Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Albania
Albania: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area was 27.18 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Albania, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Albania recorded 27.18 kg/ha for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.4% on the previous year and down 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Albania peaked at 82.6 kg/ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 27.18 kg/ha, in 2023.
That places Albania 53rd out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Albania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48.43 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 47.05 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1963 | 45.9 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1964 | 45.05 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1965 | 48.61 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1966 | 45.98 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1967 | 45.58 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 42.01 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1969 | 41.2 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 39.09 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1971 | 36.66 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1972 | 34.61 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1973 | 33.76 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 38.03 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1975 | 35.55 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1976 | 39 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1977 | 44.65 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1978 | 45.02 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 45.38 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 46.63 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 45.81 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 49.35 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1983 | 46.93 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1984 | 43.14 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1985 | 41.27 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 45.84 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 49.3 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1988 | 54.73 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1989 | 54.14 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 55.15 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 59.15 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1992 | 58.02 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 60.25 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 80.77 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 1995 | 82.6 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 81.2 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 73.76 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1998 | 69.17 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 71.7 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 75.15 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 73.65 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 70.54 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 72.12 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 69.71 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 73.41 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 66.76 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 63.58 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2008 | 56.8 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2009 | 53.27 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2010 | 52.67 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 52.02 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 52 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 51.94 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 52.64 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 52.63 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 51.29 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 49.76 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 49.93 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 46.9 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2020 | 41.96 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2021 | 42.65 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 30.67 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 2023 | 27.18 kg/ha | -11.4% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 27.18 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is -0.5189 kg/ha. (51 countries reporting)
- Albania's 27.18 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 27.77 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Albania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +34.1% | 60.25 kg/ha | 80.77 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45.53 kg/ha | 41.2 kg/ha | 48.61 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 39.18 kg/ha | 33.76 kg/ha | 45.38 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 47.71 kg/ha | 41.27 kg/ha | 54.73 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 69.18 kg/ha | 55.15 kg/ha | 82.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 67.5 kg/ha | 53.27 kg/ha | 75.15 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.18 kg/ha | 46.9 kg/ha | 52.67 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35.61 kg/ha | 27.18 kg/ha | 42.65 kg/ha | 4 |
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More environment data for Albania
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.6356 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.8208 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.434 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.15 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2018)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -1.89 % 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 -11.58 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Albania?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Albania was 27.18 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 82.6 kg/ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.18 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Albania rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Albania ranks 53rd out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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 (%).