Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in El Salvador
El Salvador: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area was 9.4 kg/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in El Salvador, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area in El Salvador is 9.4 kg/ha, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 475.8% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area in El Salvador peaked at 20.45 kg/ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 1.63 kg/ha, in 2022.
That places El Salvador 42nd out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.57 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3.16 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1963 | 5.41 kg/ha | +71.3% |
| 1964 | 6.43 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1965 | 5.59 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1966 | 7.78 kg/ha | +39.0% |
| 1967 | 8.64 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 10.12 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1969 | 9.49 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1970 | 8.06 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1971 | 7.7 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1972 | 12.41 kg/ha | +61.1% |
| 1973 | 20.45 kg/ha | +64.8% |
| 1974 | 17.81 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1975 | 12.62 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 1976 | 10.36 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1977 | 13.97 kg/ha | +34.8% |
| 1978 | 13.73 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 10.13 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1980 | 7.66 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1981 | 11.53 kg/ha | +50.5% |
| 1982 | 7.47 kg/ha | -35.2% |
| 1983 | 12.66 kg/ha | +69.5% |
| 1984 | 6.62 kg/ha | -47.7% |
| 1985 | 11.99 kg/ha | +81.0% |
| 1986 | 8.31 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 1987 | 14.94 kg/ha | +79.7% |
| 1988 | 13.6 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1989 | 9.78 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1990 | 10.18 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 10.06 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 9.68 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1993 | 8.71 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1994 | 7.66 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1995 | 10.71 kg/ha | +39.8% |
| 1996 | 11.75 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1997 | 7 kg/ha | -40.5% |
| 1998 | 8.21 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1999 | 5.79 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 2000 | 6.62 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2001 | 4.29 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 2002 | 6.49 kg/ha | +51.2% |
| 2003 | 6.86 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 5.53 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2005 | 10.39 kg/ha | +87.8% |
| 2006 | 5.67 kg/ha | -45.5% |
| 2007 | 7.26 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 2008 | 3.36 kg/ha | -53.7% |
| 2009 | 4.15 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 2010 | 9.77 kg/ha | +135.5% |
| 2011 | 8.97 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2012 | 10.1 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2013 | 9.69 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 4.45 kg/ha | -54.0% |
| 2015 | 8.18 kg/ha | +83.7% |
| 2016 | 5.7 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 2017 | 8.29 kg/ha | +45.4% |
| 2018 | 9.18 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2019 | 4.85 kg/ha | -47.1% |
| 2020 | 5.91 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2021 | 5.34 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2022 | 1.63 kg/ha | -69.4% |
| 2023 | 9.4 kg/ha | +475.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.58 kg/ha | 2.57 kg/ha | 10.12 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12.72 kg/ha | 7.7 kg/ha | 20.45 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.46 kg/ha | 6.62 kg/ha | 14.94 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.97 kg/ha | 5.79 kg/ha | 11.75 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.06 kg/ha | 3.36 kg/ha | 10.39 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.92 kg/ha | 4.45 kg/ha | 10.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.57 kg/ha | 1.63 kg/ha | 9.4 kg/ha | 4 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.1 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.28 °C (2025)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import -1.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import 0 t per person (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 2.89 Percentage change (2024)
- Exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 1.19 Percentage change (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 19.28 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area in El Salvador?
- Mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area in El Salvador was 9.4 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 20.45 kg/ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.63 kg/ha in 2022.
- How does El Salvador rank for mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- El Salvador ranks 42nd out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus 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 (%).