Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area was 0.5398 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Sao Tome and Principe, 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 Sao Tome and Principe is 0.5398 kg/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 61.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 0.5398 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.2114 kg/ha, in 2005.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 158th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.3334 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.3334 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.3334 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.3334 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 0.3239 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 0.3239 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.3239 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 0.3239 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.3239 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.3239 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 0.3149 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1972 | 0.3149 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.3149 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.3149 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.3149 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.3149 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.3149 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.3149 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.3149 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.3149 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.3149 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.3543 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1983 | 0.3435 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 0.4049 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1985 | 0.3909 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1986 | 0.3909 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.3909 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.3779 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 0.3909 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 0.4049 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 0.3909 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 0.3909 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.3909 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.3779 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 0.4199 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 0.4199 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.436 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 0.3779 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1999 | 0.3334 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2000 | 0.3239 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 0.3239 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3239 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.2865 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2004 | 0.3591 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 2005 | 0.2114 kg/ha | -41.1% |
| 2006 | 0.2775 kg/ha | +31.3% |
| 2007 | 0.2114 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 2008 | 0.251 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 2009 | 0.2114 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2010 | 0.3543 kg/ha | +67.6% |
| 2011 | 0.3964 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2012 | 0.3334 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2013 | 0.3334 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3028 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2015 | 0.2907 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3466 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2017 | 0.4142 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2018 | 0.3616 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2019 | 0.436 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 2020 | 0.3935 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2021 | 0.3737 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5398 kg/ha | +44.4% |
| 2023 | 0.5398 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3281 kg/ha | 0.3239 kg/ha | 0.3334 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.3158 kg/ha | 0.3149 kg/ha | 0.3239 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3674 kg/ha | 0.3149 kg/ha | 0.4049 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3943 kg/ha | 0.3334 kg/ha | 0.436 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.278 kg/ha | 0.2114 kg/ha | 0.3591 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3569 kg/ha | 0.2907 kg/ha | 0.436 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4617 kg/ha | 0.3737 kg/ha | 0.5398 kg/ha | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Sao Tome and Principe was 0.5398 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 Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5398 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2114 kg/ha in 2005.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 158th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is mineral fertilizers — cropland phosphorus per unit area rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe 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 (%).