Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium in China, mainland
China, mainland: Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium was 6.79 million t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium in China, mainland, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 6.79 million t for crop residue removal — cropland potassium in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop residue removal — cropland potassium in China, mainland peaked at 6.79 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.84 million t, in 1961.
China, mainland ranks 3rd of 185 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.52 million t | 1.84 million t | 2.88 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.29 million t | 3.00 million t | 3.67 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.77 million t | 3.57 million t | 5.39 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.40 million t | 5.25 million t | 5.60 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.08 million t | 4.81 million t | 5.30 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 5.72 million t | 5.07 million t | 6.35 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.61 million t | 6.40 million t | 6.79 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 1 India 7.46 million t compare
- 2 China (People’s Republic of) 6.82 million t compare
- 4 USSR 6.59 million t compare
- 5 Russian Federation 6.46 million t compare
- 6 Ukraine 2.36 million t compare
More environment data for China, mainland
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.279 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.92 °C (2025)
- Cropland — Area 128,608 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.09 ha/cap (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Agricultural land 32.82 % (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 13.7 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 108,466 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 27.68 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 20,142 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is crop residue removal — cropland potassium in China, mainland?
- Crop residue removal — cropland potassium in China, mainland was 6.79 million t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest crop residue removal — cropland potassium recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 6.79 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest crop residue removal — cropland potassium recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.84 million t in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for crop residue removal — cropland potassium?
- China, mainland ranks 3rd out of 185 countries with data for 2023.
- Is crop residue removal — cropland potassium rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium. 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 (%).