Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area was 3.88 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Mineral fertilizers — Cropland potassium per unit area in Northern Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area in Northern Africa stood at 3.88 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 3.6% on the previous year and up 61.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area in Northern Africa peaked at 4.32 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.5952 kg/ha, in 1965.
Northern Africa ranks 22nd of 29 groups 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 potassium per unit area in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.6726 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.7556 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1963 | 0.7231 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1964 | 0.7097 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1965 | 0.5952 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1966 | 0.7489 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 1967 | 0.853 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1968 | 0.9411 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1969 | 1.03 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1970 | 0.9551 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1971 | 1.55 kg/ha | +62.3% |
| 1972 | 1.68 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1973 | 1.36 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1974 | 1.61 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1975 | 1.51 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1976 | 1.66 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1977 | 1.51 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1978 | 1.73 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1979 | 1.87 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1980 | 2.08 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1981 | 2.11 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 1.75 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1983 | 2.03 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1984 | 2.12 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 2.85 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 1986 | 3.07 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1987 | 3.24 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 2.85 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1989 | 2.42 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1990 | 2.7 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1991 | 2.36 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1992 | 2.23 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1993 | 2.41 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1994 | 2.16 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1995 | 1.93 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1996 | 2.16 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1997 | 2.29 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 2.36 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 2.61 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2000 | 2.44 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2001 | 2.77 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2002 | 2.69 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 2.78 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 2.49 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2005 | 2.6 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 2.59 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 2.65 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2008 | 2.51 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2009 | 2.15 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2010 | 2.23 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 2.24 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 2.11 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 2.41 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2014 | 2.84 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2015 | 3.25 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2016 | 2.78 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2017 | 3.22 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2018 | 4.12 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 2019 | 3.81 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2020 | 4.32 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2021 | 4.16 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 3.74 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2023 | 3.88 kg/ha | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.7809 kg/ha | 0.5952 kg/ha | 1.03 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.54 kg/ha | 0.9551 kg/ha | 1.87 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.45 kg/ha | 1.75 kg/ha | 3.24 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.32 kg/ha | 1.93 kg/ha | 2.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.57 kg/ha | 2.15 kg/ha | 2.78 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.9 kg/ha | 2.11 kg/ha | 4.12 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.03 kg/ha | 3.74 kg/ha | 4.32 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
More environment data for Northern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 864,000 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 701,000 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 27.72 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 4.57 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.84 kg/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area in Northern Africa?
- Mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area in Northern Africa was 3.88 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 4.32 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5952 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Northern Africa rank for mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Northern Africa ranks 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is mineral fertilizers — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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 (%).