Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Western Asia
Western Asia: Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area was 35.32 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium per unit area in Western Asia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 35.32 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 10.8% on the previous year and up 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Western Asia peaked at 35.32 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7.69 kg/ha, in 1961.
Western Asia ranks 8th of 29 groups 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 Western Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7.69 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9.29 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1963 | 9.07 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 8.75 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 9 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 8.79 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 9.72 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1968 | 9.4 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1969 | 9.89 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 8.68 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1971 | 10.64 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1972 | 12.03 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1973 | 9.21 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1974 | 11.04 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1975 | 11.48 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 13.41 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1977 | 12.81 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1978 | 13.57 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1979 | 13.43 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 14.87 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1981 | 15.11 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 15.03 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 15.13 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1984 | 15.72 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1985 | 16.74 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1986 | 18.56 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1987 | 18.45 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 20.77 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1989 | 16.52 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1990 | 20.35 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1991 | 20.19 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1992 | 20.49 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 21.5 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 20.19 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 20.84 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 21.15 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 20.53 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 22.8 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 20.32 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2000 | 21.9 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2001 | 22.96 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 24.89 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2003 | 25.02 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 26.26 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 26.75 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 27.81 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 25.62 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2008 | 24.76 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 28.08 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2010 | 27.13 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 29.81 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 29.52 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 31.04 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 28.65 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2015 | 33.41 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2016 | 31.7 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 32.21 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 29.68 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2019 | 32.51 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2020 | 33.4 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 29.15 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2022 | 31.87 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2023 | 35.32 kg/ha | +10.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.07 kg/ha | 7.69 kg/ha | 9.89 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.63 kg/ha | 8.68 kg/ha | 13.57 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16.69 kg/ha | 14.87 kg/ha | 20.77 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20.83 kg/ha | 20.19 kg/ha | 22.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25.41 kg/ha | 21.9 kg/ha | 28.08 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.57 kg/ha | 27.13 kg/ha | 33.41 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.44 kg/ha | 29.15 kg/ha | 35.32 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 5 Republic of Korea 94.74 kg/ha compare
- 6 Uzbekistan 92.82 kg/ha compare
- 7 Czechia 90.59 kg/ha compare
- 8 Bangladesh 88.62 kg/ha compare
- 9 Ireland 86.86 kg/ha compare
- 10 Denmark 74.96 kg/ha compare
- 11 Czechoslovakia 73.02 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Western Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.404 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.7 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Cropland — Area 45,596 1000 ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 1.25 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.95 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 484,480 1000 ha (2024)
- Land area — Area 479,195 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Western Asia?
- Crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area in Western Asia was 35.32 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 35.32 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.69 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Western Asia ranks 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is crop residue removal — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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 (%).