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Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area by country

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...

Countries reporting
203
Highest
4,044 kg/ha
Faroe Islands
Lowest
-134.34 kg/ha
Dominican Republic
Median
3.02 kg/ha
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
13,500

What the numbers show

Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 4,044 kg/ha in Faroe Islands; the lowest is -134.34 kg/ha in Dominican Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.02 kg/ha, and the mean is 42.89 kg/ha.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 30.

Over the past decade 85 countries rose and 118 fell. The largest increase was in Chile (up 273.6%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 5,249.0%).

Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Faroe Islands 4,044 kg/ha 2023 down 36.3% falling
1 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 40.11 kg/ha 2023 down 28.0% rising
2 Kuwait 548.14 kg/ha 2023 up 219.8% volatile
2 Viet Nam 26.04 kg/ha 2023 down 33.6% volatile
3 Singapore 428.28 kg/ha 2023 down 1.8% volatile
3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 22.11 kg/ha 2023 up 10.8% falling
4 Montenegro 411.45 kg/ha 2023 down 21.0% falling
5 Ireland 300.53 kg/ha 2023 up 5.2% rising
5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.3998 kg/ha 2023 up 113.4% volatile
6 China, Hong Kong SAR 216.26 kg/ha 2023 up 37.4% rising
7 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 205.63 kg/ha 2023 down 7.4% falling
7 Republic of Moldova -3.15 kg/ha 2023 down 85.5% volatile
8 Mongolia 186.16 kg/ha 2023 up 85.3% rising
8 Polynesia -5.73 kg/ha 2023 up 34.4% volatile
9 Brunei Darussalam 169.2 kg/ha 2023 up 14.6% rising
9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea -6.13 kg/ha 2023 down 194.4% volatile
10 Qatar 142.34 kg/ha 2023 up 58.7% volatile
10 United Republic of Tanzania -6.93 kg/ha 2023 up 12.2% volatile
11 Belgium 140.07 kg/ha 2023 down 15.6% falling
11 Cabo Verde 8.62 kg/ha 2023 up 38.9% volatile
11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) -8.12 kg/ha 2023 down 42.6% volatile
12 Switzerland 135.7 kg/ha 2023 down 9.4% falling
13 Malta 123.48 kg/ha 2023 up 23.7% rising
13 Syrian Arab Republic -8.78 kg/ha 2023 down 2.5% falling
14 New Caledonia 98.3 kg/ha 2023 down 5.1% rising
14 Democratic Republic of the Congo -13 kg/ha 2023 up 3.1% falling
15 Djibouti 94.79 kg/ha 2023 down 49.8% volatile
15 Melanesia -19.29 kg/ha 2023 down 37.4% falling
16 Slovenia 91.05 kg/ha 2023 down 5.7% falling
16 Türkiye -19.79 kg/ha 2023 down 22.7% falling
17 Republic of Korea 90.73 kg/ha 2023 up 4.4% volatile
18 Costa Rica 90.28 kg/ha 2023 up 85.2% volatile
18 Micronesia (Federated States of) -121.98 kg/ha 2023 down 502.2% volatile
19 Trinidad and Tobago 89.01 kg/ha 2023 up 11.3% volatile
