Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Oceania
Oceania: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area was -1.71 kg/ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Oceania, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Oceania recorded -1.71 kg/ha for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 646.0% on the previous year and down 179.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Oceania peaked at 18.84 kg/ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, -1.71 kg/ha, in 2023.
That places Oceania 31st out of 32 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom 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 | 11.21 kg/ha | 8.8 kg/ha | 14.56 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.95 kg/ha | 7.62 kg/ha | 18.84 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.89 kg/ha | 5.29 kg/ha | 11.23 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.14 kg/ha | 4.9 kg/ha | 12.42 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.55 kg/ha | 1.8 kg/ha | 9.46 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.86 kg/ha | 1.35 kg/ha | 4.59 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.01 kg/ha | -1.71 kg/ha | 5.71 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Oceania
- 28 Belgium 19.25 kg/ha compare
- 29 Slovenia 18.37 kg/ha compare
- 30 Seychelles 17.96 kg/ha compare
- 31 China, mainland 16.57 kg/ha compare
- 32 Iceland 16.36 kg/ha compare
- 33 Uzbekistan 16.05 kg/ha compare
- 34 Costa Rica 15.57 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Oceania
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.316 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.98 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 5.00 million t (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 6,408 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Share in Land area 4 % (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 0.74 ha/cap (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 40.22 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 90.95 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.46 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Oceania?
- Nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Oceania was -1.71 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 Oceania?
- The highest recorded value was 18.84 kg/ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in Oceania?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.71 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Oceania rank for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Oceania ranks 31st out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area rising or falling in Oceania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 179.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Oceania 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 (%).