Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium in Western Asia
Western Asia: Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium was 1.58 million t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Crop residue removal — Cropland potassium in Western Asia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for crop residue removal — cropland potassium in Western Asia is 1.58 million t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 11.0% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, crop residue removal — cropland potassium in Western Asia peaked at 1.58 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 339,570 t, in 1961.
That places Western Asia 11th out of 38 regions 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 411,941 t | 339,570 t | 462,715 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 551,101 t | 403,784 t | 650,832 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 801,699 t | 705,472 t | 1.01 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.01 million t | 964,250 t | 1.09 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.17 million t | 1.03 million t | 1.30 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.35 million t | 1.19 million t | 1.49 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.44 million t | 1.29 million t | 1.58 million t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 8 France 1.09 million t compare
- 9 Indonesia 982,652 t compare
- 10 Mexico 951,832 t compare
- 11 Germany 815,677 t compare
- 12 Bangladesh 779,724 t compare
- 13 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 735,742 t compare
- 14 Poland, Republic of 682,413 t 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)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.65 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 5.50 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 in Western Asia?
- Crop residue removal — cropland potassium in Western Asia was 1.58 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.58 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest crop residue removal — cropland potassium recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 339,570 t in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for crop residue removal — cropland potassium?
- Western Asia ranks 11th out of 38 regions with data for 2023.
- Is crop residue removal — cropland potassium rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. 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. 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 (%).