Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Botswana
Botswana: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area was 5.25 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Botswana, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Botswana recorded 5.25 kg/ha for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
That represents a change of up 236.5% on the previous year and up 213.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Botswana peaked at 5.25 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.2086 kg/ha, in 1961.
Botswana ranks 67th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Botswana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.2086 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.7591 kg/ha | +263.9% |
| 1963 | 0.7323 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1964 | 0.6851 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1965 | 0.6111 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1966 | 0.4481 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1967 | 0.3198 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1968 | 1.11 kg/ha | +247.8% |
| 1969 | 1 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1970 | 1.55 kg/ha | +54.2% |
| 1971 | 0.7428 kg/ha | -52.0% |
| 1972 | 1.07 kg/ha | +44.7% |
| 1973 | 1.62 kg/ha | +50.7% |
| 1974 | 1.1 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 1975 | 1.68 kg/ha | +51.8% |
| 1976 | 1.43 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1977 | 2.02 kg/ha | +40.7% |
| 1978 | 2.25 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1979 | 1.9 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1980 | 1.85 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 1.8 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 2.16 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1983 | 1.75 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1984 | 1.78 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 1.44 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1986 | 1.55 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 1.65 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1988 | 1 kg/ha | -39.1% |
| 1989 | 1.38 kg/ha | +37.6% |
| 1990 | 1.81 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 1991 | 1.6 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1992 | 2.11 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 1993 | 1.08 kg/ha | -48.8% |
| 1994 | 1.01 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1995 | 1.1 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1996 | 0.5176 kg/ha | -52.9% |
| 1997 | 1.35 kg/ha | +160.5% |
| 1998 | 2.4 kg/ha | +78.3% |
| 1999 | 2.26 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2000 | 1.5 kg/ha | -33.5% |
| 2001 | 2.53 kg/ha | +68.5% |
| 2002 | 1.73 kg/ha | -31.8% |
| 2003 | 2.14 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 2004 | 2.28 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 2.61 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2006 | 2.86 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 3.59 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 2008 | 2.37 kg/ha | -33.8% |
| 2009 | 2.19 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2010 | 2.56 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2011 | 1.58 kg/ha | -38.3% |
| 2012 | 1.29 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2013 | 1.68 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 2014 | 1.56 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 3.87 kg/ha | +147.3% |
| 2016 | 1.59 kg/ha | -58.9% |
| 2017 | 3.1 kg/ha | +95.0% |
| 2018 | 1.8 kg/ha | -41.9% |
| 2019 | 2.7 kg/ha | +49.9% |
| 2020 | 2 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 2021 | 1.3 kg/ha | -35.3% |
| 2022 | 1.56 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 2023 | 5.25 kg/ha | +236.5% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 5.25 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3.24 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 5.25 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is -0.3837 kg/ha. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Botswana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +263.9% | 0.2086 kg/ha | 0.7591 kg/ha |
| 1968 | +247.8% | 0.3198 kg/ha | 1.11 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.6534 kg/ha | 0.2086 kg/ha | 1.11 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.54 kg/ha | 0.7428 kg/ha | 2.25 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.64 kg/ha | 1 kg/ha | 2.16 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.52 kg/ha | 0.5176 kg/ha | 2.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.38 kg/ha | 1.5 kg/ha | 3.59 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.17 kg/ha | 1.29 kg/ha | 3.87 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.53 kg/ha | 1.3 kg/ha | 5.25 kg/ha | 4 |
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More environment data for Botswana
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 6.04 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 6.49 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.381 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.443 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -4.05 % 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 0.3323 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Botswana?
- Nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Botswana was 5.25 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 5.25 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2086 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Botswana rank for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Botswana ranks 67th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 213.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area. 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 (%).