Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Mozambique
Mozambique: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area was -9.18 kg/ha in 2023. ▲ Rising
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Mozambique, 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 Mozambique stood at -9.18 kg/ha.
The figure is down 3.4% on the previous year and down 14.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Mozambique peaked at -3.24 kg/ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, -9.91 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Mozambique 160th out of 186 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | -8.06 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | -8.26 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | -7.93 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1964 | -8.3 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1965 | -7.51 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1966 | -7.93 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1967 | -8.53 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1968 | -8.94 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1969 | -8.79 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | -9.29 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1971 | -9.46 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1972 | -9.78 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1973 | -9.91 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | -9.37 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1975 | -8.96 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1976 | -8.27 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1977 | -7.88 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1978 | -7.64 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1979 | -6.73 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1980 | -7.45 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1981 | -6.04 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1982 | -6.2 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1983 | -5.5 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1984 | -5.55 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | -5.13 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1986 | -5.11 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | -4.94 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1988 | -4.85 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1989 | -4.87 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | -5.26 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1991 | -4.61 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1992 | -3.24 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 1993 | -3.76 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1994 | -3.26 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1995 | -3.85 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1996 | -4.99 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 1997 | -5.11 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | -5.53 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1999 | -6.3 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2000 | -3.69 kg/ha | -41.5% |
| 2001 | -5.04 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 2002 | -4.09 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2003 | -8.13 kg/ha | +98.7% |
| 2004 | -7.56 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2005 | -6.28 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2006 | -8.02 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 2007 | -7.77 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2008 | -5.29 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 2009 | -8.08 kg/ha | +52.7% |
| 2010 | -8.65 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2011 | -9.24 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2012 | -8.61 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2013 | -8.02 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2014 | -6.36 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2015 | -5.42 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2016 | -6.32 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2017 | -8.29 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 2018 | -8.46 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | -9.12 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2020 | -8.06 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2021 | -9.53 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2022 | -8.88 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2023 | -9.18 kg/ha | +3.4% |
Mozambique compared with similar countries
- Mozambique's -9.18 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is -3.48 kg/ha, 2.6× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Mozambique's -9.18 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is -4.65 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Mozambique 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | -98.7% | -4.09 kg/ha | -8.13 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -8.25 kg/ha | -8.94 kg/ha | -7.51 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | -8.73 kg/ha | -9.91 kg/ha | -6.73 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | -5.56 kg/ha | -7.45 kg/ha | -4.85 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | -4.59 kg/ha | -6.3 kg/ha | -3.24 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | -6.39 kg/ha | -8.13 kg/ha | -3.69 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | -7.85 kg/ha | -9.24 kg/ha | -5.42 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | -8.91 kg/ha | -9.53 kg/ha | -8.06 kg/ha | 4 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.62 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.58 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.256 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual -2.02 % 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 0.2476 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Mozambique?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Mozambique was -9.18 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 Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was -3.24 kg/ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was -9.91 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Mozambique rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Mozambique ranks 160th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mozambique 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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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 (%).