Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area was 2.4 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Vanuatu, 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 Vanuatu is 2.4 kg/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 43.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Vanuatu peaked at 2.4 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.571 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Vanuatu 179th out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom 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 Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.571 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.5763 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 0.5794 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 0.594 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 0.5966 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 0.6093 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 0.6184 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 0.6378 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 0.6565 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 0.6689 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 0.6894 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 0.6979 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 0.73 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1974 | 0.771 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 0.819 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 0.8635 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1977 | 0.9184 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1978 | 0.9504 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1979 | 0.9881 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 1.05 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1981 | 1.12 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 1.22 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1983 | 1.26 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 1.33 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 1.34 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1986 | 1.37 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 1.32 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1988 | 1.33 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 1.34 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 1.37 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 1.4 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 1.38 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 1.27 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1994 | 1.36 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 1.37 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 1.49 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 1.48 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 1.48 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 1.54 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 1.54 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 1.58 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 1.64 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 1.7 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 1.75 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 1.44 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2006 | 1.41 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 1.44 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 1.48 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2009 | 1.53 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 1.56 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 1.57 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1.64 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 1.68 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 1.7 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 1.72 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 1.72 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.78 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 1.85 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 1.86 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1.86 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 1.89 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 2.37 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 2023 | 2.4 kg/ha | +1.2% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 2.4 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 14.25 kg/ha, 17% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 2.4 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12.17 kg/ha, 20% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Vanuatu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +25.9% | 1.89 kg/ha | 2.37 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6044 kg/ha | 0.571 kg/ha | 0.6565 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.8097 kg/ha | 0.6689 kg/ha | 0.9881 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.27 kg/ha | 1.05 kg/ha | 1.37 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.41 kg/ha | 1.27 kg/ha | 1.54 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.55 kg/ha | 1.41 kg/ha | 1.75 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.71 kg/ha | 1.56 kg/ha | 1.86 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.13 kg/ha | 1.86 kg/ha | 2.4 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
- 176 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.7 kg/ha compare
- 177 Paraguay 2.53 kg/ha compare
- 178 New Caledonia 2.45 kg/ha compare
- 180 Trinidad and Tobago 1.92 kg/ha compare
- 181 Antigua and Barbuda 1.89 kg/ha compare
- 182 Kiribati 1.41 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Vanuatu
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.29 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.46 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.225 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.02 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.53 % 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 -2.35 % 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 Vanuatu?
- Crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Vanuatu was 2.4 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 Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 2.4 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.571 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Vanuatu rank for crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Vanuatu ranks 179th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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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About this data
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 (%).