20 Luxembourg 85.57 kg/ha 2023 up 5.0% falling
21 China, Taiwan Province of 83.95 kg/ha 2023 down 21.2% rising
22 Uzbekistan 82.28 kg/ha 2023 up 101.3% volatile
23 Belarus 75.35 kg/ha 2023 down 22.9% flat
24 Barbados 74.03 kg/ha 2023 up 107.1% volatile
25 Malaysia 73.6 kg/ha 2023 up 43.9% volatile
26 Colombia 70.43 kg/ha 2023 down 40.2% volatile
27 Iceland 59.98 kg/ha 2023 down 19.2% falling
28 Tajikistan 58.06 kg/ha 2023 up 12.6% rising
28 Côte d'Ivoire -12.14 kg/ha 2023 down 8.4% falling
29 Turkmenistan 53.52 kg/ha 2023 up 40.0% rising
29 Caribbean -29.6 kg/ha 2023 down 237.7% volatile
30 Denmark 52.52 kg/ha 2023 down 11.8% falling
31 Austria 51.14 kg/ha 2023 down 15.8% falling
32 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 48.64 kg/ha 2023 down 12.1% falling
33 Israel 48.36 kg/ha 2023 up 37.8% volatile
34 Uruguay 48.15 kg/ha 2023 up 121.9% volatile
35 Brazil 47.01 kg/ha 2023 up 29.8% rising
36 Portugal 45.07 kg/ha 2023 down 1.1% rising
37 Bosnia and Herzegovina 41.7 kg/ha 2023 up 39.4% falling
38 Tuvalu 40.61 kg/ha 2023 down 0.9% volatile
39 Oman 39.21 kg/ha 2023 down 12.5% volatile
40 Germany 39.19 kg/ha 2023 down 32.6% falling
41 Puerto Rico 37.69 kg/ha 2023 down 33.6% volatile
42 China 36.76 kg/ha 2023 up 22.2% volatile
43 Bangladesh 36.67 kg/ha 2023 up 54.0% volatile
44 Kyrgyzstan 36.33 kg/ha 2023 up 34.7% rising
45 Cyprus 33.56 kg/ha 2023 down 17.6% volatile
46 China, mainland 33.05 kg/ha 2023 down 6.9% volatile
47 Japan 32.84 kg/ha 2023 down 39.6% falling
48 Italy 30.81 kg/ha 2023 down 5.1% falling
49 Spain 30.45 kg/ha 2023 up 22.6% rising
50 Antigua and Barbuda 29.97 kg/ha 2023 down 23.6% volatile
51 Nicaragua 29.76 kg/ha 2023 up 19.5% volatile
52 Poland 28.36 kg/ha 2023 down 29.7% falling
53 Albania 27.18 kg/ha 2023 down 47.7% rising
54 Honduras 25.8 kg/ha 2023 up 39.4% volatile
55 France 24.04 kg/ha 2023 down 29.6% falling
56 Estonia 22.12 kg/ha 2023 down 30.4% falling
57 Panama 21.67 kg/ha 2023 up 21.2% volatile
58 Norway 20.97 kg/ha 2023 down 11.3% falling
59 South Sudan 20.51 kg/ha 2023 up 14.1% rising
60 Belgium-Luxembourg 20.21 kg/ha 1999 down 71.3% falling
61 Seychelles 19.48 kg/ha 2023 up 101.7% volatile
62 New Zealand 18.97 kg/ha 2023 down 11.6% falling
63 Cook Islands 18.24 kg/ha 2023 down 59.8% volatile
64 Myanmar 17.81 kg/ha 2023 down 9.9% rising
65 Ecuador 17.6 kg/ha 2023 down 5.6% volatile
66 Finland 17.57 kg/ha 2023 down 5.2% falling
67 Mauritania 17.19 kg/ha 2023 up 7.8% falling
68 Sweden 16.17 kg/ha 2023 down 5.8% falling
69 Latvia 16.14 kg/ha 2023 down 35.6% falling
70 Guadeloupe 16 kg/ha 2023 up 33.3% volatile
71 Bahrain 15.68 kg/ha 2023 down 89.9% volatile
72 Pakistan 15.3 kg/ha 2023 up 119.9% volatile
73 Greece 14.63 kg/ha 2023 up 261.0% volatile
74 North Macedonia 14.39 kg/ha 2023 down 48.8% falling
75 Croatia 14.36 kg/ha 2023 up 18.7% volatile
