Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus use efficiency in Tunisia
Tunisia: Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus use efficiency was 48.37 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus use efficiency in Tunisia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus use efficiency in Tunisia stood at 48.37 %.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.1% on the previous year and down 27.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus use efficiency in Tunisia peaked at 161.89 % in 2020 and was at its lowest, 23.39 %, in 1988.
That places Tunisia 127th out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 use efficiency in Tunisia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 80.07 % | — |
| 1962 | 64.06 % | -20.0% |
| 1963 | 125.88 % | +96.5% |
| 1964 | 108.91 % | -13.5% |
| 1965 | 106.29 % | -2.4% |
| 1966 | 64.74 % | -39.1% |
| 1967 | 76.02 % | +17.4% |
| 1968 | 74.51 % | -2.0% |
| 1969 | 40.84 % | -45.2% |
| 1970 | 73.02 % | +78.8% |
| 1971 | 125.58 % | +72.0% |
| 1972 | 94.52 % | -24.7% |
| 1973 | 113.56 % | +20.1% |
| 1974 | 90.38 % | -20.4% |
| 1975 | 105.52 % | +16.8% |
| 1976 | 68.26 % | -35.3% |
| 1977 | 81.75 % | +19.8% |
| 1978 | 61.88 % | -24.3% |
| 1979 | 61.61 % | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 72.7 % | +18.0% |
| 1981 | 41.99 % | -42.2% |
| 1982 | 44.29 % | +5.5% |
| 1983 | 56.22 % | +26.9% |
| 1984 | 46.29 % | -17.7% |
| 1985 | 59.27 % | +28.0% |
| 1986 | 37.6 % | -36.6% |
| 1987 | 57.53 % | +53.0% |
| 1988 | 23.39 % | -59.3% |
| 1989 | 43 % | +83.8% |
| 1990 | 69.38 % | +61.3% |
| 1991 | 101.95 % | +46.9% |
| 1992 | 69.49 % | -31.8% |
| 1993 | 86.09 % | +23.9% |
| 1994 | 39.66 % | -53.9% |
| 1995 | 39.83 % | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 125.9 % | +216.1% |
| 1997 | 53 % | -57.9% |
| 1998 | 74.96 % | +41.4% |
| 1999 | 85.73 % | +14.4% |
| 2000 | 49.87 % | -41.8% |
| 2001 | 43.21 % | -13.4% |
| 2002 | 33.7 % | -22.0% |
| 2003 | 98.48 % | +192.2% |
| 2004 | 69.91 % | -29.0% |
| 2005 | 82.39 % | +17.9% |
| 2006 | 82.25 % | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 79.46 % | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 87.54 % | +10.2% |
| 2009 | 79.04 % | -9.7% |
| 2010 | 57.93 % | -26.7% |
| 2011 | 66.65 % | +15.1% |
| 2012 | 77.04 % | +15.6% |
| 2013 | 66.42 % | -13.8% |
| 2014 | 61.56 % | -7.3% |
| 2015 | 76.81 % | +24.8% |
| 2016 | 52.9 % | -31.1% |
| 2017 | 53.24 % | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 79.6 % | +49.5% |
| 2019 | 66.08 % | -17.0% |
| 2020 | 161.89 % | +145.0% |
| 2021 | 51.84 % | -68.0% |
| 2022 | 57.62 % | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 48.37 % | -16.1% |
Tunisia compared with similar countries
- Tunisia's 48.37 % is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 92.49 %, 52% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Tunisia's 48.37 % is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 56.31 %, 86% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus use efficiency in Tunisia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +216.1% | 39.83 % | 125.9 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 82.37 % | 40.84 % | 125.88 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 87.61 % | 61.61 % | 125.58 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 48.23 % | 23.39 % | 72.7 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 74.6 % | 39.66 % | 125.9 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 70.58 % | 33.7 % | 98.48 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 65.82 % | 52.9 % | 79.6 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 79.93 % | 48.37 % | 161.89 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Tunisia
More environment data for Tunisia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -14.25 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.421 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.02 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.34 % 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 -0.2204 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus use efficiency in Tunisia?
- Nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus use efficiency in Tunisia was 48.37 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus use efficiency recorded in Tunisia?
- The highest recorded value was 161.89 % in 2020.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus use efficiency recorded in Tunisia?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.39 % in 1988.
- How does Tunisia rank for nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus use efficiency?
- Tunisia ranks 127th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland phosphorus use efficiency rising or falling in Tunisia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tunisia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Nutrient balance — Cropland phosphorus use efficiency. 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 (%).