Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in South America
South America: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area was 7.34 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus per unit area in South America, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in South America stood at 7.34 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.6% on the previous year and down 28.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in South America peaked at 12.55 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1.38 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places South America 5th out of 32 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.76 kg/ha | 1.38 kg/ha | 2.47 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.37 kg/ha | 2.99 kg/ha | 7.46 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.22 kg/ha | 3.46 kg/ha | 8.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.81 kg/ha | 4.24 kg/ha | 7.28 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8.24 kg/ha | 5.87 kg/ha | 11.87 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.46 kg/ha | 6.19 kg/ha | 10.31 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.27 kg/ha | 7.34 kg/ha | 12.55 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 2 Singapore 337.95 kg/ha compare
- 3 Kuwait 153.02 kg/ha compare
- 4 China, Hong Kong SAR 132.43 kg/ha compare
- 5 Brunei Darussalam 106.88 kg/ha compare
- 6 Montenegro 75.01 kg/ha compare
- 7 China, Taiwan Province of 59.1 kg/ha compare
- 8 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 50.61 kg/ha compare
More environment data for South America
- Standard Deviation 0.218 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Primary wood and paper products (export/import) — Export value 25.17 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood, non-coniferous (production) — Production 10.75 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Import quantity 62,493 m3 (2024)
- Other industrial roundwood — Production 13.72 million m3 (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs, non-coniferous — Production 48.32 million m3 (2024)
- Roundwood — Production 477.72 million m3 (2024)
- Sawlogs and veneer logs — Production 104.85 million m3 (2024)
- Value Added (Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing) — Annual growth US$ -0.9414 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in South America?
- Nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area in South America was 7.34 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 12.55 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.38 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does South America rank for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area?
- South America ranks 5th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus per unit area rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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 (%).