Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Kenya
Kenya: Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency was 62.96 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Kenya, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Kenya is 62.96 %, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 10.4% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Kenya peaked at 91.24 % in 1980 and was at its lowest, 54.22 %, in 2017.
Kenya ranks 73rd of 201 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73.97 % | 67.2 % | 83.15 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 77.86 % | 69.65 % | 85.66 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 72.72 % | 62.75 % | 91.24 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 71.42 % | 61.87 % | 80.08 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 70.75 % | 62.77 % | 77.04 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 66.1 % | 54.22 % | 77.04 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.03 % | 59.75 % | 70.28 % | 4 |
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More environment data for Kenya
- Standard Deviation 0.27 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.12 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 38,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 38,000 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 5,640 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 4,761 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 14,322 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 9,974 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 201,769 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 222,025 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Kenya?
- Nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Kenya was 62.96 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 91.24 % in 1980.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.22 % in 2017.
- How does Kenya rank for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency?
- Kenya ranks 73rd out of 201 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency. 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 (%).