Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Egypt
Egypt: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area was -46.47 kg/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Egypt, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2023, nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Egypt stood at -46.47 kg/ha.
The figure is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Egypt peaked at -24.17 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, -58 kg/ha, in 2014.
Egypt ranks 183rd of 186 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | -24.17 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | -32.84 kg/ha | +35.9% |
| 1963 | -33.2 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | -34.85 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | -33.34 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1966 | -30.86 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1967 | -27.9 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1968 | -29.93 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1969 | -32.82 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1970 | -32.03 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | -32.41 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | -33.22 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | -33.18 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | -31 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1975 | -30.81 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | -33.25 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1977 | -33.41 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | -36.65 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1979 | -40.3 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1980 | -41.72 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1981 | -39.03 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1982 | -41.55 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1983 | -37.79 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1984 | -36.42 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1985 | -38.56 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1986 | -37.12 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1987 | -36.22 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1988 | -37.65 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1989 | -41.18 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1990 | -41.17 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1991 | -40.26 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1992 | -40.25 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1993 | -42.14 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1994 | -41.15 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1995 | -41.84 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | -45.25 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1997 | -45.79 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | -45.63 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | -41.2 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2000 | -46.81 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2001 | -44.35 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2002 | -47.12 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2003 | -43.8 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2004 | -50.48 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2005 | -50.04 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | -51.04 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | -52.8 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | -52.67 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | -52.9 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | -50.76 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2011 | -55.19 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2012 | -55.67 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | -54.78 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2014 | -58 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2015 | -54.11 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2016 | -52.15 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | -50.84 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2018 | -48.29 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2019 | -52 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2020 | -42.36 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 2021 | -47.25 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2022 | -49.2 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2023 | -46.47 kg/ha | -5.6% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's -46.47 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is -3.81 kg/ha, 12.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Egypt's -46.47 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 5.59 kg/ha. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -31.1 kg/ha | -34.85 kg/ha | -24.17 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | -33.63 kg/ha | -40.3 kg/ha | -30.81 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | -38.73 kg/ha | -41.72 kg/ha | -36.22 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | -42.47 kg/ha | -45.79 kg/ha | -40.25 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | -49.2 kg/ha | -52.9 kg/ha | -43.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | -53.18 kg/ha | -58 kg/ha | -48.29 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | -46.32 kg/ha | -49.2 kg/ha | -42.36 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
- 180 Rwanda -28.83 kg/ha compare
- 181 Kiribati -30.66 kg/ha compare
- 182 Solomon Islands -34.23 kg/ha compare
- 184 Guyana -95.57 kg/ha compare
- 185 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -100.1 kg/ha compare
- 186 Dominican Republic -134.34 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Egypt
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -20.54 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -13.21 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.361 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.56 % 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 -3.07 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Egypt?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Egypt was -46.47 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 Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was -24.17 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was -58 kg/ha in 2014.
- How does Egypt rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Egypt ranks 183rd out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Egypt 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 (%).