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 69th of 201 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.
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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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 69th out of 201 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 (%).