Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Central Asia
Central Asia: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area was 16.47 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Central Asia, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Central Asia is 16.47 kg/ha, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 63 years on record.
The figure is up 20.8% on the previous year and up 52.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Central Asia peaked at 16.47 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 4.25 kg/ha, in 1999.
Central Asia ranks 7th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Central Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7.07 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8.03 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1963 | 8.72 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1964 | 7.11 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1965 | 8.09 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1966 | 7.65 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1967 | 8.68 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1968 | 8.17 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1969 | 8.54 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 7.18 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1971 | 8.04 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1972 | 8.97 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1973 | 7.61 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1974 | 8.48 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1975 | 10.98 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 1976 | 9.11 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1977 | 9.26 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 9.01 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 9.35 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1980 | 9.84 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 9.98 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 9.83 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 10.61 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1984 | 11.69 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1985 | 11.83 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 11.47 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1987 | 12.06 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 11.66 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 11.11 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 10.18 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1991 | 11.13 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1992 | 8.05 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 1993 | 9.04 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1994 | 9.81 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1995 | 9.15 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 9.65 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 7.49 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 1998 | 6.62 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1999 | 4.25 kg/ha | -35.7% |
| 2000 | 5.4 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 2001 | 5.41 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 5.71 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 6.38 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2004 | 7.01 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2005 | 7.34 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 8.05 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2007 | 7.9 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 9.52 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 2009 | 9.74 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 11.09 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2011 | 9.46 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2012 | 11.8 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 2013 | 10.81 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 11.8 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 11.99 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 12.72 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 13.36 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 14.42 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 14.67 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 14.16 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 14.61 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 13.64 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2023 | 16.47 kg/ha | +20.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.01 kg/ha | 7.07 kg/ha | 8.72 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8.8 kg/ha | 7.18 kg/ha | 10.98 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.01 kg/ha | 9.83 kg/ha | 12.06 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.54 kg/ha | 4.25 kg/ha | 11.13 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.25 kg/ha | 5.4 kg/ha | 9.74 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.21 kg/ha | 9.46 kg/ha | 14.67 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.72 kg/ha | 13.64 kg/ha | 16.47 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Central Asia
- 4 Montenegro 411.45 kg/ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.3998 kg/ha compare
- 5 Ireland 300.53 kg/ha compare
- 6 China, Hong Kong SAR 216.26 kg/ha compare
- 7 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 205.63 kg/ha compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova -3.15 kg/ha compare
- 8 Mongolia 186.16 kg/ha compare
- 8 Polynesia -5.73 kg/ha compare
- 9 Brunei Darussalam 169.2 kg/ha compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea -6.13 kg/ha compare
- 10 Qatar 142.34 kg/ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania -6.93 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Central Asia
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.43 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -7.53 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.724 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 3.05 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 89,684 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 60,266 t (2024)
- Paper and paperboard — Production 339,499 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Production 338,315 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 74.52 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Central Asia?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Central Asia was 16.47 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 Central Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 16.47 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.25 kg/ha in 1999.
- How does Central Asia rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Central Asia ranks 7th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central Asia 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 (%).