Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Namibia
Namibia: Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency was 15.9 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Namibia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Namibia recorded 15.9 % for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 35.1% on the previous year and down 30.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Namibia peaked at 60.48 % in 1997 and was at its lowest, 12.51 %, in 2019.
Namibia ranks 168th of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Namibia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25.07 % | — |
| 1962 | 26.28 % | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 26.03 % | -1.0% |
| 1964 | 27.48 % | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 28.94 % | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 29.15 % | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 30 % | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 31.24 % | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 31.59 % | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 31.7 % | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 32.11 % | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 32.04 % | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 32.75 % | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 30.68 % | -6.3% |
| 1975 | 38.77 % | +26.4% |
| 1976 | 39.71 % | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 36.84 % | -7.2% |
| 1978 | 37.13 % | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 36.65 % | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 36.2 % | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 42.65 % | +17.8% |
| 1982 | 47.67 % | +11.8% |
| 1983 | 51.2 % | +7.4% |
| 1984 | 51.63 % | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 45.7 % | -11.5% |
| 1986 | 48.71 % | +6.6% |
| 1987 | 48.09 % | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 49.17 % | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 51.07 % | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 49.41 % | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 49.46 % | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 27.53 % | -44.3% |
| 1993 | 41.6 % | +51.1% |
| 1994 | 53.7 % | +29.1% |
| 1995 | 40.92 % | -23.8% |
| 1996 | 46.19 % | +12.9% |
| 1997 | 60.48 % | +30.9% |
| 1998 | 53 % | -12.4% |
| 1999 | 44.48 % | -16.1% |
| 2000 | 55.06 % | +23.8% |
| 2001 | 56.74 % | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 32.84 % | -42.1% |
| 2003 | 42.59 % | +29.7% |
| 2004 | 49.64 % | +16.6% |
| 2005 | 45.11 % | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 53.05 % | +17.6% |
| 2007 | 43.04 % | -18.9% |
| 2008 | 44.5 % | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 38.51 % | -13.5% |
| 2010 | 35.88 % | -6.8% |
| 2011 | 29.97 % | -16.5% |
| 2012 | 25.12 % | -16.2% |
| 2013 | 23 % | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 32.24 % | +40.2% |
| 2015 | 23.28 % | -27.8% |
| 2016 | 12.73 % | -45.3% |
| 2017 | 17.33 % | +36.1% |
| 2018 | 13.53 % | -21.9% |
| 2019 | 12.51 % | -7.5% |
| 2020 | 45.47 % | +263.4% |
| 2021 | 42.74 % | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 24.48 % | -42.7% |
| 2023 | 15.9 % | -35.1% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 15.9 % is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 52.75 %, 30% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 15.9 % is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 62.99 %, 25% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient balance — Cropland nitrogen use efficiency 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +263.4% | 12.51 % | 45.47 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28.42 % | 25.07 % | 31.59 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 34.84 % | 30.68 % | 39.71 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 47.21 % | 36.2 % | 51.63 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 46.67 % | 27.53 % | 60.48 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 46.11 % | 32.84 % | 56.74 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 22.56 % | 12.51 % | 35.88 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.15 % | 15.9 % | 45.47 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More environment data for Namibia
- 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 nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Namibia?
- Nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency in Namibia was 15.9 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 60.48 % in 1997.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 12.51 % in 2019.
- How does Namibia rank for nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency?
- Namibia ranks 168th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland nitrogen use efficiency rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Namibia 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 (%).