76 Thailand 13.66 kg/ha 2023 up 93.8% volatile
77 Chile 13.52 kg/ha 2023 up 273.6% volatile
78 Botswana 11.37 kg/ha 2023 up 74.3% rising
79 Saint Lucia 11.26 kg/ha 2023 up 261.3% volatile
80 Romania 11.21 kg/ha 2023 up 40.9% volatile
81 Lithuania 10.91 kg/ha 2023 down 42.3% falling
82 Belize 10.74 kg/ha 2023 up 190.7% volatile
83 El Salvador 10.24 kg/ha 2023 up 13.0% volatile
84 Saudi Arabia 10.04 kg/ha 2023 up 120.0% volatile
85 USSR 9.29 kg/ha 1991 up 4.0% rising
86 Czechia 9.29 kg/ha 2023 down 38.1% falling
87 Bhutan 9.1 kg/ha 2023 up 81.1% falling
88 Chad 8.98 kg/ha 2023 up 263.4% volatile
89 United Arab Emirates 7.25 kg/ha 2023 up 29.4% volatile
90 Eritrea 6.6 kg/ha 2023 up 3.4% rising
91 Canada 6.53 kg/ha 2023 up 245.1% volatile
92 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.21 kg/ha 2023 down 27.8% volatile
93 Georgia 6.09 kg/ha 2023 up 153.6% volatile
94 Nauru 5.82 kg/ha 2023 up 160.9% volatile
95 Namibia 5.29 kg/ha 2023 up 29.9% falling
96 Serbia 5.21 kg/ha 2023 down 62.7% falling
97 Afghanistan 3.94 kg/ha 2023 down 23.1% flat
98 Suriname 3.02 kg/ha 2023 up 239.0% volatile
99 Haiti 2.84 kg/ha 2023 up 202.6% volatile
100 Yugoslav SFR 2.79 kg/ha 1991 down 76.7% rising
101 Slovakia 2.76 kg/ha 2023 down 78.1% falling
102 Indonesia 2.62 kg/ha 2023 down 65.4% volatile
103 Russian Federation 2.38 kg/ha 2023 down 39.4% volatile
104 Lesotho 2.28 kg/ha 2023 down 50.1% rising
105 Kazakhstan 2.2 kg/ha 2023 down 13.8% falling
106 Fiji 0.9637 kg/ha 2023 down 76.6% volatile
107 Hungary 0.7 kg/ha 2023 down 90.7% volatile
108 Peru 0.3785 kg/ha 2023 down 87.1% volatile
109 Cambodia 0.3727 kg/ha 2023 down 93.3% volatile
110 Gambia 0.2993 kg/ha 2023 up 113.0% volatile
111 Sudan 0.0041 kg/ha 2023 down 98.9% volatile
112 Czechoslovakia -0.4421 kg/ha 1992 down 101.2% flat
113 Gabon -0.5189 kg/ha 2023 up 87.5% volatile
114 Bahamas -0.6864 kg/ha 2023 down 109.0% volatile
115 Guinea-Bissau -0.7465 kg/ha 2023 down 194.0% volatile
116 Philippines -1.03 kg/ha 2023 up 87.0% volatile
117 Jordan -1.16 kg/ha 2023 up 77.7% volatile
118 Libya -1.37 kg/ha 2023 up 33.1% volatile
119 Sudan (former) -1.52 kg/ha 2011 up 16.8% rising
120 Burkina Faso -1.53 kg/ha 2023 up 3.9% volatile
121 Tonga -1.65 kg/ha 2023 up 88.0% volatile
122 Togo -1.68 kg/ha 2023 down 229.6% falling
123 Iraq -1.82 kg/ha 2023 up 69.7% volatile
124 Bulgaria -1.91 kg/ha 2023 down 314.1% volatile
125 South Africa -1.97 kg/ha 2023 down 509.7% volatile
126 Cuba -1.99 kg/ha 2023 down 39.8% volatile
127 Zambia -2.19 kg/ha 2023 down 6.2% volatile
128 Niger -2.52 kg/ha 2023 down 42.1% volatile
129 Ethiopia PDR -2.57 kg/ha 1992 up 24.9% falling
130 Central African Republic -2.62 kg/ha 2023 down 278.9% volatile
131 Senegal -2.69 kg/ha 2023 down 261.1% volatile
132 Morocco -2.94 kg/ha 2023 up 50.1% volatile
133 Guatemala -3.28 kg/ha 2023 down 299.0% volatile
134 Madagascar -3.48 kg/ha 2023 down 12.5% volatile
