Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area was -5.69 kg/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Northern Africa, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded -5.69 kg/ha for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.2% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Northern Africa peaked at -2.31 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, -6.55 kg/ha, in 2022.
That places Northern Africa 20th out of 38 regions with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -3.47 kg/ha | -3.96 kg/ha | -2.31 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | -3.3 kg/ha | -3.81 kg/ha | -2.61 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | -2.92 kg/ha | -3.4 kg/ha | -2.31 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | -3.74 kg/ha | -5.33 kg/ha | -2.94 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | -4.42 kg/ha | -6.37 kg/ha | -3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | -6.09 kg/ha | -6.52 kg/ha | -5.43 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | -5.93 kg/ha | -6.55 kg/ha | -5.35 kg/ha | 4 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 17 Republic of Korea 90.73 kg/ha compare
- 18 Costa Rica 90.28 kg/ha compare
- 19 Trinidad and Tobago 89.01 kg/ha compare
- 20 Luxembourg 85.57 kg/ha compare
- 21 China, Taiwan Province of 83.95 kg/ha compare
- 22 Uzbekistan 82.28 kg/ha compare
- 23 Belarus 75.35 kg/ha compare
More environment data for Northern Africa
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.281 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.61 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 864,000 t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 701,000 t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Share in Land area 27.72 % (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per area of cropland 4.57 kg/ha (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per capita 0.84 kg/cap (2024)
- Nutrient potash K2O (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 2.41 g/Int$ (2024)
- Country area — Area 789,689 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Northern Africa?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Northern Africa was -5.69 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was -2.31 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was -6.55 kg/ha in 2022.
- How does Northern Africa rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Northern Africa ranks 20th out of 38 regions with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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 (%).