Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Peru
Peru: Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area was 0.3785 kg/ha in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Peru, 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 Peru stood at 0.3785 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 157.7% on the previous year and down 87.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Peru peaked at 9.13 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, -4.32 kg/ha, in 2000.
Peru ranks 108th of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Peru, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0018 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 0.7193 kg/ha | +39861.1% |
| 1963 | 0.1335 kg/ha | -81.4% |
| 1964 | -0.2196 kg/ha | -264.5% |
| 1965 | 0.6797 kg/ha | -409.5% |
| 1966 | 0.0426 kg/ha | -93.7% |
| 1967 | -0.024 kg/ha | -156.3% |
| 1968 | -0.4238 kg/ha | +1665.8% |
| 1969 | -0.0285 kg/ha | -93.3% |
| 1970 | -0.624 kg/ha | +2089.5% |
| 1971 | 0.2008 kg/ha | -132.2% |
| 1972 | 1.4 kg/ha | +595.3% |
| 1973 | 0.8435 kg/ha | -39.6% |
| 1974 | 1.51 kg/ha | +79.3% |
| 1975 | 1.19 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1976 | 2.35 kg/ha | +98.1% |
| 1977 | 2.46 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 3.19 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 1979 | 2.85 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1980 | 3.7 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 1981 | 2.74 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 1982 | 1.82 kg/ha | -33.4% |
| 1983 | 4.1 kg/ha | +124.9% |
| 1984 | 3.14 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1985 | 2.95 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1986 | 4.14 kg/ha | +40.5% |
| 1987 | 4.39 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1988 | 2.62 kg/ha | -40.4% |
| 1989 | 1.47 kg/ha | -43.7% |
| 1990 | 1.9 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 1991 | 0.8665 kg/ha | -54.3% |
| 1992 | 2.16 kg/ha | +149.8% |
| 1993 | 2.29 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1994 | 1.71 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 1995 | -2.86 kg/ha | -267.6% |
| 1996 | -2.07 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 1997 | -2.47 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1998 | -2.66 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1999 | -3.07 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2000 | -4.32 kg/ha | +40.8% |
| 2001 | -1.08 kg/ha | -75.0% |
| 2002 | -1.05 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | -1.19 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2004 | 0.491 kg/ha | -141.2% |
| 2005 | 1.84 kg/ha | +275.1% |
| 2006 | 1.05 kg/ha | -43.1% |
| 2007 | 4.85 kg/ha | +363.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0311 kg/ha | -99.4% |
| 2009 | -2.79 kg/ha | -9079.4% |
| 2010 | -1.96 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 2011 | 0.1239 kg/ha | -106.3% |
| 2012 | -2.01 kg/ha | -1726.2% |
| 2013 | 2.93 kg/ha | -245.7% |
| 2014 | 4.21 kg/ha | +43.4% |
| 2015 | 3.96 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 2.86 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 2017 | 7.68 kg/ha | +168.1% |
| 2018 | 5.52 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 2019 | 3.15 kg/ha | -43.0% |
| 2020 | 9.13 kg/ha | +189.9% |
| 2021 | 1.96 kg/ha | -78.6% |
| 2022 | -0.6562 kg/ha | -133.5% |
| 2023 | 0.3785 kg/ha | -157.7% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 0.3785 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is -0.5189 kg/ha. (51 countries reporting)
- Peru's 0.3785 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 8.22 kg/ha, 5% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Nutrient balance — Cropland potassium per unit area in Peru 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +39861.1% | 0.0018 kg/ha | 0.7193 kg/ha |
| 2009 | -9079.4% | 0.0311 kg/ha | -2.79 kg/ha |
| 1970 | -2089.5% | -0.0285 kg/ha | -0.624 kg/ha |
| 2012 | -1726.2% | 0.1239 kg/ha | -2.01 kg/ha |
| 1968 | -1665.8% | -0.024 kg/ha | -0.4238 kg/ha |
| 1972 | +595.3% | 0.2008 kg/ha | 1.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0979 kg/ha | -0.4238 kg/ha | 0.7193 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.54 kg/ha | -0.624 kg/ha | 3.19 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.11 kg/ha | 1.47 kg/ha | 4.39 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | -0.4207 kg/ha | -3.07 kg/ha | 2.29 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | -0.2166 kg/ha | -4.32 kg/ha | 4.85 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.65 kg/ha | -2.01 kg/ha | 7.68 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.7 kg/ha | -0.6562 kg/ha | 9.13 kg/ha | 4 |
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- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4511 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.13 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.295 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.18 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2019)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.59 % 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 0.1844 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Peru?
- Nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area in Peru was 0.3785 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 9.13 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was -4.32 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Peru rank for nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area?
- Peru ranks 108th out of 186 countries with data for 2023.
- Is nutrient balance — cropland potassium per unit area rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 87.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Peru 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 (%).