Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in India
India: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area was 10.78 kg/ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in India, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
India recorded 10.78 kg/ha for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in 2023.
That represents a change of up 4.8% on the previous year and up 75.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in India peaked at 13.62 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, -1.22 kg/ha, in 1961.
India ranks 45th of 201 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.9131 kg/ha | -1.22 kg/ha | -0.4484 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | -0.4009 kg/ha | -1.14 kg/ha | 0.5947 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.85 kg/ha | 0.5911 kg/ha | 3.78 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4.02 kg/ha | 2.47 kg/ha | 6.99 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.49 kg/ha | 5.3 kg/ha | 12.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.57 kg/ha | 6.15 kg/ha | 13.52 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.22 kg/ha | 10.2 kg/ha | 13.62 kg/ha | 4 |
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- Standard Deviation 0.254 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.954 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 8.00 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 14.13 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 63,080 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 37,519 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 768,863 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 1.05 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 1.10 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 1.34 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in India?
- Nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in India was 10.78 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 13.62 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.22 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- India ranks 45th out of 201 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India 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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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 (%).