 13.42 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2010 | 13.99 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 14.09 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 14.84 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 15.03 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 13.7 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2015 | 11.73 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2016 | 10.1 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2017 | 10.96 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2018 | 8.3 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 2019 | 14.57 kg/ha | +75.6% |
| 2020 | 12.53 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2021 | 17.7 kg/ha | +41.2% |
| 2022 | 15.81 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2023 | 12.84 kg/ha | -18.8% |
Sierra Leone compared with similar countries
- Sierra Leone's 12.84 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 10.81 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Sierra Leone's 12.84 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10.81 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Sierra Leone 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +75.6% | 8.3 kg/ha | 14.57 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11.13 kg/ha | 8.47 kg/ha | 13.65 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12.76 kg/ha | 11.59 kg/ha | 14.03 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12.24 kg/ha | 11.1 kg/ha | 13.95 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.28 kg/ha | 9.85 kg/ha | 12.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.65 kg/ha | 8.61 kg/ha | 13.42 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.73 kg/ha | 8.3 kg/ha | 15.03 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.72 kg/ha | 12.53 kg/ha | 17.7 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sierra Leone
More environment data for Sierra Leone
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.4 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.232 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.72 % 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 1.11 % 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 Sierra Leone?
- Crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Sierra Leone was 12.84 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 Sierra Leone?
- The highest recorded value was 17.7 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Sierra Leone?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.3 kg/ha in 2018.
- How does Sierra Leone rank for crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Sierra Leone ranks 118th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Sierra Leone?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sierra Leone 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 (%).