Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Namibia
Namibia: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area was 1.05 kg/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Namibia, 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 Namibia is 1.05 kg/ha, measured in 2023.
The figure is up 69.7% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Namibia peaked at 1.62 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.1433 kg/ha, in 1997.
Namibia ranks 112th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Namibia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.02 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 1.03 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 1.01 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 0.995 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 1.01 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 1 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1968 | 0.9778 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 0.985 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 0.9791 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 0.9718 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1972 | 0.9754 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 0.9651 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1974 | 1.03 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1975 | 0.8082 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1976 | 0.7646 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1977 | 0.8638 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1978 | 0.8523 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 0.8729 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1980 | 0.9162 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 0.7216 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1982 | 0.6137 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1983 | 0.547 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1984 | 0.5532 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 0.6731 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1986 | 0.6257 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1987 | 0.643 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 0.6217 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 0.6023 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 0.6166 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 0.5913 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 0.9919 kg/ha | +67.7% |
| 1993 | 0.6842 kg/ha | -31.0% |
| 1994 | 0.4136 kg/ha | -39.5% |
| 1995 | 0.5572 kg/ha | +34.7% |
| 1996 | 0.445 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1997 | 0.1433 kg/ha | -67.8% |
| 1998 | 0.2748 kg/ha | +91.8% |
| 1999 | 0.5345 kg/ha | +94.5% |
| 2000 | 0.399 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 2001 | 0.394 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 0.561 kg/ha | +42.4% |
| 2003 | 0.5829 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 0.3824 kg/ha | -34.4% |
| 2005 | 0.6906 kg/ha | +80.6% |
| 2006 | 0.2534 kg/ha | -63.3% |
| 2007 | 0.6321 kg/ha | +149.4% |
| 2008 | 0.5709 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2009 | 0.5717 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.7655 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 2011 | 0.7096 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2012 | 0.9864 kg/ha | +39.0% |
| 2013 | 1.03 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 0.9843 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 0.9334 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2016 | 1.38 kg/ha | +47.8% |
| 2017 | 0.9609 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 2018 | 1.06 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2019 | 1.62 kg/ha | +52.4% |
| 2020 | 0.5025 kg/ha | -69.0% |
| 2021 | 0.4599 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2022 | 0.6199 kg/ha | +34.8% |
| 2023 | 1.05 kg/ha | +69.7% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 1.05 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.6913 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 1.05 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +149.4% | 0.2534 kg/ha | 0.6321 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +94.5% | 0.2748 kg/ha | 0.5345 kg/ha |
| 1998 | +91.8% | 0.1433 kg/ha | 0.2748 kg/ha |
| 2005 | +80.6% | 0.3824 kg/ha | 0.6906 kg/ha |
| 2023 | +69.7% | 0.6199 kg/ha | 1.05 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +67.7% | 0.5913 kg/ha | 0.9919 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1 kg/ha | 0.9778 kg/ha | 1.03 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.9084 kg/ha | 0.7646 kg/ha | 1.03 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6518 kg/ha | 0.547 kg/ha | 0.9162 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.5252 kg/ha | 0.1433 kg/ha | 0.9919 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5038 kg/ha | 0.2534 kg/ha | 0.6906 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.04 kg/ha | 0.7096 kg/ha | 1.62 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6586 kg/ha | 0.4599 kg/ha | 1.05 kg/ha | 4 |
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- 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 phosphorus per unit area in Namibia?
- Nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Namibia was 1.05 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.62 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1433 kg/ha in 1997.
- How does Namibia rank for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Namibia ranks 112th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. 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 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 (%).