Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area in Namibia
Namibia: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area was 0.3506 kg/ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area in Namibia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area in Namibia is 0.3506 kg/ha, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 141.6% on the previous year and up 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area in Namibia peaked at 0.665 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0 kg/ha, in 2008.
Namibia ranks 165th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area in Namibia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.1526 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.1526 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 0.1526 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 0.1516 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1965 | 0.1516 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 0.1516 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 0.1509 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 0.1509 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 0.1509 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 0.1504 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 0.15 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 0.15 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 0.15 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 0.15 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 0.15 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.1495 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 0.1495 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.1493 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 0.1493 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.1491 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 0.1491 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 0.1491 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 0.1479 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 0.1479 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.1479 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.1479 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.1479 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.1479 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.1479 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.1479 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.1479 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.1479 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.1399 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 0.1306 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1995 | 0.1194 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1996 | 0.1194 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.1194 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.1194 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.1194 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.1194 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.1194 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.1194 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.1387 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2004 | 0.3016 kg/ha | +117.4% |
| 2005 | 0.2541 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2006 | 0.2085 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 2007 | 0.3523 kg/ha | +69.0% |
| 2008 | 0 kg/ha | -100.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0021 kg/ha | — |
| 2010 | 0.316 kg/ha | +14947.6% |
| 2011 | 0.159 kg/ha | -49.7% |
| 2012 | 0.5725 kg/ha | +260.1% |
| 2013 | 0.3037 kg/ha | -47.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4422 kg/ha | +45.6% |
| 2015 | 0.665 kg/ha | +50.4% |
| 2016 | 0.3402 kg/ha | -48.8% |
| 2017 | 0.4779 kg/ha | +40.5% |
| 2018 | 0.5005 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 0.2446 kg/ha | -51.1% |
| 2020 | 0.1904 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 2021 | 0.1901 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.1451 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 2023 | 0.3506 kg/ha | +141.6% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 0.3506 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 3.03 kg/ha, 12% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 0.3506 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1.81 kg/ha, 19% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area in Namibia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +14947.6% | 0.0021 kg/ha | 0.316 kg/ha |
| 2012 | +260.1% | 0.159 kg/ha | 0.5725 kg/ha |
| 2023 | +141.6% | 0.1451 kg/ha | 0.3506 kg/ha |
| 2004 | +117.4% | 0.1387 kg/ha | 0.3016 kg/ha |
| 2008 | -100.0% | 0.3523 kg/ha | 0 kg/ha |
| 2007 | +69.0% | 0.2085 kg/ha | 0.3523 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.1517 kg/ha | 0.1509 kg/ha | 0.1526 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.1498 kg/ha | 0.1493 kg/ha | 0.1504 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1483 kg/ha | 0.1479 kg/ha | 0.1491 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1311 kg/ha | 0.1194 kg/ha | 0.1479 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1615 kg/ha | 0 kg/ha | 0.3523 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4022 kg/ha | 0.159 kg/ha | 0.665 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2191 kg/ha | 0.1451 kg/ha | 0.3506 kg/ha | 4 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -2.99 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -1.14 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.319 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.979 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area in Namibia?
- Mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area in Namibia was 0.3506 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.665 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kg/ha in 2008.
- How does Namibia rank for mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Namibia ranks 165th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Mineral fertilizers — 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 (%).