Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Congo
Congo: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area was -0.8212 kg/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Congo, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Congo is -0.8212 kg/ha, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 23.7% on the previous year and up 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Congo peaked at -0.2388 kg/ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, -1.39 kg/ha, in 2014.
Congo ranks 142nd 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 phosphorus per unit area in Congo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | -0.6213 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | -0.6589 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1963 | -0.7072 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1964 | -0.744 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1965 | -0.7882 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | -0.8609 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1967 | -1.09 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1968 | -1.02 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1969 | -0.931 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1970 | -0.8228 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1971 | -0.8275 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | -0.6816 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1973 | -0.4173 kg/ha | -38.8% |
| 1974 | -0.724 kg/ha | +73.5% |
| 1975 | -0.7034 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1976 | -0.7301 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1977 | -0.7195 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1978 | -0.5816 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1979 | -0.6806 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1980 | -0.6514 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1981 | -0.7153 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1982 | -0.7731 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1983 | -0.7136 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1984 | -0.7674 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1985 | -0.7981 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1986 | -0.7222 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1987 | -0.7199 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1988 | -0.7776 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1989 | -0.8234 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1990 | -0.5702 kg/ha | -30.8% |
| 1991 | -0.5019 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1992 | -0.4258 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 1993 | -0.3343 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1994 | -0.335 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | -0.3412 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | -0.2966 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1997 | -0.2637 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1998 | -0.2388 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1999 | -0.2774 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2000 | -0.3184 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2001 | -0.7024 kg/ha | +120.6% |
| 2002 | -0.8808 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 2003 | -1.13 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 2004 | -1.29 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2005 | -1.29 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | -1.3 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | -1.24 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2008 | -1.31 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2009 | -0.8086 kg/ha | -38.4% |
| 2010 | -1.24 kg/ha | +53.7% |
| 2011 | -1.15 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2012 | -1.21 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2013 | -1.07 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2014 | -1.39 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 2015 | -1.3 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2016 | -1.22 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2017 | -1.16 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2018 | -1.25 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2019 | -1.22 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2020 | -0.8481 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 2021 | -0.7888 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2022 | -1.08 kg/ha | +36.4% |
| 2023 | -0.8212 kg/ha | -23.7% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's -0.8212 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.6913 kg/ha. (40 countries reporting)
- Congo's -0.8212 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is -0.3837 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Congo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | -120.6% | -0.3184 kg/ha | -0.7024 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.8251 kg/ha | -1.09 kg/ha | -0.6213 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | -0.6888 kg/ha | -0.8275 kg/ha | -0.4173 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | -0.7462 kg/ha | -0.8234 kg/ha | -0.6514 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | -0.3585 kg/ha | -0.5702 kg/ha | -0.2388 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | -1.03 kg/ha | -1.31 kg/ha | -0.3184 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | -1.22 kg/ha | -1.39 kg/ha | -1.07 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.8835 kg/ha | -1.08 kg/ha | -0.7888 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 139 Yugoslav SFR -0.7027 kg/ha compare
- 140 Mauritius -0.7234 kg/ha compare
- 141 Central African Republic -0.7899 kg/ha compare
- 143 Czechoslovakia -0.8596 kg/ha compare
- 144 Sudan -0.8747 kg/ha compare
- 145 Kazakhstan -0.8968 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Congo
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -9.96 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.68 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.202 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.13 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.8453 % 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 -0.4756 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Congo?
- Nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Congo was -0.8212 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 Congo?
- The highest recorded value was -0.2388 kg/ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.39 kg/ha in 2014.
- How does Congo rank for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Congo ranks 142nd out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Congo 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 (%).