135 Sao Tome and Principe -3.56 kg/ha 2023 up 76.1% rising
136 Dominica -4.02 kg/ha 2023 down 185.6% volatile
137 Grenada -4.06 kg/ha 2023 up 67.0% rising
138 Tunisia -4.07 kg/ha 2023 down 10.2% volatile
139 Zimbabwe -4.65 kg/ha 2023 down 130.0% volatile
140 Armenia -4.77 kg/ha 2023 up 65.2% volatile
141 Liberia -4.79 kg/ha 2023 down 32.8% falling
142 Mexico -4.83 kg/ha 2023 down 292.1% volatile
143 Algeria -5.26 kg/ha 2023 down 4.9% volatile
144 Uganda -5.51 kg/ha 2023 down 23.6% rising
145 Kenya -5.73 kg/ha 2023 up 32.8% volatile
146 Guinea -6.28 kg/ha 2023 down 40.8% falling
147 Ethiopia -6.69 kg/ha 2023 down 36.9% volatile
148 Sri Lanka -7.12 kg/ha 2023 down 177.0% volatile
149 Mali -7.28 kg/ha 2023 down 18.7% volatile
150 Yemen -7.55 kg/ha 2023 up 13.2% falling
151 Vanuatu -7.61 kg/ha 2023 down 761.7% volatile
152 Sierra Leone -7.8 kg/ha 2023 up 24.7% falling
153 Australia and New Zealand -7.86 kg/ha 2023 down 308.6% volatile
154 Jamaica -8.08 kg/ha 2023 down 594.0% volatile
155 Australia -8.36 kg/ha 2023 down 251.4% volatile
156 Ukraine -8.58 kg/ha 2023 down 334.5% volatile
157 Congo -8.59 kg/ha 2023 up 17.2% volatile
158 French Polynesia -8.69 kg/ha 2023 down 85.3% volatile
159 Azerbaijan -8.82 kg/ha 2023 down 66.9% volatile
160 Mozambique -9.18 kg/ha 2023 down 14.4% rising
161 Samoa -9.54 kg/ha 2023 up 17.4% volatile
162 Cameroon -10.44 kg/ha 2023 up 3.3% volatile
163 Paraguay -11.54 kg/ha 2023 up 32.3% volatile
164 India -11.59 kg/ha 2023 down 85.3% volatile
165 Angola -12.78 kg/ha 2023 down 12.5% volatile
166 Benin -12.81 kg/ha 2023 down 18.8% volatile
167 Nepal -13.96 kg/ha 2023 down 264.1% falling
168 Malawi -13.98 kg/ha 2023 down 0.5% volatile
169 Comoros -14.47 kg/ha 2023 down 2.8% falling
170 Argentina -15.59 kg/ha 2023 up 35.0% volatile
171 Equatorial Guinea -15.89 kg/ha 2023 down 6.5% falling
172 Burundi -17.26 kg/ha 2023 up 28.5% falling
173 Nigeria -17.59 kg/ha 2023 down 35.2% volatile
174 Mauritius -18.8 kg/ha 2023 down 197.2% volatile
175 Papua New Guinea -22.69 kg/ha 2023 down 20.7% falling
176 Lebanon -24.66 kg/ha 2023 down 297.7% volatile
177 Ghana -24.96 kg/ha 2023 down 33.1% falling
178 Eswatini -25.93 kg/ha 2023 up 12.4% volatile
179 Maldives -28.09 kg/ha 2023 down 266.4% volatile
180 Rwanda -28.83 kg/ha 2023 up 7.9% flat
181 Kiribati -30.66 kg/ha 2023 down 16.3% volatile
182 Solomon Islands -34.23 kg/ha 2023 down 53.7% falling
183 Egypt -46.47 kg/ha 2023 up 15.2% falling
184 Guyana -95.57 kg/ha 2023 down 5,249.0% volatile
185 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -100.1 kg/ha 2023 down 1.2% volatile
186 Dominican Republic -134.34 kg/ha 2023 down 187.3% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
233 places, 13,500 data points, 1961–2023
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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 (%).