Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Senegal
Senegal: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area was -2.95 kg/ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Senegal, 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 Senegal is -2.95 kg/ha, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is down 11.7% on the previous year and down 857.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Senegal peaked at 1.71 kg/ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, -2.95 kg/ha, in 2023.
That places Senegal 168th out of 186 countries 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.
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Senegal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | -0.9375 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | -1.15 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1963 | -1.18 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | -0.8788 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 1965 | -0.7728 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1966 | -0.4279 kg/ha | -44.6% |
| 1967 | -0.2944 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 1968 | -0.3496 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1969 | -0.9241 kg/ha | +164.3% |
| 1970 | -0.3038 kg/ha | -67.1% |
| 1971 | -0.8813 kg/ha | +190.1% |
| 1972 | 0.2955 kg/ha | -133.5% |
| 1973 | 0.4326 kg/ha | +46.4% |
| 1974 | 0.4659 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 0.4604 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1976 | 0.5013 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1977 | 1.71 kg/ha | +241.4% |
| 1978 | 0.0768 kg/ha | -95.5% |
| 1979 | 0.9473 kg/ha | +1133.5% |
| 1980 | 0.2801 kg/ha | -70.4% |
| 1981 | -0.9815 kg/ha | -450.4% |
| 1982 | -0.2304 kg/ha | -76.5% |
| 1983 | -0.3909 kg/ha | +69.7% |
| 1984 | -0.2391 kg/ha | -38.8% |
| 1985 | -0.9247 kg/ha | +286.7% |
| 1986 | -0.6856 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1987 | -1.11 kg/ha | +62.2% |
| 1988 | -0.434 kg/ha | -61.0% |
| 1989 | -1.31 kg/ha | +202.2% |
| 1990 | -0.8774 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 1991 | -0.8131 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1992 | -0.4273 kg/ha | -47.4% |
| 1993 | -0.7522 kg/ha | +76.0% |
| 1994 | -0.043 kg/ha | -94.3% |
| 1995 | -0.5904 kg/ha | +1273.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0499 kg/ha | -108.5% |
| 1997 | 0.5202 kg/ha | +942.5% |
| 1998 | 0.784 kg/ha | +50.7% |
| 1999 | 0.2022 kg/ha | -74.2% |
| 2000 | -0.0849 kg/ha | -142.0% |
| 2001 | -0.43 kg/ha | +406.5% |
| 2002 | 0.6668 kg/ha | -255.1% |
| 2003 | -0.3066 kg/ha | -146.0% |
| 2004 | 0.148 kg/ha | -148.3% |
| 2005 | -0.5468 kg/ha | -469.5% |
| 2006 | -0.3596 kg/ha | -34.2% |
| 2007 | 0.1773 kg/ha | -149.3% |
| 2008 | -1.28 kg/ha | -820.0% |
| 2009 | -1.49 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2010 | -1.47 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2011 | -0.1802 kg/ha | -87.8% |
| 2012 | -0.279 kg/ha | +54.8% |
| 2013 | 0.3893 kg/ha | -239.5% |
| 2014 | 0.4339 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2015 | -0.511 kg/ha | -217.8% |
| 2016 | -0.0568 kg/ha | -88.9% |
| 2017 | 1.02 kg/ha | -1902.6% |
| 2018 | -1.96 kg/ha | -291.1% |
| 2019 | -1.58 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2020 | -2.04 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 2021 | -2.63 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 2022 | -2.64 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | -2.95 kg/ha | +11.7% |
Senegal compared with similar countries
- Senegal's -2.95 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.6913 kg/ha. (40 countries reporting)
- Senegal's -2.95 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is -0.3837 kg/ha, 7.7× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in Senegal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +1902.6% | -0.0568 kg/ha | 1.02 kg/ha |
| 1995 | -1273.0% | -0.043 kg/ha | -0.5904 kg/ha |
| 1979 | +1133.5% | 0.0768 kg/ha | 0.9473 kg/ha |
| 1997 | +942.5% | 0.0499 kg/ha | 0.5202 kg/ha |
| 2008 | -820.0% | 0.1773 kg/ha | -1.28 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.7683 kg/ha | -1.18 kg/ha | -0.2944 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.3706 kg/ha | -0.8813 kg/ha | 1.71 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | -0.603 kg/ha | -1.31 kg/ha | 0.2801 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | -0.1947 kg/ha | -0.8774 kg/ha | 0.784 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | -0.3505 kg/ha | -1.49 kg/ha | 0.6668 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.4186 kg/ha | -1.96 kg/ha | 1.02 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | -2.56 kg/ha | -2.95 kg/ha | -2.04 kg/ha | 4 |
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More environment data for Senegal
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -1.15 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.06 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.432 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.48 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.08 % 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 -0.1647 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Senegal?
- Nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in Senegal was -2.95 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 1.71 kg/ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.95 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Senegal rank for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- Senegal ranks 168th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 857.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Senegal 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 (%).